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Albert Arcadio Delacruz, Colma, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080319445Apparatus and methods for delivering compounds into vertebrae for vertebroplasty - An apparatus for delivering bone cement into a vertebra, includes a cannula, a delivery device in communication with the cannula and a pressure delivery device in communication with the delivery device. The pressure delivery device provides an actuating force that acts either directly or through a medium to cause a flowable compound to be delivered from the delivery device to the cannula and into the vertebra. The pressure delivery device causes a pressurized compound to be delivered, the pressurized compound may be liquid or gaseous CO12-25-2008

Anthony Delacruz, San Jose, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120309636SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAMPLE USE MAXIMIZATION - The present invention provides systems, devices, and methods for point-of-care and/or distributed testing services. The methods and devices of the invention are directed toward automatic detection of analytes in a bodily fluid. The components of the device can be modified to allow for more flexible and robust use with the disclosed methods for a variety of medical, laboratory, and other applications. The systems, devices, and methods of the present invention can allow for effective use of samples by improved sample preparation and analysis.12-06-2012

Arthur Steven Delacruz, Laguna Beach, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130118035CYCLING FOOTWEAR STRUCTURE WITH A COMPOSITE SOLE AND A METHOD TO REALISE SUCH STRUCTURE - Cycling footwear structure including a composite sole formed by at least one base sole and by at least one substantially annular shaped stiffening element, equipped with a front part, and with a back part and that extends progressively upwards until it wraps around at least one portion of the heel of a user and a method for making it.05-16-2013

Cedric G. Delacruz, Maplewood, NJ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090055495METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIDEO ENHANCED ELECTRONIC MAIL RETURN RECEIPTS - A method for providing electronic mail return receipts with video of the electronic mail recipient is disclosed. The electronic mail recipient opens an electronic mail message which initiates recording of the electronic mail recipient. The recording may be terminated when the recipient closes the electronic mail or minimizes the electronic mail message window. Recording may also end after a predetermined amount of time after the electronic mail message is opened.02-26-2009
20100324710METHOD FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED ELECTRONIC MAIL RETURN RECEIPTS - A method for providing electronic mail return receipts with video of the electronic mail recipient is disclosed. The electronic mail recipient opens an electronic mail message which initiates recording of the electronic mail recipient. The recording may be terminated when the recipient closes the electronic mail or minimizes the electronic mail message window. Recording may also end after a predetermined amount of time after the electronic mail message is opened.12-23-2010

Christian Delacruz, Parsippany, NJ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090148628PROTECTIVE COATING SYSTEMS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE APPLICATIONS AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - Protective coating systems for gas turbine engine applications and methods for fabricating such protective coating systems are provided. An exemplary method of fabricating a protective coating system on a substrate comprises forming a bond coating on the substrate, forming a silicate layer on the bond coating, forming a thermal barrier coating overlying the silicate layer, and heating the thermal barrier coating.06-11-2009
20090297866COMPONENTS AND METHODS OF FORMING PROTECTIVE COATING SYSTEMS ON COMPONENTS - Components and methods of forming a protective coating system on the components are provided. In an embodiment, and by way of example only, the component includes a ceramic substrate and a braze layer disposed over the ceramic substrate. The braze layer includes a silicon matrix having a first constituent and a second constituent that is different than the first constituent. The first constituent forms a first intermetallic with a portion of the silicon matrix and the second constituent forms a second intermetallic with another portion of the silicon matrix, wherein the braze layer is formulated to provide a barrier to oxygen diffusion therethrough.12-03-2009
20110305921PROTECTIVE COATING SYSTEMS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE APPLICATIONS AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - Protective coating systems for gas turbine engine applications and methods for fabricating such protective coating systems are provided. An exemplary protective coating system comprises an aluminide-comprising bond coating disposed on a substrate, a thermal barrier coating overlying the aluminide-comprising bond coating, and a silicate layer interposed between the thermal barrier coating and the aluminide-comprising bond coating.12-15-2011
20120156121FOULING RESISTANT SYSTEM - A coating for spark plugs and engine parts is resistant to fouling. The coating may be applied to the spark plug or engine part by dipping the part in a sol gel solution, ensuring it wets the part, and extracting it at a slow, controlled rate. As the part is allowed to dry, the sol gel reacts with moisture in the air to form a thin oxide film. Unlike conventional sol gel applications, which apply the oxide directly to the part, the present invention may form an oxide coating, in situ, while drying in place on the part.06-21-2012
20120223127COMPONENTS AND METHODS OF FORMING PROTECTIVE COATING SYSTEMS ON COMPONENTS - Components and methods of forming a protective coating system on the components are provided. In an embodiment, and by way of example only, the component includes a ceramic substrate and a braze layer disposed over the ceramic substrate. The braze layer includes a silicon matrix having a first constituent and a second constituent that is different than the first constituent. The first constituent forms a first intermetallic with a portion of the silicon matrix and the second constituent forms a second intermetallic with another portion of the silicon matrix, wherein the braze layer is formulated to provide a barrier to oxygen diffusion therethrough.09-06-2012

