Chase, CA
Aileen Chase, Tujunga, CA US
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20140263714 | WATER PLAY APPARATUS - A water play apparatus that includes a tank body where water is collected, a manual pump that allows the water to be circulated through the water play apparatus where the manual pump is located within the tank body, a deck unit which is located within the tank body which the manual pump is mounted upon, a filter unit which is connected to the manual pump by pipe and is located within the tank body underneath the deck unit, and a spout where the water from the manual pump directs water through the filter where water is exerted. | 09-18-2014 |
Annika Chase, Costa Mesa, CA US
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20100017930 | SPECIALIZED INFANT PROTECTIVE COVER - The invention is an apparatus and method for a protective cover to protect a user's shoulder area during such activities as burping, feeding, or playing with an infant. The cover has two grooves, one to contour around the user's neck region, and another to contour the user's arm region. In one embodiment of the present invention, the cover has multiple layers, wherein least one of the layers is made of a high friction fabric to prevent the cover from slipping off the user's shoulder. In another embodiment of the present invention two elasticized straps are attached to the cover and wrap around the user's neck to prevent the cover from slipping off the user's shoulder. The straps are convenient and easy to use, allowing one to either slip the cover over one's head or quickly fasten or unfasten around the neck. | 01-28-2010 |
Brad Chase, Lakehead, CA US
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20150313459 | NEUROCHROMATIC PRESCRIPTION DETERMINATION - A method for determining a lens prescription for the eye. The method includes selecting a first ultraviolet (UV) trial lens and a second UV trial lens and determining whether the first UV trial lens or the second UV trial lens results in greater improvement in visual function. The second UV trial lens may be selected for the prescription when the second UV trial lens results in greater improvement in visual function as compared to the first UV trial lens. The method includes selecting a first color group comprising a first color trial lens and a second color trial lens and determining whether the first color trial lens or the second color trial lens results in greater improvement in visual function. The second color trial lens may be selected for the prescription when the second color trial lens results in greater improvement in visual function than the first color trial lens. | 11-05-2015 |
Brad Lee Chase, Lakehead, CA US
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20120249964 | NEUROCHROMATIC PRESCRIPTION DETERMINATION - A method for determining a lens prescription for the eye. The method includes selecting a first ultraviolet (UV) trial lens and a second UV trial lens and determining whether the first UV trial lens or the second UV trial lens results in greater improvement in visual function. The second UV trial lens may be selected for the prescription when the second UV trial lens results in greater improvement in visual function as compared to the first UV trial lens. The method includes selecting a first color group comprising a first color trial lens and a second color trial lens and determining whether the first color trial lens or the second color trial lens results in greater improvement in visual function. The second color trial lens may be selected for the prescription when the second color trial lens results in greater improvement in visual function than the first color trial lens. | 10-04-2012 |
20120249965 | NEUROCHROMATIC REFRACTOR - An apparatus for use in determining a neurochromatic lens prescription. The apparatus includes an opening operable for use in a patient observing a visual target and a trial lens slot operable for use in inserting a trial lens into the patient's line of sight and the opening. The apparatus further includes a channel operable for sliding the trial lens into a centered position within the opening and a trial lens retainer operable for holding one or more trial lenses resulting in visual function improvement. The channel is coupled to the trial lens slot and the channel is operable for sliding the trial lens horizontally into the opening. The trial lens retainer is operable to retain the one or more trial lenses within the patient's line of sight. | 10-04-2012 |
20120249966 | NEUROCHROMATIC TRIAL LENS KIT - A trial lens kit for determining a neurochromatic lens prescription for the eye. The trial lens kit includes a first plurality of trial lenses wherein each of the first plurality of trial lenses is operable to filter a particular wavelength of light. The first plurality of trial lenses corresponds to a first type of visual function improvement. The trial lens kit further comprises a second plurality of trial lenses where each of the second plurality of trial lenses is operable to filter a particular wavelength of light. The second plurality of trial lenses corresponds to a second type of visual function improvement. The first plurality of trial lenses and the second plurality of trial lenses are operable for determining a neurochromatic prescription. | 10-04-2012 |
