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Adam C. Cobb, San Antonio, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110169486Magnetostrictive Sensor for Tank Floor Inspection - A method of testing for defects in the bottom of an above ground storage tank, the tank bottom having a lip extending outwardly from the tank wall around the circumference of the tank. A special magnetostrictive sensor is designed to be placed on this lip. The sensor is placed over a strip of magnetostrictive material, which generally conforms in length and width to the bottom of the probe, with a couplant being applied between the strip and the lip surface. The sensor is then operated in pulse echo mode to receive signals from defects in the bottom of the tank. It is incrementally moved around the circumference of the tank.07-14-2011
20110221428Magnetostrictive Sensors for Surface Wave Testing of Thick Walled Structures - An ultrasonic probe that uses the magnetostrictive effect to generate and detect a surface-coupled guided wave for the purpose of inspecting a thick-walled structure for surface defects. A transmitter probe and a receiver probe are especially designed to generate and detect short wavelengths that will couple to only one surface of the plate.09-15-2011

Alyson Cobb, Dallas, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100303782PROBIOTIC COMPOSITION USEFUL FOR DIETARY AUGMENTATION AND/OR COMBATING DISEASE STATES AND ADVERSE PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS - A probiotic composition including the bacilli (1) 12-02-2010

Amanda Cobb, Dallas, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100135994HIV VACCINE BASED ON TARGETING MAXIMIZED GAG AND NEF TO DENDRITIC CELLS - The present invention includes compositions and methods for making and using a vaccine that includes a DC-specific antibody or fragment thereof to which an engineered Gag antigen is attached to form an antibody-antigen complex, wherein the Gag antigen is less susceptible to proteolytic degradation by eliminating one or more proteolytic sites or a DC-specific antibody or fragment thereof to which an engineered Nef antigen is attached to form an antibody-antigen complex, wherein the Nef antigen comprises one or more codon usage optimization that increase antibody-antigen complex secretion, or both, wherein the vaccine is able to elicit an HIV-specific T cell immune response to Gag p17, Gag p24, Nef and/or Cyclin D1.06-03-2010

Bradford L. Cobb, Cedar Park, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110314421Access to Touch Screens - A method for activating objects displayed on a touch screen by using a finger of a user. The method includes the steps of displaying one or more objects on the touch screen, detecting an activation event of a specific one of the one or more objects caused by the user touching the specific object, and displaying a first peripheral zone around the specific object. The peripheral zone contains a plurality of regions each for allowing the selection or activation of a function underlying the specific object by finger touch of the user.12-22-2011

Bradford Lee Cobb, Cedar Park, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090140882DYNAMIC SPEED LIMIT SYSTEM - A method, medium and implementing processing system are provided in which the presence of workers in a long highway construction zone is monitored and the electronically-controlled posted speed limit is adjusted in accordance with the detected presence of workers in the immediate area. In an example, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) scanners or readers are strategically placed in a construction or working area. Such RFID reading devices may be embedded, for example, in construction speed limit signs. The displayed speed limit is controlled by the detected proximity of construction workers wearing RFID-embedded clothing, for example, such as safety vests or helmets. The speed limit sign includes logic to display one of many possible speed limit displays based on the nearest, and/or the number of RFID signals detected in a given area. Vehicular traffic is thereby enabled to travel faster through construction zones where no workers are present and, when appropriate, traffic is slowed when workers are present within a given proximity of the RFID reading devices.06-04-2009

Patent applications by Bradford Lee Cobb, Cedar Park, TX US

Delwin E. Cobb, Houston, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090266561ESP/SEPARATOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - An ESP/separator assembly (10-29-2009
20100175869Downhole Separator - The desander (07-15-2010
20110162833Downhole Separator - The desander (07-07-2011

Patent applications by Delwin E. Cobb, Houston, TX US

James Harrell Cobb, Marshall, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120090445Pick for string instruments - The invention is generally a pick apparatus for playing a stringed musical instrument having an elastic and generally cylindrically shaped cot having an opening and a tip, and has a substantially uniform thickness, as well as a pick capable of plucking a string of a musical instrument attached thereto proximate to the cot's hemisphere and extending beyond the hemisphere away from the cot such that the pick is capable of plucking a string of a musical instrument when the cot is being worn on a digit of a user.04-19-2012

