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Anthony T. Esch, Dodgeville, WI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110308466Ergonomic Entrance Lane for a Milking Platform - In certain embodiments, a system includes a first wall positioned substantially parallel to a second wall, a first end of the first wall and a first end of the second wall defining an entrance to a milking platform entrance lane having a width in the range of thirty inches to thirty-six inches. The system further includes a flare wall having a first end coupled to a second end of the second wall, the flare wall extending outwardly from the second wall at an angle in the range of thirty-five degrees to forty-five degrees with respect to the second wall. A second end of the flare wall and a second end of the first wall define an exit from the milking platform entrance lane having a width in the range of forty inches to fifty-four inches.12-22-2011
20110308468Safety Pressure Sensor for a Milking Platform - In certain embodiments, a system includes a milking parlor entrance lane with an entrance positioned adjacent to a cattle holding pen and an exit positioned adjacent to one or more stalls of a rotary milking platform. The system also includes an exit lane positioned on a side of the entrance lane opposite a forward direction of rotation of the rotary milking platform, the milking parlor exit lane positioned adjacent to one or more stalls of a rotary milking platform such that dairy cows may enter the exit lane from the one or more stalls of the rotary milking platform after being milked. The system also includes a pressure sensor positioned adjacent to the exit lane, the pressure sensor operable to generate a trigger in response to detecting a triggering pressure on the pressure sensor. The pressure sensor is additionally operable to communicate the generated trigger to initiate the stopping of the rotary milking platform.12-22-2011

Brady D. Esch, San Jose, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100152723METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COAGULATING AND/OR CONSTRICTING HOLLOW ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES - An energy delivering probe is used for thermally coagulating and/or constricting hollow anatomical structures (HAS) including, but not limited to, blood vessels such as perforator veins. The probe includes a shaft and an energy source.06-17-2010

Patent applications by Brady D. Esch, San Jose, CA US

Brian Esch, Maple Valley, WA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090288325SLING MOUNTS FOR FIREARMS - A sling mount system having a mount with associated receiver for releasable connection with a swivel connector having a longitudinal axis that lies in the same plane as a longitudinal axis of a weapon and that angles downward away from the butt stock. The receptacle for the swivel connector is integrally formed in the mount to facilitate silent connection and disconnection of the swivel mount thereto.11-26-2009
20110062194BUNGEE SLING AND METHOD OF MAKING - A sling that includes a first strap having an elastic sidewall enclosing a hollow interior and a pair of elastic cords attached to the strap and located inside the hollow interior of the strap, the first strap further comprising a first connector member on a first end of the first strap; and a second strap having an elastic sidewall enclosing a hollow interior and a pair of elastic cords attached to the strap and located inside the hollow interior of the strap, the second strap further comprising a second connector member on a first end and releasably connectable to the first connector member of the first strap, the first and second straps each having second ends permanently coupled together.03-17-2011
20110283580BOLT CATCH-RELEASE LEVER - An assembly for a bolt catch on a firearm having a bolt that slides between a latched position and an unlatched position, the bolt held in the latched position by a bolt catch mechanism that includes a catch-release actuator pivotally mounted on the rifle to provide for latching and unlatching of the bolt by a user, the assembly including a lever having an L-shaped body that comprises a first leg and a second leg that is formed at substantially a right angle to the first leg, the first leg having a free end on which is formed a mounting member; and a clamp member structured to attach to the mounting member on the lever to enable clamping of the lever to the catch-release actuator in a manner that does not require disassembly of the firearm or disassembly or removal of the catch-release actuator from the firearm.11-24-2011

David N. Esch, Boston, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120116994Dynamic Portfolio Monitoring - Michaud rebalance probabilities are renormalized in the case of successive datasets, historical or simulated, where partial commonality of information is imputed to the two datasets. Two separate sets of optimization inputs correspond to a stochastic process and optimization subject to a set of constraints making the optimization analytically intractable. A subset of data drawn on the basis the first optimization input is recursively replaced with data sampled from the second optimization input, the extent of replacement governed by the extent of common information. A set of rebalance probabilities is calculated, and the L05-10-2012

Jay A. Esch, River Falls, WI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090229766ADHESIVE REMOVAL DEVICE - An adhesive removal system useful for removing a stretch release adhesive from a component includes a first member that engages with a component and an adhesive removal member that moves the adhesive and component relative to each other in order to stretch the adhesive and release the adhesive from a bond surface of the component. In some embodiments, the adhesive removal member applies a substantially uniform pulling force across the adhesive. The adhesive removal member may be manually actuated by a user or with the aid of an automated device. In some embodiments, the adhesive removal system comprises a rotatable portion that moves the adhesive relative to the component. In other embodiments, the adhesive removal system includes features that enable the first member and a second member, which is mechanically coupled to at least a portion of the adhesive extending from the component, to move relative to each other.09-17-2009
20100025914IMAGING APPARATUS WITH MEDIA PICKUP SYSTEM EMPLOYING CURVED SURFACE FOR MEDIA SEPARATION - A media pickup system suitable for use with an imaging apparatus including a pickup assembly including at least one pickup bar having a concave channel a curved surface, and an actuator configured to move the pickup bar between a first position and a second position, wherein the pickup assembly, when the pickup bar is in the second position, is configured to selectively engage and draw a portion of a first sheet of a stack of sheets of imaging media into the concave channel to bend the first sheet to create and air channel between and to separate the first sheet from a remaining portion of the stack of sheets of imaging media.02-04-2010
20110043719OPTICALLY TRANSMISSIVE COMPOSITE FILM FRAME - Optical display backlight assemblies having a transmissive optical film affixed to a frame which at least partially surrounds a backlight, are disclosed. The transmissive optical film can provide an increased bending resistance to the frame. The increase in bending resistance of the frame also increases the bending resistance of a display which incorporates the backlight assemblies. The optical film can be in tension after being affixed to the frame, and the tension in the film also can result in a flatter film surface with less sag. The film can be placed in tension prior to being affixed to the frame, the frame can be elastically distorted prior to affixing the film to impart tension to the film, or the film can develop tension by shrinkage after being affixed to the frame.02-24-2011

