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Aaron Faust, Clinton Township, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100276558MOUNTING SYSTEMS FOR SOLAR PANELS - Mounting systems for mounting solar panels to a surface are disclosed and can include panel clamp assemblies and rail clamp assemblies. Panel clamp assemblies can comprise a panel clamp having a base and arms extending from edges of the base, the base having an aperture, a rail clamp having a central portion with an aperture and two flexible tabs extending from the central portion on opposing sides of the aperture and a fastener threaded through the apertures such that that flexible tabs contact a head of the fastener and the arms extend in an opposite direction from the flexible tabs. Rail clamp assemblies can comprise a base member having a bottom and two side walls, the bottom having at least one aperture and each side wall having an elongated aperture, two clamping members and a fastener, wherein the side walls of the base member are positioned such that the opening is of sufficient size to receive the rail.11-04-2010

Andrew E. Faust, West Jordan, UT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120072927AGENT-BASED REMOTE FUNCTION EXECUTION - A function call can be received at a remote execution module in a host environment. The call can instruct the remote execution module to remotely execute a specified function in a remote environment. The call can be received while an agent is executing in the remote environment. The function can be sent to the agent in the remote environment in response to receiving the call. The agent can be employed to perform acts, which can include receiving the function at the remote environment, executing the function in the remote environment in response to receiving the function, and sending results of executing the function to the execution module. Additionally, the execution module can be employed to receive the results from the agent and return the results as a response to the call.03-22-2012

Charles Faust, Bensalem, PA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100312240SCISSOR TIP FOR BIPOLAR HIGH FREQUENCY ENDOSCOPE - A bipolar scissor for cutting and coagulating tissue includes a first blade having a first cutting edge and a first shearing blade surface and a second blade having a second cutting edge and a second shearing blade surface. Additionally, one of the first and second blades may include a non-conductive material having an embedded electrode.12-09-2010

Charles D. Faust, Bensalem, PA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090142727DEVICE FOR DELIVERING MEDICINAL IMPLANTS - The invention includes a device for inserting a medicament within a body cavity of a mammal, the device including a cartridge for containing the medicament therein, the cartridge including a housing, a retractable chamber disposed within the housing and having a lumen, a substantially stationary member disposed within the lumen of the retractable chamber and having a uniform cross-section sized to provide a sliding fit within the lumen to provide for retraction of the retractable chamber about the substantially stationary member upon actuation of the device, and means for retracting the retractable chamber about the substantially stationary member while maintaining the substantially stationary member in a substantially stationary position upon actuation of the device; the device further including means for activating the means for retracting the retractable chamber.06-04-2009
20090142728ACTUATORS FOR DEVICE FOR DELIVERING MEDICINAL IMPLANTS - The invention includes an actuator for actuating a device for inserting a medicament within a body cavity of a mammal, the actuator including a handle case having a proximal portion for gripping and a distal portion including means for attaching the actuator to a cartridge for containing medicament, and means for creating a proximal to distal linear motion with respect to the handle case, wherein the cartridge includes a retractable chamber for containing the medicament disposed therein, a substantially stationary member and means for retracting the retractable chamber about the substantially stationary member while maintaining the substantially stationary member in a substantially stationary position.06-04-2009
20110245764DEVICE FOR DELIVERING MEDICINAL IMPLANTS - A device for inserting a medicament within a body cavity of a mammal, the device including a cartridge for containing the medicament, the cartridge including a housing, a retractable chamber disposed within the housing and having a lumen sized to contain the medicament, a stationary member disposed within the lumen and having a sized to provide a sliding fit within the lumen to provide for retraction of the retractable chamber about the stationary member upon actuation of the device, and means for retracting the retractable chamber while maintaining the stationary member in a stationary position. The device further includes means for activating the means for retracting the retractable chamber. The device further includes an actuator, the actuator including a handle case having a proximal portion for gripping and a distal portion including means for attaching the actuator to a cartridge.10-06-2011

