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Baker, Jr., US
Charles Lambert Baker, Jr., Thornton, PA US
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| 20090186786 | Method for haze mitigation and filterability improvement for gas-to-liquid hydroisomerized base stocks - Haze formation in heavy Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) base stock is mitigated by the addition to said GTL base stock of one or more particular additives. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20100236990 | Bubble separation to remove haze and improve filterability of lube base stocks - Provided is a bubble generating process used to treat dewaxed lube base stocks to improve their filterability, hazy appearance or both. In one form, the process for improving at least one of haze appearance and filterability of a dewaxed lubricating oil basestock contained in a storage vessel includes contacting the lubricating oil basestock with gas bubbles passed through a gas distribution grid for a time sufficient to form a mixture of froth and gas treated basestock, allowing the mixture of froth and gas treated basestock to settle for a time sufficient to form a froth layer and a gas treated basestock layer, and separating the froth layer from the gas treated basestock layer, wherein a basestock having improved haze, improved filterability or both may be isolated from the gas treated basestock layer. | 09-23-2010 |
Clark R. Baker, Jr., Castro Valley, CA US
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| 20090253971 | ADJUSTING PARAMETERS USED IN PULSE OXIMETRY ANALYSIS - Adjusting a pulse qualification criterion includes receiving a signal representing a plurality of pulses, where the signal is generated in response to detecting light scattered from blood perfused tissue. A characteristic is determined. A pulse qualification criterion used for qualifying a pulse is adjusted in accordance with the characteristic. The pulses are evaluated according to the pulse qualification criterion. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20110071375 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS USING MODEL-BASED ADAPTIVE FILTERING - A method and apparatus for reducing the effects of noise on a system for measuring physiological parameters, such as, for example, a pulse oximeter. The method and apparatus of the invention take into account the physical limitations on various physiological parameters being monitored when weighting and averaging a series of measurements. Varying weights are assigned different measurements, measurements are rejected, and the averaging period is adjusted according to the reliability of the measurements. Similarly, calculated values derived from analyzing the measurements are also assigned varying weights and averaged over adjustable periods. More specifically, a general class of filters such as, for example, Kalman filters, is employed in processing the measurements and calculated values. The filters use mathematical models which describe how the physiological parameters change in time, and how these parameters relate to measurement in a noisy environment. The filters adaptively modify a set of averaging weights to optimally estimate the physiological parameters. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20120035443 | MEDICAL SENSOR FOR REDUCING MOTION ARTIFACTS AND TECHNIQUE FOR USING THE SAME - A sensor for pulse oximetry or other applications utilizing spectrophotometry may be adapted to reduce motion artifacts by fixing the optical distance between an emitter and detector. A flexible sensor is provided with a stiffening member to hold the emitter and detector of the sensor in a relatively fixed position when applied to a patient. Further, an annular or partially annular sensor is adapted to hold an emitter and detector of the sensor in a relatively fixed position when applied to a patient. A clip-style sensor is provided with a spacer that controls the distance between the emitter and detector. | 02-09-2012 |
Clark Raymond Baker, Jr., Newman, CA US
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| 20100069761 | Method For Determining Hemodynamic Effects Of Positive Pressure Ventilation - The present disclosure relates, in some embodiments, to devices, systems, and/or methods for collecting, processing, and/or displaying stroke volume and/or cardiac output data. For example, a device for assessing changes in cardiac output and/or stroke volume of a subject receiving airway support may comprise a processor; an airway sensor in communication with the processor, wherein the airway sensor is configured and arranged to sense pressure in the subject's airway, lungs, and/or intrapleural space over time; a blood volume sensor in communication with the processor, wherein the blood volume sensor is configured and arranged to sense pulsatile volume of blood in a tissue of the subject over time; and a display configured and arranged to display a representative of an airway pressure, a pulsatile blood volume, a photoplethysmogram, a photoplethysmogram ratio, the determined cardiac output and/or stroke volume, or combinations thereof. A method of assessing changes in cardiac output or stroke volume of a subject receiving airway support from a breathing assistance system may comprise sensing pressure in the subject's airway as a function of time, sensing pulsatile volume of blood in a tissue of the subject as a function of time, producing a photoplethysmogram from the sensed pulsatile volume, determining the ratio of the amplitude of the photoplethysmogram during inhalation to the amplitude of the photoplethysmogram during exhalation, and determining the change in cardiac output or stroke volume of the subject using the determined ratio. | 03-18-2010 |
Dale Edward Baker, Jr., Baton Rouge, LA US
