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Eric D. Bauswell, Bettendorf, IA US
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| 20120075664 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING MOBILE DEVICES FOR PRINTING TO WIRELESS PRINTERS - The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for configuring mobile communication devices to identify and communicate with wireless printing devices. These systems and methods may include determining available wireless printing devices, selecting a desired wireless printing device, attempting to establish communication between the mobile communication device and the wireless printing device using a first communication protocol, prompting a user to indicate the successfulness of the first communication protocol, and configuring the mobile communication device for printing to the wireless printing device using the first communication protocol if the first communication protocol successfully communicated with the wireless printing device. The systems and methods may further include prompting the user to indicate that the first communication protocol was not successful if the first communication protocol did not successfully communicate with the wireless printing device and repeating the method using another available communication protocol. | 03-29-2012 |
Eric D. Bretey, Rowan, IA US
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| 20090126512 | METHOD FOR SENSING APPLIED FORCE FOR CONTROLLING THE MATERIAL REMOVAL RATE FOR A FLAT FINE MACHINED SURFACE - A method of adjusting the applied force for controlling the material removal rate on a work piece. A machining device having a load providing device, a force transducer and a force applying device wherein the force-applying device provides a load to the work piece to remove material. The force applied to the work piece by the load providing device and the position of the load providing device are sensed and transmitted to a master controller that adjusts the force applied to the work piece based upon these readings. | 05-21-2009 |
Eric D. Cordemans De Meulenaer, Wezembeek BE
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| 20100094383 | IRRADIATION DEVICE BY MODULATED PHOTONIC ENERGY RADIATION - An irradiation device by modulated photonic energy radiation comprising a photonic emitter module ( | 04-15-2010 |
Eric D. Donnenfeld, Rockville Centre, NY US
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| 20100144609 | METHODS USING CYCLOSPORIN IN TREATING PATIENTS WITH INTRAOCULAR LENSES - Methods of treating a patient are disclosed in which a cyclosporine component is administered to the patient and an intraocular lens is inserted into an eye of the patient. One or more benefits to the patient may be obtained by practicing the present methods. | 06-10-2010 |
Eric D. Eborn, Midvale, UT US
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| 20110150303 | STANDOFF AND MOBILE FINGERPRINT COLLECTION - A method, a biometric identifier collection device, and a set of instructions are disclosed. A memory | 06-23-2011 |
Eric D. Golesh, Arvada, CO US
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| 20090186748 | ADJUSTABLE DUMBBELL WITH AN ORIENTATION FEATURE - A selectable weight dumbbell system may include a base and a dumbbell. The base may include one or more weight receiving spaces defined by the base's walls and floor. The dumbbell may include a handle and one or more selectively removable weights. The weights may be removably positionable in the weight receiving spaces. A weight and the base may form an orientation feature or key between the weight and the base that compels the weight to be positioned in said one of the weight receiving spaces in an orientation for selective engagement with the handle. The orientation feature or key may include an orientation element, such as a protrusion or the like, and an orientation receiving element, such as a groove or the like. The orientation element may extend from the weight or the base. The orientation receiving element may be defined in the weight or the base. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20100035736 | ADJUSTABLE DUMBBELL SYSTEM - A dumbbell is described including a handle having a grip and at least one end, an inner plate mounted on the handle adjacent the grip, in a fixed rotational orientation, a support plate rotationally mounted on the handle adjacent the inner plate, at least one collar rotationally mounted on the handle adjacent the support plate, and rotationally fixed with the support plate, a selector knob rotationally mounted on the handle adjacent the at least one collar, and rotationally fixed with the collar, a weight plate removably mounted on the handle adjacent the at least one collar, and a means for selectively securing the support plate to the inner plate to resist the rotation of the support plate, collar and selector knob with respect to the inner plate and handle. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100075812 | DUAL DECK EXERCISE DEVICE - An exercise device employing side-by-side pivotally supported moving surfaces. In one particular example, an exercise device employs a first belt deployed about a front roller and a rear roller and an adjacent second belt deployed about a front roller and a rear roller. The rear of the belts in the area of the rear rollers are pivotally secured and the front of the belts in the area of the front roller are adapted to reciprocate in an up and down motion during use. In some implementations, the moving surfaces include an interconnection structure such that a generally downward movement of one surface is coordinated with a generally upward movement of the other surface. In other implementations, the moving surfaces are operably associated with one or more resistance elements that effect the amount of force required to pivot or actuate the moving surfaces. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20110003668 | ADJUSTABLE DUMBBELL SYSTEM - A dumbbell is described including a handle having a grip and at least one end, an inner plate mounted on the handle adjacent the grip, in a fixed rotational orientation, a support plate rotationally mounted on the handle adjacent the inner plate, at least one collar rotationally mounted on the handle adjacent the support plate, and rotationally fixed with the support plate, a selector knob rotationally mounted on the handle adjacent the at least one collar, and rotationally fixed with the collar, a weight plate removably mounted on the handle adjacent the at least one collar, and a means for selectively securing the support plate to the inner plate to resist the rotation of the support plate, collar and selector knob with respect to the inner plate and handle. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110039665 | EXERCISE DEVICE - Aspects of the present invention involve an exercise device configurable to allow a user to perform various exercises. The exercise devices include an adjustable bench assembly connected with a frame supporting adjustable arm and cable-pulley assemblies providing a user interface with a resistance system. In some embodiments of the invention, the adjustable bench assembly includes a bench seat and a pivotal back support supported on an adjustable bench frame. The exercise devices also utilize various configurations of adjustable arm assemblies that are selectively positionable for numerous exercises and to suit a user's particular body size and shape. Other embodiments of the exercise devices include a resistance system with a transmission supporting a plurality of resistance packs. The transmission allows a user to conveniently engage any number of resistance packs to change the resistance level for a particular exercise. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110312472 | DUAL DECK EXERCISE DEVICE - An exercise device employing side-by-side pivotally supported moving surfaces. In one particular example, an exercise device employs a first belt deployed about a front roller and a rear roller and an adjacent second belt deployed about a front roller and a rear roller. The rear of the belts in the area of the rear rollers are pivotally secured and the front of the belts in the area of the front roller are adapted to reciprocate in an up and down motion during use. In some implementations, the moving surfaces include an interconnection structure such that a generally downward movement of one surface is coordinated with a generally upward movement of the other surface. In other implementations, the moving surfaces are operably associated with one or more resistance elements that effect the amount of force required to pivot or actuate the moving surfaces. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110319234 | ENGAGEMENT INTERFACE FOR AN EXERCISE MACHINE - An engagement interface for an exercise machine for selectively engaging a carriage with one or more resisting elements may include one or more engagement devices arranged on the carriage. An engagement device may include a reaching or first portion and a flange or second portion. An engagement feature may be positioned on the one or more resisting elements and configured for engagement by at least one of the one or more engagement devices. The engagement feature may include a body, at least one wall extending generally perpendicular to the body, a first tab extending from the at least one wall in a first direction, and a second tab extending from the at least one wall in a second direction opposite the first direction. The first and second tabs may be configured for engagement by at least a portion of an engagement device. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120010055 | SELECTABLE WEIGHT STACK - A weight stack for an exercise machine may include one or more primary and secondary load elements that are selectively joined to a weight carriage. The load elements may be supported from below by one or more support beams and positioned at spaced apart locations on the support beam when the weight carriage is located at its rest position or when the load elements are not joined to the weight carriage during an exercise. The load elements may include engagement surfaces that engage the beam either directly by contacting the beam or indirectly via a divider structure positioned between the load elements and the beam. For some load elements, the engagement surfaces define a portion of a slot in the load element. The exercise machine may further include a single guide pole that constrains the weight carriage to move substantially linearly and vertically relative to the exercise machine's support frame. | 01-12-2012 |
Eric D. Hyp, Harrisburg, PA US
