Carr, US

Alex Carr, Bolivar, MO US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080280525	Turkey call - A turkey call includes a first cup-shaped member having a first bottom wall and a first upstanding peripheral wall, the bottom wall formed with a first plurality of apertures, and an internal wall fixed in overlying relationship to the first bottom wall. Interchangeable lids each includes a second cup-shaped member having a second bottom wall formed with a second plurality of apertures and a second upstanding peripheral wall. A striking surface is supported on the second peripheral wall, spaced from the second bottom wall, and a fastening arrangement is provided for securing the lid to the first cup-shaped member.	11-13-2008

Bob Carr, Atlanta, GA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090083111	Systems and Methods for Coordinating Transportation Between Riders and Volunteer Drivers - A method for facilitating the matching of riders and volunteer drivers where a transportation request is communicated by or on behalf of one or more riders to one or more potential volunteer drivers who are selected from a pool of potential volunteer drivers, and where the selected potential volunteer drivers may either accept or decline the transportation request.	03-26-2009

Brent M. Carr, Peoria, IL US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090312913	STEERING SYSTEM HAVING MULTIPLE STRATEGIES AND VARIABLE DEADZONE - A steering system for a machine having at least one steerable traction device is disclosed. The steering system may have a steering actuator operatively connected to the at least one steerable traction device, and a travel speed sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of a travel speed of the machine. The steering mechanism may also have an operator input device having a deadzone. The deadzone may vary in response to the signal. The steering system may also have a controller in communication with the steering actuator, the operator input device, and the travel speed sensor. The controller may be configured to affect operation of the steering actuator in response to operation of the operator input device only when the operation of the operator input device deviates from the deadzone.	12-17-2009
20110035112	STEERING SYSTEM HAVING MULTIPLE STRATEGIES AND VARIABLE DEADZONE - A steering system for a machine having at least one steerable traction device is disclosed. The steering system may have a steering actuator operatively connected to the at least one steerable traction device, and a travel speed sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of a travel speed of the machine. The steering mechanism may also have an operator input device having a deadzone. The deadzone may vary in response to the signal. The steering system may also have a controller in communication with the steering actuator, the operator input device, and the travel speed sensor. The controller may be configured to affect operation of the steering actuator in response to operation of the operator input device only when the operation of the operator input device deviates from the deadzone.	02-10-2011

Patent applications by Brent M. Carr, Peoria, IL US

Brian Carr, Burlington, KY US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110266214	Improved Sifting Screen - The invention relates to a screen frame adapted for use in a shaker to separate solids from a liquid/solid mixture and to which woven wire mesh is to be attached, comprising an outer perimeter and a plurality of plastics ribs extending between opposing regions of the perimeter, the plastics ribs together forming an upper face and a lower face, wherein the frame further comprises at least one metal rib extending between opposing regions of the perimeter and extending from the upper face to the lower face, and to a shaker comprising at least one such screen frame.	11-03-2011

Brian S. Carr, Burlington, KY US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080237095	SUPERIMPOSED MOTION DRIVE - A vibratory separator including a frame, a screen configured to connect to the frame, a first actuator coupled to the frame, and a second actuator coupled to the frame, wherein the first actuator imparts a high frequency motion to the frame, and wherein the second actuator imparts a low frequency acceleratory motion to the frame is disclosed. Also, a method for processing drilling waste including imparting a low frequency acceleratory motion to a frame of a vibratory separator and imparting a high frequency motion over the low frequency acceleratory motion is also disclosed.	10-02-2008
20100236995	SCREEN CLAMP - A screen clamp (	09-23-2010
20100237024	FLUID DISTRIBUTION FOR A SHAKER - A shaker for separating solids from a drilling fluid includes a top screening deck (	09-23-2010
20100270215	VIBRATORY SEPARATOR SCREEN ATTACHMENT - A vibratory separator including a screen frame and a screen attachment. The screen attachment including at least one vertically disposed latch on the screen frame, at least one vertically disposed catch on the screen frame, and at least one bearing surface proximate the at least one vertically disposed catch. Additionally, a method of securing adjacent screens including inserting a vertically disposed latch of a first screen into a catch of a second screen, wherein the inserting includes contacting the latch of the first screen with a bearing surface of the second screen adjacent the catch of the second screen. The method further includes forming a planar alignment of the first screen to the second screen.	10-28-2010
20100307962	PREFERENTIAL BOW ON COMPOSITE SCREENS - Abstract: A shaker screen for attachment to a bed of a shaker includes a screen frame having at least one mesh screen attached to the top side of the screen frame, wherein the screen frame is preferentially bowed prior to attaching the mesh screen to the screen frame.	12-09-2010
20110005742	FLUID DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A fluid distribution apparatus including a housing configured to receive a drilling material and direct the drilling material onto a separatory surface; and a damper coupled to the housing and configured to distribute a flow of the drilling material onto the separatory surface is disclosed.	01-13-2011
20110084004	INDEPENDENT DECK ADJUSTMENT - A vibratory separator including a separator deck including a hinge point, and a positive displacement mechanism coupled to the separator deck and configured to displace the separator deck to an angle of inclination is disclosed. A method of separating solids form a slurry, the method including pumping a slurry onto a separator deck, vibrating the separator deck, and displacing an end of the separator deck in an upwards or downwards direction with a positive displacement mechanism to a selected angle of inclination is also disclosed.	04-14-2011
20110114542	VIBRATORY SEPARATOR MOTION - A vibratory separator (	05-19-2011
20110139688	PERIPHERAL SEALING SYSTEM FOR PRE-TENSIONED SCREENS - A method of forming a shaker screen includes forming a frame, and attaching a first sealing element to at least one side of an outer perimeter of the frame, wherein the attaching comprises aligning a first mating surface of the frame to a second mating surface of the first sealing element, and wherein the first mating surface of the frame includes an extension, and the second mating surface of the first sealing element includes a groove configured to align with the extension. A system of sealing shaker screens includes a first screen and a second screen disposed adjacent the first screen, wherein a first sealing element of a first frame and a portion of the second screen interact to provide a seal between the first screen and the second screen.	06-16-2011
20110186485	MOLDED END CAP FOR OILFIELD SCREENS - A filter screen to be used in conjunction with a shale shaker in removing solid matter from drilling fluids includes a filter plate having a plurality of perforations, a plurality of hold-down apertures, and a pair of end caps attached to the filter plate, wherein each end cap is configured to isolate the hold down apertures from the plurality of perforations.	08-04-2011
20110240531	MAGNETIC SCREEN CLAMPING - A magnetic clamping system for a shale shaker including at least one screen having at least two side ends extending between a first side and a second side and at least one attachment surface. The system further includes at least one mating surface of the shale shaker configured to receive the at least one screen, and at least one magnet disposed between the at least one screen and the shale shaker, wherein the at least one magnet is configured to magnetically couple the at least one screen directly to the shale shaker. Additionally, the system includes at least one decoupling apparatus, the decoupling apparatus having a handle disposed proximate a perimeter of a shale shaker, and at least one shaft that extends horizontally between the handle and one of the at least one magnet, wherein the handle is rotatable to reverse the polarity of the magnet.	10-06-2011

Patent applications by Brian S. Carr, Burlington, KY US

Brian W. Carr, Nevada, IA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090118910	METHOD OF OPERATING A PLANTER FOR PLANTING SEEDS IN A FIELD FOR EXPERIMENTAL PURPOSES - A method of operating a planter where plot characteristics are input into a controller that is associated with a planter. A distance measuring device associated with the controller senses ground speed and distance traveled and transmits the sensed information to the controller. The controller then automatically adjusts the rotational speed of a seed plate of a row planter mounted to the planter based upon the sensed information to achieve the input plot characteristics.	05-07-2009
20110182397	SEED COUNTING DEVICE - A seed counting device where accuracy is maintained at higher counting rates. The seed counting device has a hopper in communication with a tray. An activator is connected to the tray to vibrate the tray. Connected to one end of the tray is a separator having sensors. Below the tray and in partial alignment with the separator is a projecting device. The projecting device projects seeds that fall from the tray past the sensors and into a seed chamber.	07-28-2011