Claudia Jean Faust, Plantation, FL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080288271Internet-Based Survey System and Method - An Internet-based survey system, method and computer-readable medium that captures feedback from job seekers and employees at various stages of pre- and post-hire, and aggregates their perceptions of various aspects of the company in order to formulate and display resulting data which helps a company create more targeted and cost-effective hiring and retention strategies. The system creates survey questions; stores and presents those questions in a library which can be customized to the requirements of a specific client; provides an automation component which captures requisite identification information about potential survey taker and imports it into the survey system; extends survey invitations to solicit participation from potential survey takers; captures demographic data from each participating survey taker; dynamically presents at least one survey question to survey takers in real-time; receives, calculates, aggregates and benchmarks statistics for demographics, response option values and survey participation; and presents reports adapted to at least one client.11-20-2008

Hugh Faust, Huntingtown, MD US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120059657Radar Microphone Speech Recognition - A method for detecting and recognizing speech is provided that remotely detects body motions from a speaker during vocalization with one or more radar sensors. Specifically, the radar sensors include a transmit aperture that transmits one or more waveforms towards the speaker, and each of the waveforms has a distinct wavelength. A receiver aperture is configured to receive the scattered radio frequency energy from the speaker. Doppler signals correlated with the speaker vocalization are extracted with a receiver. Digital signal processors are configured to develop feature vectors utilizing the vocalization Doppler signals, and words associated with the feature vectors are recognized with a word classifier.03-08-2012

James Aaron Faust, New Albany, IN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100215983Brazed Claddings for Cast Iron Substrates - The present invention discloses abrasion resistant claddings for cast iron substrates comprising hard particles and nickel-based braze alloys. The cladding material can be brazed on cast iron substrates at lower temperatures than conventional cladding materials, providing highly increased abrasion resistance to the cast iron substrate materials without adversely affecting the physical properties and structural integrity of such substrates.08-26-2010

Jeff Faust, San Jose, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090052784Detection And Classification Of Matches Between Time-Based Media - A system and method detects matches between portions of video content. A matching module receives an input video fingerprint representing an input video and a set of reference fingerprints representing reference videos in a reference database. The matching module compares the reference fingerprints and input fingerprints to generate a list of candidate segments from the reference video set. Each candidate segment comprises a time-localized portion of a reference video that potentially matches the input video. A classifier is applied to each of the candidate segments to classify the segment as a matching segment or a non-matching segment. A result is then outputted identifying a matching portion of a reference video from the reference video set based on the segments classified as matches.02-26-2009

Mark Faust, Lino Lakes, MN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090264825Subcutaneous Infusion Device and Device for Insertion of a Cannula of an Infusion Device and Method - An infusion device including a site and a set for delivery of a substance to a patient. The site can include a cannula that is introduced into a subcutaneous layer of skin of the patient. The set can be coupled to the site by placing the set over the site and moving the set from an unlocked to a locked position. The set can be oriented at multiple rotational orientations with respect to the site, and can be coupled and uncoupled with the site multiple times. Also included is a device for inserting a subcutaneous infusion device into a subcutaneous layer of skin of a patient. Some devices automatically retract a needle used to introduce the cannula. Upon full introduction of the needle and associated cannula of the subcutaneous infusion device into a subcutaneous layer of skin of a patient, the device can move the needle into a retracted state.10-22-2009
20090287153Device and Method for Insertion of a Cannula of an Infusion Device - A device for inserting a subcutaneous infusion device into skin of a patient. The device can include a housing, a needle hub including a needle, a sleeve, and a spring engaging the needle hub. The device can also include a cap coupled to the housing, and a retention member configured to maintain the device in a ship state prior to decoupling of the cap from the housing. In one example, the retention member can include a boss coupled to the cap and configured to engage the infusion device to maintain the infusion device in the ship state prior to decoupling of the cap from the housing. In another example, the retention member can include a tab formed by the sleeve, the tab engaging a bead on an internal surface of the cap when the sleeve moves relative to the housing while the device is in the ship state.11-19-2009

