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Daniel Ballou, Long Beach, CA US
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| 20110297566 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE CASE WITH CLEANING ACCESSORY - Case accessories for portable electronic devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a case accessory may include a base configured to sit on a working surface, a support coupled to the base and configured to support a portable electronic device in an elevated position, a rotational mechanism coupled to the support configured to allow the holder to rotate in one or more directions relative to the support, and a holder coupled to the rotational mechanism and configured to secure the portable electronic device. | 12-08-2011 |
Daniel B. Ballou, Salem, MA US
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| 20080304909 | SEMI-PERMANENT BOLLARD - A bollard mounting system mounts a bollard body to a stationary post mounted in the floor or ground. The bollard mounting system includes a plurality of locking protrusions and a key protrusion coupled with or otherwise integral with the post. The bollard mounting system also includes a keyed collar disposed on the bollard body. When the bollard body and the keyed collar are positioned on the post, the locking protrusions and the key protrusion engage the keyed collar locking the bollard body onto the stationary post. Installation of the bollard body only requires sliding the bollard body with the keyed collar into place over the stationary post. The locking protrusions are not externally accessible and not externally visible after the bollard body is locked in position, which reduces the likelihood of theft or damage to the locking mechanism in an aesthetically desirable manner. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090102177 | Shopping cart with child carrier apparatus having a b-pillar restraint region - A shopping cart with child carrying apparatus suitable for storage and conveyance of a conventional capacity of food or other products can also transport and entertain at least one child. The shopping cart has at least one storage basket, as well as a child carrier coupled forward and external of the basket. The child carrier simulates a vehicle to provide a relatively easier shopping experience for the guardian and a more enjoyable shopping experience for the child. The child carrying apparatus includes a doorway having a B-pillar restraint region that restrains the child occupant from leaning out from the child carrying apparatus, while simultaneously providing a substantially unobstructed view sideways from the child carrying apparatus. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20100172692 | BOLLARD HAVING AN IMPACT ABSORPTION MECHANISM - A plate-mounted bollard which includes an internal impact absorption mechanism that enables the bollard to absorb impact forces greater than conventional plate-mounted bollards. The bollard makes use of a force transfer process that shifts impact forces to areas better able to resiliently absorb the impact without causing damage to the bollard, the impact absorption mechanism, or the ground in which the bollard is installed. The impact absorption mechanism consists of an internal resilient core rod mounted at its proximal end to a base plate which is fixed to the ground. Impact forces are then transferred through an outer shell to the distal or upper end of the internal resilient core. With energy from the impact force being distributed along the maximum length of the resilient core rod, the rod flexes and the full length of the rod is utilized to absorb the impact energy. | 07-08-2010 |
Jason S. Ballou, Gilsum, NH US
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| 20120128954 | ENHANCED, PROTECTED SILVER COATINGS ON ALUMINUM FOR OPTICAL MIRROR AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - The disclosure is directed to enhanced silver coated aluminum substrates for use as optical mirrors in which galvanic corrosion between the silver and aluminum is prevented and a method of making such silver coating and mirrors. The optical mirror according to the disclosure has an in-situ formed “barrier” layer inserted between the aluminum substrate and the silver layer. In addition, selected layers are densified by carrying out their deposition using a high power RF ion source during their deposition. | 05-24-2012 |
Jason William Ballou, Newell, IA US
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| 20080289472 | SKIDLOADER MOUNTED TIMBERSAW ATTACHMENT - A timbersaw attachment for a skidloader is beneficial in cutting timber. The skidloader attachment has a mounting plate adapted to attach to the skidloader, a cutting head attached to the mounting plate and one or more extensible members adapted to move the cutting head. Using the timbersaw attachment for a skidloader and method for cutting timber is disclosed by joining the attachment having a cutting head to the skidloader, connecting one or more extensible members and a motor on the attachment to the skidloader's hydraulics, moving the cutting head relative to the skidloader with the extensible members, and cutting timber with a chain rotated by the motor upon the cutting head. | 11-27-2008 |