Jason Myles Cobb, Odessa, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090136078Loudspeaker - A loudspeaker including a frame and a toroidal magnet that is affixed to the rear of the frame. The toroidal magnet has a central passageway that opens into the frame. A cap is affixed to the rear of the magnet and closes the central passageway. A guide rod is affixed to the cap and projects forwardly from the cap into the central passageway. A tubular former is slidably positioned upon the guide rod. A voice coil is wound about, and is affixed to, the tubular former. A driver plate is affixed to the front of the tubular former. A resilient surround connects the periphery of the driver plate to the front of the frame. A suspension assembly resiliently connects the tubular former to the frame and has a pair of conical diaphragms that are secured together so as to form a bellows. A spider connects the bellows to the frame and another spider connects the bellows to the tubular former.05-28-2009
20100054520Loudspeaker - A loudspeaker including a bottom plate formed from a material capable of transmitting a magnetic flux. The bottom plate has a bottom portion and a first side portion that is affixed to, and extends upwardly from, the periphery of the bottom portion. A magnet is affixed to, and extends upwardly from, the center of the bottom portion. A top plate, formed from a material capable of transmitting a magnetic flux, has a top portion that is affixed to, and extends outwardly from, the top of the magnet. The top plate also has a second side portion that is affixed to, and extends downwardly from, the periphery of the top portion. The second side portion is laterally spaced away from the first side portion so as to define a first air gap between the second side portion and the first side portion. The second side portion is laterally spaced away from the magnet so as to define a second air gap between the second side portion and the magnet. The second side portion is vertically spaced away from the bottom portion so as to define a passageway between the second side portion and the bottom portion. The first air gap and the second air gap are placed in fluid communication by the passageway. A diaphragm for producing audible sounds includes a bobbin portion that is positioned within the first air gap and is capable of free movement therein. A conical portion is affixed to the top of the bobbin portion remote from the first air gap. A voice coil is wound around, and is affixed to, the bobbin portion within the first air gap.03-04-2010
20100104127Loudspeaker - A loudspeaker including a bottom plate being formed from a material capable of transmitting a magnetic flux. The bottom plate has a bottom portion, a cylindrical inside portion that extends upwardly from the bottom portion, and a cylindrical outside portion that extends upwardly from the bottom portion and encircles the inside portion. A cylindrical magnet is positioned on the bottom portion. A top plate is formed from a magnetic flux-transmissive material and extends outwardly from the top of the magnet. The top plate is laterally spaced away from the outside portion so as to form an air gap between the top plate and the outside portion. A diaphragm has a bobbin portion that is positioned within the air gap and is capable of free movement in the air gap. The suspension portion of the diaphragm is positioned at the center of the magnet. The sound-producing portion of the diaphragm is affixed to the top of the bobbin portion and is affixed to the top of the suspension portion. A resilient spider extends between the suspension portion of the diaphragm and the magnet. A voice coil is wound around the bobbin portion within the air gap.04-29-2010

Patent applications by Jason Myles Cobb, Odessa, TX US

John Cobb, Tyler, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080315676WHEEL RIM COMPONENTS, RIMS, WHEELS, WHEELED APPARATUS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SUCH - A wheel having a tire receiving ring and a fiber reinforced plastic rim. The ring has a ring outer annular surface, and a ring inner annular surface, wherein the ring inner annular surface defines a material opening. The fiber reinforced plastic rim has a rim outer annular surface. The ring inner annular surface and rim outer annular surface are abutted together.12-25-2008
20090085397Aerodynamic wheel hub - A wheel hub is provided. The wheel hub includes an axle, a first spoke coupling member operably connected to the axle, a second spoke coupling member operably connected to the axle and an outer surface covering at least a portion of the axle. The outer surface is located between the first and second spoke coupling members and has a length and a thickness where the length is greater than the thickness.04-02-2009

John Mitchel Cobb, Humble, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080236894Hydraulic Jar and an Overpressure Relief Mechanism Therefor - A hydraulic jar for a drilling assembly is disclosed. In some embodiments, the hydraulic jar includes a tubular housing, a mandrel disposed in the housing, an annulus between the mandrel and the housing, and a pressure relief mechanism disposed in the annulus. The pressure relief mechanism generally divides the annulus into first and second portions. The pressure relief mechanism includes first and second annular members in engagement with one another when the pressure in the second annulus portion is less than a predetermined value and a fluid flow path between the first and second annulus portions. The fluid flow path has a first size when the pressure in the second annulus portion is less than the predetermined value, and a second size that is larger than the first size when the pressure in the second annulus portion becomes equal to or greater than the predetermined value.10-02-2008

John Neil Cobb, Plano, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090276397METHOD FOR ANALYZING, DECONSTRUCTING, RECONSTRUCTING, AND REPURPOSING RHETORICAL CONTENT - A system and method are disclosed for analyzing, deconstructing, reconstructing, and repurposing rhetorical content. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a content management system (11-05-2009
20100191567METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING RHETORICAL CONTENT - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server, having a controller to deconstruct a document into a plurality of combinations of rhetorical and structural elements associated with at least one rhetorical topic library, and apply a project management procedure to the plurality of combinations of rhetorical and structural elements associated with the rhetorical topic library. Other embodiments are disclosed.07-29-2010