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| 20100109269 | AXLE BRACKET FOR WHEELBARROW - A wheelbarrow axle bracket that is also a handle end cap structured to enclose the forward end of each wheelbarrow handle member. As each end cap is disposed in the same general location that a traditional axle bracket would occupy, the end cap includes an axle support structured to be rotatably coupled to an axle. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100139458 | COUPLING FOR HANDLE AND TOOL HEAD - A coupling for an elongated handle and a tool head is provided. The coupling may be positioned at the handle upper end after the handle upper end has passed through the tool head eye. The coupling is a frustoconical shape which engages the tool head in a manner of a slip eye coupling. However, because the lower end of the handle does not pass through the tool head eye, the lower end of the handle, i.e., the grip, may have any shape. Thus, the present invention allows for use of a slip eye coupling while also allowing the handle grip to be of any shape. | 06-10-2010 |
Eric D. Johnson, Santa Rosa, CA US
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| 20100249897 | Device and Method for Delivering an Endovascular Stent-Graft Having a Longitudinally Unsupported Portion - An endoluminal prosthesis having an unsupported or flexible region and a delivery system for delivering the endoluminal prosthesis is provided. The delivery system includes a prosthesis delivery catheter with stiffening elements that provide longitudinally rigid support to a flexible or unsupported portion of an endoluminal prosthesis as the prosthesis is being deployed. A prosthesis is removably coupled to the stiffening elements. The endoluminal prosthesis can be a stent or a stent graft or graft. | 09-30-2010 |
Eric D. Joseck, Burke, VA US
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| 20090166251 | All catalytic medicinal white oil production - All catalytic process for producing white oils is provided. More particularly, medicinal grade white oils are produced from a process including hydrotreating and/or hydrocracking, catalytic dewaxing followed by hydrofinishing to produce a medicinal white oil. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090261015 | Production of high viscosity index lube base oils - The invention below shows a preferred method to make high quality base oil at unexpectedly high yields using a combination of hydrotreatment of high waxy feedstocks accompanied by hydroisomerization of the resulting wax to produce an extra high VI lube of greater than 140VI and at least −18 deg C. pour point or less. The preferred combinations of conditions identified below can surprisingly lead to unexpectedly high yields. This allows the use of higher oil content (or lower wax content) feedstocks. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20110180453 | Catalytic Dewaxing Process - In a catalytic dewaxing process, a catalyst comprising from 40 to 80 wt % of ZSM-48 having a silica to alumina molar ratio of less than 200:1 and from 0.3 to 1.5 wt % of a metal or metal compound from Groups 8 to 10 of the Periodic Table of the Elements is provided in a reaction zone. The catalyst is periodically contacted in the reaction zone under dewaxing conditions with a first hydrocarbon feedstock having a wax content of less than 50 wt % and with a second hydrocarbon feedstock having a wax content of 50 wt % or more. | 07-28-2011 |
Eric D. Kosiba, Crofton, MD US
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| 20120014519 | System and Method for Generating Forecasts and Analysis of Contact Center Behavior for Planning Purposes - A method of predicting expected performance of a processing center system is accessed. The method includes receiving performance information from a performance monitoring system associated with the processing center system. A computer model of the processing center system is developed based on the performance information. The method further includes generating predictions based on the computer model, and analyzing the predictions to generate performance scenarios for the processing center system. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120016711 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING FORECASTS AND ANALYSIS OF CONTACT CENTER BEHAVIOR FOR PLANNING PURPOSES - A method of predicting expected performance of a processing center system is provided. The method includes receiving performance information from a performance monitoring system associated with the processing center system. A computer model of the processing center system is developed based on the performance information. The method further includes generating predictions based on the computer model, and analyzing the predictions to generate performance scenarios for the processing center system. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120016712 | System and Method for Generating Forecasts and Analysis of Contact Center Behavior for Planning Purposes - A method of predicting expected performance of a processing center system is provided. The method includes receiving performance information from a performance monitoring system associated with the processing center system. A computer model of the processing center system is developed based on the performance information. The method further includes generating predictions based on the computer model, and analyzing the predictions to generate performance scenarios for the processing center system. | 01-19-2012 |
Eric D. Luckowski, Round Rock, TX US