20130077050 | NEUROCHROMATIC PRESCRIPTION DETERMINATION - A method for determining a lens prescription for the eye. The method includes selecting a first ultraviolet (UV) trial lens and determining whether the first UV trial lens results in improvement in visual function. The first UV trial lens may be selected for the lens prescription when the first UV trial lens results in improvement in visual function. The method includes selecting a first color group comprising a first color trial lens and a second color trial lens and determining whether the first color trial lens or the second color trial lens results in greater improvement in visual function. The second color trial lens may be selected for the prescription when the second color trial lens results in greater improvement in visual function as compared to the first color trial lens. The method may include reevaluating the first UV trial lens for improvement in visual function when not previously selected. | 03-28-2013 |
Bryan Chase, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20110066867 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING MODULE POWER INFORMATION IN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method for communication is disclosed and includes, in a single chip including a plurality of on-chip devices, acquiring, from at least one of the plurality of on-chip devices, power information for the at least one of the plurality of on-chip devices. The acquiring may be in response to a query signal received by the at least one of the plurality of on-chip devices. An output signal indicative of power status of the at least one of the plurality of on-chip devices may be generated from within the chip, based on the acquired power information. The acquired power information may be communicated to the off-chip device. The acquired power information may be wirelessly communicated to the off-chip device via an antenna or an infrared transmitter on the single chip. The acquired power information may be communicated to an off-chip device via a wired connection on the single chip. | 03-17-2011 |
20110202779 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING MODULE POWER STATUS IN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method for monitoring operating status of a device includes receiving within a chip, a plurality of signals, each of the plurality of signals being indicative of a power status of a respective one of a plurality of on-chip devices. The method may also include generating from within the chip, a corresponding plurality of output signals. Each of the corresponding plurality of output signals respectively being indicative of the power status of the respective one of the plurality of on-chip devices. Each of the corresponding plurality of output signals may include a clock signal and a data signal. The corresponding plurality of output signals that are indicative of the power status may be output from the chip in a round robin manner. Each of the output signals that are indicative of the power status may be measured in real time by one or more resistor drops within the chip. | 08-18-2011 |
Charles Chase, Lancaser, CA US
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20130169157 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING COHERENT MATTERWAVE BEAMS - Systems and methods for generating a coherent matterwave beam are provided. In some aspects, a system includes a plurality of beam generating units. Each of the plurality of beam generating units is configured to generate a stream of charged particles. The system also includes a magnetic field generator configured to expose the plurality of streams to a magnetic field such that (i) the charged particles of the plurality of streams undergo phase synchronization with one another in response to a vector potential associated with the magnetic field and (ii) the plurality of streams is directed along one or more channels to combine with one another and produce a coherent matterwave beam. | 07-04-2013 |
Charles Chase, Lancaster, CA US
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20120306318 | PYROELECTRIC POWER FROM TURBULENT AIRFLOW - A power-generating device is disclosed that includes a pyroelectric material having first and second surfaces on opposite sides of the pyroelectric material. The device also includes a first conductive electrode coupled to a first support element that is configured to intermittently bring the first electrode into proximity with the first surface and a second conductive electrode proximate to the second surface at least while the first electrode is proximate to the first surface. The device also includes a power module that is electrically coupled between the first and second electrodes. The power module is configured to capture power from an electrical current flowing between the first and second electrodes. | 12-06-2012 |
20130032730 | AHARONOV-BOHM SENSOR - An Aharonov-Bohm (AB) sensor is provided. The AB sensor includes a beam splitter configured to split a first electron beam into a first wave and a second wave. The beam splitter is configured to direct the first wave along a first path through a field-free cage. A phase of the first wave is configured to shift in response to a vector potential of a signal. The vector potential is present within the field-free cage. The AB sensor includes a beam combiner configured to combine the phase shifted first wave with the second wave to generate a second electron beam, which is modulated based on the phase shift of the first wave. The AB sensor includes a detector configured to receive the second electron beam and to detect the signal based on the modulation of the second electron beam. | 02-07-2013 |