Patent applications by Christian Delacruz, Parsippany, NJ US

Darryl S. Delacruz, San Jose, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090190028DETERMINING DEVICE THAT PERFORMS PROCESSING OF OUTPUT PICTURES - A system and method for determining the characteristics of a device coupled to a client device are disclosed. A method, according to one embodiment, includes driving a display device with a first video output signal formatted according to a first video interface specification; responsive to driving the display device, soliciting user input based on information included in the first video output signal; determining a characteristic of the display device based on the user input; and driving the display device according to the determined characteristic.07-30-2009
20120188445Determining Device That Performs Processing of Output Pictures - A system and method for determining the characteristics of a device coupled to a client device are disclosed. A method, according to one embodiment, includes driving a display device with a first video output signal formatted according to a first video interface specification; responsive to driving the display device, soliciting user input based on information included in the first video output signal; determining a characteristic of the display device based on the user input; and driving the display device according to the determined characteristic.07-26-2012

Patent applications by Darryl S. Delacruz, San Jose, CA US

John Delacruz, Pasadena, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090164438MANAGING AND CONDUCTING ON-LINE SCHOLARLY JOURNAL CLUBS - Presented are embodiments for the creation and management of online scholarly journal clubs, as well as for facilitating the proceedings of the clubs. In one general embodiment, a journal club server receives bibliographic entries from a user. These received bibliographic entries are stored in a database. An identifier is assigned to each new bibliographic entry stored. In one implementation, the same identifier is assigned to each bibliographic entry corresponding to the same scholarly work. Association requests are also received from users and implemented to associate at least one of, another user, or a group of users (e.g., a journal club), or a content item, with a stored bibliographic entry. This association is accomplished using the bibliographic entry's identifier. Once a bibliographic entry is stored in the server database, a user, or a group of users, can access the entry and content items associated with it.06-25-2009

Jomer Lalo Delacruz, Naugatuck, CT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100085194DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING CONSUMER TEST COMPLIANCE - A packaged product and a method for monitoring usage in a consumer test is reported herein. The packaged product includes a bottle having a container body with an open end and a closed end, the open end being formed with a neck and a mouth at a terminus of the neck. A flowable material is held within the container body. A monitoring unit immersed at least partially within the flowable material includes: (1) at least one support rod, the rod contacting the neck thereby inhibiting movement of the monitoring unit; (2) a logger device to sense and record motion of the bottle, the device including a circuit board fitted with at least one computer chip; (3) a retention unit arranged on the support rod inhibiting travel of the logger device relative to the support rod. According to the method of the invention, compliance to a test protocol can be certified through records extracted from the logger unit after evaluation is completed by the consumer.04-08-2010

Moises Aguirre Delacruz, Cottage Grove, MN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110192172TEMPERATURE CONDITIONING SYSTEM METHOD TO OPTIMIZE VAPORIZATION APPLIED TO COOLING SYSTEM - Described herein is for a system and procedure to apply vaporization for heat transfer processes, particularly condensers in air conditioning and refrigeration systems both for upgrading units using the discontinued R22 refrigerant and for new equipments. The application can be applied to other cooling processes such as computer chip cooling, garments for medical, personal garments for military personnel. The application points to the features of different manifestations of vaporization for cooling in both natural and other equipments. The process can be extended for small and compact implementation on new equipments with maintenance improvement compared to water tower coolers, lower capitalization costs, modularity and ease of maintenance, and indoor installations enabling extension of capability of the cooling system with application of air flow condition. The advantages and implementation on new equipments for residential, industrial and large cooling units enable several advantages both economic, reliability, maintainability, indoor operation, reduction of cost of scaling problems and flexibility. Many additional applications are possible and are discussed herein, including high power computer chip cooling.08-11-2011