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| 20090279226 | THIN-FILM CAPACITOR WITH A FIELD MODIFICATION LAYER - A method for forming a capacitor includes providing a metal-containing bottom electrode, forming a capacitor insulator over the metal-containing bottom electrode, forming a metal-containing top electrode over the capacitor insulator, and forming a dielectric-containing field modification layer over the capacitor insulator and at least partially surrounding the metal-containing top electrode. Forming the dielectric-containing field modification layer may include oxidizing a sidewall of the metal-containing field modification layer. A barrier layer may be formed over the capacitor insulator prior to forming the metal-containing top electrode. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100197128 | CMOS Integration with Metal Gate and Doped High-K Oxides - A method and apparatus are described for fabricating single metal gate electrodes ( | 08-05-2010 |
| 20110223756 | Method of Enhancing Photoresist Adhesion to Rare Earth Oxides - A method and apparatus are described for fabricating metal gate electrodes ( | 09-15-2011 |
Eric D. Menor, Marinette, WI US
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| 20110101680 | FLUID COUPLING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A coupling assembly for use with a wire-reinforced elastomeric hose member includes a stem member defining at least one groove and the groove includes first and second walls, a bottom portion and a pair of shoulder portions separated by a width and a shell member at least partially enclosing said stem member and defining at least one axially extending barb member. The barb member includes a tip portion having first and second edge portions. The tip of the barb member is sized relative to the shoulders in said groove to transfer force developed by deflection of the reinforcement wire to compress a liner of the hose at the shoulders through the barb edge portions corresponding to a swaged state of the shell and stem members. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20120007356 | No-Skive Hydraulic Hose Coupling with Improved Hose Retention and Sealing - A hydraulic hose coupling, and method of assembling a coupling to a hydraulic hose are disclosed. The hydraulic hose and coupling assembly is designed to attach a coupling to a hydraulic hose in a no-skive fashion. Moreover, it does so with greatly enhanced sealing and retention capabilities relative to the currently available products. This is accomplished in many ways, some of which include the provision of a plurality of hose retention and sealing zones within the coupling, each of which include various combinations of radially inwardly directed barbs and radially inwardly and outwardly directed surface features on the inner stem of the coupling. With specific regard to the zone primarily directed to sealing, it includes a radially inwardly directed barb which works in conjunction with a straight cylindrical surface flanked by first and second radially inwardly directed recesses. But providing such structure, the inner liner of the hydraulic hose is compressed to a degree greater than any other zone, but at the same time mechanical strain in the liner is relived through the use of such recesses. Moreover, by providing barbs which are longer and more narrow in the first and second zones, the first and second zones provide improved retention capability. This is in combination with the surface features of first and second zones working in concert with the longer, narrower barbs to cause enhanced wire deflection and thus greater retention strength. | 01-12-2012 |
Eric D. Miesch, Spokane, WA US
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| 20100151953 | ELECTRONIC GAME TABLE WITH MULTIFUNCTION LEGS - Electronic game tables with multifunction legs are described. In one implementation, an electronic multiplayer game table includes a tabletop with player stations for an electronic betting game. Multifunction legs physically support the periphery of the tabletop, while electronic components for playing the betting game are mounted in the multifunction legs. For example, a multifunction leg may contain multiple currency detectors and coinless slot machine-style ticket printers/readers, so that each player at the game table has an exclusive currency detector and an exclusive ticket printer in close proximity. The multifunction legs may also include magnetic or smart card readers for transferring player, banking, and monetary information. In a variation, central control components of the electronic game table are also mounted in the legs. The multifunction legs can eliminate the need for a central support pedestal. This enables efficient under-table cooling schemas and other innovations, such as under-table lighting and a central tabletop holograph space. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100222148 | CONVERTIBLE RAIL FOR SELECTING PLAYER-TRACKING MODES IN AN ELECTRONIC GAME TABLE - Convertible rails for selecting player-tracking modes in an electronic game table are described. In one implementation, a rail or trim surrounds the periphery of the tabletop of an electronic game table. The rail has recessed bay openings for mounting user-interface hardware, such as for player-tracking. Player-tracking hardware may include, for example, touch-screen displays for manual input of user information, and player-identification card readers. A proprietor may install interchangeable rail section covers to expose some, all, or none of the bays. Thus, in a non-tracking mode, the bays may be covered, while in a tracking mode, some degree of player-tracking hardware mounted in the bays may be exposed to the user. In other implementations, interchangeable covers hide bays or expose hardware mounted on the tabletop itself. When the bays are covered, the cover blends in with the appearance and the surface of the tabletop, but the cover may be removed or swapped out in order to add selected hardware for the game table user. | 09-02-2010 |