Patent applications by Brian W. Carr, Nevada, IA US

Candy L. Carr, Everett, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080255713	Dynamic Adjustment of Wing Surfaces for Variable Camber - The movable surfaces affecting the camber of a wing are dynamically adjusted to optimize wing camber for optimum lift/drag ratios under changing conditions during a given flight phase. In a preferred embodiment, an add-on dynamic adjustment control module provides command signals for optimum positioning of trailing edge movable surfaces, i.e., inboard flaps, outboard flaps, ailerons, and flaperons, which are used in place of the predetermined positions of the standard flight control system. The dynamic adjustment control module utilizes inputs of changing aircraft conditions such as altitude, Mach number, weight, center of gravity, vertical speed and flight phase. The dynamic adjustment control module's commands for repositioning the movable surfaces of the wing are transmitted through the standard flight control system to actuators for moving the flight control surfaces.	10-16-2008
20100152926	DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT OF WING SURFACES FOR VARIABLE CAMBER - The movable surfaces affecting the camber of a wing are dynamically adjusted to optimize wing camber for optimum lift/drag ratios under changing conditions during a given flight phase. In a preferred embodiment, an add-on dynamic adjustment control module provides command signals for optimum positioning of trailing edge movable surfaces, i.e., inboard flaps, outboard flaps, ailerons, and flaperons, which are used in place of the predetermined positions of the standard flight control system. The dynamic adjustment control module utilizes inputs of changing aircraft conditions such as altitude, Mach number, weight, center of gravity (CG), vertical speed and flight phase. The dynamic adjustment control module's commands for repositioning the movable surfaces of the wing are transmitted through the standard flight control system to actuators for moving the flight control surfaces.	06-17-2010

Charles A Carr, Aberdeen, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100191313	APPARATUS FOR LIGHT THERAPHY AND METHOD FOR USE - The purpose of the current invention is to provide an apparatus that provides light therapy, to those afflicted with SAD, which does not interfere with the user's day. The current invention can be used while working on a computer or watching television, for example. Additionally, the apparatus is portable so it can easily be stashed into a purse or briefcase, for example, so that the apparatus can be used in the office, home, or away location.	07-29-2010

Christopher Daniel Carr, Glen Ellyn, IL US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100131856	Personalized, Online, Scientific Interface - An Internet-based personalized, online, scientific interface is described, operating from at least a proprietary web server connected to the Internet for sending display images produced at the web server from any software application to a client web browser. The interface is personalized and includes, in addition to providing a gateway to different information databases, a search function, an archiving function, a specific bookmark function, an access to uploaded abstracts, and a personalized area. The interface includes a tool for upload, creation, venue presentation, and highly interactive web delivery presentation of a scientific paper or a poster by an author, linked with an internal tool for reviewing, accepting, and grading submitted abstracts for review. Within the personalized page, the interface includes a management tool for all abstracts uploaded to the interface, a follow-up tool and a system for managing the academic currency associated with the uploaded presentations including the capacity to produce feedback report associated with comments and viewing statistics. A digital presentation system allows attendees to comment on specific slides of presentations, have live or deferred communications with the presenter, rate the presentation, and even archive part or all of the presentation in the interface for later retrieval.	05-27-2010

Colin P. Carr, Boulder, CO US

Dan Carr, Glenwood, MD US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090063413	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING ALLOCATIONS OF ASSETS AND TASKS - The present invention discloses a system for supporting task assignment and monitoring allocations of assets and tasks, including a data store and an audit trail generator. The data store stores information relating to assignments of sub-tasks of a task, and the audit trail generator provides an audit trail of the assignments, the sub-tasks, and the task and tracks action relating to the task during the life of the task. The present invention also discloses a method for tracking allocations of assets and tasks, including defining a task comprising sub-tasks, assigning each sub-task to a first assignee, and maintaining an audit trail by retrieving information relating to the progress of the task. The audit trail provides a single view of all the sub-tasks and all of the corresponding assignees during the life of the task.	03-05-2009

Daniel Carr, Chestnut Hill, MA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100273715	USE OF A PEPTIDE AND AN ANALGESIC PHARMACEUTICAL AGENT - Inflammation caused by disease states such as rheumatism, gout, neurodegeneration and tumours result in the increased effectiveness of the opioid peptide biphalin or its analogues, due likely to the increased permeability of the “blood-brain barrier”, due to which it becomes possible to use the opioid peptide to produce a new analgesic for use during inflammation caused by rheumatism, gout, neurodegeneration, post-surgical or post-accidental trauma or tumours.	10-28-2010

Daniel B. Carr, Chestnut Hill, MA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090298755	Novel Chimeric Analgesic Peptides - The present invention provides a novel chimeric peptide containing an opioid peptide moiety and a nociceptive peptide moiety for producing analgesia.	12-03-2009
20110218247	FORMULATIONS OF LOW DOSE DICLOFENAC AND BETA-CYCLODEXTRIN - The present invention is directed to a pharmaceutical composition containing a unit dose of a diclofenac compound effective to induce analgesia; and a beta-cyclodextrin compound; wherein the dose of the diclofenac compound is less than 10 mg. The present invention is also directed to methods of treating a subject in need of analgesia with the pharmaceutical compositions of the invention.	09-08-2011

Patent applications by Daniel B. Carr, Chestnut Hill, MA US

Daniel D. Carr, Beaverton, OR US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110099207	DISTRIBUTED DATA STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL METHOD AND SYSTEM - A data storage and retrieval method and system. The method includes defining, by a computing system, a meta-object, a schema based structured definition for the meta-object, and a taxonomy with configuration data. The computing system creates content associated with the taxonomy and associates topics of the content with a logical storage room representations. Reference coordinates associated with the logical storage room representations are associated with the taxonomy. The computing system generates updated configuration data comprising the reference coordinates and a uniform resource identifier associated with the content is generated. The computing system generates an account associated with the meta-object for a user. Metering charges for usage of the account and a report associated with the account and usage are generated.	04-28-2011
20110131339	DATA ACCESS CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM - A data access control method and system. The method includes receiving by a computer processor from a requestor, a request for access to data. The computer processor extracts from the request, a requestor identification string associated with the requestor. The computer processor verifies a match for the requestor identification string, a service requestor identification string, a requestor software component operating process identification string, a requestor server identification string, a requestor hardware device network address and a requestor MAC address, and a requestor hardware device identification string against a plurality of registries. The computer processor generates an access point door associated with a specified logical storage room representation comprising the data. The computer processor enables access to the data via the access point door and the specified logical storage room representation.	06-02-2011

Darron J. Carr, Morris, MN US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100095840	HYDRAULIC CYLINDER ROD POSITION SENSOR - A fluid pressure cylinder assembly has a sensor to provide a signal indicating the amount of extension of a piston rod from the cylinder. The sensor includes a sleeve that is fixed relative to a base of the cylinder and passes into a longitudinal bore in the piston rod, and the piston rod carries a sensor core that is in the bore and is secured to the piston rod at an end opposite from a piston on the rod. The core slides on the interior of the sensor sleeve. A connection is provided to the sensor sleeve such that as the core moves relative to the sensor sleeve a signal indicating the amount of movement and the relative position of the cylinder base and the piston rod is provided.	04-22-2010

Daryl L. Carr, Canton, MI US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110145089	REAL-TIME RIDE SHARE SYSTEM - A method of organizing the sharing of vehicle trips includes receiving a ride request from one or more riders, wherein the ride request includes a rider location and a rider destination, identifying a beginning waypoint and an ending waypoint for vehicle travel, determining a vehicle route based on the beginning and ending waypoints, choosing a rider whose rider location or rider destination is geographically closest to the determined vehicle route, presenting the rider location and rider destination of the chosen rider to the driver, and if the driver accepts, sending a notification to the chosen rider alerting the chosen rider of the acceptance.	06-16-2011

