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Blaine E. Beck, Katy, TX US
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| 20090221720 | CONVERSION OF PRODUCED OXYGENATES TO HYDROGEN OR SYNTHESIS GAS IN A CARBON-TO-LIQUIDS PROCESS - Processes for making hydrogen and optionally carbon monoxide and their integrations in a Carbon-to-Liquids plant are disclosed. A first syngas produced by a first syngas generator is converted in a hydrocarbon synthesis process to hydrocarbon products, oxygenates and product water comprising dissolved oxygenates. The first syngas generator may use partial oxidation, reforming, gasifying, or pyrolysis of any solid, liquid or gaseous carbonaceous feedstock. The product water may be treated, for example by distillation and/or by stripping, to form an oxygenates-rich stream which comprises a reforming reactant and oxygenates originating from the product water. Oxygenates from the oxygenates-rich stream fed to a second syngas generator are converted under reforming conditions to form at least hydrogen. The hydrogen formed by reforming may be supplied to one or more units using hydrogen within a Carbon-to-Liquids plant. | 09-03-2009 |
Blaine Edwin Beck, Katy, TX US
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| 20090152868 | REMOTE POWER-GENERATING ASSEMBLY - A remote power supply system associated with offshore hydrocarbon production and transportation operations includes an expansion turbine that generates power for the system. The remote power supply system also has a support structure that supports the expansion turbine. A cooling section is supported by the support structure, and is in fluid communication with the expansion turbine to receive the vapor therefrom and to condense it to liquid. A downcomer and boiler section is in fluid communication with the cooling section to receive the liquid condensed from the vapor. An ignition assembly is positioned toward a lower end portion of the downcomer and boiler section. The ignition assembly ignites a fuel and air mixture and causes the liquid received by the downcomer and boiler section from the cooling section to boil into vapor. A return passage conveys vapor from the downcomer and boiler section to the inlet of the expansion turbine. | 06-18-2009 |
Brandon M. Beck, Austin, TX US
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| 20110082675 | Complex Configuration Processing Using Configuration Sub-Models - A configuration model dividing and configuration sub-model inference processing system and procedure addresses the issue of configuration model and query complexity by breaking a configuration problem down into a set of smaller problems, solving them individually and recombining the results into a single result that is equivalent to a conventional inference procedure. In one embodiment, a configuration model is divided into configuration sub-models that can respectively be processed using existing data processing resources. A sub-model inference procedure provides a way to scale queries to larger and more complicated configuration models. Thus, the configuration model dividing and configuration sub-model processing system and inference procedure allows processing by a data processing system of configuration models and queries whose collective complexity exceeds the complexity of otherwise unprocessable conventional, consolidated configuration models and queries. | 04-07-2011 |
Chao M. Beck, Austin, TX US
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| 20090112984 | MEETING INVITATION PROCESSING IN A CALENDARING SYSTEM - Illustrative embodiments provide a computer implemented method, an apparatus and a computer program product for meeting invitation processing in a calendaring system. In one embodiment, the computer implemented method comprises receiving a meeting invitation request from a user, wherein the meeting invitation includes a set of attributes and analyzing the set of attributes of the meeting invitation request. The computer implemented method further comprises selecting a process from a set of predefined processes comprising a pending meeting indicator process, a multiple meeting display process, an availability probability process, and a prioritized list process to create a selected process, and selectively modifying the selected process to create a modified process. The computer implemented method then invoking the modified process to process the meeting invitation request, and notifying the user. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20100293226 | WEB CONFERENCE PERFORMANCE MONITORING SYSTEM - Web conference performance monitoring systems enable presenters to monitor their audience's content receiving experience and modify their content's transmission characteristics to resolve technical difficulties. A system for monitoring a Web conference's performance includes a local processor; memory operably connected to the local processor; a monitor operably connected to the local processor; content loaded into memory and operable by the local processor; and an audience screen preview program loaded into the memory and operable by the local processor, wherein the audience screen preview program instructs the local processor to measure network throughput of a network connection between the local processor and a remote processor and display at least a portion of the content on the monitor operably connected to the local processor by simulating the content being transmitted to the monitor operably connected to the local processor over the network connection. | 11-18-2010 |