Patent applications by Jay A. Esch, River Falls, WI US

Matthew Esch, San Francisco, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100198679ONLINE SEARCH ADVERTISING AUCTION BID DETERMINATION TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES - A machine-controlled method can include estimating expected conversion rates for ads by applying an estimated conversion rate statistical model to each ad, estimating an expected AOV for each ad by applying an estimated AOV statistical model to each ad, applying an inference algorithm, and determining auction bids based on the estimated expected conversion rate and the estimated expected AOV for the ads.08-05-2010

Michael Esch, Alachua, FL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100268349ASSEMBLED IMPLANT - This invention is directed to an assembled implant comprising two or more portions of bone that are held together in appropriate juxtaposition with one or more biocompatible pins to form a graft unit. Preferably, the pins are cortical bone pins. Typically, the cortical pins are press-fitted into appropriately sized holes in the bone portions to achieve an interference fit. The bone portions are allograft or xenograft.10-21-2010

Victor Esch, Albuquerque, NM US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090146658Microcoil Magnetic Resonance Detectors - The present invention provides microcoil magnetic resonance based modules, detection devices, and methods for their use.06-11-2009
20100324672Accommodating Intraocular Lens Having Peripherally Actuated Deflectable Surface and Method - An accommodating intraocular lens is provided in which a deflectable lens element is anchored to a substrate along its optical axis to define a fluid filled space. Fluid-filled haptics disposed in fluid communication with the space vary the fluid volume in the space responsive to forces applied by the ciliary muscles, thereby causing the periphery of the lens element to deflect relative to the substrate and changing the optical power of the intraocular lens.12-23-2010
20120112744MICROCOIL MAGNETIC RESONANCE DETECTORS - The present invention provides microcoil magnetic resonance based modules, detection devices, and methods for their use.05-10-2012

Patent applications by Victor Esch, Albuquerque, NM US

Victor C. Esch, Albuquerque, NM US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090005865Post-Implant Accommodating Lens Modification - Post-implant modifications to an intraocular lens. In some embodiments the lens is an accommodating intraocular lens.01-01-2009
20100228346Accommodating Intraocular Lens - An accommodating intraocular lens is provided that having optical parameters that are altered in-situ using forces applied by the ciliary muscles, in which a lens body carries an actuator separating two fluid-filled chambers having either the same index of diffraction or different indices of refraction, actuation of the actuator changing the relative volumes of fluid within an optic element of the lens and altering the optical power of the lens.09-09-2010
20110262893SEPARATING TARGET ANALYTES USING ALTERNATING MAGNETIC FIELDS - The invention generally relates to using magnetic particles and alternating magnet fields to separate a target analyte from a sample. In certain embodiments, methods of the invention involve contacting a sample with magnetic particles including first moieties specific for a target analyte, thereby forming target/particle complexes in the sample, flowing the sample through a channel including second moieties attached to at least one surface of the channel, applying alternating magnetic fields to the flowing sample to result in target/particle complexes being brought into proximity of the surface to bind the second moieties and unbound particles remaining free in the sample, binding the target/particle complexes to the second moieties, and washing away unbound particles and unbound analytes of the sample.10-27-2011
20110262925METHODS FOR ISOLATING A TARGET ANALYTE FROM A HETEROGENEOUS SAMPLE - The invention generally relates to methods of using compositions that include sets of magnetic particles, members of each set being conjugated to an antibody specific for a pathogen, and magnets to isolate a pathogen from a body fluid sample.10-27-2011
20110262926EXTRACTING LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF BACTERIA FROM A SAMPLE - The invention generally relates to conducting an assay on a sample that isolates a bacterium from the sample, in which the assay isolates as low as about 1 CFU/ml of bacteria in the sample.10-27-2011
20110262927ANALYZING BACTERIA WITHOUT CULTURING - The invention generally relates to conducting an assay on a sample that isolates a pathogen from the sample and allows for analysis of the pathogen with minimal (i.e., at most 10-27-2011
20110262932COMPOSITIONS - The invention generally relates to compositions that include magnetic particles bound to pathogens in a body fluid.10-27-2011
20110263833COMPOSITIONS FOR ISOLATING A TARGET ANALYTE FROM A HETEROGENEOUS SAMPLE - The invention generally relates to compositions that include sets of magnetic particles, members of each set being conjugated to an antibody specific for a pathogen.10-27-2011

Patent applications by Victor C. Esch, Albuquerque, NM US