Charles Chase, Dublin, CA US
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20080306391 | MULTISENSOR PROBE FOR TISSUE IDENTIFICATION - A multisensor probe for continuous real-time tissue identification. The multisensor probe includes a tissue penetrating needle, a plurality of sensors useful in characterizing tissue and a position sensor to measure the depth of the needle into the tissue being diagnosed. The sensors include but are not limited to an optical scattering and absorption spectroscopy sensor, an optical coherence domain reflectometry sensor, an electrical impedance sensor, a temperature sensor, a pO | 12-11-2008 |
Charles J. Chase, Sherman Oaks, CA US
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20110089835 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLASMA JETS - A plasma jet system includes a housing with a single opening. A plasma generator is coupled to ionize a fluid in the housing. An electromagnetic accelerator is coupled to generate an electric field that accelerates ionized fluid in the housing toward the opening. A controller can modulate the frequency of the electric field to cause the ionized fluid to form a plasma vortex flow through the opening. A magnetic field is applied normal to the direction of the plasma vortex flow to mitigate the momentum of the electrons. The electrons slowed by the magnetic field can be collected and conducted to a location where they are re-inserted into the plasma vortex flow to maintain charge neutrality. | 04-21-2011 |
Charles J. Chase, Lancaster, CA US
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20150027442 | Respiratory Gas Monitoring - A device for monitoring gases present in a breathing mask. A gas sensing element carried by the breathing mask senses the partial pressure of a gas present in the breathing mask and outputs signals corresponding to the sensed gas partial pressure. The gas sensing element may comprise a gas-sensing material configured to emit, in response to light excitation, an optical signal at an intensity corresponding to the partial pressure of a sensed gas. | 01-29-2015 |
20150297108 | Cognitive Enhancement Using Feedback - In an embodiment, a method includes determining a target frequency corresponding to a target brain state and stimulating a brain of a user using feedback to attempt to achieve the target brain state in the user. The stimulating step may include measuring an electrical output of the brain of the user received from one or more sensors coupled to the user, determining a current frequency associated with the brain of the user based on the measured electrical output, and determining a difference between the current frequency and the target frequency. When the difference between the current frequency and the target frequency is greater than a predetermined amount, the method includes sending a signal to the brain of the user through one or more pathways. The signal may have a frequency operable to modify the current frequency associated with the brain of the user towards the target frequency. | 10-22-2015 |
Christian W. Chase, Petatuma, CA US
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20090031503 | Extension Apparatus for Hardware and Tools - A device that enables a user to install most any hardware item into any structure. The inventive apparatus includes a core portion with a standard female ACME thread so the core may be threaded onto a standard extension pole. At the upper end of the core is a cavity designed to accept wafers for various purposes. Hardware installing wafers are designed to accept pieces of hardware in a particular class and size such as eyebolts, hooks, right-angle hooks, and other suspension hardware. Tool wafers are wafers with various tools attached to them for performing different operations such as prying, lifting, nailing, tacking, threading, scrapping, grasping, cutting, drilling, marking, hole punching, and so on. Attachment wafers attach various implements and devices to the core. | 02-05-2009 |
Christopher Chase, Kensington, CA US
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20110280269 | HIGH CONTRAST GRATING INTEGRATED VCSEL USING ION IMPLANTATION - A Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) and its fabrication are taught which incorporate a high contrast grating (HCG) to replace the top mirror of the device and which can operate at long-wavelengths, such as beyond 0.85 μm. The HCG beneficially provides a high degree of polarization differentiation and provides optical containment in response to lensing by the HCG. The device incorporates a quantum well active layer, a tunnel junction, and control of aperture width using ion implantation. A tunable VCSEL is taught which controls output wavelength in response to controlling a micro-mechanical actuator coupled to a HCG top mirror which can be moved to, or from, the body of the VCSEL. A fabrication process for the VCSEL includes patterning the HCG using a wet etching process, and highly anisotropic wet etching while precisely controlling temperature and PH. | 11-17-2011 |