David Carr, Taylors, SC US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090084472	ORGANIC COATING COMPOSITIONS FOR ALUMINIZING METAL SUBSTRATES, AND RELATED METHODS AND ARTICLES - An organic coating composition is described, which can be used to enrich the surface region of a metal-based substrate with aluminum. The composition comprises an aluminum-based powder and at least one organic resin, e.g., alkyds, epoxies, or silicone materials. At least some of the aluminum-based powder is in the form of substantially spherical powder particles. The coating composition is substantially free of hexavalent chromium. It can be applied to the substrate by a variety of techniques, such as spraying. It is then heat-treated, to cause diffusion of aluminum into the surface region of the substrate, e.g., a turbine engine component. The composition exhibits good thermal and chemical stability for extended periods of time. Related articles are also described.	04-02-2009

David M. Carr, Superior, CO US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100156220	INNER DRIVE FOR MAGNETIC DRIVE PUMP - An inner drive for a magnetic drive pump includes a magnet supported on a yoke. The inner drive is driven about an axis to pump a corrosive process fluid. The magnet and yoke are fully encapsulated during the molding process to completely surround the magnet and yoke in a protective plastic shell. A sleeve is arranged radially outwardly of the magnet to provide further protection. Backing rings are arranged on either side of the magnet. A bonding material joins the plastic shell to the backing rings and sleeve to prevent a space from forming beneath the plastic shell that would become filled with the process fluid once it has permeated the plastic shell. A protective coating is arranged on at least a portion of the magnet to further insulate the magnet from the process fluid.	06-24-2010

David Wayne Carr, St. Joseph, MI US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110107799	LAUNDRY APPLIANCE - A laundry machine configured to supply a first amount of water to the wash tub wherein a wash plate can be oscillated such that clothes items directly above and in contact with the impeller are frictionally dragged in a oscillatory manner with the wash chamber while continuing to oscillate said wash plate, an additional supply of water is added to said wash tub such that as cloth items lost frictional engagement with the wash plate, the cloth items continue to move along an inverse toroidal rollover path at higher water levels.	05-12-2011

Dudley Carr, Kirkland, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080201437	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIEWING MEDIA CONTENT IN INSTANT MESSAGING - Systems and methods for viewing media content in instant messaging are provided. In an embodiment, a first IM server that manages instant messaging of a first IM client receives a chat message having a media address from a second IM client whose instant messaging is managed by a second IM server. A first media recognizer associated with the first IM server recognizes the media address in the chat message. In response to the recognition, the first IM server provides the chat message and a media instruction to the first IM client. In another embodiment, the first IM server obtains media associated with the recognized media address and provides the chat message and the obtained media to the first IM client. In a further embodiment, a system for viewing media content based on presence information in instant messaging is provided.	08-21-2008

Dustin Wade Carr, Albuquerque, NM US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080291457	Optical Displacement Sensor - An optical displacement sensor for sensing an environmental stimulus is disclosed. The optical displacement sensor exhibits an optical design that has suppressed back reflection and improved alignment tolerance between its optical components. The sensor is based on an optically resonant cavity whose cavity length is affected by the environmental stimulus. An embodiment of the present invention utilizes a lens to redirect a first light signal toward an optically resonant cavity such that the light is incident on the cavity at a non-normal angle of incidence.	11-27-2008
20090109423	Dual Cavity Displacement Sensor - An optical displacement sensor is disclosed comprising a beam splitter having two optically coupled and mechanically coupled optically resonant cavities. The respective cavity lengths of the optically resonant cavities are functions of an environmental stimulus. By virtue of the optically coupled optically resonant cavities, the output of the beam splitter is less sensitive to input wavelength variation yet retains high sensitivity to the environmental stimulus.	04-30-2009
20090109445	Parallel Plate Arrangement and Method of Formation - A method for forming a structure comprising multiple parallel surfaces having a precise separation is disclosed. Precise separation and parallelism of the surfaces is achieved through the use of an adhesive mixture that comprises a plurality of spacers having a dimension substantially equal to the desired separation.	04-30-2009
20090235740	Gravity Gradient Sensor - A gravimeter for detecting a gravity difference between two points is disclosed. The gravimeter comprises an interferometric arrangement wherein the length of a reference arm is dependent upon the gravity local to a first accelerometer and the length of a sample arm is dependent upon the gravity local to a second accelerometer. A pair of photodetectors that operate in complimentary fashion provide electrical signals based on a first signal conveyed by the reference arm and a second signal conveyed by the sample arm. A change in the differential gravity between the two points induces equal and opposite changes to the magnitudes of the two electrical signals.	09-24-2009
20090268211	Optical Interferometric Sensor - Embodiments of environmental stimulus sensors comprising multiple sources and detectors for interrogating one or more optically resonant cavities that are responsive to one or more environmental stimuli are disclosed. Such sensors have, among other advantages, improved immunity to source and/or detector noise.	10-29-2009
20110098950	Infrasound Sensor - Embodiments of infrasound sensors comprising multiple matched-responsivity pressure sensors are presented. Infrasound sensors in accordance with the present invention have limited volume, which enables them to observe wind velocity at the same point that infrasound is monitored. The small size and matched-responsivities enable infrasound sensors in accordance with the present invention to obviate the need for complex and costly spatial filters that degrade the signal-to-noise ratio of prior-art infrasound sensors.	04-28-2011

Patent applications by Dustin Wade Carr, Albuquerque, NM US

Edward Foster Carr, Anacortes, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110161252	STATIC MEDIA DISK METHOD AND APPARATUS - A system and method for producing a static media disk is provided. The method includes designing a media graphic utilizing a computer graphics program. Next the media graphic is placed into a template within the computer graphics program. A media layer sheet is prepared for the installation of the media graphic onto the media layer sheet. The media layer is formed when the media graphic is installed on to the media layer sheet. The media layer has a first media surface and an opposing adhesive surface. The adhesive surface is for securing the media layer to the first surface of a core medium or media disc. The core medium has a material property and a shape property. The shape property substantially matches the media layer itself. The core medium has a first surface, second surface and thickness. The static media disc is then formed when the media layer is installed onto the core medium.	06-30-2011

Edward J. Carr, Lake Oswego, OR US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080276154	LIGHTING CONTROL PROTOCOL - A digital lighting control network protocol with forward and backward frames, each of the frames including an error check code. A no-acknowledgment (NAK) signal is sent from a receiving node to a transmitting node responsive to the error check code. An interface circuit of the receiving node may include an energy storage section to store at least some energy from the network while receiving digital signals, and an output section to transmit digital signals to the network using the stored energy. The interface circuit may also include a high voltage buffer circuit. The transmitting node may send forward frames to receiving nodes based on device type.	11-06-2008

Gary A. Carr, Falls Church, VA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080201089	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING NEUTRAL TEMPERATURE OF A METAL - A system for determining a neutral temperature of a metal specimen includes an excitation assembly disposed adjacent to the metal specimen for inducing vibrations to the metal specimen, at least one vibration detector disposed adjacent to the metal specimen to measure the induced vibrations transmitted in the metal specimen, a temperature sensor disposed adjacent to the metal specimen to measure temperature of the metal specimen, and a control/acquisition system for control of the excitation assembly and acquisition of data from the excitation assembly, the at least one vibration detector, and the temperature sensor, wherein the control/acquisition system calculates damping coefficients for each of the induced vibrations and determines a peak damping coefficient corresponding to the neutral temperature of the metal specimen based upon the acquired data.	08-21-2008

Hugh Carr, Port Ewen, NY US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090278334	Device for installing and removing a clip method for inserting and removing a cotter pin	11-12-2009

