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Darlene M. Back, Richmond, VA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100285604DISSOLVABLE FILM WITH DETECTION FUNTIONALITY - Provided are films having a visual cue agent present in a sufficient amount to present a visual cue when the film is contacted by an aqueous solution, and methods of detecting when a film is contacted by an aqueous solution.11-11-2010

Deborah J. Back, Cleves, OH US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100041820Resin and Paint Coating Compositions Comprising Highly Esterified Polyol Polyesters with Two or More Pairs of Conjugated Double Bonds - An alkyd resin comprising A) a polyol-polyacid alkyd; and B) a composition comprising a highly esterified polyol polyester wherein the polyester comprises a polyol residue and a plurality of fatty acids esters, and wherein from about 2% to about 55% of the fatty acid esters contains two or more pairs of conjugated double bonds.02-18-2010
20100041821Resin and Paint Coating Compositions Comprising Highly Esterified Polyol Polyesters with One Pair of Conjugated Double Bonds - An alkyd resin comprising A) a polyol-polyacid alkyd; and B) a composition comprising a highly esterified polyol polyester, wherein the polyester comprises a polyol residue and a plurality of fatty acids esters, and wherein from about 5% to about 80% of the fatty acid esters contains exactly one pair of conjugated double bonds.02-18-2010

Deborah Jean Back, Cleves, OH US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100041849HIGHLY ESTERIFIED POLYOL POLYESTERS WITH ONE PAIR OF CONJUGATED DOUBLE BONDS - A composition comprising a highly esterified polyol polyester wherein the polyester comprises a polyol residue and a plurality of fatty acids esters, and wherein from about 5% to about 80% of the fatty acid esters contains exactly one pair of conjugated double bonds.02-18-2010
20100041850HIGHLY ESTERIFIED POLYOL POLYESTERS WITH TWO OR MORE PAIRS OF CONJUGATED DOUBLE BONDS - A composition comprising a highly esterified polyol polyester wherein the polyester comprises a polyol residue and a plurality of fatty acids esters, and wherein from about 5% to about 80% of the fatty acid esters contains two or more pairs of conjugated double bonds.02-18-2010
20110129592SUCROSE POLYESTERS - Disclosed herein are compositions that include a blend of sucrose polyesters, wherein each sucrose polyester includes a sucrose moiety and a plurality of fatty acid ester moieties, wherein a percentage range of the combined fatty acid ester moieties of the sucrose polyesters in the blend have a carbon chain that has trans content.06-02-2011

Patent applications by Deborah Jean Back, Cleves, OH US

Dwayne Back, Clawson, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090246368METHOD OF SULFONATING AN ARTICLE AND RELATED APPARATUS - An article is sulfonated by forming a sulfonating gas composition containing a gaseous sulfur-containing compound provided from a gas source. The gas source may utilize a chemical feed stock that includes a precursor sulfur-containing compound. The article is then contacted with the sulfur-containing gas until a surface treatment is effected. Next, the article is then optionally contacted with a gaseous neutralization composition, and then a liquid neutralization composition. In another sulfonation method, a first test sample is sulfonated and then analyzed by inductively coupled plasma analysis and X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy. A calibration relationship between the two spectroscopic techniques is determined with the inductively coupled plasma atomic spectroscopic value taken as the accurate value. In subsequent sulfonation runs, test samples are included and monitored by X-ray fluorescence.10-01-2009

Dwight D. Back, Pembroke Pines, FL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090005282Replacement Solvents Having Improved Properties and Methods of Using the Same - CFC replacement solvent compositions, methods of using the same and methods of making the same. These compositions meet or exceed the solvency, flammability, and compatibility requirements for CFC's while providing similar or improved environmental and toxicological properties. These solvent compositions have applications including, but not limited to, oxygen handling, refrigeration or heat pumps, electronics, implantable prosthetic devices, and optical equipment.01-01-2009
20090026418Replacement Solvents Having Improved Properties and Methods of Using the Same - CFC replacement solvent compositions, methods of using the same and methods of making the same. These compositions meet or exceed the solvency, flammability, and compatibility requirements for CFC's while providing similar or improved environmental and toxicological properties. These solvent compositions have applications including, but not limited to, oxygen handling, refrigeration or heat pumps, electronics, implantable prosthetic devices, and optical equipment.01-29-2009
20100300969Apparatus and Method for Self-Heating and Self-Hydrating Foods and Beverages - A method and components for heating and hydrating foods and beverages using an exothermic and pressure generating chemical reaction are described. The exothermic reaction can be initiated by water, spark, electrical impulse, squib, friction, or shock to heat non-potable water and force the water through a membrane filter, thereby producing heated, potable water.12-02-2010

Patent applications by Dwight D. Back, Pembroke Pines, FL US

Gary Back, Vesper, WI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100219572Independent Spring Cartridge - An improved independent spring cartridge holder apparatus and system for holding an automobile suspension spring in tension while allowing a quick and safe change of the shock absorber and spring. This is especially valuable during a race where change outs need to be done quickly.09-02-2010

Gerald Back, Gilbert, AZ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110032063Modular Space Transformer For Fine Pitch Vertical Probing Applications - In an embodiment, a modular space transformer for use in a probe card assembly includes a bottom plate, a guide plate, and a top plate. The guide plate is configured for mounting in a cut-out of the bottom plate. The guide plate has a first surface and a second surface and additionally has a first plurality of spaced electrical connections disposed in a plurality of apertures formed through the guide plate for providing electrical connections between a plurality of test probe contacts and a plurality of guide plate contacts. The top plate has a plurality of spaced electrical contacts disposed through the top plate with at least one of the plurality of guide plate contacts electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of spaced electrical contacts.02-10-2011

