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Amber Broderick, Lehi, UT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120080852Seal Cartridge For A Centrifugal Pump - A seal cartridge assembly for installing the elements of a mechanical sealing arrangement in a rotodynamic pump provides, as part of the seal cartridge, a shaft sleeve that supports certain of the non-rotating elements of the sealing arrangement, and facilitates placement of the sealing elements by providing shearable pin elements.04-05-2012

Benjamin Karl Broderick, Kingman, AZ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110086747Exercise and video game chair - A video game chair for enhancing the enjoyment of a video game includes a chair member formed of a horizontal seat portion with a backrest portion vertically extending therefrom. This is a chair that utilizes arm movement, torso movement, leg movement and finger movement to control video games. The chair's movement is under resistance which is variable to suit the needs of the person playing the game. This resistance allows for a video gamer to benefit from extreme cardio and bodybuilding workouts while having their mind “in the game”. It is intended that this chair would be compatible with multiple video game consoles and computers04-14-2011

Brian Broderick, Bloomington, IN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090070936Patient Positioner System - A computer controlled robot system for positioning a patient for radiation therapy or other medical procedures and the like. The robot is mounted at the top of a vertical shaft extending from the treatment room floor and includes horizontal arms arranged to maximize the available work envelope and eliminate “dead spots” in the envelope that the robot cannot reach. A double redundant coupling system for coupling devices to the robot is provided. A vision based docking system is employed for automatically coupling devices to the robot. Various enhanced safety features are provided, including device specific collision avoidance.03-19-2009

Christopher Alan Broderick, Lake Balboa, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110079131Musical instrument plectrum clip - The Pick clip increases ones ability to do multiple plucked instrument techniques without having to lose control of the pick. With the pick fixed to the thumb there is no effort wasted on holding the pick between the thumb and index finger, allowing the user to utilize the index finger and thumb independently to pluck, and tap the instrument along with using the instrument percussively.04-07-2011

Cliff Broderick, Newburgh, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100018163Tubular bag sealing system - The invention provides a system of forming one or more bags from a tubular sleeve of film. The invention further provides a system that takes a tubular film, fills it and forms individual bags without generating as much dust from the filling process as current systems. The bottom end of the tubular film is sealed by any suitable method including but not limited to heat seal, adhesive seal, mating seal, etc. Product enters the film via the top end, opposite the sealed bottom end, and ceases entering once a suitable amount has been deposited at which point a second seal encapsulates said products in said package. The package can then be separated from the remainder of the tubular film and the process can continue forming more packages of product.01-28-2010

Daniel A. Broderick, Fairless Hills, PA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090274529Blade transportation - Transportation tooling of the type that borders the blade at its root and at an intermediate point. This tooling is used in combination with platforms placed on the transportation elements and said platforms can move transversely and turn or rotate with respect to the means of transportation without affecting blade integrity. A method for blade transportation with the point of one blade facing the point of the adjacent blade so as to use the minimum space on the means of transportation. The rail tooling takes into account the maximum corner radius that the train will encounter while absorbing the bending and torsion stress acting on the blades.11-05-2009

Daniel F. Broderick, La Jolla, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080235047Method and system for ordering customized cosmetic contact lenses - A method of configuring and ordering a customized contact lens for a user. The method includes the steps of displaying a template eye image to assist the user in visualizing selected options for a customized contact lens, and displaying a plurality of contact lens selection options to the user. The information includes a plurality of selectable lens colors and lens design patterns. The method also includes the steps of sending an ordering request to order a contact lens incorporating lens colors and lens design patterns selected by the user, receiving the ordering request, and manufacturing a contact lens incorporating the lens colors and lens design patterns selected by the user.09-25-2008