James P. Carr, Bradenton, FL US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080230484	PROCESS FOR TREATING SLUDGE AND MANUFACTURING BIOORGANICALLY-AUGMENTED HIGH NITROGEN-CONTAINING INORGANIC FERTILIZER - The invention describes a new method for treating sludge, which can result in the production of high nitrogen organically-augmented inorganic fertilizer that incorporates municipal sludges or biosolids or organic sludges that can compete with traditional fertilizers such as ammonium phosphate, ammonium sulfate and urea on the commodity fertilizer marketplace. The method takes advantage of the thixotropic property of dewatered biosolids or organic sludge to create a pumpable paste-like material from the biosolids or organic sludge that is then treated with an oxidizer to reduce odorant effects and an acid. This mix is then interacted with concentrated sulfuric and or phosphoric acids and an ammonia source or alternatively a hot or molten melt or salt of ammonium sulfate/phosphate to form a fertilizer mix. The present invention controls the heat, atmospheric pressure and retention time of the fertilizer mix in the reaction vessel. When a fertilizer melt is formed ammoniation is subsequently completed by the specific use of vaporized ammonia. The invention can also be an add-on to commercial production of ammonium salts. The fertilizer produced by the present invention contains more than 8 wt. % nitrogen and preferably 15 wt. % nitrogen. The invention is oriented to be tailored to the biosolids production for individual municipal waste treatment plants in order to keep the fertilizer manufacturing plants of the present invention small with a minimization of logistics and liability.	09-25-2008
20110154873	BIOORGANICALLY-AUGMENTED HIGH VALUE FERTILIZER - The invention is directed to processes for treating biosolids that result in high-value, nitrogen-containing, slow-release, organically-augmented inorganic fertilizer that are competitive with less valuable or more costly conventional commercially manufactured fertilizers. The process involves conditioning traditional waste-water biosolids and processing the conditioned biosolids continuously in a high throughput manufacturing facility. The exothermic design and closed loop control of the primary reaction vessel decreases significantly the amount of power necessary to run a manufacturing facility. The process utilizes green technologies to facilitate decreased waste and enhanced air quality standards over traditional processing plants. The fertilizer produced from recovered biosolid waste is safe and meets or exceeds the United States Environment Protection Agency (USEPA) Class A and Exceptional Quality standards and is not subject to restrictions or regulations.	06-30-2011
20110265532	Process for Treating Sludge and Manufacturing Bioorganically-Augmented High Nitrogen-Containing Inorganic Fertilizer - The invention describes a new method for treating sludge, which can result in the production of high nitrogen organically-augmented inorganic fertilizer that incorporates municipal sludges or biosolids or organic sludges that can compete with traditional fertilizers such as ammonium phosphate, ammonium sulfate and urea on the commodity fertilizer marketplace. The method takes advantage of the thixotropic property of dewatered biosolids or organic sludge to create a pumpable paste-like material from the biosolids or organic sludge that is then treated with an oxidizer to reduce odorant effects and an acid. This mix is then interacted with concentrated sulfuric and or phosphoric acids and an ammonia source or alternatively a hot or molten melt or salt of ammonium sulfate/phosphate to form a fertilizer mix. The present invention controls the heat, atmospheric pressure and retention time of the fertilizer mix in the reaction vessel. When a fertilizer melt is formed ammoniation is subsequently completed by the specific use of vaporized ammonia. The invention can also be an add-on to commercial production of ammonium salts. The fertilizer produced by the present invention contains more than 8 wt. % nitrogen and preferably 15 wt. % nitrogen. The invention is oriented to be tailored to the biosolids production for individual municipal waste treatment plants in order to keep the fertilizer manufacturing plants of the present invention small with a minimization of logistics and liability.	11-03-2011

Jeremy Thomas Carr, Lauderdale, MN US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110166575	SACROILIAC FUSION SYSTEM - An undercutting system for preparing a region between ilium and sacrum for sacroiliac fusion. The undercutting system includes an insertion apparatus and a cutting assembly. The cutting assembly is operably attached to the insertion apparatus. The cutting assembly is movable with respect to the insertion apparatus between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration.	07-07-2011

Jonathan J. Carr, Vienna, VA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100074705	GRINDER BIT - An apparatus for grinding material, including a grinder bit including a drum, a plurality of grinders, at least a portion of the grinders disposed longitudinally in a first helical pattern along the outer surface of the drum, and a plurality of cleats, at least a portion of the cleats disposed longitudinally in a second helical pattern along the outer surface of the drum, the second helical pattern offset from the first helical pattern.	03-25-2010

Keith Graham Carr, Pennsylvania Furnace, PA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100058839	Viscometer with integral sample retention reservoir - A viscometer having a substantially horizontal reservoir including a trap for retaining a sample indefinitely in the reservoir. A substantially vertical measuring tube disposed perpendicularly to the substantially horizontal reservoir and depends substantially upwardly from the reservoir. A junction interconnects the trap, a generally downwardly projecting fill tube, and a generally upwardly projecting vent tube.	03-11-2010

Kenneth Carr, Woolwich, ME US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110176578	Devices and Methods for Exercise Monitoring - The disclosure relates to methods and devices for monitoring e.g., fatigue levels by measuring a subject's body core temperature. In one embodiment, microwave radiometry is used to measure such core temperature.	07-21-2011

Kenneth L. Carr, Woolwich, ME US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080277388	In-Line Microwave Warming Apparatus - Microwave warming apparatus includes a housing defining a heating waveguide with a heating cavity. An integral internal electrically conductive ridge projects from one of the longitudinal waveguide walls and extends along the waveguide. A slot having opposite ends extends from the outside through the ridge into the heating cavity, the slot being adapted to receive a cartridge containing a tube so that the tube extends through the slot into the heating cavity. Electromagnetic energy is coupled into the heating waveguide to heat the contents of the tube. A transducer constituted by a first receiving waveguide inside the ridge is adjacent to the slot so that when a cartridge is received in the slot, the transducer can sense the thermal radiation emanating from a segment of the tube and produce a corresponding waveguide-generated signal. A radiometer in the housing is responsive to the waveguide-generated signal and produces a temperature indicating signal.	11-13-2008
20080277389	IN-LINE MICROWAVE WARMING APPARATUS - Microwave warming apparatus includes a housing defining a heating waveguide with a longitudinal ridge and a heating cavity. A slot extends through the ridge into the heating cavity for receiving a cartridge containing a looped tube so that the tube extends into the heating cavity where the tube contents are heated by energy coupled into the waveguide. Receiving waveguides adjacent to the slot sense the thermal radiation emanating from the tube and deliver corresponding signals to a radiometer which produces a temperature indication. The cartridge includes a support member which maintains the shape of the tube loop. A pair of notches in the support member have walls enabling the notches to complete the receiving waveguides in the housing.	11-13-2008
20090012417	Dual Mode Intracranial Temperature Detector - Apparatus for detecting thermal radiation emanating from two different intracranial depths in a patient includes a dual-mode transducer having a working surface for placement against a patient's cranium. The transducer includes a first antenna with an aperture adjacent the working surface that first antenna being tuned to a first frequency and producing a first output signal indicative of thermal radiation received within an antenna pattern extending a selected first distance from the working surface and a second antenna having a second aperture adjacent to the working surface within the first aperture The second antenna is tuned to a second frequency and produces a second output signal indicative of thermal radiation received within an antenna pattern extending a selected second distance from the working surface, the second distance being shorter than the first distance. The two output signals are coupled to a receiver/control unit which thereupon monitors and displays the temperature at the two intracranial depths.	01-08-2009
20090312754	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING CATHETER CONTACT FORCE DURING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE - A method for measuring the contact force exerted on tissue by a probe for heating the tissue and containing an antenna which is connected to a radiometer whose output reading indicates the temperature at depth of the tissue contacted by the probe comprises displaying the output reading of the radiometer, applying sufficient power to the probe to heat the tissue to a selected first temperature that is not lethal to the tissue, moving the probe into contact with the tissue, observing the increase in the displayed temperature reading that occurs when the probe contacts the tissue, and advancing the probe toward the tissue until the displayed temperature reading reaches a value corresponding to a selected tissue contact force. After the probe position in the tissue has stabilized, the applied power to the probe may be increased to heat the tissue to a selected second temperature that is lethal to tissue for a sufficient time to ablate the tissue followed by lowering the tissue heating to a sub-lethal temperature. Apparatus for practicing the method is also disclosed.	12-17-2009
20100076424	RADIOMETRIC HEATING/SENSING PROBE - A radiometric heating/sensing probe for radiating electromagnetic waves of a first frequency capable of heating tissue and detecting electromagnetic waves of a second frequency emitted by the tissue indicating tissue temperature. The probe includes a dual frequency antenna, a signal transmitting path to the antenna and a signal receiving path from the antenna to a radiometer. A diplexer connected between those paths inside the probe includes a quarter wave stub in the form of a shorted slab line-type transmission line in the signal transmitting path. The entire probe package is only about 0.4 in. long and 0.08 in. in diameter so that it can be used in many minimally invasive applications.	03-25-2010
20100185191	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING AN ABLATION CATHETER AND A TEMPERATURE PROBE DURING AN ABLATION PROCEDURE - Apparatus for aligning an ablation catheter and a temperature probe relatively for an ablation procedure includes an ablation catheter with a first antenna for ablating tissue at an ablation site in a patient's body and a temperature probe for placement in a body passage having a wall portion adjacent to the ablation site so that a second antenna in the probe is positioned opposite the first antenna. A microwave source provides a pulse modulated microwave signal to one of the antennas and a radiometer is in circuit with the other antenna. A synchronizing device in circuit with the microwave source and the radiometer enables the radiometer to synchronously detect the microwave signal so that the radiometer provides an alignment signal whose strength reflects the degree of alignment of the first and second antennas which signal may be used to control an alignment display. An alignment method using the apparatus is also disclosed.	07-22-2010