David A. Beck, El Paso, TX US
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| 20080214049 | Shielded electric cable assembly and method - A shielded electric cable assembly comprises a shielded electric cable and a shield terminal. The shield terminal comprises an inner ferrule and an outer ferrule. The inner ferrule is disposed between an inner insulation jacket of shielded electric cable and an exposed end portion of a conductive layer surrounding the inner insulation jacket. The outer ferrule is crimped about the exposed end portion of the woven metal shield to clamp exposed end portion of the conductive layer between the inner ferrule and the outer ferrule. The material of the outer ferrule is harder than the material of the inner ferrule so that crimped outer ferrule interlocks with the inner ferrule in the longitudinal direction. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090249609 | Method for manufacturing a series of electric terminals - A series of electric terminals in which each member of the series has an identical receptacle portion at one end and a unique cable attachment portion at an opposite end is manufactured by forming a generic strip of partially formed terminals having a receptacle portion at one end in a first progressive die forming operation for all members of the series of electric terminals. Strips of completely formed electric terminals of particular members of the series of electric terminals are then completed in respective unique die progressive die forming operations using the generic strip of partially formed terminals. A modular die may be used for forming the strips of completely formed electric terminals from the intermediate generic the strip of partially formed terminals. | 10-08-2009 |
David L. Beck, Manor, TX US
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| 20110071700 | Auto-Compensating Power Converter - An auto-compensation method for compensating power regulators configured to generate a regulated output voltage. Auto-compensation may be performed dynamically by determining various coefficients of a compensation function used in compensating the power regulator, based on assumptions about the structure of the regulator and corresponding filters. The method may be used to determine at least the DC loop gain and the position of the compensation zeros, without requiring any prior knowledge of the values of the various components of the system. Furthermore, the selection of the compensation parameters (loop gain, position of zeroes) may be based on measurement of various state variables of the actual power converter, and adjustment of the various coefficients of the compensation function according to the measurements. Since no power-plant model of the power regulator is used, inaccuracies that would be inherent using any method that employs a model of the system instead of the system itself may be eliminated. | 03-24-2011 |
Gregory Beck, Coppell, TX US
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| 20090022292 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MESSAGES OF COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set top box having a controller to present media content to a user, receive a message, and selectively cease presentation of the media content until after the message is reviewed. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090187945 | CUSTOMIZED ELECTRONIC PROGRAMMING GUIDE - A customizable electronic programming guide (CEPG) is hosted on a residential gateway. The CEPG includes user-defined folders that may be populated with other folders (i.e., sub-folders), program identifiers, or both. Electronic programming guide data arrive at the residential gateway in a standard form and are reformatted by the residential gateway for display according to the user-defined folders and sub-folders. In some embodiments, the CEPG is accessible by multiple set-top boxes that are communicatively coupled to the residential gateway. For ease of configuration, the residential gateway may provide access to a locally-hosted configuration web page. | 07-23-2009 |
Harold Kent Beck, Copper Canyon, TX US
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| 20110185494 | Pop-Up Drain Assembly - A pop-up drain assembly for a sink has drain piping, a stopper in the drain piping, a pivot rod for opening and closing the stopper and tends not to clog because the pivot rod is not within a fluid flow path. In one embodiment the stopper has flow diverter plates that channel fluid flowing through the drain piping away from the pivot rod so that hair, waste and debris does not catch on and accumulate on the pivot rod. In another embodiment the stopper and the pivot rod are engaged through magnetic coupling, and the pivot rod does not protrude into the fluid flow path. The stopper is preferably variable in length for adjustment to fit different distances from the pivot rod to the top of the drain piping. | 08-04-2011 |
Jan Bastian Beck, El Paso, TX US