Jon M. Ballou, Beverly, MA US
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| 20080251234 | REGENERATOR WHEEL APPARATUS - A regenerator wheel is disclosed. The regenerator wheel includes a framework, a plurality of ports disposed within the framework, with at least one port of the plurality of ports separated from another port by the framework. The regenerator wheel also includes a plurality of matrixes aligned individually with the plurality of ports. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20090000761 | REGENERATIVE HEAT EXCHANGER WITH ENERGY-STORING DRIVE SYSTEM - A regenerative heat exchanger having an energy-storing drive system includes a high heat capacity matrix rotable about an axis and a drive system that is in operable communication with the high heat capacity matrix and is capable of rotating the high heat capacity matrix about the axis. An energy-storage mechanism is in operable communication with the drive system. The energy-storage mechanism is capable of controlling an acceleration and/or deceleration of rotation of the high heat capacity matrix thus reducing an amount of energy required to be input into the drive system to rotate the high heat capacity matrix. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090000762 | BRUSH-SEAL AND MATRIX FOR REGENERATIVE HEAT EXCHANGER, AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING SAME - Disclosed is a regenerative heat exchanger including a brush-seal configuration to prevent mixing of fluid flows. The regenerative heat exchanger includes a regenerator, and at least two conduits, each conduit having a matrix end abutting a face of the regenerator matrix. The at least two conduits carrying at least two fluid flows, the fluid flows which pass through the regenerator matrix. The regenerative heat exchanger includes a plurality of brush-seals, each brush-seal located at a matrix end of each conduit without contacting the matrix, thereby sealing around a periphery of each conduit to prevent mixing of fluid flows. Also disclosed is a method for establishing a minimal gap between a regenerator matrix of a regenerative heat exchanger and a plurality of brush-seals. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20120018955 | INTERMITTENT SEALING DEVICE AND METHOD - An exemplary embodiment disclosed herein relates to an articulatable sealing device. The device includes a plurality of seal elements each of which is urgable against a seal-surface, a fixing member tightenable about a perimeter of the seal elements, and a retractor in operable communication with the plurality of seal elements and able to move the plurality of seal elements in a desired direction. | 01-26-2012 |
Lisa Ballou, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20090131947 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING AN ANCHORAGE IN HUMAN OR ANIMAL TISSUE - An anchorage in tissue is produced by holding a vibrating element and a counter element against each other such that their contact faces are in contact with each other, wherein at least one of the contact faces comprises a thermoplastic material which is liquefiable by mechanical vibration. While holding and then moving the two elements against each other, the vibrating element is vibrated and due to the vibration the thermoplastic material is liquefied between the contract faces, and due to the relative movement is made to flow from between the contact faces and to penetrate tissue located adjacent to outer edges of the contact faces. For liquefaction of the thermoplastic material and for displacing it from between the contact faces no force needs to act on the tissue surface which is to be penetrated by the liquefied material. For this reason anchorage in tissue which has little mechanical stability is possible. | 05-21-2009 |
Nat Ballou, Kirkland, WA US
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| 20090327782 | DEVICE POWER MANAGEMENT USING NETWORK CONNECTIONS - Embodiments provide a process and system for automatic management of networked devices based on the state of the network connection. The process automatically manages the power state of a networked computerized device according to a trigger event that corresponds to the state of an attached network connection. The network connection of an attached networked device is monitored for a pre-defined trigger event. Once a trigger event has been observed, the power state of the attached network device is managed to correspond to the trigger event. | 12-31-2009 |
Nathaniel H. Ballou, Kirkland, WA US
