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Juancarlos Colorado, Petaluma, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080209698TWO-STAGE QUICK RELEASE INTERCONNECT AND LOCKING DEVICE - A quick release interconnect and locking device having a male element that includes a base plate and a cylindrical post attached disposed outwardly from the base plate. A generally circular and planar D-disc is disposed on a distal end of the post. The D-disc includes a flat sliding face defined by a cord truncating a portion of the D-disc. The apparatus also has a female element with a contoured channel that includes an upper portion, a medial portion, and a lower locking portion. A keeper plate with a longitudinally disposed slot is placed over the contoured channel. The medial portion of the contoured channel includes an upper locking face terminating at a lower end in an outward radius, such that when the sliding face of the D-disc is aligned parallel with the upper locking face, the D-disc may be translated downwardly in the contoured channel until it encounters the locking portion. The D-disc may then be rotated again until the sliding face is brought into alignment with a lower locking face of the lower locking portion, and the D-disc may then be translated downwardly in the lower locking portion to a semi-circular portion at the bottom of the contoured channel, where the D-disc may be rotated again to lock it in the lower locking portion.09-04-2008
20100193288COMPACT BAILOUT POUCH WITH ROPE COILING APPARATUS - A rapid egress apparatus that includes a bailout pouch formed by a plurality of fabric panels that open to accommodate a coiled rope and close to stow a coiled rope, wherein the pouch includes an opening through which a rapid egress rope may be pulled from said bailout pouch, a rope, and a rope coiling apparatus for rapidly forming the rope into a coil comprising a plurality of stacked figure eight portions.08-05-2010

Maria S. Colorado, Long Grove, IL US

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20100201545METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND REPORTING COMPARATIVE VEHICLE SPEED AND DIRECTION - A system for monitoring and reporting comparative vehicle speed includes at least one vehicle having a device installed therein, wherein the device includes a transceiver for communicating within a network to one or more monitoring clients, a location receiver for determining a location of the vehicle, a sensor for monitoring a speed of the vehicle, a memory for storing a speed limit database, and a processor operatively coupled between the transceiver, the location receiver, the sensor, the memory, and the alerting mechanism, wherein the processor is programmed to compare the speed of the vehicle to a speed limit associated with the location of the vehicle; and to provide a notification when the speed of the vehicle is above the speed limit associated with the vehicle. The system also includes the one or more monitoring clients for receiving the notification from the at least one vehicle.08-12-2010

Ramon Colorado, Houston, TX US

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20080213162Amplification of Carbon Nanotubes Via Seeded-Growth Methods - The present invention is directed towards methods (processes) of providing large quantities of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) of defined diameter and chirality (i.e., precise populations). In such processes, CNT seeds of a pre-selected diameter and chirality are grown to many (e.g., hundreds) times their original length. This is optionally followed by cycling some of the newly grown material back as seed material for regrowth. Thus, the present invention provides for the large-scale production of precise populations of CNTs, the precise composition of such populations capable of being optimized for a particular application (e.g., hydrogen storage). The present invention is also directed to complexes of CNTs and transition metal catalyst precurors, such complexes typically being formed en route to forming CNT seeds.09-04-2008