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| 20100154855 | Thin walled thermoelectric devices and methods for production thereof - A thermoelectric generator is built into the wall of a heat exchanger by applying coatings of dielectric, electrical conductor and N-type and P-type thermoelectric materials. A tubular heat exchanger lends itself to the application of coatings in annular rings, providing ease of manufacture and a structure that is robust to damage. | 06-24-2010 |
Jeffrey D. Beck, Plano, TX US
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| 20110031401 | RADIATION DETECTOR HAVING A BANDGAP ENGINEERED ABSORBER - A radiation detector is provided that includes a photodiode having a radiation absorber with a graded multilayer structure. Each layer of the absorber is formed from a semiconductor material, such as HgCdTe. A first of the layers is formed to have a first predetermined wavelength cutoff. A second of the layers is disposed over the first layer and beneath the first surface of the absorber through which radiation is received. The second layer has a graded composition structure of the semiconductor material such that the wavelength cutoff of the second layer varies from a second predetermined wavelength cutoff to the first predetermined wavelength cutoff such that the second layer has a progressively smaller bandgap than the first bandgap of the first layer. The graded multilayer radiation absorber structure enables carriers to flow toward a conductor that is used for measuring the radiation being sensed by the radiation absorber. | 02-10-2011 |
Jeffrey S. Beck, League City, TX US
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| 20090139900 | FCC process using mesoporous catalyst - This invention relates to a FCC process using a mesoporous catalytic cracking catalyst. The mesoporous fluidized catalytic cracking catalyst is selective for minimizing the production of coke and light gas. The catalyst comprises at least one amorphous, porous matrix, each matrix having pores ranging in diameter from about 1 Å to about 10 Å and pores ranging in diameter from about 40 Å to about 500 Å, wherein in the pore range from 50 Å to 250 Å, there is a single maximum in differential pore volume distribution over the 50 Å to 250 Å range. | 06-04-2009 |
Jeffrey S. Beck, Houston, TX US
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| 20110190557 | HYDROPROCESSING CATALYSTS AND THEIR PRODUCTION - In a process for producing a hydroprocessing catalyst, a particulate metal oxide composition comprising an oxide of at least one first metal selected from Group 6 of the Periodic Table of the Elements can be mixed with particles of a sulfide of at least one second metal selected from Groups 8 to 10 of the Periodic Table of the Elements to produce a particulate catalyst precursor. The particulate catalyst precursor can then be sulfided under conditions sufficient to at least partially convert the particulate catalyst precursor into a layered metal sulfide having defect sites associated with the second metal sulfide. | 08-04-2011 |
Kent Beck, Copper Canyon, TX US
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| 20090100619 | Method and Apparatus for Cleaning a Conduit - A conduit cleaning method and apparatus for connection to a fluid inlet feed line and an outlet drain line utilizes a housing assembly having an inlet portion, an outlet portion, and a bight portion. The inlet and outlet portions have sloped leg sections which provide increased fluid flow through the bight to disperse accumulated debris. Rotatable shafts inside the housing accommodate paddles or jets to facilitate in retrieval or dispersal of obstruction. | 04-23-2009 |
Michael S. Beck, Colleyville, TX US
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| 20090020351 | ARTICULATED VEHICLE SUSPENSION SYSTEM SHOULDER JOINT - An articulated vehicle suspension system shoulder joint is disclosed. A vehicle includes a plurality of wheel assemblies; a plurality of rotating shoulder joints, each wheel assembly being mounted to a respective one of the shoulder joints and rotatable in a plane by the respective shoulder joint; and a chassis to which the shoulder joints are mounted. The shoulder joint for use in a vehicle suspension system includes a housing to which a wheel assembly may be attached for in-plane rotation; a drive; and a transmission engaged with the housing and the drive to reduce the speed of the drive motor as it drives the housing. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090033045 | PAYLOAD MODULE FOR MOBILITY ASSIST - A ground vehicle and a method for articulating a payload module for mobility assist are disclosed. The ground vehicle comprises a chassis; and a payload module capable of articulating relative to the chassis to assist the mobility of the ground vehicle. The method comprises articulating a payload module relative to a chassis. | 02-05-2009 |
Scott Beck, Houston, TX US
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| 20110198292 | DESALINATION OF WATER - A method and apparatus is provided for use in desalinating water. A desalination processes uses a polymer material to bind sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl) ions in salt water. Once the polymer binds to the sodium and chlorine ions, they can be separated from the water. Once separated from the water, the sodium and chlorine molecules can be separated from the polymer, and the polymer reused in subsequent desalination cycles. | 08-18-2011 |
Scott E. Beck, Murphy, TX US