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| 20100017232 | Information Transmittal And Notification System - One embodiment of this invention is an automated information transmittal system including a first database component operative to receive and maintain at least one medical data parameter, a processor programmed to detect the medical data parameter and to compare the medical data parameter to a configured set of instructions, and a primary transmitter component operative to transmit a first signal to a portable electronic device if the medical data parameter satisfies the configured set of instructions, wherein a user of the portable electronic device may review the medical data parameter by accessing a remote application from the portable electronic device. The system further includes a portable electronic device transmitter component operative to transmit at least a second signal from the portable electronic device, the second signal generated upon input from the user and transmitted to at least a first output device in a remote location, an authentication component operative to acknowledge the second signal received by the first output device, and a second database component operative to receive and maintain authentication and transmittal information generated by the authentication component, the portable electronic device and/or the first output device. | 01-21-2010 |
Frank K. Baker, Jr., Austin, TX US
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| 20100128537 | METHOD OF PROGRAMMING A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY - A memory system including non-volatile memory cells. The memory system includes program circuitry that programs cells to a first threshold voltage or a second threshold voltage based on the number of times that cells of the memory system have been erased. In one embodiment, the threshold voltage is reduced when any set of cells of the memory system have been erased a specific number of times. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20110271034 | MULTIPLE PARTITIONED EMULATED ELECTRICALLY ERASABLE (EEE) MEMORY AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A method and system wherein a volatile memory is partitioned to have a first percentage of address space dedicated to a first classification of data which is data that is expected to have greater than a predetermined number of times of being modified and a second percentage of address space dedicated to a second classification of data which is data that is expected to have less than the predetermined probability of being modified. Address assignment of data to be stored in the volatile memory is made on a basis of predicted change of the data. Memory addresses of the first and second percentages of address space are respectively assigned to first and second sections of nonvolatile memory. The memory addresses of the first percentage initially consume a smaller percentage of an address map of the first section than the memory addresses of the second percentage of the second section. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110271035 | EMULATED ELECTRICALLY ERASABLE (EEE) MEMORY AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A system has an emulation memory having a plurality of sectors for storing information. A controller calculates a number of addresses used divided by a number of valid records in a predetermined address range of the emulation memory. An amount of remaining addresses in a currently used space of the emulation memory which have not been used to store information is calculated. A determination is made whether the calculation is greater than a first predetermined number and whether the amount of remaining addresses is greater than a second predetermined number. If both the fraction is greater than the first predetermined number and the amount of remaining addresses is greater than the second predetermined number, any subsequent update requests are responded to using the currently used space of the emulation memory. Otherwise a compression of the emulation memory is required by copying valid data to an available sector. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120005403 | RECOVERY SCHEME FOR AN EMULATED MEMORY SYSTEM - In a system having an emulation memory having a first sector of non-volatile memory for storing information, wherein the non-volatile memory includes a plurality of records, a method includes determining if a last record written of the plurality of records is a compromised record; if the last record written is not a compromised record, performing a next write to a record of the plurality of records that is next to the last record written; and if the last record written is a comprised record: determining an address of the compromised record; writing valid data for the address of the compromised record into the record of the plurality of records that is next to the compromised record; and writing data into a record that is next to the record of the plurality of records that is next to the compromised record. | 01-05-2012 |
Frederick L. Baker, Jr., Meeker, OK US
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| 20110186166 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MITIGATING UNDESIRED FLUID VIBRATION - A water hammer mitigation device includes an inlet, an outlet, an expansion housing, and a deflector. The inlet receives fluid from a source. The outlet passes the fluid to a destination. The expansion housing is disposed between the inlet and the outlet. The expansion housing defines an internal expansion chamber having an expansion volume sufficient to hold a plurality of volume units of the fluid. Each volume unit is defined by a fluid flow volume over a duration of time. The deflector is disposed within the expansion chamber. The deflector substantially redirects a backward energy pulse, which enters the expansion chamber through the outlet, away from the inlet. | 08-04-2011 |
George Allen Baker, Jr., Waterford, WI US
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| 20100243200 | SUCTION LINE HEAT EXCHANGER MODULE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A heat exchanger module configured for use in a vapor compression based climate control system including a suction line heat exchanger having a plurality of stacked plates configured to accommodate two separate fluid flow paths for heat exchange therebetween. The heat exchanger also includes a first inlet for flow of a high pressure subcooled fluid from a condenser to the module along a first fluid flow path, a first outlet for flow of a low pressure superheated fluid from the module to a compressor along a second fluid flow path, a second outlet for flow of the subcooled fluid from the module to an evaporator along a third fluid flow path, and a second inlet for flow of the low pressure superheated fluid from the evaporator to the module along a fourth fluid flow path. The module also includes a port block with a first conduit for the third fluid flow path and a second conduit for the fourth fluid flow path. | 09-30-2010 |