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| 20090171983 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL FOLDER SHARING INCLUDING UTILIZATION OF STATIC AND DYNAMIC LISTS - A system and method for virtual folder sharing, including utilization of static and dynamic lists. Static and dynamic lists may be created as types of virtual folders. Virtual folders expose regular files and folders to users in different views based on their metadata instead of the actual physical underlying file system structure on the disk. A static list consists of a folder of items that are in a specific order, while a dynamic list gathers a set of items based on a scope and a set of criteria. When a list is shared, the actual list is left in place on the sharer's machine or server, while permission is granted to the sharee to remotely access the list and the referenced items. If the list is changed by adding or removing items, these items are also automatically re-permissioned to allow or disallow the sharee to have access to the items. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20110145282 | UTILIZING VIRTUAL FOLDERS - A system and method utilizing virtual folders. The virtual folders expose regular files and folders to users in different views based on their metadata instead of the actual physical underlying file system structure on the disk. The virtual folders contain collections of items. The system includes a folder processor that obtains queries from a user and a relational database for storing information about the items. The folder processor first obtains a query from a user and passes the query to the relational database. The relational database provides results back to the folder processor, and based on the results from the relational database, the folder processor provides the results to the user as virtual folders. Users are able to work with the virtual folders through direct manipulation (e.g., clicking and dragging, copying, pasting, etc.). | 06-16-2011 |
Philip J. Ballou, Alameda, CA US
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| 20100185471 | ANALYZING VOYAGE EFFICIENCIES - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are present for analyzing voyage efficiency. Historical data for a completed voyage of a ship is obtained. A baseline voyage solution for a completed voyage is generated with a software application executing on a processor unit using a model of the ship and the historical data. The baseline voyage solution is compared to an actual voyage solution used for the completed voyage to form a comparison. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100280750 | Estimating Probabilities of Arrival Times for Voyages - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are present for generating a route for a ship. A start point and an end point are identified for the ship. A number of forecasts of weather conditions is obtained for a period of time to travel from the start point to the end point. A probability of reaching the end point from the start point is generated for a number of routes from the start point to the end point for the ship within the period of time using the number of forecasts of weather conditions to form a number of probabilities. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110257819 | Vessel Performance Optimization Reporting Tool - The different advantageous embodiments provide an apparatus comprising a sensor system, a computer system, and a satellite transceiver. The sensor system is configured to generate data about a vessel and an environment around the vessel. The computer system is connected to the sensor system. The computer system is configured to receive the data from the sensor system, generate vessel information about the data, and send the vessel information to a remote location. The satellite transceiver is connected to the computer system. The satellite transceiver is configured to send the vessel information to and receive other information from the remote location. | 10-20-2011 |
Rich Ballou, Montesano, WA US
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| 20120114462 | Screw-Type Centrifugal Pump with Cutting Inserts - A screw-type centrifugal pump with scissoring back cutters and having a housing with an intake opening and an outlet opening, both in fluid communication with an internal chamber, and an impeller assembly positioned within the chamber, is disclosed. Generally speaking, the impeller assembly has a hub having a back shroud and being attached to a rotatable pump shaft, with an impeller attached to the hub. An insert cutter positioned on a surface of the hub shroud opposite the impeller includes a cutting edge configured for shearing operation, while a stationary back plate having a surface adjacent to and facing the hub shroud includes a cutting rib having a cutting edge configured for shearing operation. The insert cutter and cutting rib work jointly to create a cutting action as the hub rotates in the chamber. | 05-10-2012 |
William Ripley Ballou, Seattle, WA US
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| 20090136543 | VACCINE - The present invention provides an immunogenic influenza composition in a dose volume suitable for human use, comprising an influenza virus antigen or antigenic preparation thereof and an adjuvant composition comprising an oil-in-water emulsion, wherein said oil-in-water emulsion comprises a metabolisable oil at a level of below 11 mg and an emulsifying agent at a level of below 5 mg and optionally a tocol or a sterol at a level of below 12 mg. Suitably the amount of influenza antigen per strain per dose is 15 μg HA or a low amount such as less than 15 μg HA. | 05-28-2009 |