20130051419 | HCG REFLECTION ENHANCEMENT IN DIVERSE REFRACTIVE INDEX MATERIAL - Enhanced reflectivity High-Contrast Gratings are described which operate in different medium. An HCG is described with a deep/buried metallization layer separated at a distance of least three to four grating thicknesses from the grating. Reflective bandwidth of the HCG is substantially increased, such as by a factor or five, by inclusion of the deep/buried metallization layer. An HCG is described which provides high reflectivity, even when embedded into materials of a moderate to high index of refraction, such as semiconductor material. Vertical cavity surface emitting laser embodiments are described which utilize these reflectivity enhancements, and preferably utilize HCG reflectors for top and/or bottom mirrors. | 02-28-2013 |
20130058370 | PLANAR, HIGH NA, LOW LOSS TRANSMITTING OR REFLECTING LENSES USING SUB-WAVELENGTH HIGH CONTRAST GRATING - Planar lenses and reflectors are described comprising subwavelength high-contrast gratings (HCG) having high index of refraction grating elements spaced apart from one another in straight and/or curved segments and surrounded by low index material. The high-contrast grating is configured to receive an incident wave which excites multiple modes within the high-contrast grating and is focused for reflection and/or transmission by said high contrast grating. The width of the high contrast grating bars vary along a distribution direction of the grating bars which is perpendicular to the length of the grating bars and/or varies along the length of one or more grating bars to focus said reflection and/or transmission. The HCG is configured to provide double focusing, whose use is exemplified within a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) structure using focusing HCG structures for both the top and bottom mirrors. | 03-07-2013 |
20140353530 | POLARIZATION INDEPENDENT DUAL USAGE HCG VCSEL-DETECTOR WITH HIGH CONTRAST GRATING AND TWO DIMENSIONAL PERIOD STRUCTURE - A dual usage HCG VCSEL detector is provided with a high contrast grating (HCG) reflector first reflector that has a two dimensional periodic structure. The two dimensional structure is a periodic structure that is a symmetric structure with periodic repeating. The symmetrical structure provides that polarization modes of light are undistinguishable. A second reflector is in an opposing relationship to the first reflector. A tunable optical cavity is between the first and second reflectors. An active region is positioned in the cavity between the first and second reflectors. The photodetector is polarization independent. An MQW light absorber is included converts light to electrons. A dual usage HCG VCSEL-detector includes a high contrast grating (HCG) reflector first reflector, and a second reflector in an opposing relationship to the first reflector. A tunable optical cavity is between the first and second reflectors. An active region is positioned in the cavity between the first and second reflectors. The dual usage HCG VCSEL-detector that operates as a dual usage HCG VCSEL and as a tunable photodetector. | 12-04-2014 |
20140353583 | POLARIZATION INDEPENDENT PHOTODETECTOR WITH HIGH CONTRAST GRATING AND TWO DIMENSIONAL PERIOD STRUCTURE - A photodetector is provided with a high contrast grating (HCG) reflector first reflector that has a two dimensional periodic structure. The two dimensional structure is a periodic structure that is a symmetric structure with periodic repeating. The symmetrical structure provides that polarization modes of light are undistinguishable. A second reflector is in an opposing relationship to the first reflector. A tunable optical cavity is between the first and second reflectors. An active region is positioned in the cavity between the first and second reflectors. The photodetector is polarization independent. An MQW light absorber is included converts light to electrons. | 12-04-2014 |
20150288146 | VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS WITH SILICON-ON-INSULATOR HIGH CONTRAST GRATING - A surface emitting laser apparatus is formed using a patterned silicon-on-insulator (SOI)-like substrate which is patterned with a buried sub-wavelength high contrast grating and adapted for bonding of a half-VCSEL device containing at least an active region and an upper mirror, to create a VCSEL. The wavelength of the VCSEL, or any individual VCSEL within an array of VCSEL devices, can be set in response to changing HCG characteristics of the lower mirror in the SOI-like substrate, or in the region above the lower mirror within the half-VCSEL. The inventive VCSEL device and fabrication method are beneficial for a number of application and devices. | 10-08-2015 |
Dana Chase, Cupertino, CA US
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20120057216 | MULTICOMPONENT SACRIFICIAL STRUCTURE - A MEMS comprising a sacrificial structure, which comprises a faster etching portion and a slower etching portion, exhibits reduced damage to structural features when in forming a cavity in the MEMS by etching away the sacrificial structure. The differential etching rates mechanically decouple structural layers, thereby reducing stresses in the device during the etching process. Methods and systems are also provided. | 03-08-2012 |
Daniel Justin Chase, San Francisco, CA US
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20140373258 | Modular Hat with Removable Face Coverage - A modular hat system is disclosed, comprising at least a head covering unit, an ear covering unit that can be removably attached to the head covering unit, and a face covering unit that can be removably attached to either the head covering unit, the ear covering unit, or both. Other modules, such as a scarf, ski goggles, earphones, safety lights, and so on, may also be removably attached. | 12-25-2014 |