Ifeanyi C. Broderick, East Hampton, CT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090298970(METH)ACRYLATES COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING DISPERSIONS OF CORE SHELL RUBBERS IN (METH)ACRYLATES - The present invention provides a (meth)acrylate composition comprising a (meth)acrylate component; and a core shell rubber component having a particle size in the range of 3 nm to 1,000 nm dispersed in a curable (meth)acrylate matrix.12-03-2009
20100006208ANAEROBICALLY CURABLE COMPOSITIONS - Dry-to-the-touch compositions containing a curable polymeric matrix and a curable anaerobic composition present within the polymeric matrix are disclosed. In a particularly desirable form, the compositions are moisture curable. The compositions are non-flowable at high temperatures and have an improved solvent resistance once cured.01-14-2010
20100061823DRY-TO-THE-TOUCH ANAEROBICALLY CURABLE COMPOSITIONS AND PRODUCTS MADE THEREFROM - Dry-to-the-touch compositions containing a polymeric matrix and a anaerobically curable component present within the polymeric matrix are disclosed. In a particularly desirable form, the compositions are moisture curable. The compositions are non-flowable, at high temperatures, and have an improved solvent resistance once cured.03-11-2010

Ifeanyi Chris Broderick, East Hampton, CT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090286089ACRYLIC-BASED ADHESIVES FOR POLYVINYLIDENE SURFACES - A process for improving adhesion to a surface that is at least partially coated with a fluorocarbon-containing coating, as well as a method for bonding surfaces that are at least partially coated with a fluorocarbon-containing coating, are disclosed. Moreover, compositions that may be used in the aforementioned process and method are disclosed. Additionally, articles and assemblies that include surfaces that are coated with a fluorocarbon-containing coating are disclosed.11-19-2009
20110176886DRY-TO-THE-TOUCH-MOISTURE-CURABLE COMPOSITIONS AND PRODUCTS MADE THEREFROM - A dry-to-the-touch moisture curing composition useful as a sealant and adhesive which includes a reactive modified methylene diisocyanate polymer component having isocyanate functionality of about 8% to about 18% by weight of the polymer.07-21-2011

James B. Broderick, Maple Grove, MN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100010692Integrating avionics system with single event upset autonomous recovery - A novel system and method for detecting and recovering from single event upsets in integrating processing systems are presented. Two delta value processing lanes may be utilized to process raw data from inertial sensors. The output of the two processing lanes may be compared to detect the presence of an SEU. If an error is detected, a previously stored set of delta values may be utilized by the system. Additionally, the system may contain a temporary buffer to store calculated delta values in the event of a processor reset caused by an SEU or other error. The temporary buffer may store delta values accumulated during the processor reset and may furnish these stored delta values to the processor once it has finished resetting. The stored delta values may then be batch-processed and applied to system state values saved to memory prior to the processor reset.01-14-2010

James W. Broderick, Wellesley, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090275997VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION ELECTRODES AND METHODS OF USE - Described herein are systems, method and devices for modulating the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway. The systems described herein may include one or more implantable leads configured to be used to stimulate the inflammatory reflex. These leads typically include a flexible body region, a plurality of electrodes (or contacts) and may be used with a stylet or other inserter. The leads may also include one or more anchors. Exemplary leads may be intra-carotid sheath field-effect leads (“sheath FE” leads), carotid sheath cuff leads (“sheath cuff” leads), intracardiac leads, vagus nerve cuff leads (“vagus cuff” leads), and intravenous leads (“intravascular” leads). Leads (e.g., intravascular leads) may be chronic or acute.11-05-2009

Jeffrey Broderick, Ridgerfield, CT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100192913Injector Mounting System - An injector mount system (08-05-2010

Joseph A. Broderick, Milwaukie, OR US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100255277THERMAL INSULATING MULTIPLE LAYER BLANKET - A thermal insulating blanket is disclosed, comprising a plurality of film layers, at least two of which are separated by a conductive barrier, where the film layers are made of a film coated on at least one side with a heat reflective material and where the conductive barrier material is a network having solid portions and a plurality of open voids. In an embodiment, the conductive barrier is heat bonded between each film layer, forming a flexible, cuttable laminate.10-07-2010

Joseph Andrew Broderick, Wilsonville, OR US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110261122HEAT SEALEABLE FILTER TO ENABLE VACUUM SEALING OF PARTICLE GENERATING INSULATIONS - An insulation container has an insulation material, a filter arranged to encase the insulation material, the filter of a material that prevents escape of the insulation material while allowing air to pass through, and a container arranged to encase the filter, the container being heat sealable. A printer has an ink supply, a print head arranged to receive ink from the ink supply and configured to receive electrical signals from a controller and to dispense ink in accordance with the electrical signals onto a print substrate, and an insulator to absorb heat from the print head. A method of manufacturing an insulator includes forming a filter container of a filter material, the filter material having openings small enough to prevent escape of the filter material and large enough to allow air to pass through, filling, at least partially, the filter container with an insulating material, sealing the filter container, inserting the filter container into a sealable container, applying a vacuum to the sealable container such that the vacuum is applied to the filter container as well, and sealing the sealable container.10-27-2011

