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Beecher, US
Charles D. Beecher, Golden, CO US
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| 20090262177 | RIBBON GUIDE FOR THERMAL PRINTERS AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION - A ribbon guide used to install a thermal ribbon in a thermal printer, the ribbon guide having a bottle shaped profile and being formed of V-Max® brand synthetic paper. The ribbon guide has three integral portions, a first portion having a cross-shaped slit and a hole, a second portion that may be used for gripping by an operator, and a third portion for receiving printed advertising and/or other useful information. The synthetic paper is a multi-layer product comprised of thin individual layers of high density polyethylene that have been extruded, stretched, bias-cut and cross laminated. The cross-shaped slit receives the very thin thermal ribbon and allows the ribbon guide to connect and hold the thermal ribbon during installation of the thermal ribbon in the thermal printer. After loading a reel of thermal ribbon onto a supply spindle and connecting the thermal ribbon to the ribbon guide, an operator may grip the second portion of the ribbon guide, and thread the ribbon guide through the internal mechanisms of the thermal printer including passed a print head to a reel on a take-up spindle. Using the ribbon guide reduces thermal ribbon handling by an operator and thus hands are cleaner and less likely to smell, and the hands of the operator are kept away from moving and/or hot parts of the thermal printer. Forming the ribbon guide of the V-Max® brand synthetic paper reduces the amount of dust, oil and dirt entering the interior of the thermal printer and gives the ribbon guide enough self-support to allow it to load the thermal ribbon. The ribbon guide may also be used as an advertising platform and as a helpful tool. | 10-22-2009 |
Christopher William Ward Beecher, Ann Arbor, MI US
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| 20090039246 | METHOD FOR GENERATION AND USE OF ISOTOPIC PATTERNS IN MASS SPECTRAL DATA OF SIMPLE ORGANISMS - A method for identifying a biological analyte that is affected by a stressor is disclosed in which two substantially identical biological samples are provided, with a first sample being a control sample and a second sample being an experimental sample. The control sample is grown with a nutrient having an isotope of a first atom, whereas the experimental sample is grown with a nutrient having a second isotope of the first atom. The experimental sample is grown with a stressing agent and regimen. The samples are admixed, and the formed composite is mass spectroscopically assayed for analyte peaks. The ratio of first isotope to second isotope is determined for the peaks, as is a sample median isotopic ratio. The ratio for assayed analyte peaks is compared with the median ratio. An analyte whose isotopic ratio significantly deviates from the median ratio is an analyte affected by the stressing agent. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090039247 | METHOD FOR GENERATION AND USE OF STABLE ISOTOPE PATTERNS IN MASS SPECTRAL DATA - A composition adapted for mass spectral analysis is disclosed as are methods of its use in mass spectral analyses. A contemplated composition contains a mass spectrally-determinable amount of each of (i) at least one analyte to be assayed and (ii) a standard compound. Each of the molecules of the standard compound contains one or the other of a pair of two stable isotopes of the same element that differ in molecular weight by at least two atomic mass units. Those two isotopes are present in the molecules of the standard compound in a predetermined ratio that is other than the naturally occurring ratio of those isotopes. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090124518 | GENERATION AND USE OF ISOTOPIC PATTERNS IN MASS SPECTRAL PHENOTYPIC COMPARISON OF ORGANISMS - A method for assaying phenotypic similarity or dissimilarity between organisms is disclosed in which a composite sample of admixed first and second samples is provided. The first, standard sample contains average concentrations of compounds of molecular mass less than about 1000 AMU present in the organism species. The second, assay sample contains compounds of having a similar molecular mass present in the organism whose phenotype is to be assayed. The constituents of both samples are (i) in a liquid medium and (ii) each compound of a sample has the same, first and second respective amounts of first and second stable isotopes of a first atom. The composite sample is mass spectroscopically analyzed for analytes, with the ratio of first to second isotope being determined for each analyte, along with a composite sample median ratio. The ratios for each analyte are compared to the median, with outlying ratios indicating dissimilarity. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20110031391 | METHOD FOR GENERATION AND USE OF ISOTOPIC PATTERNS IN MASS SPECTRAL DATA OF SIMPLE ORGANISMS - A method for identifying a biological analyte that is affected by a stressor is disclosed in which two substantially identical biological samples are provided, with a first sample being a control sample and a second sample being an experimental sample. The control sample is grown with a nutrient having an isotope of a first atom, whereas the experimental sample is grown with a nutrient having a second isotope of the first atom. The experimental sample is grown with a stressing agent and regimen. The samples are admixed, and the formed composite is mass spectroscopically assayed for analyte peaks. The ratio of first isotope to second isotope is determined for the peaks, as is a sample median isotopic ratio. The ratio for assayed analyte peaks is compared with the median ratio. An analyte whose isotopic ratio significantly deviates from the median ratio is an analyte affected by the stressing agent. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110084204 | METHOD FOR GENERATION AND USE OF ISOTOPIC PATTERNS IN MASS SPECTRAL DATA OF SIMPLE ORGANISMS - A method for identifying a biological analyte that is affected by a stressor is disclosed in which two substantially identical biological samples are provided, with a first sample being a control sample and a second sample being an experimental sample. The control sample is grown with a nutrient having an isotope of a first atom, whereas the experimental sample is grown with a nutrient having a second isotope of the first atom. The experimental sample is grown with a stressing agent and regimen. The samples are admixed, and the formed composite is mass spectroscopically assayed for analyte peaks. The ratio of first isotope to second isotope is determined for the peaks, as is a sample median isotopic ratio. The ratio for assayed analyte peaks is compared with the median ratio. An analyte whose isotopic ratio significantly deviates from the median ratio is an analyte affected by the stressing agent. | 04-14-2011 |
David Beecher, Redmond, WA US
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| 20100023819 | Programmable Device Testing - According to some embodiments, characterization data can be loaded onto a programmable device. The characterization data can be configured to cause the programmable device to perform one or more functions if executed on the programmable device. It can then be determined whether or not loading the characterization data onto the programmable device caused the programmable device to be successfully programmed. An indication can be transmitted for receipt by an external device, the indication indicating whether or not the programmable device was successfully programmed. | 01-28-2010 |
Lance Beecher, Clemson, SC US
Scott Beecher, Windsor, CT US
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| 20110138107 | USB NON-VOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROLLER - An electronic engine controller has a processor, a data controller, and a non-volatile memory. During an engine operation, power is supplied to the processor, data controller, and non-volatile memory from an engine power source. Sensor data is received at the processor which supplies the sensor data to the data controller. The data controller stores the sensor data in the non-volatile memory. During data retrieval, power is supplied to the data controller and the non-volatile memory from a USB communications channel. The data controller retrieves the saved sensor data from the non-volatile memory and provides it to the USB communications channel. | 06-09-2011 |
William Vucich Beecher, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20090023060 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BATTERY POTTING - One embodiment includes a bottom clamshell and a top clamshell sandwiching a first battery and a second battery, with a fill port extending from a top surface of the top clamshell through to the bottom surface of the top clamshell and to a space between the first and second batteries. The embodiment includes a protrusion coupled to the top clamshell proximate to the fill port and extending into the space, wherein the protrusion at least partially occludes a direct path through the fill port to the space. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20100136407 | Battery cell with a partial dielectric barrier for improved battery pack mechanical and thermal performance - The adverse effects of the dielectric material covering the lateral outer surface of a conventional battery are eliminated by replacing it with a dielectric barrier that covers less than 20 percent of the lateral outer surface of the cell case; more preferably less than 15 percent of the lateral outer surface of the cell case; still more preferably less than 10 percent of the lateral outer surface of the cell case; and yet still more preferably less than 5 percent of the lateral outer surface of the cell case. The dielectric barrier may be shrunk-fit, bonded, friction-fit or otherwise held in place. An electrically insulating disk may be interposed between the dielectric barrier and the end edge portion of the cell case. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20110076538 | Method and apparatus for the external application of a battery pack adhesive - A method and apparatus for simplifying battery pack assembly that allows inspection of the cell-to-housing bonding region is provided. In particular, a battery pack housing member is provided that includes an interior surface that partially defines the interior region of the battery pack and that includes a plurality of cell mounting wells and an exterior surface that includes a plurality of bonding wells. Adhesive introduced into the bonding wells forms a mechanical bond between an exterior surface of a cell introduced into an adjacent cell mounting well and the housing member. | 03-31-2011 |