Patent applications by John Neil Cobb, Plano, TX US

Larry G. Cobb, Kingwood, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110042095RISER CLAMP - A riser clamp (02-24-2011

Lee Alan Cobb, Dallas, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090276397METHOD FOR ANALYZING, DECONSTRUCTING, RECONSTRUCTING, AND REPURPOSING RHETORICAL CONTENT - A system and method are disclosed for analyzing, deconstructing, reconstructing, and repurposing rhetorical content. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a content management system (11-05-2009

Mark L. Cobb, Dallas, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100303782PROBIOTIC COMPOSITION USEFUL FOR DIETARY AUGMENTATION AND/OR COMBATING DISEASE STATES AND ADVERSE PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS - A probiotic composition including the bacilli (1) 12-02-2010

Stephen Ray Cobb, Katy, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100000107Folding carpenter's level - A folding carpenter's level is disclosed which has two level segments, each of which has a smooth flat top and bottom surface, that are hingeably attached at a distal tip by means of a recessed, flat hinging means. The two level segments can be rotated laterally in the plane of the level so as to be oriented with respect to each other at angles of from 0 to 180 degrees, thus effectively doubling the length of the level. At least one of the level segments has one or more tubular spirit vials attached to the segment for measuring the levelness of the top surface with respect to horizontal. The level segments usually have additional tubular spirit vials oriented vertically to allow the tool to be used to measure plumb. Such tubular spirit vials are generally located in apertures so that the spirit bubble in the vials can be seen from the front or the back of the folding level. The folding level can beneficially include other recessed features, such as a fastening means to hold the segments together in a folded configuration, and a locking means to hold the segments secure when the segments are rotated 180 degrees with respect to each other so that the tops of the segments form a smooth flat surface with a straight edge.01-07-2010

Terry Cobb, Plano, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080316940METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING MANAGED PORT CIRCUITRY TO MAP CONNECTIONS AMONG STRUCTURED CABLING APPARATUS AND NETWORK DEVICES - A managed port circuit includes a detection circuit that is disposed in a communication channel between a first local port and a second local port and a controller that is coupled to the detection circuit and is operable to configure the detection circuit in a detection configuration in which the first and second local ports are connected to the controller and a second pass through configuration in which the first and second local ports are connected to each other via the communication channel, the controller being further operable to determine when an end device is connected to one of the first and second local ports when the detection circuit is in the detection configuration.12-25-2008
20100011097Methods of Using Control Communications to Identify Devices that are Connected Through a Communications Patching System and Related Communications Patching Systems - Methods of identifying a first networked computing device that is connected to a connector port of a communication patching system are provided in which a control communication that is transmitted by the first networked computing device is passed through the connector port. An identifier associated with the first networked computing device is extracted from this control communication. The identifier may then be logged in a connectivity database that associates the identifier with the connector port.01-14-2010
20100156437Apparatus and Methods of Demonstrating Cabling Performance in Real Time - Provided are apparatus and methods for demonstrating cable performance in real time. An apparatus may include a cable bundle of multiple disturber cables and a test cable arranged proximate one another, each coupled between a pair of data transceivers. A data loading device is configured to generate data for transmission across at least one of the disturber cables and the test cable, and a transmission data analyzer is configured to analyze data transmission performance of the test cable.06-24-2010
20100216335Communications Patching Devices that Include Integrated Electronic Static Discharge Circuits and Related Methods - Communications patching devices are provided that include a mounting frame and a first jack that is mounted to the mounting frame. The first jack has a plurality of input terminals, a plurality of output terminals and a printed circuit board that includes a plurality of conductive paths that each electrically connect a respective one of the input terminals to a respective one of the output terminals. The printed circuit board further includes a plurality of electronic static discharge circuits, each of which circuit provides a path for discharging static charges to ground. Related methods and RJ-45 jacks are also provided.08-26-2010

Terry R. Cobb, Plano, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080253556Systems and methods of identifying patch cord connections in a communications patching system using common mode transmission - A communications patching system includes first and second patch panels, each having a plurality of connector ports, and a patch cord that is configured to selectively interconnect a connector port in the first patch panel with a connector port in the second patch panel. Each patch panel includes a port identification circuit that is electrically coupled with the connector ports of the respective patch panel. The port identification circuit of each patch panel is configured to transmit a signal to a connector port of the other patch panel over a common mode transmission path of the patch cord. The first and second connector ports connected by the patch cord are identified from the signal path.10-16-2008
20090002139APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY PROVIDING POWER OVER ETHERNET IN AN UPGRADEABLE PATCH PANEL AND RELATED METHODS - An upgradeable communications patch panel is provided. Embodiments of such a panel include multiple jacks that are configured to receive multiple communications cables and a power interface that is configured to connect to a power device and provide power to a remote communication device via one of the multiple jacks and a corresponding one of the multiple communications cables.01-01-2009