David Chase, Santa Barbara, CA US
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20150153432 | Optimised Pulse Sequences for Evaluating Spatial Frequency Content of a Selectively Excited Internal Volume - In a structural analysis using NMR techniques, a method for gathering k-value data from frequency encoded spin echoes generated from internal volumes selectively excited by intersecting 90° and 180° slice selective and refocusing RF pulses and subjected to a read gradient for the purpose of quantifying the spatial frequency content of the selected internal volume without contamination by a FID signal, comprising: acquiring spin echo data such that the FID signal generated by imperfections in the 180° slice selective refocusing RF pulse is attenuated by the read gradient such that any remaining FID signal is spatially encoded with higher k-values than the frequency encoded k-values being recorded for subsequent structural analysis while simultaneously providing for t2 t2* and t1 contrast. Other aspects of the invention are disclosed. | 06-04-2015 |
David Chase, Tujunga, CA US
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20140263714 | WATER PLAY APPARATUS - A water play apparatus that includes a tank body where water is collected, a manual pump that allows the water to be circulated through the water play apparatus where the manual pump is located within the tank body, a deck unit which is located within the tank body which the manual pump is mounted upon, a filter unit which is connected to the manual pump by pipe and is located within the tank body underneath the deck unit, and a spout where the water from the manual pump directs water through the filter where water is exerted. | 09-18-2014 |
David R. Chase, Santa Barbara, CA US
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20140266200 | Localised One-Dimensional Magnetic Resonance Spatial-Frequency Spectroscopy - A method of assessing a spatial frequency distribution within a sample comprising subjecting the sample to magnetic resonance excitation, receiving an echo signal from the sample while the sample is subjected to a magnetic field gradient, applying an invertible linear transform to the echo signal, identifying a region of interest in the transformed echo signal and deriving a corresponding window function, applying the window function (in the signal or transform domain) to the echo signal to remove echo signal coming from regions of the sample outside of the region of interest, and analyzing the one dimensional spatial frequency content in the windowed echo signal in order to access a one dimensional spatial frequency distribution within the region of interest within the sample without creating an image. | 09-18-2014 |
20140303487 | Magnetic Resonance Based Method for Assessing Alzheimer's Disease and Related Pathologies - The disclosed invention is a method for detecting indications of the presence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementia-inducing, motor-control-related pathologies, and other diseases in the human brain using a magnetic-resonance based technique for measuring fine tissue and bone textures. Specifically, the invention focuses on refinements/adaptations to a prior art magnetic resonance fine texture measurement technique that facilitates/enables pushing the detection limits closer to the cellular level, so as to be able to measure the fine scale structures and tissue changes that are known to be characteristic of the neurodegenerative processes involved in the development of these diseases. | 10-09-2014 |
20160061917 | SELECTIVE SAMPLING MAGNETIC RESONANCE-BASED METHOD FOR ASSESSING STRUCTURAL SPATIAL FREQUENCIES - The disclosed embodiments provide a method for acquiring MR data at resolutions down to tens of microns for application in in-vivo diagnosis and monitoring of pathology for which changes in fine tissue textures can be used as markers of disease onset and progression. Bone diseases, tumors, neurologic diseases, and diseases involving fibrotic growth and/or destruction are all target pathologies. Further the technique can be used in any biologic or physical system for which very high-resolution characterization of fine scale morphology is needed. The method provides rapid acquisition of selected values in k-space, with multiple successive acquisitions of individual k-values taken on a time scale on the order of microseconds, within a defined tissue volume, and subsequent combination of the multiple measurements in such a way as to maximize SNR. The reduced acquisition volume, and acquisition of only select values in k-space along selected directions, enables much higher in-vivo resolution than is obtainable with current MRI techniques. | 03-03-2016 |
Gerald Eugene Chase, Los Angeles, CA US
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20160107821 | Plastic Bag Dispenser - A Tote Bag (more or less) holding a number of plastic bags. This unit consist of two components: a Holder/Stacker which is were you place the bags. Second component being the actual tote bag—that has an (aperture) front dispensing the bags. The One-Two Digital Touch can be applied one finger and one hand. The unit can be moved anywhere, anytime having straps on either side of the bag. A hook on the strap would be for optional use. | 04-21-2016 |