Patent applications by Kenneth L. Carr, Woolwich, ME US

Kimberly M. Carr, Elmont, NY US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090038196	ELASTIC BAND WITH WRITE/ERASE LABEL - An organizational device that includes an elastic band, and a label portion mounted on the band is described. The label portion includes a writable member that includes a writing surface of oriented polypropylene for writing and erasing thereon, and a mounting portion affixing the writable member to the band. The elastic band and the label portion form a closed loop.	02-12-2009
20090041393	STACK CARRIER - The present invention is directed to a recloseable bag, comprising front and rear panels joined together along a joined region at lateral and bottom sides to define an inner pocket, the panels defining a principal opening at a top side thereof for removably receiving contents into the inner pocket; and a resealable closure having first and second lateral ends and disposed on a top side of the panels and configured for releasably joining the panels at the top side to releasably close the principal opening to retain the contents in the inner pocket wherein the front and rear panels define an assistive opening for faciliating opening of the bag for insertion and removal of the contents.	02-12-2009
20090079179	MODULAR FILING SYSTEM - A binder for holding documents is disclosed. The binder has a spine with a pair of cover flaps attached to each side of the spine. Attached to the spine is a latching device, also referred to as a locking device, that includes a first retaining member, a latching member, and a second retaining member. The first and second retaining members are parallel to each other and extend perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the spine. The binder is configured to hold a plurality of document modules, each of which hold a set of documents, which are flexible sheets of material, such as paper or plastic. Each module has first and second ends. The first end is contoured to mate with a portion of an external profile of the first retaining member. The second end attaches to the second retaining member. The latching member moves between a latched position where it engages the first end of the module and an unlatched position where it is not engaged to the first end of said module.	03-26-2009

Kirsten Carr, Ann Arbor, MI US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090150021	Methods for Detecting Vehicle Rollover - An automobile rollover detection system comprising a control module to receive a first set and a second set of signals, to determine a first threshold in response to the first set of signals, to determine a second threshold in response to the second set of signals, to provide a first signal in response to the first threshold, to provide a second signal in response to the second threshold, and to provide a control signal in response to the first and second signals. The control signal may activate an occupant restraint system in response to the detection of an automobile rollover event. Other embodiments are also claimed and described.	06-11-2009

Kirsten Marie Carr, Ann Arbor, MI US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080296884	Four Point Seat Belt System - A four-point seat belt system for restraining a vehicle occupant in a vehicle seat is disclosed. Two shoulder belts are provided which are buckled together with a pair of lap belts. The convergence of the shoulder belts created at the buckles defines a V-shaped configuration which aids in occupant safety and comfort. Movably-adjustable retractors are provided to anchor the upper end of each shoulder belt to the vehicle seat. A movable headrest having a pair of laterally-adjustable belt loops is provided to further enhance occupant security and comfort.	12-04-2008

Leslie A. Carr, Eagan, MN US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100280531	SNAP-ON SUTURE RING FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - A suture bar for securing an implantable medical device into a body. The suture bar including a body member having a length disposed between a first and a second end, the body member being formed of a generally elongate tube that is piercable by a suture needle. The suture bar also including a first and second connector fixedly attached on the first and second end of the body member, the first and second connector operable to connect the implantable medical device to a pocket in a body.	11-04-2010

Loretta E. Carr, Roseville, MN US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090193589	Weight activated restraining pillow - Weight restraining pillow has a filled outer perimeter area encompassing a central sling area. The sling is defined in part by two generally parallel outer seams adjacent the outer perimeter, and an inner seam located between the outer seams which help hold the fill of the perimeter in place. When a weighted object is placed on the sling, the perimeter is drawn inward toward the object placed therein.	08-06-2009

Louisa R. Carr, Seattle, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090156460	CATIONIC BETAINE PRECURSORS TO ZWITTERIONIC BETAINES HAVING CONTROLLED BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES - Cationic polymers hydrolyzable to zwitterionic polymers, monomers for making the cationic polymers, surfaces that include the polymers, therapeutic agent delivery systems that include the cationic polymers, methods for administering a therapeutic agent using the delivery systems, and methods for making and using the cationic polymers, monomers, surfaces, and therapeutic agent delivery systems.	06-18-2009

Marcus E. Carr, Holland, PA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090155342	Mineral technologies (MT) for acute hemostasis and for the treatment of acute wounds and chronic ulcers - Compositions comprising clay minerals and methods for their use in promoting hemostasis are provided. The compositions comprise clay minerals such as bentonite, and facilitate blood clotting when applied to a hemorrhaging wound. Electrospun or electrosprayed materials (e.g. bandages, micron beads, etc.) which include clay minerals, and methods for the treatment of acute hemorrhage, are also provided.	06-18-2009
20100292624	Mineral Technologies (MT) for Acute Hemostasis and for the Treatment of Acute Wounds and Chronic Ulcers - Compositions comprising clay minerals and methods for their use in promoting hemostasis are provided. The compositions comprise clay minerals such as bentonite, and facilitate blood clotting when applied to a hemorrhaging wound. Electrospun or electrosprayed materials (e.g. bandages, micron beads, etc.) which include clay minerals, and methods for the treatment of acute hemorrhage, are also provided.	11-18-2010

Patent applications by Marcus E. Carr, Holland, PA US

Mia Carr, Lindstrom, MN US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090193589	Weight activated restraining pillow - Weight restraining pillow has a filled outer perimeter area encompassing a central sling area. The sling is defined in part by two generally parallel outer seams adjacent the outer perimeter, and an inner seam located between the outer seams which help hold the fill of the perimeter in place. When a weighted object is placed on the sling, the perimeter is drawn inward toward the object placed therein.	08-06-2009

