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Jason Drees, Mill Valley, CA US
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| 20090199571 | Body temperature control system - In an embodiment, a system is provided. The system includes a heat exchanger including a thermal exchange block having a top surface and a bottom surface. The system further includes a first thermoelectric cooler abutting the top surface of the thermal exchanger block and a first heat sink thermally coupled to the first thermoelectric cooler. The system also includes a second thermoelectric cooler abutting the bottom surface of the thermal exchanger block and a second heat sink thermally coupled to the second thermoelectric cooler. | 08-13-2009 |
Kirk H. Drees, Cedarburg, WI US
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| 20080298431 | TEMPERATURE SENSOR - A temperature sensing device is mounted to a structure of a building and senses temperature within a building space of the building. The temperature sensing device includes a housing. The housing includes a front surface that faces the building space when the temperature sensing device is mounted to the structure. The housing further includes a protrusion that protrudes from the front surface into the building space. The temperature sensing device further includes a mounting device within the housing and a temperature sensor mounted to the mounting device, the mounting device holding the temperature sensor within the protrusion. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20100187832 | DEVICES FOR RECEIVING AND USING ENERGY FROM A BUILDING ENVIRONMENT - A device for use in a building automation system includes a first circuit configured to receive non-electrical energy from an environment in which the device is placed and convert the non-electrical energy to electrical energy. The electrical energy is used to power the first circuit. The first circuit configured to sense a parameter based on the non-electrical energy. A communications interface configured to be powered by the electrical energy and configured to communicate the sensed parameter to the building automation system. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100324962 | SMART BUILDING MANAGER - A building manager includes a communications interface configured to receive information from a smart energy grid. The building manager further includes an integrated control layer configured to receive inputs from and to provide outputs to a plurality of building subsystems. The integrated control layer includes a plurality of control algorithm modules configured to process the inputs and to determine the outputs. The building manager further includes a fault detection and diagnostics layer configured to use statistical analysis on the inputs received from the integrated control layer to detect and diagnose faults. The building manager yet further includes a demand response layer configured to process the information received from the smart energy grid to determine adjustments to the plurality of control algorithms of the integrated control layer. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110047418 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING RULE-BASED FAULT DETECTION IN A BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A controller for a building management system includes a system of rules for detecting faults in the building management system. The rules include content conditions and trigger conditions. The content conditions are not checked until one or more of the trigger conditions are met. A rule-based fault detection engine may be implemented by a low level building equipment controller. One or more thresholds for a rule may be automatically or manually adjusted. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110061015 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STATISTICAL CONTROL AND FAULT DETECTION IN A BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A building management strategy includes using exponentially weighted moving averages with statistical models to detect changes in the behavior of the building management system. Detected changes in the behavior of the system may indicate a detected fault, a change in a predicted behavior, or a need for the statistical models to be updated. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110093133 | CONTROLLERS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING COMPUTERIZED GENERATION AND USE OF A THREE DIMENSIONAL SURGE MAP FOR CONTROL OF CHILLERS - A controller for a chiller includes processing electronics configured to detect a plurality of surge events. The processing electronics calculate a point for each detected surge event in at least a three dimensional coordinate system. The three dimensional coordinate system describes at least three conditions of the chiller when the surge event was detected. The processing electronics are configured to calculate a surface map for the at least three dimensional coordinate system using the calculated points. The processing electronics are further configured to control at least one setpoint for the chiller using the calculated surface map. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110130886 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING AND VERIFYING ENERGY SAVINGS IN BUILDINGS - A computer system for use with a building management system in a building includes a processing circuit configured to use historical data received from the building management system to automatically select a set of variables estimated to be significant to energy usage in the building. The processing circuit is further configured to apply a regression analysis to the selected set of variables to generate a baseline model for predicting energy usage in the building. | 06-02-2011 |
Martin Drees, Glenview, IL US
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| 20100307594 | Conjugated Polymers and Their Use in Optoelectronic Devices - Disclosed are certain polymeric compounds and their use as organic semiconductors in organic and hybrid optical, optoelectronic, and/or electronic devices such as photovoltaic cells, light emitting diodes, light emitting transistors, and field effect transistors. The disclosed compounds can provide improved device performance, for example, as measured by power conversion efficiency, fill factor, open circuit voltage, field-effect mobility, on/off current ratios, and/or air stability when used in photovoltaic cells or transistors. The disclosed compounds can have good solubility in common solvents enabling device fabrication via solution processes. | 12-09-2010 |
Martin Drees, Danville, VA US
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| 20110062390 | DERIVATIVES OF NANOMATERIALS AND RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS - A functionalized trimetallic nitride endohedral fullerene based material can be represented according to the formula: A3-nXnN@Cm (R)o, wherein: where A and X are one or a combination of the following metal atoms: Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Lu; (n=0-3); N is nitrogen; Cm is a fullerene and m=about 60-about 200; and R is an organic, inorganic, or organometallic species. Related compositions, devices and methods are also described. | 03-17-2011 |
Scott Drees, Mckinney, TX US