Wesley Kenneth Cobb, Woodlands, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090016599SEMANTIC REPRESENTATION MODULE OF A MACHINE-LEARNING ENGINE IN A VIDEO ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A machine-learning engine is disclosed that is configured to recognize and learn behaviors, as well as to identify and distinguish between normal and abnormal behavior within a scene, by analyzing movements and/or activities (or absence of such) over time. The machine-learning engine may be configured to evaluate a sequence of primitive events and associated kinematic data generated for an object depicted in a sequence of video frames and a related vector representation. The vector representation is generated from a primitive event symbol stream and a phase space symbol stream, and the streams describe actions of the objects depicted in the sequence of video frames.01-15-2009
20090016600COGNITIVE MODEL FOR A MACHINE-LEARNING ENGINE IN A VIDEO ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A machine-learning engine is disclosed that is configured to recognize and learn behaviors, as well as to identify and distinguish between normal and abnormal behavior within a scene, by analyzing movements and/or activities (or absence of such) over time. The machine-learning engine may be configured to evaluate a sequence of primitive events and associated kinematic data generated for an object depicted in a sequence of video frames and a related vector representation. The vector representation is generated from a primitive event symbol stream and a phase space symbol stream, and the streams describe actions of the objects depicted in the sequence of video frames.01-15-2009
20090087024CONTEXT PROCESSOR FOR VIDEO ANALYSIS SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a system for mapping a scene depicted in an acquired stream of video frames that may be used by a machine-learning behavior-recognition system. A background image of the scene is segmented into plurality of regions representing various objects of the background image. Statistically similar regions may be merged and associated. The regions are analyzed to determine their z-depth order in relation to a video capturing device providing the stream of the video frames and other regions, using occlusions between the regions and data about foreground objects in the scene. An annotated map describing the identified regions and their properties is created and updated.04-02-2009
20090087086IDENTIFYING STALE BACKGROUND PIXELS IN A VIDEO ANALYSIS SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a module for identifying a background of a scene depicted in an acquired stream of video frames that may be used by a video-analysis system. For each pixel or block of pixels in an acquired video frame a comparison measure is determined. The comparison measure depends on difference of color values exhibited in the acquired video frame and in a background image respectively by the pixel or block of pixels and a corresponding pixel and block of pixels in the background image. To determine the comparison measure, the resulting difference is considered in relation to a range of possible color values. If the comparison measure is above a dynamically adjusted threshold, the pixel or the block of pixels is classified as a part of the background of the scene.04-02-2009
20090087093DARK SCENE COMPENSATION IN A BACKGROUND-FOREGROUND MODULE OF A VIDEO ANALYSIS SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a module for identifying a background of a scene depicted in an acquired stream of video frames that may be used by a video-analysis system. For each pixel or block of pixels in an acquired video frame a comparison measure is determined. The comparison measure depends on difference of color values exhibited in the acquired video frame and in a background image respectively by the pixel or block of pixels and a corresponding pixel and block of pixels in the background image. To determine the comparison measure, the resulting difference is considered in relation to a range of possible color values. If the comparison measure is above a dynamically adjusted threshold, the pixel or the block of pixels is classified as a part of the background of the scene.04-02-2009
20090087096BACKGROUND-FOREGROUND MODULE FOR VIDEO ANALYSIS SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a module for identifying a background of a scene depicted in an acquired stream of video frames that may be used by a video-analysis system. For each pixel or block of pixels in an acquired video frame a comparison measure is determined. The comparison measure depends on difference of color values exhibited in the acquired video frame and in a background image respectively by the pixel or block of pixels and a corresponding pixel and block of pixels in the background image. To determine the comparison measure, the resulting difference is considered in relation to a range of possible color values. If the comparison measure is above a dynamically adjusted threshold, the pixel or the block of pixels is classified as a part of the background of the scene.04-02-2009
20100208986ADAPTIVE UPDATE OF BACKGROUND PIXEL THRESHOLDS USING SUDDEN ILLUMINATION CHANGE DETECTION - Techniques are disclosed for a computer vision engine to update both a background model and thresholds used to classify pixels as depicting scene foreground or background in response to detecting that a sudden illumination changes has occurred in a sequence of video frames. The threshold values may be used to specify how much pixel a given pixel may differ from corresponding values in the background model before being classified as depicting foreground. When a sudden illumination change is detected, the values for pixels affected by sudden illumination change may be used to update the value in the background image to reflect the value for that pixel following the sudden illumination change as well as update the threshold for classifying that pixel as depicting foreground/background in subsequent frames of video.08-19-2010

Patent applications by Wesley Kenneth Cobb, Woodlands, TX US