Gerald W. Back, Gilbert, AZ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080204062Cantilever probe card - A method and apparatus for a flattened probe element wire is provided. A probe element wire comprises a beam portion and a tip portion. At least a part of the tip portion is flattened. Flattened probe element wires may have greater z-direction height strength, thereby increasing maximum probe element wire z-direction vertical force. Flattened probe element wires may also have decreased variability in the flattened probe element wire tips. A probe card assembly may comprise a substrate and a plurality of at least partially flattened probe element wires supported by the substrate. Such probe card assemblies may have an extended life and maintained within design parameters for a longer period of use.08-28-2008
20090174423Bond Reinforcement Layer for Probe Test Cards - A probe card assembly includes a substrate and a plurality of probes bonded to a surface of the substrate. The probe card assembly also includes a reinforcing layer provided on the surface of the substrate. The reinforcing layer is in contact with a lower portion of each of the probes, where a remaining portion of each of the probes is free from the reinforcing layer. The reinforcing layer may be a composite reinforcing layer that includes multiple layers of material to achieve a particular result. According to one embodiment of the invention, the reinforcing layer includes a powder layer disposed on the substrate and an adhesive layer formed on the powder layer. The composite reinforcing layer may be compliant to allow the probes to flex and move as intended, without limiting deflection capability. The composite reinforcing layer may be removable to allow access to probes for repair.07-09-2009
20100176831Probe Test Card with Flexible Interconnect Structure - A probe test card assembly for testing of a device under test includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a space transformer, a probe head structure and a flexible interconnect structure. The space transformer has a first plurality of electrical contacts disposed thereon for providing electrical connections with a plurality of contacts disposed on the PCB and a second plurality of electrical contacts disposed thereon for making contact with a plurality of test probes. Each test probe from the plurality of test probes has a first end for making electrical contact with a device under test and a second end for making electrical contact with one of the electrical contacts from the second plurality of electrical contacts on the space transformer. The flexible interconnect structure provides electrical connections between the first plurality of electrical contacts on the space transformer and the plurality of electrical contacts on the PCB.07-15-2010
20100231249Probe Head Structure For Probe Test Cards - A probe head assembly for testing a device under test includes a plurality of test probes and a probe head structure. The probe head structure includes a guide plate and a template and supports a plurality of test probes that each includes a tip portion with a tip end for making electrical contact with a device under test, a curved compliant body portion and a tail portion with a tail end for making electrical contact with the space transformer. Embodiments of the invention include offsetting the position of the tail portions of the test probes with respect to the tip portions of the test probes so that the tip portions of the test probes are biased within the apertures of the guide plate, using hard stop features to help maintain the position of the test probes with respect to the guide plate and probe ramp features to improve scrubbing behavior.09-16-2010

Patent applications by Gerald W. Back, Gilbert, AZ US

Larry Douglas Back, New Albany, OH US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120037064BRAKING SYSTEM FOR WATERCRAFT - A braking system for a watercraft moving upon a body of water. A hull has a bow portion, a bottom portion and a port opening in the bow. A water inlet is formed in the bottom of the hull. A duct extends between the water inlet and the port opening. A generally U-shaped hub has an intake portion and an output portion. The hub is selectably movable between a stowed position with the intake portion within the hull and a deployed position with the intake portion extending into the body of water. The intake portion of the hub, when deployed, diverts water from the intake portion to the output portion of the hub. The moving watercraft is braked by drag induced upon the hull by the deployed hub extending into the body of water and by the diverted water urged through the duct and out of the port opening.02-16-2012

Mark A. Back, Myrtle Beach, SC US

Michael Wayne Back, Crown Point, IN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110318492COATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A rotary-style coating machine of the type capable of applying coatings to various web substrates in the commercial offset web and/or digital web printing industry. The coating machine includes a coating cylinder and a plate cylinder that are rotatably mounted within the machine. The coating cylinder includes a coating sleeve removably mounted on a mandrel, and the plate cylinder includes a plate sleeve removably mounted on another mandrel. The machine further includes a unit for depositing a coating material on the coating sleeve as the coating cylinder is rotated. The plate cylinder is operative to receive the coating material from the coating sleeve. An impression cylinder supports a web substrate that receives the coating material from the plate sleeve.12-29-2011

Stephanie L. Back, St. Louis, MO US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120005773TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH ENHANCED AGRONOMIC TRAITS - This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced trait.01-05-2012

Timothy L. Back, Cincinnati, OH US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100018631METHOD OF REPAIRING A MANHOLE CHIMNEY USING A STRETCHABLE SLEEVE - A method of repairing and renewing a manhole chimney utilizes a circumferentially stretchable liner sleeve which is inserted into the manhole and pressed by an inflatable bladder into engagement with the walls of the manhole chimney. The sleeve is coated with an uncured resin, which is allowed to cure as the sleeve is pressed against the chimney walls, thereby attaching the sleeve to the walls of the manhole chimney. The stretchable sleeve eliminates air spaces between the sleeve and the chimney walls, and precludes formation of undesirable folds in the sleeve. The sleeve stretches circumferentially up to 150% of its unstretched diameter, while having a substantially unstretchable length.01-28-2010