Kate Broderick, San Diego, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120046598Contactless Electropermeabilization Electrode and Method - Devices and methods for delivering an electropermeabilizing pulse of electric energy to a tissue surface to enable delivery into cells in the tissue therapeutic substances. The device incorporates a source capable of generating a sufficient voltage potential to deliver a spark across a gap and delivers same to the tissue surface.02-23-2012

Kate E. Broderick, San Diego, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080227746Methods and Compositions for Treatment of Excess Nitric Oxide or Cyanide Toxicity - Methods for treating disease states in a subject caused or exacerbated by the presence of excess nitric oxide (NO) or excess cyanide are provided. Methods for alleviating the symptoms of a disease state in a subject caused or exacerbated by the presence of excess nitric oxide (NO) or excess cyanide in the subject are also provided. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising cobinamide and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier are also provided.09-18-2008
20100152153Nitric Oxide Releasing Compounds - Compositions comprising nitrosyl-cobinamide are provided. Also provided are methods for treating hypertension, which comprise administering therapeutically effective amounts of nitrosyl-cobinamide. Also provided are methods for producing nitrosyl-cobinamide.06-17-2010

Kevin B. Broderick, Berwyn, IL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090202673CHEWING GUM PRODUCTS - A chewing gum composition contains a gum base; 0% to about 60%, preferably about 10% to about 50%, bulking and sweetening agents; and about 5% to about 80% fat-containing confection, such as chocolate. The gum base comprises about 2% to about 40% elastomer, about 10% to about 50% elastomer plasticizer, about 2% to about 35% gum base softener, and about 1% to about 10% emulsifier. The gum base usually contains less than 10% filler, and less than 45% gum base matrix disrupting materials. In another embodiment, the chewing gum product is made from gum base and flavoring agents, possibly without the addition of any bulk sweetening agents. A chewing gum product can be formed from the composition. The product may be a compressed gum product. In another embodiment, the product can be coated or filled with a fat-containing confection, such as chocolate, in which case the product may be made of a composition without the fat-containing confection in it and with 0% to about 60% bulking and sweetening agent. The fat-containing confection may comprise up to about 90% of such a product, where the fat-containing confection and chewing gum are in distinct regions. A chewing gum center coated with fat-containing confection and further covered with a hard shell coating is depicted.08-13-2009
20100055231FLAVOR RELEASING CORES AND THEIR USE IN CHEWING GUM - Flavor releasing structures for chewing gum have about 30% to about 60% thermoplastic cellulose material, about 5% to about 50% non-cellulosic thermoplastic polymer, and about 10% to about 40% porous flavor reservoir material. Optionally the flavor releasing structure may comprise about 5% to about 25% plasticizer. The cores may be coated with a flavor barrier coating.03-04-2010

Patent applications by Kevin B. Broderick, Berwyn, IL US

Patricia A. Broderick, Bronx, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120029331IDENTIFICATION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT OF NEUROPATHOLOGIES, NEUROTOXICITIES, TUMORS, AND BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD INJURIES USING ELECTRODES WITH MICROVOLTAMMETRY - The present invention relates to devices and methods of use thereof for detection of biomolecules, in vitro, in vivo, or in situ. The invention relates to methods of diagnosing and/or treating a subject as having or being at risk of developing a disease or condition that is associated with abnormal levels of one or more biomolecules including, but not limited to, inter alia, epilepsy, diseases of the basal ganglia, athetoid, dystonic diseases, neoplasms, Parkinson's disease, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and cancer. The invention also provides methods of differentiating white matter from gray matter. In some embodiments, regions of the brain to be resected or targeted for pharmaceutical therapy are identified using sensors. The invention further provides methods of measuring the neurotoxicity of a material by comparing microvoltammograms of a neural tissue in the presence and absence of the material using the inventive sensors.02-02-2012

