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Charles R. Arnett, Richmond, VA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080305331High tenacity polyethylene yarn - A process for preparing ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) multi-filament yarns having improved tensile properties and the yarns and articles thereby produced.12-11-2008
20100065982High tenacity polyethylene tarn - A process for preparing ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) multi-filament yarns having improved tensile properties and the yarns and articles thereby produced.03-18-2010
20110045293PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF UHMW MULTI-FILAMENT POLY(ALPHA-OLEFIN) YARNS - A process for preparing ultra-high molecular weight poly(alpha-olefin) (UHMWPO) multi-filament yarns having improved tensile properties at higher productivity. The process includes drawing a solution yarn, then drawing a gel yarn and then drawing a dry yarn continuously in sequence to form a partially oriented yarn, winding up the partially oriented yarn, unrolling the yarn, drawing the partially oriented yarn to form a highly oriented yarn, cooling the highly oriented yarn under tension and winding up the highly oriented yarn.02-24-2011
20110049753High molecular weight poly(alpha-olefin) solutions and articles made therefrom - A robust process for the continuous preparation of solutions of high molecular weight UHMW PO that is capable of producing strong materials at high production capacity, is conservative of capital and energy requirements, and the articles made therefrom.03-03-2011
20110268967PROCESS AND PRODUCT OF HIGH STRENGTH UHMW PE FIBERS - An improved process for solution spinning of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW PE) filaments, wherein the 10 wt % solution of the UHMW PE in mineral oil at 250° C. has a Cogswell extensional viscosity and a shear viscosity within select ranges.11-03-2011

Patent applications by Charles R. Arnett, Richmond, VA US

Charles R. Arnett, Atlanta, GA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110252474SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENSURING SCANNING OF FILES WITHOUT CACHING THE FILES TO NETWORK DEVICE - A method and system for ensuring scanning of suspicious computer files without unnecessary caching of the files on a network device is provided. A network device receives a suspicious computer file and determines whether a target computer is protected by a malware protection program. If the network device determines that the target computer is protected by the malware protection program, the network device modifies the suspicious computer file to make the suspicious computer file unusable by the target computer and sends the modified suspicious computer file to the target computer.10-13-2011

David Arnett, Half Moon Bay, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110249006VENTILATOR BREATH DISPLAY AND GRAPHIC INTERFACE - The invention is directed to a ventilation control system for controlling the ventilation of a patient. The ventilation control system utilizes a user-friendly user interface for the display of patient data and ventilator status. The user interface includes a graphic representation of a breath cycle that displays the breath cycle currently being ventilated, and is also responsive to changes in ventilation settings to assist the user in evaluation the effect of those changes on the ventilator strategy before the changes are implemented.10-13-2011

Donna Arnett, Miami, FL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110203532NON-PULL LEASH SYSTEM AND METHOD - A non-pull leash system including a collar, a leash, and a karabiner attached to the proximal end of a clip. In some embodiments, karabiner has at least one gap and at least one gate. The distal end of the clip is attached to the collar and the proximal end of the leash is attached to the karabiner by way of the gate. In use, the collar is secured to a neck of an animal and the distal end of the leash is wrapped down the first side of the animal, around the upper torso of the animal, and up the other side of the animal. The distal end of the leash is then received by the at least one gap of the karabiner, resulting in a slip-knot at the karabiner. The non-pull leash system prevents a subject animal from pulling excessively against its collar and leash and, in turn, improves the handler's ability to control the animal.08-25-2011

Eric Arnett, Granger, IN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090206289TORQUE BALANCE SERVO INCLUDING ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCE BIAS MECHANISM - A torque balance servo is provided for use in conjunction with a fluidly-controlled device. The torque balance servo includes a pivoting table assembly and an electromagnetic force bias mechanism. The pivoting table assembly includes: (i) a pivoting table configured to pivot about a rotational axis, and (ii) a roller assembly mechanically coupled to the fluidly-controlled device and contacting a surface of the pivoting table. The electromagnetic force bias mechanism is disposed proximate the pivoting table assembly and configured to exert a variable torsional force about the rotational axis of the pivoting table.08-20-2009

Eric Arnett, Grabger, IN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090320937PRESSURIZING AND PRESSURE REGULATING VALVE AND FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME - A pressurizing and pressure regulating valve is provided. In one embodiment, the pressurizing and pressure regulating valve includes a sleeve, a first flow passage formed through the sleeve, a second flow passage formed through the sleeve, and a piston slidably disposed in the sleeve. The piston is configured to move between: (i) a pressurizing position wherein the piston impedes fluid flow through the first flow passage, and (ii) a pressure limiting position wherein the piston impedes fluid flow through the second flow passage. A sensing chamber is fluidly coupled to the first flow passage and configured to receive pressurized fluid therefrom. The piston is configured to move from the pressurizing position to the pressure limiting position when the pressure within the sensing chamber exceeds a predetermined minimum pressure.12-31-2009