Eric D. Mowles, Panama City, FL US
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| 20120065299 | Reactive graphtic carbon nanofiber reinforced polymeric composites - Composites comprising at least one graphite-carbon nanofiber (GCNF) and a polymer phase covalently linked to a surface thereof. | 03-15-2012 |
Eric D. Mudama, Longmont, CO US
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| 20110246705 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WEAR LEVELING IN A SOLID STATE DRIVE - A method and system for wear leveling in a solid state drive by mapping the logical regions of the solid state drive that hold static content or information into the physical regions of the solid state drive that have erase counts more than an average erase count of all of the physical regions. By doing so, it allows the solid state drive to wear level itself naturally through continued usage. In one embodiment of the invention, the erase count of each physical region is incremented with every erasing operation of each physical region. The physical regions that have a high count of erase count operations are mapped with content of the logical regions with static content so that the possibility of future erase operations of these physical regions is reduced. | 10-06-2011 |
Eric D. Persson, Tokyo JP
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| 20100278000 | MEMORY DEVICE CONTROL FOR SELF-REFRESH MODE - In memory circuitry, to ensure that a memory device, such as a DDR3 RDIMM, safely operates in self-refresh mode while the memory controller is powered down and off, the memory device's clock enable (CKE) input is connected to both (i) the CKE signal applied by the memory controller and (ii) a termination voltage provided by the power module. To power down the memory controller, the memory controller drives the CKE signal low, then the power module drives the termination voltage low, then the power module powers down the memory controller. To resume normal operations, the power module powers up the memory controller, then the memory controller drives the CKE signal low, then the power module powers up the termination voltage. By holding the termination voltage low, the memory circuitry ensures that the memory device stays in self-refresh mode while the memory device is powered down and off. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100293326 | MEMORY DEVICE CONTROL FOR SELF-REFRESH MODE - To ensure that a memory device operates in self-refresh mode, the memory controller includes (1) a normal-mode output buffer for driving a clock enable signal CKE onto the memory device's CKE input and (2) a power island for driving a clock enable signal CKE_prime onto that same input. To power down the memory controller, the normal-mode output buffer drives signal CKE low, then the power island drives signal CKE_prime low, then the memory controller (except for the power island) is powered down. The power island continues to drive the memory device's CKE input low to ensure that the memory device stays in self-refresh mode while the memory controller is powered substantially off. To resume normal operations, the power module powers up the memory controller, then the normal-mode output buffer drives signal CKE low, then the power island is disabled, then the memory controller resumes normal operations of the memory device. | 11-18-2010 |
Eric D. Plambeck, Ventura, CA US
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| 20110029217 | FUEL INJECTION PIN DISPLACEMENT PROFILE INTERPOLATION - According to various embodiments of the invention, a map of injection pin profiles is experimentally determined at various locations spanning an engine operating plane. Injector pin profiles at points within the continuum spanned by the experimentally determined profiles are determined by interpolating between surrounding experimentally determined injector pin profiles. Various methods are used to adjust the interpolation procedure in cases where one injector pin profile has more or fewer points than the other injector pin profile | 02-03-2011 |
Eric D. Rotvold, West Saint Paul, MN US
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| 20100290351 | MAINTENANCE OF WIRELESS FIELD DEVICES - A method of commissioning a wireless field device is provided. The method includes communicatively coupling a handheld field maintenance tool to the wireless field device to obtain a wireless field device identifier. A wireless network is selected. Wireless communication is generated between the handheld field maintenance tool and a wireless gateway to automatically obtain a join key for the wireless field device identifier. The join key is written to the wireless field device with the handheld field maintenance tool. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100290359 | DETECTION AND LOCATION OF WIRELESS FIELD DEVICES - A method of evaluating a potential location to add a wireless field device to an existing network of a plurality of existing wireless field devices is provided. The method includes placing a handheld field maintenance tool in the potential location and causing the handheld field maintenance tool to identify wireless field devices within communicative range of the potential location. Information related to wireless communication at the potential location is viewed. Methods are also provided for identifying a selected field device in a process installation using a handheld field maintenance tool. | 11-18-2010 |