Gregory V. Chase, Pasadena, CA US
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20120028137 | SOLUBLE OXYGEN EVOLVING CATALYSTS FOR RECHARGEABLE METAL-AIR BATTERIES - Rechargeable metal-air battery, air electrodes for use in the metal-air battery, and methods to manufacture the same are provided. The battery includes a negative electrode capable of taking and releasing active metal ions, a porous positive electrode using oxygen as an electroactive material and an electrolyte configured to conduct ions between the negative and positive electrodes and comprising one or more phases, wherein at least one phase comprises a liquid that at least partially fills the pores of the positive electrode and wherein the liquid comprises an oxygen evolving catalyst (OEC). The OEC a) is soluble in the liquid of the phase that partially fills the positive electrode pores, b) is electrochemically activated at a potential above the equilibrium cell voltage and c) is capable of evolving oxygen gas by oxidizing a metal oxide discharge product produced during discharge of the rechargeable metal-air battery. | 02-02-2012 |
20130089795 | GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODES FOR BATTERIES SUCH AS METAL-AIR BATTERIES - The present invention generally relates to batteries and, in particular, to electrodes for use in batteries such as non-aqueous metal-air batteries, for example, lithium-air batteries, as well as in other electrochemical devices. Such devices may exhibit improved performance characteristics (e.g. power, cycle life, capacity, etc.). One aspect of the present invention is generally directed to electrodes for use in such devices containing one or more pores or channels for transport of gas and/or electrolyte therein, e.g., forming an open porous network. In certain embodiments, the electrolyte may be a gel or a polymer. In some embodiments, there may be network of such channels or pores within the electrode such that no active site within the electrode is greater than about 50 micrometers distant from a gas channel. In some embodiments, such systems may be created using electrodes containing gel or electrolyte polymers, and/or by forming electrodes having different wettabilities such that certain regions preferentially attract the electrolyte compared to other regions, thereby causing self-organization of the electrolyte within the electrode. Other aspects of the invention are generally directed to methods of making such batteries or electrochemical devices, methods of using such batteries or electrochemical devices, kits involving such batteries or electrochemical devices, or the like. | 04-11-2013 |
Jacob Chase, Canyon Country, CA US
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20130098492 | WATER HAMMER ARRESTER - A water hammer arrester and a process for making a water hammer arrester. The arrester includes a includes a cylindrical tube that contains a sliding piston separating the interior into a gas portion and a liquid portion. The gas portion is enclosed by a cap. The liquid portion has a pipe fitting for connection to a liquid-carrying pipe. The process includes assembling the piston, cylinder, fitting, and cap together outside of a pressured chamber used to charge the gas portion. A pressure chamber receives the cap and open end of the cylinder, and tabs around the cap allow fluid flow into the gas portion of the cylinder. Increasing gas pressure in the pressure chamber simultaneously increases gas pressure inside the gas portion. At this raised pressure, an ultrasonic welding horn engages the cap and/or cylinder to weld the two together trapping the gas therein under pressure. | 04-25-2013 |
Jordan Chase, Oakland, CA US
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20150287901 | FLEXIBLE LEAD FRAME FOR MULTI-LEG PACKAGE ASSEMBLY - Thermoelectric structures include a flexible substrate; a plurality of conductive shunts; and a plurality of thermoelectric legs that are in thermal and electrical communication with the thermoelectric legs via thermal and electrical paths. In some embodiments, the paths are through apertures in the flexible substrate, and the flexible substrate can be substantially out of the thermal and electrical paths. Some embodiments include a circuit board coupled to the flexible substrate, and a bend in the flexible substrate can be disposed between the plurality of conductive shunts and the circuit board. In some embodiments, a plurality of perforations are defined through the flexible substrate and can be configured to rupture responsive to a temperature condition that otherwise would damage one or more of the thermal and electrical paths, said rupture inhibiting such damage. Other embodiments, and methods, are provided. | 10-08-2015 |
20160099398 | THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS FOR RECOVERING WASTE HEAT FROM ENGINE EXHAUST, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME - A thermoelectric generator includes a tapered inlet manifold including first and second non-parallel sides; first and second pluralities of outlet manifolds; and thermoelectric generating units (TGUs) each including a hot-side heat exchanger (HHX) with inlet and outlet; a cold-side heat exchanger (CHX); and thermoelectric devices arranged between the HHX and CHX. The inlets of some of the HHXs receive exhaust gas from the first side of the tapered inlet manifold and the outlets of those HHXs are coupled to outlet manifolds of the first plurality of outlet manifolds. The inlets of other of the HHXs receive exhaust gas from the second side of the tapered inlet manifold and the outlets of those HHXs are coupled to outlet manifolds of the second plurality of outlet manifolds. The thermoelectric devices can generate electricity responsive to a temperature differential between the exhaust gas and the CHXs. | 04-07-2016 |