Eric M. Arnett, Granger, IN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090053077FLOW PRIORITIZING VALVE SYSTEM - A flow prioritizing system includes a regulating valve and a flow prioritizing valve. The regulating valve receives a first portion of the fluid supplied from a fuel supply pump, and is responsive to a control pressure to selectively allow or prohibit flow to secondary loads. The flow prioritizing control valve is responsive to fluid pressure representative of delivery pump discharge pressure to control the control pressure to which the regulating valve is responsive.02-26-2009
20090301575FUEL METERING VALVE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THERMAL COMPENSATION MECHANISM - A metering valve assembly is provided for metering a fluid. The metering valve assembly includes a position sensor, metering valve, and a thermal compensation mechanism. The metering valve includes a valve housing having a flow passage therethrough, and a valve element movably mounted within the valve housing. The thermal compensation mechanism is coupled between the position sensor and the valve element and configured to adjust the displacement of the position sensor relative to the valve element as a function of fluid temperature.12-10-2009

Eric Mitchell Arnett, Granger, IN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100163772ACTUATOR - In one embodiment, a fluid driven actuation system is provided having a turbine and an actuation member with cooperating surfaces. In one form the fluid is fuel. The turbine may move when fluid is flowed through the actuation member thereby causing the actuation member to move by action of the cooperating threaded surfaces. A movable nozzle may also be provided to direct fluid flowing through actuation member and may be used to cause the turbine to move. A spring may be provided to create a biasing force in the nozzle.07-01-2010

Eric Mitchell Arnett, Columbus, IN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100215483ACTUATOR - In one embodiment a system is disclosed that includes an actuation device coupled with a turbomachinery mechanism. The actuation device can include multiple fluid pathways and a valve to alternatively place each of these pathways in fluid communication with a supply port while another of the pathways is in fluid communication with a return port to selectively move an actuation member along a range of travel. A brake valve may also be included to provide pressurized fluid to the actuation member when the actuation device is in an on condition and divert at least a portion of the pressurized fluid away from the actuation member through another pathway when the actuation device is in an off condition. A fluid-powered brake is coupled to this further pathway to selectively apply braking force to the actuation member in response to the diverted pressurized fluid.08-26-2010

Gregory W. Arnett, Solomon, KS US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110155031Seed Furrow Closing Apparatus - A seed furrow closing wheel has a generally dish-shaped body defined by a central portion and a notched outer flange portion that circumscribes the central portion and projects obliquely outwardly from the plane thereof. The notched flange portion is configured to present a series of circumferentially spaced, non-radial, obliquely projecting teeth that function to fragment and squeeze together opposite sidewalls of the seed furrow when a pair of the wheels are rolled along opposite sides of the furrow outboard of the furrow itself, crumbling the sidewalls and covering the seeds.06-30-2011

G. William Arnett, Santa Barbara, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120010533Method for determining the correct natural head position location of references planes relative to a three-dimensional computerized image of a patient's head - A system and method for determining the correct natural head position location of reference planes, i.e., the coronal, transverse, and sagittal planes, relative to a three-dimensional computerized image of a patient's head. This method will allow medical practitioners to accurately measure various soft tissue features of the patient's face and underlying hard tissue structures, e.g., such as dentoskeletal structures, and combining such analysis with profile analysis and treatment planning for full 3D facial analysis.01-12-2012

Jeffery Arnett, Gilbert, AZ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120016482PROSTHETIC KNEE VOID FILERS WITH SPLINED FIXATION - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for filling bone voids which may be present at the time of surgery. The systems disclosed herein generally include a baseplate component, a spacer component, and void filler component. The spacer component is generally assembled to the baseplate component with a taper or press-fit, for example, in one of a plurality of selected axial positions. The void filler component is then generally assembled to the spacer component in one of a plurality of selected axial positions. The void filler component preferably has an outer surface with portions having varying diameters such that the outer surface thereof can be received within a canal of a bone and contact the bone forming the canal at different locations in order to aid in stabilizing the assembled components in the canal.01-19-2012