Noah Delacruz, Pacific Beach, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100331106GOLF CLUB WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS - A metal wood type golf club with improved performance characteristics is disclosed herein where the metal wood type golf club head will combined the performance characteristics of both a driver type golf club head and a fairway type golf club head. More specifically, the present invention relates to a golf club head with a volume of between about 150 cc to about 360 cc, a CG location between about 10 mm to about 20 mm above the ground, a face depth of between about 30 millimeters (mm) to about 65 millimeters (mm), a loft of about between 10 degrees to about 16 degrees, and a COR of about 0.790 to about 0.830, wherein the entire golf club has a length of between about 41 inches to about 45 inches.12-30-2010
20120010019GOLF CLUB HEAD HAVING A MULTI-MATERIAL FACE - A golf club with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has a striking face that forms a pocket, wherein the pocket is filled with a secondary material having a lower density to improve the performance of the golf club head. The multi-material face disclosed in accordance with the present invention may generally have a characteristic time slope of greater than about 5 and less than about 50, wherein the characteristic time slope is determined based on the various data points collected according to the United States Golf Association's (USGA's) Characteristic Time (CT) test.01-12-2012
20120010020Golf club head having a multi-material face - A golf club with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has a striking face that forms a pocket, wherein the pocket is filled with a secondary material having a lower density to improve the performance of the golf club head. The multi-material face disclosed in accordance with the present invention may generally have a characteristic time slope of greater than about 5 and less than about 50, wherein the characteristic time slope is determined based on the various data points collected according to the United States Golf Association's (USGA's) Characteristic Time (CT) test.01-12-2012
20120064995IRON GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE - An iron type golf club head with improved performance is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses an iron type golf club head having a frontal face portion made out of a lightweight material that is separate and distinct from the material used to form the remaining body portion of the iron type golf club head. The thinner material allows the frontal face portion of the iron type golf club head to be made thinner, yielding improved performance characteristics such as a higher Coefficient of Restitution (COR) of greater than about 0.770, a lower Center of Gravity (CG) location of less than about 5.0 mm from a ground, and a lower primary resonant frequency of less than about 5,000 Hertz.03-15-2012
20120157227STRIKING FACE OF A GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head with improved striking face performance is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses a golf club head having a thickened central region surrounded by an internal and an external transition region; wherein the thickened central region has an inner perimeter that takes on a shape that substantially resembles the shape of an outer perimeter of the striking face of the golf club head.06-21-2012
20120264538GOLF CLUB HEAD HAVING A MULTI-MATERIAL FACE - A golf club with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has a striking face that forms a pocket, wherein the pocket is filled with a secondary material having a lower density to improve the performance of the golf club head. The multi-material face disclosed in accordance with the present invention may generally have a characteristic time slope of greater than about 5 and less than about 50, wherein the characteristic time slope is determined based on the various data points collected according to the United States Golf Association's (USGA's) Characteristic Time (CT) test.10-18-2012
20130012333STRIKING FACE OF A GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head with improved striking face performance is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses a golf club head having a thickened central region surrounded by an internal and an external transition region; wherein the thickened central region has an inner perimeter that takes on a shape that substantially resembles the shape of an outer perimeter of the striking face of the golf club head.01-10-2013

Patent applications by Noah Delacruz, Pacific Beach, CA US

Rich Delacruz, Indian Rocks Beach, FL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110131058THERAPY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS - A method for organizing care for a patient undergoing a peritoneal dialysis therapy under a system including at least one display device, at least one memory device, at least one processor and at least one peritoneal dialysis instrument for performing the peritoneal dialysis therapy, the method comprising: organizing information for presentation in a plurality of screens using the at least one display device, the at least one memory device, and the at least one processor, wherein each screen presents information pertinent to a particular aspect of the peritoneal dialysis therapy; and displaying in the plurality of screens information about the patient's prescription for the peritoneal dialysis therapy, information about medication the patient is taking in connection with the peritoneal dialysis therapy, and information about the patient's compliance with the peritoneal dialysis therapy.06-02-2011