Patent applications by Mark Faust, Lino Lakes, MN US

Michael B. Faust, Redondo Beach, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080271421RECIRCULATING COANDA WATER EXTRACTOR - A recirculating water extractor includes a swirl vane, a converging nozzle, and two sumps. The recirculating water extractor may be designed to reintroduce uncollected water droplets back into the air stream upstream of both sumps, which may provide additional opportunities for separation. The Coanda effect may be exploited to increase the discharge of water along a surface. Utilizing a converging nozzle may intensify the centrifugal force applied to the air stream rich with entrained water and may move more of entrained water into contact with the wall of the nozzle, which, in turn, may enhance the liquid/vapor separation compared to prior art water extractors. The recirculating water extractor utilizing the Coanda effect and the method for removing entrained water from an air stream may be suitable for, but not limited to, applications in the aircraft and aerospace industries, for example, by being included in environmental control systems of aircraft.11-06-2008
20090139403WATER REMOVAL DOWNSTREAM OF A TURBINE - A rigid or semi-rigid demister pad is positioned between an air turbine and an inertial water removal device such as extractor in an air conditioning system for an aircraft. The demister pad comprises packed fibers or strands whose diameter typically ranges from approximately 10 or fewer microns to approximately 280 microns. The demister is capable of catching very small droplets discharged from the air turbine that coalesce into larger droplets that exit the demister pad and enter an adjacent water removal device downstream from the pad to separate the larger water droplets from the stream of air. This avoids using a water separator containing a coalescer bag that requires frequent maintenance and is sensitive to dirt and freezing. The demister can operate at freezing temperature, is not dirt-sensitive and requires no maintenance.06-04-2009

Patent applications by Michael B. Faust, Redondo Beach, CA US

Michael K. Faust, Upper Saddle River, NJ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090108056Electronic Bar Code Device and Methods for Using Same - Consumers and patrons of service establishments often carry a plurality of plastic cards with bar codes affixed to them. Devices and methods are provided that permit a user to carry one device rather than a plurality of cards, and for business to capitalize on the ease with which these devices may be used.04-30-2009

Michael Paul Faust, Garber, IA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090188734Flow-Inducing Baffle For Engine Compartment Ventilation - A work machine comprises a baffle configured to divert air flow from a source of pressurized air laterally outwardly toward a peripheral edge of the baffle to create a flow-inducing region about the peripheral edge to ventilate the engine compartment.07-30-2009

Richard A. Faust, Dallas, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090170305METHOD FOR IMPROVING ELECTROMIGRATION LIFETIME FOR CU INTERCONNECT SYSTEMS - A method for forming a single damascene and/or dual damascene interconnect structure, comprising: performing front end processing, depositing copper, annealing the copper, performing CMP planarization, performing a post copper CMP clean process, performing a BTA rinse, performing IPA drying process, performing doping during thermal ramp up and performing remaining back end processing.07-02-2009
20110053372Low Temperature Surface Preparation for Removal of Organometallic Polymers in the Manufacture of Integrated Circuits - A method of removing photoresist from a surface during the manufacture of an integrated circuit. Organometallic polymers and monomers are formed during the etch of a hard mask material defining the locations of a metal-bearing film, such as tantalum nitride, when photoresist is used to mask the hard mask etch. These organometallic polymers and monomers as formed are not fully cross-linked. A liquid phase solution of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide used to remove the photoresist also removes these not-fully-cross-linked organometallic polymers and monomers, thus preventing the formation of stubborn contaminants during subsequent high temperature processing.03-03-2011
20110306207METHOD OF FABRICATING METAL-BEARING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT STRUCTURES HAVING LOW DEFECT DENSITY - A method of fabricating metal-bearing structures in an integrated circuit such as metal-polysilicon capacitors using conductive metal compounds. Defects due to organometallic polymers formed during the etch of a hard mask material are minimized by using a process that includes a plasma etch for the hard mask that achieves a predominantly chemical character using a fluorine-based etch chemistry. Using a low-temperature liquid-phase strip of the hard mask photoresist instead of an ash prevents further cross-linking of polymers formed during the plasma etch. Etching the metal-bearing material using a hot fully-concentrated mixture of ammonium hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide allows short etch times that are particularly shortened for tantalum nitride films deposited with a nitrogen concentration of about 30 percent or greater.12-15-2011

Patent applications by Richard A. Faust, Dallas, TX US

Robert Allan Faust, Austin, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080211487APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING A MICROCOMPUTER USING A SINGLE EXISTING PIN - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed for monitoring and controlling a device using only one input/output (I/O) communication pin of the device. The pin is configured to be used to both transmit and receive data. Logical ones are generated using pulses that are a first length and logical zeros are generated using pulses that are a second length. The device is communicated with utilizing the generated logical ones and generated logical zeros by transmitting the logical ones and zeros to the device, and receiving the logical ones and zeros from the device utilizing the single I/O pin.09-04-2008
20090037639JTAGCHAIN Bus Switching and Configuring Device - A JTAG bus cross point switching device that is commanded by the same bus which it configures. In a preferred embodiment a JTAG chain includes a cross point switching device that is capable of adding, omitting, or rearranging devices on a JTAG bus. The switching device itself is controlled by commands on the JTAG bus which it configures.02-05-2009