Leslie S. Chase, Petaluma, CA US
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20090031503 | Extension Apparatus for Hardware and Tools - A device that enables a user to install most any hardware item into any structure. The inventive apparatus includes a core portion with a standard female ACME thread so the core may be threaded onto a standard extension pole. At the upper end of the core is a cavity designed to accept wafers for various purposes. Hardware installing wafers are designed to accept pieces of hardware in a particular class and size such as eyebolts, hooks, right-angle hooks, and other suspension hardware. Tool wafers are wafers with various tools attached to them for performing different operations such as prying, lifting, nailing, tacking, threading, scrapping, grasping, cutting, drilling, marking, hole punching, and so on. Attachment wafers attach various implements and devices to the core. | 02-05-2009 |
Patrick J. Chase, San Diego, CA US
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20120257265 | One-pass filtering and infrared-visible light decorrelation to reduce noise and distortions - A scanning device includes a scanning mechanism and a processing mechanism. The scanning mechanism scans an image fixed on a medium to generate a digital infrared representation of the image and a digital visible light representation of the image. The processing mechanism substantially reduces effects of noise and distortions within the digital visible light representation of the image in one pass. The processing mechanism at least decorrelates visible light aspects from the infrared representation of the image and employs a one-pass filter that uses both the infrared and the visible light representations of the image. | 10-11-2012 |
Robert Gregory Chase, Coarsegold, CA US
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20090292463 | System and method for determining routing information - A system and method for determining an optimal set of routes from an origin to one or more destinations. The system comprises a reverse geo-code database of closest intersections for one or more locations of a particular geographical region, a matrix generator, and a vehicle routing problem solver. The matrix generator creates a set of shortest routes among the possible routes between the origin location and the one or more destination locations. The shortest routes are determined by calculating a distance from a first location to a first nearest artery, a distance from a second location to a second nearest artery, and from the first nearest artery to the second nearest artery. The vehicle routing problem solver generates an optimal set of routes connecting the one or more locations by combining the one or more shortest routes. | 11-26-2009 |
Robert N. Chase, San Rafael, CA US
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20140084041 | Skin Stapler with Components Protected for Clean Bin Recycling - A surgical stapler uses a sheath | 03-27-2014 |
20140263560 | Skin Stapler with Components Optimized for Construction with Plant Based Materials - A surgical stapler includes a handle assembly | 09-18-2014 |
20150136834 | Skin Stapler with Components Optimized for Construction with Plant Based Materials - A surgical stapler includes a handle assembly | 05-21-2015 |
Ryan Chase, San Francisco, CA US
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20130086615 | CONCURRENT REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION WITH MEDIA CONTEXTUALIZED ACTIVITY SHARING - Extensible media and/or activity sharing within a voice call or concurrent real-time communication session is enabled. A concurrent voice call may contextualize shared media and/or activities. Users may share live experiences within the context of a voice call. Continuous, changing real-time media types such as periodic media (e.g., a user's current location) and streaming media (e.g., what the user is currently “seeing” through their personal video camera) may be shared, as well as interactive activities and atomic media types such as an image or a text message. Such sharing may have a unidirectional modality, for example, one party may offer to share media and/or an activity and another party may accept or reject it. Once accepted, the media and/or activity may be available until the sharing party terminates the call or ends the sharing. Conventional mobile computing environments may be adapted to enable rapid, wide-spread adoption of these communication modalities. | 04-04-2013 |
Scott Chase, Pleasanton, CA US