Eric D. Rudder, Mercer Island, WA US
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| 20080222659 | ABSTRACTING OPERATING ENVIRONMENT FROM OPERATING SYSTEM - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for abstracting an operating environment from an operating system running in the operating environment. Within an operating environment, an operating environment abstraction layer abstracts and exposes operating environment resources to an operating system. Accordingly, appropriately configured operating environment abstraction layers provide the operating system with a uniform interface to available resources across a variety of different operating environments. Each operating environment abstraction layer and the operating system include adjustable algorithms that can be adjusted to appropriately provide services to requesting applications based on exposed resources of the operating environment. Abstraction layers can be configured to analyze and become fully aware of their operating environment, including identifying the presence of other abstraction layers. An operating system and corresponding abstraction layer can be run in flexible combinations of privileged and unprivileged processor modes. | 09-11-2008 |
Eric D. Satterlie, Reno, NV US
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| 20100081497 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING PLAYER ACCUMULATED POINTS AND DETERMINING EACH PLAYER'S CHANCES OF WINNING AN AWARD BASED ON THE ACCUMULATED POINTS - The gaming system and method disclosed herein provides and tracks bonus event eligibility points accumulated by players playing the gaming devices in the gaming system. Upon a triggering of a bonus event, the gaming system generates, for each bonus event eligibility point accumulated for each player, a random number from a predefined range of numbers. The gaming system determines which one of the accumulated bonus event eligibility points is the designated bonus event eligibility point, such as by determining which bonus event eligibility point is associated with the highest valued random number generated. The gaming system then enables the player that accumulated the designated bonus event eligibility point to participate in the bonus event. In the bonus event, one or more awards are provided to the player that accumulated the designated bonus event eligibility point. | 04-01-2010 |
Eric D. Schlef, Wellsville, KS US
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| 20120022727 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ASSISTED AERIAL NAVIGATION - A system and method of providing aerial navigation for an aircraft comprises presenting an enlarged virtual runway for an identified runway on a display, where the virtual area of the virtual runway remains substantially constant as the aircraft approaches the runway. | 01-26-2012 |
Eric D. Siljander, Coquitlam CA
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| 20110099886 | Controlling Bedbugs With Synthetic Pheromones And/Or Infrared Radiation - Disclosed are methods for attracting and thereby controlling bedbugs. One volatizes a synthetic pheromone and generates infrared radiation adjacent the location and exposes bedbugs thereto. The pheromone volatizer and/or radiation generator are | 05-05-2011 |
Eric D. Sinzinger, Odenton, MD US
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| 20100289879 | Remote Contactless Stereoscopic Mass Estimation System - A contactless system and method for estimating the mass or weight of a target object is provided. The target object is imaged and a spatial representation of the target animal is derived from the images. A virtual spatial model is provided of a characteristic object of a class of object to which the target object belongs. The virtual spatial model is reshape to optimally fit the spatial representation of the individual animal. Finally, the mass or weight of the target object is estimated as a function of shape variables characterizing the reshaped virtual object. | 11-18-2010 |
Eric D. Springston, York, SC US
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| 20090014219 | Cart With Lift And Drive Assist - There is provided a cart for lifting and moving materials. The cart includes a lift mechanism for raising and lowering a support surface to lift the materials during transport. The cart also includes a motorized drive wheel assembly which provides a drive force in a forward or backward direction to assist the operator in moving the materials. The motorized drive wheel assembly has a variable vertical position relative to the cart wheels to enable the drive wheels to provide a drive force over contoured surfaces, such as near the base or top of a ramp. The motorized drive wheel assembly also includes a weight to maintain a minimum normal force for traction and includes a differential to allow the drive wheels to rotate at differing speeds to facilitate convenient steering of the cart. The cart is powered by one or more rechargeable batteries. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090067967 | BATTERY-CHANGING VEHICLE WITH CANTILEVERED BOOM - A battery-changing vehicle includes a mobile carriage, a frame disposed above the mobile carriage, and a boom assembly connected to the frame. The mobile carriage defines a loading deck for receiving and transporting a battery. The boom assembly includes a lift hoist that lifts a battery to and from the loading deck. The lift hoist is capable of lateral movement between an extended disposition, at which the lift hoist is cantilevered away from the loading deck, and a withdrawn disposition, at which the lift hoist is disposed above the loading deck. The battery-changing vehicle may also include a transfer arm capable of transferring a battery to and from the loading deck. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20110176906 | BATTERY-CHANGING VEHICLE WITH CANTILEVERED BOOM - A battery-changing vehicle includes a mobile carriage, a frame disposed above the mobile carriage, and a boom assembly connected to the frame. The mobile carriage defines a loading deck for receiving and transporting a battery. The boom assembly includes a lift hoist that lifts a battery to and from the loading deck. The lift hoist is capable of lateral movement between an extended disposition, at which the lift hoist is cantilevered away from the loading deck, and a withdrawn disposition, at which the lift hoist is disposed above the loading deck. The battery-changing vehicle may also include a transfer arm capable of transferring a battery to and from the loading deck. | 07-21-2011 |
Eric D. Springston, Ii, Hershey, PA US
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| 20110197647 | CRIMP TOOL WITH CAM ACTUATED CRIMP JAW - A crimp tool is provided for crimping a workpiece. The crimp tool includes a crimp head having a crimp jaw. The crimp jaw includes opposing upper and lower jaw members arranged along a crimp axis. The lower jaw member is movable along the crimp axis relative to the upper jaw member. A handle is mounted to the crimp head. The handle includes a frame and a lever rotatably mounted on the frame for rotation relative to the frame between an open position and a closed position. A cam is operatively connected between the lever of the handle and the lower jaw member of the crimp head. The cam is configured to translate rotational movement of the lever relative to the frame into movement of the lower jaw member along the crimp axis. | 08-18-2011 |
Eric D. Stemler, Peoria, IL US
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| 20100126786 | ELECTRIC DRIVE INERTIA RATIO FOR TTT - An electric powertrain, a vehicle using an electric powertrain, and a method of manufacturing a vehicle having an electric powertrain are disclosed. The electric powertrain balances the ability of the vehicle to accept a given load, while at the same time affording the vehicle with an acceptable level of maneuverability. By selectively sizing the ratio of the inertia of the electric motor to the inertia of the vehicle, the optimum balance between these two competing concerns may be reached. Moreover, by optionally ensuring the Stemler Factor is less than or equal to the inertia ratio, the proper balance between load acceptance and maneuverability is attained as well. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100192907 | Engine droop governor and method - A machine ( | 08-05-2010 |
| 20110186361 | DIFFERENTIAL STEERING CONTROL FOR A CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION MACHINE - A differential steering control system and method for a machine includes a motor for steering the machine in a leftwards or a rightwards direction, a continuously variable transmission for moving the machine in a forwards or a backwards direction, and a control unit connected to the motor and the continuously variable transmission. The control unit determines the speed of the continuously variable transmission and based upon the determined speed, modifies a speed of the motor in order to achieve/maintain a desired turn radius for the machine. | 08-04-2011 |
Eric D. Taflinger, Eldridge, IA US
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| 20120042617 | FLEXIBLE DRAPER BELT DRIVE FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTING MACHINE - An agricultural harvesting machine including a flexible cutterbar and associated draper belts for carrying cut agricultural material to a center location. The belts are guided by a drive rollers and idler rollers. The idler roller for each belt is pivotable about an axis generally at 90 degrees to the axis of the belt and the drive roller for each belt is translatable axially to minimize diagonal stresses caused by flexing of the elongated endless belt. | 02-23-2012 |
Eric D. Wachsman, Fulton, MD US
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| 20110084237 | PROTON CONDUCTING MEMBRANES FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION AND SEPARATION - In one embodiment, a membrane of proton-electron conducting ceramics that is useful for the conversion of a hydrocarbon and steam to hydrogen has a porous support of M′-Sr | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110200910 | ADVANCED MATERIALS AND DESIGN FOR LOW TEMPERATURE SOFCS - Embodiments of the invention are directed to SOFC with a multilayer structure comprising a porous ceramic cathode, optionally a cathodic triple phase boundary layer, a bilayer electrolyte comprising a cerium oxide comprising layer and a bismuth oxide comprising layer, an anion functional layer, and a porous ceramic anode with electrical interconnects, wherein the SOFC displays a very high power density at temperatures below 700° C. with hydrogen or hydrocarbon fuels. The low temperature conversion of chemical energy to electrical energy allows the fabrication of the fuel cells using stainless steel or other metal alloys rather than ceramic conductive oxides as the interconnects. | 08-18-2011 |