Jimmy L. Arnett, Douglasville, GA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100189872UNRIPE ESSENTIAL OIL WITH ENHANCED STABILITY AND USABILITY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH OIL - Methods for enhancing the stability and shelf lives of unripe essential oils without substantially changing the organoleptic properties other than color of the unripe essential oils are described. The methods involve obtaining an unripe essential oil with a first amount of chlorophyll, contacting the unripe essential oil with an activated carbon to produce a treated essential oil with a second amount of chlorophyll that is less than the first amount of chlorophyll, and separating the treated essential oil from the activated carbon.07-29-2010

Kenneth Edmund Arnett, Boulder, CO US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080278460Transmissive Body - An apparatus and method for transmitting, collimating and redirecting light from a point-like source to produce a collimated optical signal in a substantially planar form are provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus is manufactured as a unitary transmissive body comprising a collimation element and a redirection element, and optionally a transmissive element. In another embodiment, the apparatus is assembled from one or more components. The apparatus and method are useful for providing sensing light for an optical touch input device or for providing illumination for a display.11-13-2008

Leslie Paul Arnett, Eagle, ID US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100276279ELECTROLYTIC HYDROGEN GENERATING SYSTEM - A hydrogen generating system includes a housing defining an interior chamber, an electrolyte solution contained within the interior chamber of the housing, and an electrode plate assembly disposed in the interior chamber of the housing and at least in part submerged in the electrolyte solution. The electrode plate assembly comprises a cathode plate, an anode plate separate from the cathode plate and disposed in spaced relationship therewith, and at least one neutral plate separate from both the anode plate and the cathode plate and disposed therebetween in spaced relationship with the anode plate and the cathode plate.11-04-2010
20100276295ELECTROLYTIC HYDROGEN GENERATING SYSTEM - A hydrogen generating system includes a plurality of conductive plates, a first connector and a second connector, wherein each connector is connected to at least some of the plates, an amperage sensor configured to measure an actual amperage of the hydrogen generating system, and a temperature sensor configured to measure an actual temperature of the hydrogen generating system, and a controller. The controller includes a processor programmed to receive a target amperage, a maximum amperage threshold, a maximum temperature threshold, and an optimal temperature, select, based on the target amperage, certain of the plurality of conductive plates to receive an applied voltage, receive a measurement of an actual amperage and an actual temperature from the amperage sensor and the temperature sensor, respectively, compare the actual amperage and the actual temperature to the maximum amperage threshold and the optimum temperature, respectively, and adjust the applied voltage based on the comparison.11-04-2010
20100276296ELECTROLYTIC HYDROGEN GENERATING SYSTEM - A method of dynamically adding or removing a quantity of active plates in a plate assembly of a hydrogen generating system, the plate assembly comprising a plurality of plates. The method includes receiving a minimum amperage threshold, a maximum amperage threshold, a maximum temperature threshold, a first actual amperage, and a first actual temperature of a hydrogen generating system, selecting a first plurality of plates from the plate assembly, wherein the selection is based on at least one of the following: the minimum amperage threshold, the maximum amperage threshold, the first actual amperage, and the first actual temperature, and applying a first voltage to the first plurality of plates.11-04-2010
20100314259ELECTROLYTIC HYDROGEN GENERATING SYSTEM - A hydrogen generating system includes an electrode plate assembly including a plurality of electrode plates, a first connector and a second connector, each connector connected to at least some of the plates, an amperage sensor, a temperature sensor, and a controller capable of receiving signals from the amperage sensor and temperature sensor to monitor an amperage and a temperature of the hydrogen generating system. The controller includes a processor programmed to receive a target amperage, select, based on the target amperage, certain of the plurality of conductive plates to receive voltage input during a predetermined duty cycle, determine an actual amperage and an actual temperature resulting from the voltage input, compare the actual amperage and the actual temperature to a respective amperage threshold and temperature threshold; and adjust the duty cycle for applying voltage based on the comparison.12-16-2010

Manuel B. Arnett, Lexington, KY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110138014AUTOMATED WEB CONFERENCE PRESENTATION QUALITY IMPROVEMENT - A web conference client device determines that it is configured to generate a higher-quality rendered output than a quality of a web conference presentation slide received from a server. A slide presentation file associated with the web conference presentation slide is received from the server. Rendered output of the slide presentation file is generated. The rendered output of the slide presentation file is sent to the server.06-09-2011
20110238769AUTOMATED WEB CONFERENCE PRESENTATION QUALITY IMPROVEMENT - A web conference client device determines that it is configured to generate a higher-quality rendered output than a quality of a web conference presentation slide received from a server. A slide presentation file associated with the web conference presentation slide is received from the server. Rendered output of the slide presentation file is generated. The rendered output of the slide presentation file is sent to the server.09-29-2011