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| 20110071594 | POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE AND/OR OTHER NERVE STIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An implantable pulse generator includes one or more structural features for accommodating the shape of a portion of a patient's limb, such as the shape of the patient's calf. In one embodiment, an implantable pulse generator includes a first node interconnected to a second node by an elongated housing member, the elongated housing member including a convex surface substantially matching a curvature of the patient's limb, such as a portion of the patient's arm or leg. Alternatively, an articulating housing is associated with the implantable pulse generator for enabling a surgeon to bend the housing to substantially conform to the patient's limb, such as a portion of the patient's arm or leg. | 03-24-2011 |
Scott F. Drees, Mckinney, TX US
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| 20090132017 | STIMULATION/SENSING LEAD ADAPTED FOR PERCUTANEOUS INSERTION - The present invention relates to a percutaneous insertion-capable lead, wherein insertion made through a percutaneous insertion structure. For one embodiment of such lead, the electrode-supporting stimulation portion of the lead includes at least one waisted region, relative to a transverse dimension of the lead, to facilitate lead steerability. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20100286553 | Devices and Methods for Screening of Vagal Nerve Stimulation - The present disclosure provides systems and methods for screening vagus nerve stimulation to determine the potential efficacy of permanent stimulation systems. In one aspect, the system includes temporary electrode assemblies adapted for temporary placement on or in the body adjacent the vagus nerve. In another aspect, a method is provided to place a stimulating electrode adjacent the posterior of the carotid sheath. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110046695 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF THE INTERVERTEBRAL DISC - In one embodiment, a method electrically stimulates an area in a spinal disc. The method comprises: implanting at least one steerable lead at a placement site for stimulating a spinal disc such that the lead is disposed exterior and immediately adjacent to and circumferentially along an annulus of the spinal disc, the at least one lead including a plurality of electrodes distributed along a majority of a circumference of the annulus; connecting the lead to a signal generator; and generating electrical stimulation pulses using the generator to stimulate targeted portions of the spinal disc, wherein the stimulation of the targeted portion of the spinal disc sufficiently stimulates nerve tissue within the spinal disc to prevent communication of pain signals originating in the spinal disc without damaging tissue of the spinal disc. | 02-24-2011 |
Steven C. Drees, Stevensville, MI US
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| 20100135109 | BLADE-MOTOR COUPLER FOR A BLENDER - A coupling assembly for coupling a blade assembly of a removable jar to a motor located in the base of a blender includes a tapered metallic male coupler that is received into a tapered non-metallic female coupler. An electromagnetic field is generated to secure the male coupler in the female coupler. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20110139017 | FOOD PROCESSOR WITH AN EXTERNAL CONTROL FOR ADJUSTING CUTTING THICKNESS - A food processor includes a bowl with a removable lid. Food items are advanced into the bowl through a feed tube formed in the lid where they are cut by a cutting assembly. The cutting assembly is adjustable to vary the thickness of the cut food items. A user-operated control device adjusts the cutting thickness of the cutting assembly. The control device is located outside of the bowl. | 06-16-2011 |
Tim Drees, Del Mar, CA US
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| 20090106390 | System and Method for Sharing Web Performance Monitoring Data - A monitoring system is provided that allows owners of monitoring accounts to share web monitoring data collected under the direction of the monitoring account. Account owners are able to interact with the monitoring system to identify recipient accounts for shared web monitoring data and apply permissions at a granular level so that portions of monitored data can be shared with varying permission levels. Grouping can also be employed by an account owner to facilitate efficient sharing of monitoring data to many recipient accounts. The monitoring system also provides analysis utilities that can be used by a recipient account to aggregate shared with owned data and generate related reports as desired. | 04-23-2009 |
Tim Drees, San Diego, CA US
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| 20090006614 | Monitoring Web Service Transactions - Systems and methods for monitoring web service transactions include a monitoring server that is configured to monitor a web service transaction. The monitoring server allows a user to describe a sequence of web service requests that in combination define a web service transaction. The monitoring server sends out the web service requests in sequence to remote agents that are deployed in geographically diverse locations. The agents send the requests to the target web service and the results are provided back to the monitoring server. The monitoring server receives the results and then dynamically constructs the next request in the series based on the sequence of requests from the user and data from the response to a prior request. The dynamically constructed next request is then sent to remote agents for execution and the results are provided to the monitoring server. | 01-01-2009 |
Timothy P. Drees, Del Mar, CA US
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| 20090240805 | Isolating Local Performance Variation in Website Monitoring - Systems and methods are provided for isolating performance variation in website monitoring. A set of geographically diverse monitoring agents are identified and a subset of baseline agents is selected from these monitoring agents. The baseline agents are those agents that are geographically close to the target website or otherwise enjoy reliable communications with the target website and are therefore less affected by network latencies. The frequency at which a target website is monitored is weighted in favor of the baseline agents in order to get an accurate baseline metric for the target website while also obtaining information regarding global accessibility of the website from the geographically disperse monitoring agents. The variations in sample frequency can be optimized for each particular set of baseline agents. The set of baseline agents can be pre-assigned or dynamically identified based on an analysis of the performance variation from each of the monitoring agents. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20110029662 | Isolating Local Performance Variation in Website Monitoring - Systems and methods are provided for isolating performance variation in website monitoring. A set of geographically diverse monitoring agents are identified and a subset of baseline agents is selected from these monitoring agents. The baseline agents are those agents that are geographically close to the target website or otherwise enjoy reliable communications with the target website and are therefore less affected by network latencies. The frequency at which a target website is monitored is weighted in favor of the baseline agents in order to get an accurate baseline metric for the target website while also obtaining information regarding global accessibility of the website from the geographically disperse monitoring agents. The variations in sample frequency can be optimized for each particular set of baseline agents. The set of baseline agents can be pre-assigned or dynamically identified based on an analysis of the performance variation from each of the monitoring agents. | 02-03-2011 |