Michael J. Carr, Hattiesburg, MS US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110201827	PROCESS FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF OXIDIZED OLEFIN POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANE CAGES - Methods for continuous bulk production of polyolefin polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes and their amino, isocyanate, and alcohol derivatives using silane coupling agents as precursors.	08-18-2011

Michael N. Carr, Lynn, MA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110035244	Project Management System for Integrated Project Schedules - A simulation system and technique for simulating a project is described. The simulation system includes a work detail database having stored therein a plurality of attributes for the project, and a schedule generator coupled to receive information from the work detail database and having a push processor and a pull processor coupled thereto. The push and pull processors utilize different techniques/methodologies to establish dates and activities in a schedule produced by the schedule generator.	02-10-2011

Norman J. Carr, Pasco, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110179093	Storing and Managing Information Artifacts Collected by Information Analysts Using a Computing Device - Systems and computer-implemented processes for storage and management of information artifacts collected by information analysts using a computing device. The processes and systems can capture a sequence of interactive operation elements that are performed by the information analyst, who is collecting an information artifact from at least one of the plurality of software applications. The information artifact can then be stored together with the interactive operation elements as a snippet on a memory device, which is operably connected to the processor. The snippet comprises a view from an analysis application, data contained in the view, and the sequence of interactive operation elements stored as a provenance representation comprising operation element class, timestamp, and data object attributes for each interactive operation element in the sequence.	07-21-2011

Patrick J. Carr, Tinley Park, IL US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100028078	ARRESTER BED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AIRPORTS AND AIRFIELDS - An arrester bed system for a runway area of an airport or airfield comprising: an artificial surface securely install in the area; a base beneath the artificial turf, the base configured to slow a moving aircraft; and soil beneath the base.	02-04-2010
20100030709	MARKETING METHOD FOR ARTIFICIAL TURF AT AIRPORTS - A method for marketing an artificial surface for application at an airport installed adjacent to a runway/taxiway includes: (i) causing advertising to be displayed on the artificial surface; (ii) obtaining revenue for causing the display of the advertising; and (iii) selling/installing the artificial surface at a discounted price in exchange for receiving at least a portion of the advertising revenue.	02-04-2010

Patent applications by Patrick J. Carr, Tinley Park, IL US

Pete Carr, Duluth, MN US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090271250	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN IN-SITE SALES WIDGET - Commerce widgets placed on webpages allow a full purchase transaction (browsing, selecting, and buying the product) to take place on the content owner's site (the host site). Webmasters may set the sale price and collect statistics on buyer behavior and habits. By keeping the entire transaction on the webpage, a visitor/customer is not redirected to another website. In addition, purchases may be made from within a displayed video stream.	10-29-2009

Peter A. Carr, Medford, MA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110124055	Methods for High Fidelity Production of Long Nucleic Acid Molecules - In a method for synthesizing a long nucleic acid molecule, a first immobilized nucleic acid has a first 5′ region and a first 3′ region and a second immobilized nucleic acid has a second 5′ region and a second 3′ region, wherein the second 3′ region and the first 5′ region have identical nucleic acid sequences. The first immobilized nucleic acid is hybridized with an oligonucleotide under conditions promoting hybridization of the oligonucleotide to the first 3′ region, extending the hybridized oligonucleotide and producing a first extension product having a 3′ region that is complementary to the first 5′ region. The second immobilized nucleic acid is hybridized with the first extension product under conditions promoting hybridization of the 3′ region of the first extension product to the second 3′ region, extending the 3′ region of the first extension product and producing a second extension product having a 3′ region that is complementary to the second 5′ region, wherein the second extension product has a sequence complementary to the first and second 3′ and 5′ regions.	05-26-2011
20110201057	Methods for High Fidelity Production of Long Nucleic Acid Molecules with Error Control - A method for synthesizing a nucleic acid having a desired sequence and length comprises providing a solid support having an immobilized nucleic acid, performing a nucleic acid addition reaction to elongate the immobilized nucleic acid by adding a nucleotide or an oligonucleotide to the nucleic acid, determining whether the nucleotide or the oligonucleotide is added to the nucleic acid by detecting whether there is an increase in electrophoretic force applied to the solid support when an electric field and a magnetic field gradient are applied to the support, wherein the increase in electrophoretic force applied to the support is caused by adding the nucleotide or the oligonucleotide to the nucleic acid, repeating the addition reaction and determination steps if the nucleotide or the oligonucleotide is not added to the nucleic acid, and continuing until the immobilized nucleic acid has a desired sequence and length.	08-18-2011

Patent applications by Peter A. Carr, Medford, MA US

Peter Paul Carr, New York, NY US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110119168	Construction of Currency Strength Indices - Systems, methods, and computer program products for constructing and weighting a currency index for a currency basket. The weights of the components of the currency basket can be determined using only past statistical time series behaviors of the currency pairs.	05-19-2011

Phillip E. Carr, Fountain Hills, AZ US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110000604	CHECKER BALLOON WINDING MACHINE - A device for winding a filament around a structure disposed concentrically around a distal end of a balloon catheter includes a rotatable holder for retaining a distal end of the balloon catheter, a translatable winding carriage for helically winding the tensioned filament around the balloon catheter distal end, a heater for applying a predetermined amount of heat to a section of the balloon catheter having the filament wound therearound, and a controller for controlling at least the rate of rotation of the holder, the tensioning force applied to the filaments the amount of heat applied by the heater, and the rate of travel of the translatable winding carriage along the longitudinal dimension of the balloon catheter. By use of the device, the balloon is heat set and a predetermined checkering pattern of surface indentations are provided in the structure exterior surface in a single pass.	01-06-2011

Randy Carr, Hollywood, FL US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100112244	Printed Emblems - The invention provides a multilayer emblem, which includes a fabric layer, a thermoplastic adhesive layer, and an ink layer. Also provided is a method of manufacturing an emblem, which includes the steps of disposing a thermoplastic adhesive layer on a first side of a fabric layer and disposing an ink layer on a second side of the fabric layer. Further provided is a method of printing an emblem, which includes the steps of disposing a thermoplastic adhesive layer on a first side of a fabric layer, disposing an ink layer on a second side of the fabric layer, and printing a first design on the ink layer.	05-06-2010

Raymond Carr, Lutz, FL US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080230533	Conveyorized oven and method for uniform cooking - A conveyorized oven that provides uniform cooking with control of the heater and/or the conveyor belt speed. The oven includes a controller that monitors power consumption of the heater and uses the power consumption to control the heater and/or the speed of the motor that drives the conveyor belt. The power consumption is monitored by counting the on time cycles of a switch that connects and disconnects the heater to a power main. Changes in the power consumption due to changes in loading are used by the controller to reduce recovery times of the oven temperature to a set temperature by controlling the heater and/or the motor. By using a stepper motor, there is no need for a gear box.	09-25-2008

Raymond A. Carr, Lutz, FL US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090173201	FOOD PRODUCT SLICER WITH KNIFE LOAD BASED ASSISTANCE FOR MOVEMENT OF FOOD PRODUCT CARRIAGE - A food product slicer includes a base and a knife mounted for rotation relative to the base via a knife drive motor. A carriage assembly is mounted to the base for reciprocal movement back and forth past a cutting edge of the knife via a carriage drive motor. An adjustable gauge plate is provided. During a manual assist slicing operation a level of assistance provided by the carriage drive motor varies according to loading on the knife motor.	07-09-2009

Richard V.c. Carr, Allentown, PA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090143599	Heterocyclic Fused Selenophene Monomers - A heterocyclic fused selenophenes and a method of making a heterocyclic fused selenophenes of formula (1):	06-04-2009