Eric D. Wachsman, Gainesville, FL US
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| 20100147699 | CONCURRENT O2 GENERATION AND CO2 CONTROL FOR ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT - A device for the concurrent oxygen generation and control of carbon dioxide for life support system involves two stages, where a first stage removes CO | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100264900 | Multifunctional Potentiometric Gas Sensor Array With an Integrated Temperature Control and Temperature Sensors - Embodiments of the subject invention relate to a gas sensor and method for sensing one or more gases. An embodiment incorporates an array of sensing electrodes maintained at similar or different temperatures, such that the sensitivity and species selectivity of the device can be fine tuned between different pairs of sensing electrodes. A specific embodiment pertains to a gas sensor array for monitoring combustion exhausts and/or chemical reaction byproducts. An embodiment of the subject device related to this invention operates at high temperatures and can withstand harsh chemical environments. Embodiments of the device are made on a single substrate. The devices can also be made on individual substrates and monitored individually as if they were part of an array on a single substrate. The device can incorporate sensing electrodes in the same environment, which allows the electrodes to be coplanar and, thus, keep manufacturing costs low. Embodiments of the device can provide improvements to sensitivity, selectivity, and signal interference via surface temperature control. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100323258 | ELECTRIC-FIELD ENHANCED PERFORMANCE IN CATALYSIS AND SOLID-STATE DEVICES INVOLVING GASES - Electrode configurations for electric-field enhanced performance in catalysis and solid-state devices involving gases are provided. According to an embodiment, electric-field electrodes can be incorporated in devices such as gas sensors and fuel cells to shape an electric field provided with respect to sensing electrodes for the gas sensors and surfaces of the fuel cells. The shaped electric fields can alter surface dynamics, system thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, and adsorption/desorption processes. In one embodiment, ring-shaped electric-field electrodes can be provided around sensing electrodes of a planar gas sensor. | 12-23-2010 |
Eric D. Wieben, Rochester, MN US
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| 20080248549 | GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE SEQUENCE VARIANTS - Isolated GSTO2 nucleic acid molecules that include a nucleotide sequence variant and nucleotides flanking the sequence variant are described, as well as GSTO2 allozymes. Methods for determining if a subject contains a GSTO2 sequence variant also are described. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20090023136 | HSD3B1 sequence variants - Isolated HSD3B1 nucleic acid molecules that include a nucleotide sequence variant and nucleotides flanking the sequence variant are described, as are HSD3B1 allozymes. Methods for determining whether a subject contains an HSD3B1 sequence variant also are provided. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090221053 | SULFOTRANSFERASE SEQUENCE VARIANTS - Isolated sulfotransferase nucleic acid molecules that include a nucleotide sequence variant and nucleotides flanking the sequence variant are described, as well as sulfotransferase allozymes. Methods for determining if a mammal is predisposed to thyroid disease or cancer also are described. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20110014678 | SULFOTRANSFERASE 1E1 SEQUENCE VARIANTS - Isolated sulfotransferase nucleic acid molecules that include a nucleotide sequence variant and nucleotides flanking the sequence variant are described, as well as sulfotransferase allozymes. Methods for determining if a mammal is predisposed to cancer also are described. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110244547 | SULFOTRANSFERASE 1E1 SEQUENCE VARIANTS - Isolated sulfotransferase nucleic acid molecules that include a nucleotide sequence variant and nucleotides flanking the sequence variant are described, as well as sulfotransferase allozymes. Methods for determining if a mammal is predisposed to cancer also are described. | 10-06-2011 |
Eric D. Zirofsky, Washington, DC US
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| 20090009390 | DUAL BAND QUADPACK TRANSMIT/RECEIVE MODULE - A multi-channel, dual-band, radio frequency (RF) transmit/receive (T/R) module, for an active electronically scanned array, is provided. The module includes a compact, RF manifold connector and at least four T/R channels. Each of the T/R channels includes a notch radiator, a diplexer coupled to the notch radiator, a power amplifier, including at least one dual-band gain stage, coupled to the notch radiator, a low noise amplifier, including at least one lower-band gain stage and at least one upper-band gain stage, coupled to the diplexer, and a T/R cell, including a phase shifter, a signal attenuator and at least one dual-band gain stage, coupled to the power amplifier, the low noise amplifier and the manifold connector. | 01-08-2009 |