Patent applications by Robert Allan Faust, Austin, TX US

Robert Allan Faust, Highlands Ranch, CO US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080258777Method and Apparatus for Generating Multiple Analog Signals Using a Single Microcontroller Output Pin - A method and apparatus are disclosed for generating multiple separate analog signals using a single microcontroller output pin. The microcontroller generates a waveform that is used to concurrently generate multiple separate analog signals. The microcontroller outputs a waveform that includes a first signal from one of the microcontroller's output pins. The first signal is used to produce a first analog signal. The microcontroller then outputs a delineating signal, as part of the waveform, from the microcontroller's output pin. The delineating signal indicates the start of a next signal in the waveform. The microcontroller then outputs a second signal, as part of the waveform, from its output pin. The second signal is used to produce a second analog signal. The waveform includes the first signal that is followed by the delineating signal that is followed by the second signal.10-23-2008

Scott Faust, Philo, IL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080264657Rigid Standard Bearing Shield Disk Scraper System - A bearing shield and disk scraper system to remove and deflect dirt, debris, and soil from a bearing assembly, rigid bearing hanger or standard, and/or disk blade, is provided; the system also provides a protective barrier structure for the bearing assembly. The bearing shield and disk scraper system includes a shield member and a scraper blade connected thereto. The bearing shield at least partially encases and protects a bearing assembly that rotatably supports a common axle which carries multiple disk blades of the disk gang. The scraper blade is attached to the shield member by way of a mounting flange that extends therefrom. An edge of the scraper blade is positioned in close proximity to a concave surface of an adjacent disk blade, whereby the entire assemblage of bearing shield and disk scraper system protects the bearing assembly and prevents non-desired accumulation of dirt and debris on the disk blade.10-30-2008
20090000796ADJUSTABLE SCRAPER BLADE SYSTEM FOR DISK HARROWS - An adjustable scraper blade system for use with disk harrow implements is provided. The adjustable scraper blade system includes a mounting bracket secured at one end to the harrow implement, a scraper blade, and fasteners for selectively fixing the scraper blade in position. The scraper blade includes an arcuate scraping edge and an anchoring aperture defining an axis of pivotation of the scraper blade. It further includes an elongate adjustment slot that defines a range of arcuate adjustment of the scraper blade. The adjustability features of the adjustable scraper blade system facilitate alignment of the scraper blade so its scraping edge can be fixed in aligned face-to-face registration with the disk blade concave surface defining a clearance or gap therebetween of generally constant width.01-01-2009
20110100653SOIL SHAPING AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT - In an embodiment, an agricultural implement includes at least a first row of ground engaging tools, each of the tools spaced a first distance apart from one another, and a second row of ground engaging tools disposed behind the first row of ground engaging tools, each of the second row of ground engaging tools spaced a second distance apart from one another. The implement also includes a row of soil shaping disks disposed behind the second row of ground engaging tools, wherein a spacing between each of the soil shaping disks is not uniform and corresponds to whether the spacing is behind the first row of ground engaging disks or behind the second row of ground engaging disks.05-05-2011

Patent applications by Scott Faust, Philo, IL US

Thomas Faust, Corte Madera, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090215304LOW PROFILE SHUNTING PV INTERCONNECT FOR SOLAR ROOFING - A low profile integrated solar roofing tile connecting system for the formation of a solar roof. The system is aesthetically appealing because the tiles lay relatively flat with a very low profile without any bulges or ridges because all wires and connectors embedded in the tiles. This low profile optimizes the roof's ability to withstand wind loads as well as minimizes cracking or breaking of the tiles due to external load forces. The connectors produce uniform spaces between adjacent tiles as well as providing an easy way to extend or exchange tiles. An integrated shunting or bypasses diode provides a current shunt path in the event of a modules' impedance upsurge cause by shading or by non-functioning tiles. This also allows for the flexible arrangement of the PV roofing tiles for a variety of system configurations, e.g. grid-tied, and off-grid systems, while maintaining system reliability and a modularized design.08-27-2009