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| 20110146398 | FLOW SENSORS HAVING NANOSCALE COATING FOR CORROSION RESISTANCE - A corrosion resistant flow sensor apparatus includes a flow sensor including a micromachinable substrate mounted on a package substrate that includes electrically conductive traces and substrate bond pads. The flow sensor includes a MEMS sensing structure for sensing a mass flow parameter and sensor bond pads coupled to the sensing structure. The sensor bond pads include a top metal layer on a metal diffusion barrier layer including a metal diffusion barrier layer sidewall. Bond wires couple the sensor bond pads to the substrate bond pads. A housing including sides and a top portion is around the flow sensor and includes a flow channel having an inlet and an outlet. A multi-layer corrosion protection coating includes a nm scale adhesion layer and a self assembled monolayer (SAM) is on the adhesion layer. The protection coating covers the sensor bond pads including the metal diffusion barrier layer sidewall. | 06-23-2011 |
Scott Edward Beck, Murphy, TX US
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| 20100018324 | PRESSURE-BASED FLUID FLOW SENSOR - A volumetric fluid flow sensor ( | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100122580 | FLOW SENSOR APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH MEDIA ISOLATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS - A flow sensor apparatus that utilizes a pressure sensor with media isolated electrical connections. A cap can be attached to topside of the pressure sensor over a diaphragm to protect bond pads and wire bonds from a fluid media. A flow channel can be etched on the cap with an opening and exit on the sides of the cap so that liquid can flow through the flow channel. An inlet port and an outlet port can be attached to the channel's opening and exit to allow for fluid flow over the diaphragm. The flow channel creates a larger pressure over portions of the diaphragm that increases the deflection of the diaphragm, which increases an output signal of the pressure sensor. V-grooves can be created on two sides of the pressure sensor and in the cap to create the channel for the fluid in and out of the cap's cavity. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100212434 | FLOW SENSOR APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH MEDIA ISOLATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS - A flow sensor apparatus that utilizes a pressure sensor with media isolated electrical connections. A cap can be attached to topside of the pressure sensor over a diaphragm to protect bond pads and wire bonds from a fluid media. A flow channel can be etched on the cap with an opening and exit on the sides of the cap so that liquid can flow through the flow channel. An inlet port and an outlet port can be attached to the channel's opening and exit to allow for fluid flow over the diaphragm. The flow channel creates a larger pressure over portions of the diaphragm that increases the deflection of the diaphragm, which increases an output signal of the pressure sensor. V-grooves can be created on two sides of the pressure sensor and in the cap to create the channel for the fluid in and out of the cap's cavity. | 08-26-2010 |
Scott Neil Beck, Dallas, TX US
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| 20110080871 | Systems and methods for establishing a telecommunications bridge between a user device and a node - Systems and methods for establishing a telecommunications bridge between a user device and a node are provided herein. In some embodiments a method for establishing a telecommunications bridge between a user device and a node includes receiving a request to establish a telecommunications bridge, the request including information indicative of a user device, and a campaign identifier corresponding to at least one node, comparing the campaign identifier to a campaign database, the campaign database including information indicative of campaign identifiers associated with at least one node, and establishing the telecommunications bridge between a user device and at least one node. | 04-07-2011 |
Steven David Beck, Austin, TX US
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| 20100142328 | Projectile-Detection Collars and Methods - User-wearable sensor arrays for use with projectile-detection systems, and methods of detecting a projectile with user-wearable sensor arrays. | 06-10-2010 |
Ted Beck, Austin, TX US
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| 20080198945 | REDUCED EMI DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - A method and system are disclosed for spreading the power associated with digital signals being transmitted to reduce electromagnetic interference (EMI) emissions by receiving, via a first transmission line, a first power spread signal representative a first digital signal modified using a first power spreading digital noise signal, modifying the power spread signal using a second power spreading digital noise signal substantially similar to the first power spreading digital noise signal to generate a second digital signal substantially similar to the first digital signal, modifying the second digital signal using a third power spreading digital noise signal to generate a second power spread signal and providing the second power spread signal for output to a second transmission line. | 08-21-2008 |