Richard V. C. Carr, Allentown, PA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100048833	Mixed Polycycloaliphatic Amines (MPCA) And MPCA Alkylates - Mixed polycycloaliphatic amines (MPCA) and alkylates thereof (MPCA alkylates), methods for making mixed polycycloaliphatic MPCA amines and MPCA alkylates thereof, as well as polymeric compositions, such as spray-applied polyurea coating compositions, comprising said mixed amines MPCA and MPCA alkylates thereof are described herein. In one embodiment, the polymeric composition comprises an isocyanate component, and a resin component comprising an organic compound having the following Formula I:	02-25-2010

Robert Allen Carr, Tuscaloosa, AL US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110119398	System and method for the issuance of an emergency text alert in response to the redirection of a website - A system and method to issue a text alert message in response to a website deflection. DNS inquires for a website resource may be deflected to a new IP address for a website prior to or after the occurrence of a natural disaster, emergency event, attack, or other event that damages the computer infrastructure of an organization or causes interruption in website administration, thereby interrupting the organization's ability to continue to offer or update its website information. Alternatively, the system can be used to issue marketing alerts in response to a website deflection. The text alert may be issued responsive to deflection or responsive to an automated process that alters a zone file on a controlling DNS server.	05-19-2011

Robert Allen Carr, Pinson, AL US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090164665	System and Method For Promoting Messages To A Plurality of Websites From A Centralized Authority in Response to A Disaster or Emergency Event - A system and method for broadcasting messages to selected websites in order to provide emergency information to the U.S. populace, or zone applicable populace, from a central authority. This is achieved by implementing a “partial deflection” of a website altering the applicable zone file on a DNS server having authority over a website. Depending up which authority makes a request for broadcasting an emergency message, an emergency website is created and a partial deflection of the original entity's page is deflected to a main frame accompanying a header frame displaying the emergency alert message the emergency alert webpage. The requesting authority retains control over the content of the emergency message and can trigger the implementation of the broadcast from a variety of signal interfaces.	06-25-2009
20100031078	System and Method For Redirecting A Website Upon The Occurrence Of A Disaster Or Emergency Event - A system and method to deflect DNS inquires to a new IP address for a website prior to or after the occurrence of a natural disaster that damages the computer infrastructure of an organization, thereby interrupting the organization's ability to continue to offer its website information. An automated process is included that alters a zone file on a controlling DNS server in a manner that provides a minimum of disruption to resolver programs attempting to resolve names of deflected computers via Internet DNS. An intelligent monitor program continually, but periodically, surveys the organization's web server to confirm its operations status and intervenes in the DNS resolution structure for that web server in the event that a sustained disruption occurs.	02-04-2010

Robert B. Carr, Brookline, MA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100029457	GAS DRIVEN SOLIDS DISCHARGE AND PUMPING PISTON FOR A CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATOR - A centrifugal separator includes a cylindrical bowl having a conical lower end with an opening through which feed liquid is injected during a feed mode of operation. During the feed mode, solids separate from the feed liquid and accumulate along the inner surface of the bowl as the bowl rotates at high speed. After accumulation of the solids, the rotation of the bowl is stopped and residual liquid is drained by gravity from the bowl. In a solids discharge mode of operation, a piston of a piston assembly is urged downward along a vertical axis in response to fluid such as compressed gas or hydraulic liquid. The downward movement of the piston forces accumulated solids from the bowl via the opening in the conical lower end thereof. The solids pass from the bowl and into a passage leading to an outlet port, where the solids exit the separator.	02-04-2010
20100167899	SOLIDS DISCHARGE CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATOR WITH DISPOSABLE CONTACT ELEMENTS - A hermetically sealed solids discharge centrifugal separator exhibits low-shear filling, acceleration, and separation of feed material. The separator can be particularly useful for separation and recovery of sensitive solids such as chemical or biological substances. The separator accommodates disposable sample contacting elements to eliminate the need for clean-in-place and sterilize-in-place operations. Some embodiments of the separator feature dual solids discharge pistons, which fully optimize recovery of valuable solids.	07-01-2010

Robert Edwin Carr, Odessa, MO US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100155314	Auto-injecting onsite dual tank microbial inoculator for use in in-situ bioremediation of FOG (Fats, Oils and Grease) - A method to continuously inoculate (grow) microbial cultures on-site whereby a live culture of grease reducing microbes can be periodically injected directly into grease interceptors, grease traps and grease vaults. The system consists of a two tank system, one a isolated microbial storage tank (	06-24-2010

Robert O. Carr, New London, NH US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100318468	Tamper-Resistant Secure Methods, Systems and Apparatuses for Credit and Debit Transactions - An electronic payment transaction involves operating a gateway device in an electronic payment system to receive first encrypted transaction data from a merchant device, wherein the first encrypted transaction data is encrypted by means of a merchant device-specific encrypting key. Decrypted transaction data is produced by using a merchant device-specific decrypting key to decrypt the first encrypted transaction data. Second encrypted transaction data is derived from the decrypted transaction data, wherein the second encrypted transaction data is encrypted by means of a gateway device-specific encrypting key. The gateway device communicates the second encrypted transaction data to another electronic payment system server. A key transmission block received from the merchant device includes information that enables the gateway device to derive the merchant device-specific decryption key.	12-16-2010

Robert W. Carr, Bloomington, MN US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090118553	METHOD FOR DIRECT-OXYGENATION OF ALKANE GASES - A method for alkyl oxygenate (e.g., methanol) manufacture via partial oxidation of alkane (methane) uses an injectively-mixed backmixing reaction chamber in fluid communication with a tubular-flow reactor. Alkyl free radicals are induced in the backmixing reaction chamber prior to being fed through a flow-restriction baffle to the tubular-flow reactor. Injective intermixing of feed streams agitates the backmixing reaction chamber. In one embodiment, a variable position flow restriction baffle is axially moved to commensurately modify the backmixing reaction chamber and tubular-flow reactor volumes. In another embodiment, the tubular-flow reactor is quenched with a variable position quenching input. The method further provides for condensing the output stream from the reaction system in a condensing scrubber and also for recycling a portion of the scrubbed output stream to the reactor system.	05-07-2009
20110116990	Tandem Reactor System Having an Injectively-Mixed Backmixing Reaction Chamber, Tubular-Reactor, and Axially Movable Interface - A reactor system for gas phase reacting of at least two fluid feed streams, where the reactor system has an injectively-mixed backmixing reaction chamber in fluid communication with a tubular-flow reactor. The injectively-mixed backmixing reaction chamber has a bulkhead that slides during real-time operation to either diminish or expand the internal volume of the backmixing reaction chamber. In one embodiment, the effective passageway space through the bulkhead is also variably adjustable. In another embodiment, the tubular-flow reactor shares the bulkhead so that axial bulkhead movement commensurately expands one reaction space while diminishing the other reaction space. Input gas streams enter the backmixing reaction chamber with sufficient velocity to turbulently agitate the contents of the injectively-mixed backmixing reaction chamber by injective intermixing of the alkane-containing gas feed stream and the oxygen-containing gas feed stream. A focal application is for direct (partial) oxidative conversion of natural gas to alkyl oxygenates.	05-19-2011
20110127037	Method and System for Methanol Production - An apparatus and method of producing methanol includes reacting a heated hydrocarbon-containing gas and an oxygen-containing gas in a reactor; to provide a product stream comprising methanol; and transferring heat from the product stream to the hydrocarbon-containing gas to heat the hydrocarbon containing gas. After removing methanol and CO	06-02-2011