Michael Arnett, Wixom, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100154741THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES TO REDUCE THROTTLE OSCILLATIONS - A throttle control system includes a pressure comparison module and a throttle plate control module. The pressure comparison module determines an inlet pressure upstream from a throttle body and an outlet pressure downstream from the throttle body. The throttle plate control module controls a position of a throttle plate based on the inlet pressure and the outlet pressure.06-24-2010

Michael Douglas Arnett, Greenville, SC US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090014421Weld Repair Method for a Turbine Bucket Tip - A weld repair method uses a gas tungsten or plasma arc welding torch and matching filler. An amperage supplied to the torch and a travel speed of the torch are controlled to produce a weld bead having a mushroom shape. The weld bead is ground from all sides to remove at least one half of a thickness of the weld bead, and another weld bead is formed. The technique produces crack free welds with directionally solidified weld metal that is similar to that of the base material and hence has comparable mechanical properties.01-15-2009
20110062220SUPERALLOY COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FORMING A TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENT - A nickel-base composition is disclosed that includes: 03-17-2011

Michael Douglas Arnett, Simpsonville, SC US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090026173METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WELDING AN ARTICLE - Disclosed is a method for welding an article, the method including the steps of placing the article in an enclosure with walls that enclose the article on all sides, the enclosure having a heating device associated therewith, the heating device configured and sized to uniformly heat the article over at least a substantial entirety of the article, establishing a nonreactive atmosphere in the enclosure, operating the heating device to uniformly heat the article in the enclosure to a welding temperature over at least the substantial entirety of the article, and welding the article in the enclosure while maintaining the welding temperature over at least the substantial entirety of the article.01-29-2009
20100237134Repair process for coated articles - A process for repairing a damaged portion of a thermal barrier coating on a turbine engine component includes sintering a mixture comprising particles of a bond coat and particles of a brazing alloy to form a composite preform; depositing a thermal barrier coating on the composite preform; contacting the composite preform with the deposited thermal barrier coating with an uncoated surface of the damaged portion of the turbine engine component; and heating the composite preform with the deposited thermal barrier coating to a temperature effective to form a brazed joint between the composite preform and the uncoated surface of the damaged portion of the turbine engine component.09-23-2010
20110042361SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DUAL LASER BEAM WELDING OF FIRST AND SECOND FILLER METALS - A system and method for laser beam welding at least two adjacent superalloy components involves substantially simultaneous formation of a base weld with a first filler metal placed between the components and cap weld with second filler metal formed over the base weld. A shim is inserted between the components, which may optionally be formed with a groove along the joint surface. A filler wire is fed to a location over the given surface or within the optional groove. Two lasers or a laser and coupled beam splitter supply first and second laser beams that are applied at focal points separated by a predetermined distance (e.g., 0.05-1.5 cm). The first laser beam is used to form a base weld with the first filler metal between the components, and the second laser beam is used to form a cap weld with the second filler metal on top of the base weld.02-24-2011
20110064584APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A TURBINE BUCKET TIP CAP - A turbine bucket that includes a pressure side, a suction side opposite the pressure side, and a rib extending between the pressure side and the suction side. A tip cap is attached to the pressure side and the suction side and covers the rib. The tip cap includes a precipitation hardened material and a passage aligned with the rib. A method for assembling a turbine bucket having a pressure side and a suction side and a rib extending between the pressure side and suction side. The method includes receiving a tip cap made from a precipitation hardened material and having a passage in the tip cap. The method further includes locating the rib visually through the passage and aligning the passage with the rib. The method also includes welding the tip cap to the turbine bucket and to the rib.03-17-2011

Patent applications by Michael Douglas Arnett, Simpsonville, SC US

Nicholas D. Arnett, Sunnyvale, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110161270SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING ELECTRONIC MESSAGE ACTIVITY - Systems and methods for analyzing electronic message activity are disclosed. An example method includes determining a relevancy ranking for each message in a received set of electronic messages, wherein the relevancy ranking indicates whether each message is relevant to a movie, determining an opinion expressed in each message, and computing a prediction of the success of the movie based on the determined opinion for each message.06-30-2011

Phillip C. Arnett, Raleigh, NC US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080225849AUTOMATED VALIDATION OF PERIPHERAL DIRECTOR HARDWARE - A system and method of automating the validation and control of peripheral director hardware in a switched fabric network. A system is provided that includes a script language processor for interpreting high-level statements and generating command functions understood by an application programming interface (API) associated with the switched fabric network, wherein the command functions include a query switch command, a query interface switch command, a write switch command, and a display result command; and a system for generating an output in response to a set of command functions submitted to the switched fabric network.09-18-2008