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20140149955 | LOW-OVERHEAD MULTI-PATTERNING DESIGN RULE CHECK - Roughly described, a system enables quick and accurate depiction to a user of multi-patterning layout violations so that they may be corrected manually and in real time, and without interfering with normal manual editing process. In one embodiment, the system involves iteratively building tree structures with nodes identifying islands and arcs identifying multi-patterning spacing violations between the connected islands. The system detects coloring violations during the building of these tree structures, using the relationships previously inserted. The coloring violations preferably are reported to a user in the form of visual indications of the cycles among the candidate spacing violations, with the candidate spacing violations also themselves indicated visually and individually. The user can see intuitively how to move the islands around, and in which directions and by what distance, in order to remove a multi-patterning spacing violation and thereby break the cycle. | 05-29-2014 |
Scott I. Chase, Pleasanton, CA US
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20110016094 | TRANSACTION HISTORY WITH BOUNDED OPERATION SEQUENCES - A technique for maintaining a transaction history is described. This transaction history includes a sequence of commands or operations in an electronic-design-automation (EDA) environment. For subsets of one or more operations in the sequence of operations, the transaction history includes an associated transaction name, as well as a state of the of the subset, which is open after an initial EDA operation in the subset has been performed and is closed after a last EDA operation in the subset has been performed. This transaction history can be displayed in a window in a graphical user interface, and facilitates undoing and/or rolling back of changes to the data associated with one or more subsets. For example, if an error is detected, roll back of one or more subsets to a known software state or condition prior to the operations in the one or more subsets may be performed without user instructions using the transaction history. | 01-20-2011 |
20110219349 | PARAMETERIZED CELL CACHING IN ELECTRONIC DESIGN AUTOMATION - Some embodiments provide a system that improves performance during parameterized cell instantiation in an electronic design automation (EDA) application. During operation, the system persists evaluation results associated with a parameterized cell in the design within a session of the EDA application so that the evaluation results are available even after they have been flushed from memory. Further, the system can persist the evaluation results across sessions of the EDA application. Next, the system uses the persisted evaluation results to instantiate the parameterized cell without re-evaluating the parameterized cell. Finally, the system discards the persisted evaluation results based at least on a dependency associated with the parameterized cell. | 09-08-2011 |
20110296364 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CUSTOM MODULE GENERATION - Some embodiments of the present invention create a layout for a circuit design which includes one or more circuit modules. The system can receive a nominal implementation of a circuit module, and a user-defined module generator capable of generating one or more custom implementations of the circuit module from an existing implementation of the circuit module. Next, the system can create the layout for the circuit design by executing the user-defined module generator on at least one processor to generate one or more custom implementations of the circuit module from the nominal implementation. The system can then use the one or more custom implementations of the circuit module in the layout. | 12-01-2011 |
20130074024 | LOW-OVERHEAD MULTI-PATTERNING DESIGN RULE CHECK - Roughly described, a system enables quick and accurate depiction to a user of multi-patterning layout violations so that they may be corrected manually and in real time, and without interfering with normal manual editing process. In one embodiment, the system involves iteratively building tree structures with nodes identifying islands and arcs identifying multi-patterning spacing violations between the connected islands. The system detects coloring violations during the building of these tree structures, using the relationships previously inserted. The coloring violations preferably are reported to a user in the form of visual indications of the cycles among the candidate spacing violations, with the candidate spacing violations also themselves indicated visually and individually. The user can see intuitively how to move the islands around, and in which directions and by what distance, in order to remove a multi-patterning spacing violation and thereby break the cycle. | 03-21-2013 |
Steven Chase, Cupertino, CA US
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20100177033 | BUTTON WITH EDGE MOUNTED PIVOT POINT - A device disclosed herein reduces inadvertent activation of buttons mounted on edges of an electronic device. The button moves around an axis of rotation proximate to, and parallel with, the adjacent edge of the device. Thus, inadvertent pressure on an edge of the button adjacent to the edge of the device will not inadvertently activate the button. Additionally, the presence of the axis of rotation proximate to the edge maintains a desired reveal. | 07-15-2010 |
Tyson Chase, San Diego, CA US
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20110318339 | ANTI-DLL4 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - Provided herein are anti-DLL4 antibodies and methods of using anti-DLL4 antibodies as therapeutic agents in diseases or disorders associated with DLL4. | 12-29-2011 |