Paul J. Broderick, Rye, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080262892Method of Hedging Retail Transactions for Fuel - A method of executing a transaction related to the purchase of fuel. A contract is entered into by a purchaser with a card service provider or financial institution for a certain amount of fuel at a fixed or capped price offered over a predetermined duration. The fuel is purchased from a retail merchant. A payment is made or received by the purchaser depending on the difference between a prevailing retail index price and the fixed or capped price. A premium may be paid for entering into a capped price arrangement. The fixed and capped prices may be related to a retail index price at or before the time the contract is entered into. In another embodiment, the method includes receiving retail price index data for fuel sales and determining fuel sale contract criteria, with a fuel sale contract proposed for a purchaser.10-23-2008

R. Gifford Broderick, Ridgefield, CT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090179087METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INJECTING ATOMIZED FLUIDS - Methods and apparatus for injecting reagent, such as an aqueous urea solution, into an exhaust stream in order to reduce emissions from an engine exhaust. The present teachings can use a whirl plate having a plurality of whirl slots surrounding an exit orifice of an injector, which produce a high velocity rotating flow in the whirl chamber. When the rotating flow of reagent is passed through the exit orifice into an exhaust stream, atomization occurs from a combination of centrifugal force and shearing of the reagent by air as it jets into the exhaust stream.07-16-2009

Patent applications by R. Gifford Broderick, Ridgefield, CT US

Ryan Broderick, Carteret, NJ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110272941PIPE JOINT AND SEAL WITH BAND CLAMP - First and second exhaust system pipes in one of several embodiments are joined in a fixed fluid tight joint comprising a first flared flange on a first pipe and a flared flange portion on a second pipe. The flange portion is part of a second flange on the second pipe spaced from the second pipe end edge forming a pipe segment forming a corner with the second flange. A seal is between the two flanges abutting the second pipe segment. The first flange has a convex spherical outer surface and a concave inner spherical surface engaged with a first outer convex spherical surface portion of the seal, the radius of the flange inner surface is larger than the radius of the seal first outer surface portion forming a first tangential engaged contact point. A band clamp has two depending legs which respectively engage the first flared flange of the first pipe and the second pipe flared flange portion for forcing the flanges and pipes together and against the seal. A first clamp leg engages the first flange outer convex spherical surface at a second tangential contact point. The other conical leg of the clamp engages the second pipe flared flange portion. The two tangential contact points define a plane normal to the corresponding engaged surfaces providing enhanced stress concentration from the clamp to the pipes via the first flange and seal.11-10-2011

Thomas E. Broderick, Arvada, CO US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090260978ELECTRODECONTAMINATION OF CONTAMINATED SURFACES - A decontaminating system 10-22-2009