Patent applications by Robert W. Carr, Bloomington, MN US

Ronald R. Carr, Kingsley, MI US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090100884	Lockdown Door Bar - A security bar for quickly barricading a doorknob-operated, outward-opening door from inside a room, especially useful for fire safety doors used in schools and similar institutions. The bar spans the doorway from the knob to at least one side of the doorframe, with the ends of the bar overlying, and preferably directly engaging, the sides of the doorframe in a non-rotating fashion. The bar has a doorknob-engaging platform that engages the inner doorknob. A clamping member carried by the doorknob-engaging platform normally rests in a storage position out of the way of the doorknob while the bar is being applied to the door, but is quickly activated to clamp the doorknob to the platform. A lock is optionally engaged to lock the clamping member in place and prevent attempts to lift the bar out of engagement with the doorknob. Attempts to force the door open from the outside simply force the bar more tightly against the doorframe.	04-23-2009
20090102205	LOCKDOWN DOOR BAR - A door has a doorknob, and is hingedly mounted in a door frame having at least one vertical member. The door is capable of selective rotational movement between a closed configuration and an open configuration. The door has a first side and an opposed second side. The first side is oriented in a direction toward which the door opens. A barricade bar includes a flange member for selectively engaging the doorknob to prevent the separation of the flange member from the doorknob. The barricade bar also includes a frame member for coordinate engagement with the at least one vertical member. The frame member is rigidly coupled with the flange member. The barricade bar can be oriented adjacent the second side of the door so that the frame member engages the vertical member and the flange member engages the doorknob to prevent the opening of the door.	04-23-2009

Ryan Carr, South Eigin, IL US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110099045	Assumed Demographics, Predicted Behavior, and Targeted Incentives - A system and method for anticipating consumer behavior and determining transaction incentives for influencing consumer behavior comprises a computer system and associated database for determining cross time correlations between transaction behavior, for applying the function derived from the correlations to consumer records to predict future consumer behavior, and for deciding on transaction incentives to offer the consumers based upon their predicted behavior.	04-28-2011

Sheldon P. Carr, West Bend, WI US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080217350	Sheet material dispenser - Apparatus for dispensing sheet material from a sheet material dispenser are described. Dispenser embodiments include drive and tension rollers supported within a housing forming a nip therebetween. Pulling of sheet material through the nip and against the drive roller rotates the drive roller. Dispenser embodiments may include a cutting mechanism powered by drive roller rotation with an improved carrier-supported blade permitting highly-efficient dispenser operation. Dispenser embodiments may include a sheet material tail length adjuster which permits the attendant to shorten or lengthen the tail length extending away from the dispenser. Dispenser embodiments may further include a sheet material conservation feature which imposes a delay between dispense cycles encouraging use of a single sheet of material and discouraging sheet material waste.	09-11-2008

Stephen C. Carr, Frederick, MD US

Stephen N. Carr, Stansbury, UT US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090113851	Packaging seal plate having a shaped face - A seal plate for use in sealing ophthalmic lens blister packages having a laminate foil cover and plastic shell for containing an ophthalmic lens and lens solution therein, the seal plate including a heated plate body and sealing face. The sealing face protrudes from the plate body and has an irregular shape. The sealing face further engages the laminate foil cover and displaces moisture present between the foil cover and plastic bowl body to induce a heat seal therebetween.	05-07-2009

Steven Carr, Wayne, PA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090178083	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING MEDIA ASSETS FOR DISPLAY IN A SCREEN OF AN INTERACTIVE MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATION - A method and system of selecting assets for display in an interactive media guidance application includes receiving a user input indicating interest in a media item; generating a list of media assets related to the media item, selecting, based on priority rules, a subset of the media assets to display in an interactive media guidance application, and displaying an identifier for each of the subset of media assets in the interactive media guidance application screen. The priority rules may assign a first priority to one type of media asset and a second priority to a second type of media asset, and may be based on: whether the media asset has been viewed, and a respective time associated with the media asset.	07-09-2009

Steven J. Carr, Boonville, NY US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110185842	FLYWHEEL LOCKING TOOL KIT - A flywheel locking tool kit comprises unitary body blocks designed to fit through and respectively compatible with the opening of a bell housing of a transmission so that teeth provided on one sector of the tool may be engaged with the flywheel teeth and projections and elements of the opposite end of the tool may be engaged with the sides or edges of the opening through the bell housing to retain the tool in a fixed, desired position.	08-04-2011

Timothy C. Carr, Woodburry, MN US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090114779	Merchandising storage and display device - A merchandising storage and display device with a storage cavity that may be configured into different dimensions.	05-07-2009

Timothy D. Carr, Burton, MI US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100066073	Engine Fitting and Method of Assembling Vehicles - A dual-purpose engine fitting is provided that may be used both during engine testing and during engine use, for vehicles with vacuum assisted brakes and for those without. The fitting has a body portion configured to fit within an opening in the manifold and defining a passage having opposing first and second ends. The fitting has a seal portion enclosing the first end of the passage. The second end of the passage is open to the manifold when the body portion is fit within the manifold. A thinned wall joins the body portion and the seal portion, establishing a predetermined fracture region at which the seal portion will separate from the body portion when sufficient torque is applied to the seal portion to thereby open the first end of the passage. A method of assembling vehicles is also provided.	03-18-2010
20110113612	ENGINE FITTING AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING VEHICLES - A method of assembling vehicles is provided that includes providing a first engine with a first engine manifold having a first opening, and installing a first fitting in the first opening. A second engine is provided with a second engine manifold having a second opening, and a second fitting substantially identical to the first fitting is installed in the second opening. A seal portion of the first fitting is separated from a body portion of the first fitting at a weakened joint between the seal portion and the body portion. The body portion of the first fitting is then connected with a brake system on a first vehicle to enable vacuum assist of the brake system via a vacuum within the first engine manifold. The second engine is operated without separating a seal portion of the second fitting so that the second opening is plugged by the second fitting.	05-19-2011

Wayne J. Carr, Beaverton, OR US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090300703	Communicating Ancillary Information Associated With A Plurality Of Audio/Video Programs - A system includes a receiver and a communication interface. The receiver is adapted to tune to an audio/video portion over a transport medium. The communication interface is adapted to receive announcement data associated with the tuned audio/video content directed to a first addressable location and to receive a special announcement directed to the first addressable location. The special announcement indicates availability of the announcement data associated with the tuned audio/video program, and the announcement data is associated with the tuned audio/video content and indicates enhancement data is being transmitted. The controller is adapted to redirect the announcement data to a second addressable location other than the first addressable location in response to the special announcement.	12-03-2009

Wesley Carr, Kirkland, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080201437	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIEWING MEDIA CONTENT IN INSTANT MESSAGING - Systems and methods for viewing media content in instant messaging are provided. In an embodiment, a first IM server that manages instant messaging of a first IM client receives a chat message having a media address from a second IM client whose instant messaging is managed by a second IM server. A first media recognizer associated with the first IM server recognizes the media address in the chat message. In response to the recognition, the first IM server provides the chat message and a media instruction to the first IM client. In another embodiment, the first IM server obtains media associated with the recognized media address and provides the chat message and the obtained media to the first IM client. In a further embodiment, a system for viewing media content based on presence information in instant messaging is provided.	08-21-2008

William L. Carr, Bettendorf, IA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090129087	Light System and Method to Thermally Manage an LED Lighting System - A method of cooling light emitting diode (LED) lighting systems and associated structures are disclosed and claimed herein. The method involves determining the areas of a printed circuit board (PCB) onto which LEDs will be mounted will have the highest temperature during operation and positioning thermal vias of a certain size in or adjacent that area. The thermal vias extend from the PCB first side through the PCB substrate to the PCB second side to allow fluid flow through the PCB. The thermal vias are coated with a plating so that thermal energy is conductively transferred from the area adjacent an LED or resistor to the thermal via. From the thermal via the thermal energy may be dissipated to the atmosphere adjacent the thermal via through various modes. Novel structures according to the present invention include LED circuits, light fixtures, PCBs, and various combinations thereof employing the thermal vias.	05-21-2009
20100238011	Sensor Mount With Self-Tightening Device - A wheel assembly comprises a wheel, a tire mounted to the wheel, a tire condition sensor unit, and a sensor mount. The sensor mount mounts the sensor unit to an outside diameter surface of a rim of the wheel in a desired circumferential mounting location relative to the wheel, and comprises an endless loop self-tightening device positioned around the wheel.	09-23-2010

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