Milton F. Baker, Jr., Vincent, OH US
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| 20110291537 | SECURITY BOX FOR USE WITH WEAPONS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A storage box for articles that includes a base defining a chamber therein and a door that engages the base and is movable between an open position where the chamber can be accessed and a closed position where access is prevented. A locking mechanism prevents unauthorized opening of the door. A securement assembly is provided on an interior wall of the base to retain articles in predetermined positions. The assembly includes a first member that is fixedly secured to the interior wall and one or more second members that are each releasably engageable with the first member. The second members include various types of article engaging mechanisms so as to retain different types of articles and are able to be moved on the first member to create different article storing configurations within the box. | 12-01-2011 |
Raymond E. Baker, Jr., Lower Gwynedd, PA US
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| 20080316953 | AUDIENCE RESPONSE SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH MULTIPLE BASE UNIT CAPABILITY - A wireless response system and method of retrieving user selections includes providing a plurality of response units and a plurality of base units. Each of the response units has a wireless response transceiver and an input device. The input device is adapted to receiving a user input selection. The wireless response transceiver is adapted to transmitting a response transmission in response to receipt of a base transmission. Each of the base units has a wireless base transceiver. The base transceiver is adapted to transmitting base transmissions and receiving response transmissions from the response units. Each of the base units and each of the response units are assigned a communication identification. A response unit is adapted to exchanging wireless transmissions with a base unit having a common communication identification with that response unit. Each of said base units is also assigned a base address. The base transmissions include the base address of the base unit transmitting that base transmission. The response transmission includes the base address of the base transmission to which that response transmission is responding. Each of the base units processes response transmissions having a base address in common with the base address of that base unit and does not process response transmissions not having a base address in common with the base address of that base unit. | 12-25-2008 |
Richard A Baker, Jr., West Newbury, MA US
Ross G. Baker, Jr., Bellaire, TX US
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| 20120082180 | Electrical Component Behavior Analysis Tools - Tools and methods for creating isolated or localized temperature changes on components in an electric circuit. By isolating temperature changes to individual components or small sets of components, the tools and methods allow greater control over the analysis of interactions within a board. This may allow clearer understanding of the effects of temperature on circuit component behavior. The tools and analysis advances analysis such as failure analysis and design testing. | 04-05-2012 |
Therman A. Baker, Jr., Washington, DC US
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| 20120078413 | SECURED ELECTRICAL RECHARGING FACILITY METHOD AND APPARATUS - An electrical device recharging facility and method of operating the same is disclosed in which the facility includes a number of storage units having a locking mechanism operated according to a security access system and a number of power outlets and/or power cords arranged within the storage unit for recharging an electrical device. | 03-29-2012 |
William F. Baker, Jr., Evanston, IL US
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| 20090275279 | ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING - A solar engine, which is vertically aligned along an interior portion of a building, is heated by solar radiation. The solar engine includes a warm air chamber at an upper portion of the solar engine and a hollow core positioned below the warm air chamber. Habitable spaces are positioned around the outside of the core toward an exterior of the building. Solar radiation on the warm air chamber creates a high temperature zone in the warm air chamber that induces a stack effect in which air rises through the core due to the lower temperatures in the core, and results in a negative pressure in the core. Air enters at a lower portion of the building and is pulled through the core by the solar engine. If the windows on the outside of the habitable spaces are opened, the negative pressure in the core causes passive cross ventilation from the outside of the building through the habitable spaces and into the core, where the air rises to the warm air chamber and then out of the building. This allows the habitable spaces to be naturally cooled and ventilated with no energy costs. Solar radiation may be directed into the warm air chamber and core using a reflector at the top of the building. One or more wind turbines and generators positioned around the top of the core convert the moving air from the core into electrical energy to power the building. | 11-05-2009 |
William P. Baker, Jr., Benicia, CA US
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| 20110247503 | BLOWER INTENSIFIED GAS FLAME KETTLE - A blower intensified gas flame kettle is disclosed. The kettle and gas burner jets of a gas burner are at least partially inserted into a first housing. Burning gases emanating from the gas burner jets are directed toward the kettle and contained by the first housing. The temperature and velocity of the burning gases are enhanced by action of a blower which blows air which mixes with flammable gas in the gas burner prior to burning. Higher temperatures and improved, radiant, conductive, and convection heating of the kettle are achieved. A mechanized stirrer is also disclosed which enhances heating of contents of the kettle by stirring the contents of the kettle. | 10-13-2011 |