Patent applications by Thomas E. Broderick, Arvada, CO US

Thomas F. Broderick, Lake Forest Park, WA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110262687ENGINEERED PLANT BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK PARTICLES - A novel class of flowable biomass feedstock particles with unusually large surface areas that can be manufactured in remarkably uniform sizes using low-energy comminution techniques. The feedstock particles are roughly parallelepiped in shape and characterized by a length dimension (L) aligned substantially with the grain direction and defining a substantially uniform distance along the grain, a width dimension (W) normal to L and aligned cross grain, and a height dimension (H) normal to W and L. The particles exhibit a disrupted grain structure with prominent end and surface checks that greatly enhances their skeletal surface area as compared to their envelope surface area. The L×H dimensions define a pair of substantially parallel side surfaces characterized by substantially intact longitudinally arrayed fibers. The W×H dimensions define a pair of substantially parallel end surfaces characterized by crosscut fibers and end checking between fibers. The L×W dimensions define a pair of substantially parallel top surfaces characterized by some surface checking between longitudinally arrayed fibers. The feedstock particles are manufactured from a variety of plant biomass materials including wood, crop residues, plantation grasses, hemp, bagasse, and bamboo.10-27-2011
20110262751ENGINEERED PLANT BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK PARTICLES - A novel class of flowable biomass feedstock particles with unusually large surface areas that can be manufactured in remarkably uniform sizes using low-energy comminution techniques. The feedstock particles are roughly parallelepiped in shape and characterized by a length dimension (L) aligned substantially with the grain direction and defining a substantially uniform distance along the grain, a width dimension (W) normal to L and aligned cross grain, and a height dimension (H) normal to W and L. The particles exhibit a disrupted grain structure with prominent end and surface checks that greatly enhances their skeletal surface area as compared to their envelope surface area. The L×H dimensions define a pair of substantially parallel side surfaces characterized by substantially intact longitudinally arrayed fibers. The W×H dimensions define a pair of substantially parallel end surfaces characterized by crosscut fibers and end checking between fibers. The L×W dimensions define a pair of substantially parallel top surfaces characterized by some surface checking between longitudinally arrayed fibers. At least 80% of the particles pass through a ¼ inch screen having a 6.3 mm nominal sieve opening but are retained by a No. 10 screen having a 2 mm nominal sieve opening. The feedstock particles are manufactured from a variety of plant biomass materials including wood, crop residues, plantation grasses, hemp, bagasse, and bamboo.10-27-2011
20120009422ENGINEERED PLANT BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK PARTICLES - A new class of plant biomass feedstock particles characterized by consistent piece size and shape uniformity, high skeletal surface area, and good flow properties. The particles of plant biomass material having fibers aligned in a grain are characterized by a length dimension (L) aligned substantially parallel to the grain and defining a substantially uniform distance along the grain, a width dimension (W) normal to L and aligned cross grain, and a height dimension (H) normal to W and L. In particular, the L×H dimensions define a pair of substantially parallel side surfaces characterized by substantially intact longitudinally arrayed fibers, the W×H dimensions define a pair of substantially parallel end surfaces characterized by crosscut fibers and end checking between fibers, and the L×W dimensions define a pair of substantially parallel top and bottom surfaces. The L×W surfaces of particles with L/H dimension ratios of 4:1 or less are further elaborated by surface checking between longitudinally arrayed fibers. The length dimension L is preferably aligned within 30° parallel to the grain, and more preferably within 10° parallel to the grain. The plant biomass material is preferably selected from among wood, agricultural crop residues, plantation grasses, hemp, bagasse, and bamboo.01-12-2012

Thomas Froats Broderick, Springboro, OH US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090032152METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BETA-PROCESSED ALPHA-BETA TITANIUM-ALLOY ARTICLE - A titanium-alloy article is produced by providing a workpiece of an alpha-beta titanium alloy having a beta-transus temperature, and thereafter mechanically working the workpiece at a mechanical-working temperature above the beta-transus temperature. The mechanically worked workpiece is solution heat treated at a solution-heat-treatment temperature of from about 175° F. below the beta-transus temperature to about 25° F. below the beta-transus temperature, quenched, overage heat treated at an overage-heat-treatment temperature of from about 400° F. below the beta-transus temperature to about 275° F. below the beta-transus temperature, and cooled from the overage-heat-treatment temperature.02-05-2009

Patent applications by Thomas Froats Broderick, Springboro, OH US

Timothy T. Broderick, Voorhees, NJ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090130361ADHESIVE ATTACHMENT AND METHOD - An easy to use epoxy-mount base plate assembly has components of a two-part epoxy adhesive pre-dispensed on the assembly's base plate in a plurality of alternating segments and prepackaged with a protective adhesive cover that keeps each epoxy component segment separated from one another until ready for use. To attach the base plate of the assembly to a surface, the adhesive cover is removed exposing the epoxy segments. The base plate is then pressed against a mounting surface and twisted thus mixing the epoxy components and initiating a curing process for the epoxy.05-21-2009

William Broderick, Newnan, GA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090285971MASH/LAUTER TUN AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A mash/lauter tun and method of converting grains to wort. The mash/lauter tun comprises a container with a double false bottom filter having two perforated plates disposed parallel with a space therebetween for receiving filtration media. The container further comprises thermometers extending to near the center of the tun and a rotating heat exchanger. In use, mash is loaded into the container and heated via the rotating heat exchanger by passing hot fluid through the rotating heat exchanger. The mash is then sparged by increasing pressure in the rotating heat exchanger above a threshold pressure via closure an outlet valve of the heat exchanger. The wort then passes through the double false bottom filter and is subsequently transferred to a brew kettle for boiling.11-19-2009