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Christopher H. Gerken, Austin, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110161922Method and Apparatus for Generating a Model-driven Development User Interface - Described are a method and apparatus for generating software tools used in model-driven development of software. An input model is provided for a first pattern used to generate an artifact associated with a recurring solution. A set of one or more modifications is defined. The set is to be applied to a schema for the input model in order to produce a user model. The set of modifications is received as input to a second pattern. In response to the received set of modifications, program code is generated for implementing a user interface based on the user model and for performing a model-to-model transformation of information from the user model to the input model.06-30-2011
20110161930MELDING OF MEDIATION FLOW SERVICE COMPONENT ARCHITECTURE (SCA) COMPONENTS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for melding mediation and adaptation modules of a service component architecture (SCA) system. A method for melding mediation and adaptation modules of an SCA system can include selecting each of a mediation module and an adaptation module in an integrated development tool executing in memory by a processor of a computer and loading respectively different descriptor files for each of the mediation module and the adaptation module. The method further can include combining descriptors from the different descriptor files into a single descriptor file for a melded module. Finally, the method can include modifying names and wiring descriptors in the single descriptor file for the melded module to account for a combination of the mediation component and the adaptation component in the melded component.06-30-2011

Christopher Henry Gerken, Austin, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090313609SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IDENTIFYING AND TRACKING SOFTWARE PATTERN METRICS - This disclosure relates to software patterns, and more particularly, to the tracking of software pattern metrics. A system or method may query a software environment to determine the type of use of, and identify, at least one software pattern. The system or method may also collect at least one software pattern metric, and determine the impact of the at least one software pattern within an environment. The system or method may also store software pattern information and recall software pattern information.12-17-2009

Patent applications by Christopher Henry Gerken, Austin, TX US

James B. Gerken, Madison, WI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110127170Cobalt Oxyfluoride Catalysts For Electrolytic Dissociation Of Water - Disclosed are electrolysis catalysts formed from cobalt, oxygen and fluorine. They can be formed as a coating on an anode by conducting an electrolysis reaction using an electrolyte containing cobalt and fluoride. The catalysts will facilitate the conversion of water to hydrogen gas and oxygen gas, even at pH neutral/room temperature reaction conditions. The resulting hydrogen gas is a means of storing renewable energy for use in hydrogen powered vehicles or the like.06-02-2011

James D. Gerken, Zumbro Falls, MN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080266798SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIQUID COOLING OF AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - A liquid cooled electronic system and method includes a first component rotably connected to a second component via a coolant pathway. The coolant pathway includes at least one hinge assembly disposed and configured to convey coolant from the first component through the hinge assembly to the second component. The hinge assembly includes a first hinge portion in operable communication with the first component, a second hinge portion in operable communication with the second component; and a hinge pin disposed and configured to convey fluid therethrough and connecting the first hinge portion to the second hinge portion.10-30-2008
20090308033MODIFIED HEXAGONAL PERFORATED PATTERN - Described herein are various embodiments of a modified hexagonal perforated pattern and objects within which the pattern is formed. For example, according to one representative embodiment, an apparatus includes an object and a perforated pattern formed in the object. The perforated pattern includes a plurality of perforations through which matter is flowable. Each of the perforations includes a modified hexagonal shape including a hexagon having six rounded corners.12-17-2009

James Dorance Gerken, Zumbro Falls, MN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090260384Coolant Distribution System For A Rack Having A Rear-Door Heat Exchanger - One embodiment of the invention provides a rack assembly for cooling a computer system. A rack provides support for one or more columns of heat-generating electronic devices. Device fans move air from an air inlet side of the rack through the devices and through an air outlet side of the rack. A unitary door has a support frame spanning the air outlet side of the rack and hingedly coupling the door to a rear vertical edge of the rack. The unitary door includes an air-to-liquid heat exchanger panel spanning an air outlet passage inside the support frame so that substantially all of the air passing through the air outlet side of the rack must pass through the heat exchanger panel. The air outlet passage has a cross-sectional area that is substantially equal to or greater than the cross-sectional area of the one or more columns of heat-generating devices. A coolant circulation system includes a coolant distribution unit for chilling liquid coolant, a supply hose placing the coolant distribution unit in fluid communication with an inlet manifold of the air-to-liquid heat exchanger, and a return hose placing an outlet manifold of the air-to-liquid heat exchanger in fluid communication with the coolant distribution unit. The supply hose and return hose are routed outside the cross-sectional area of the air outlet passage.10-22-2009
20090260874Biased Air Baffle For Computer Rack - One embodiment provides an air baffle assembly for controlling airflow through a cable opening in a rack. The rack is configured for removably supporting a plurality of modular electronic components. The cable opening on the rack receives a plurality of cables connected to the modular electronic components. The air baffle assembly includes a track secured to the rack adjacent to the cable opening and an air baffle movably supported on the track over the cable opening. The track includes a rail guideway. The air baffle includes at least a flexible first rail movably received by the first rail guideway. The first rail flares laterally along a range of engagement of the first rail with the first rail guideway, to bias the air baffle in one longitudinal direction.10-22-2009
20100254089Cooling System for Electronic Components - Embodiments of the present invention provide for non interruptive fluid cooling of an electronic enclosure. One or more electronic component packages may be removable from a circuit card having a fluid flow system. When installed, the electronic component packages are coincident to and in a thermal relationship with the fluid flow system. If a particular electronic component package becomes non-functional, it may be removed from the electronic enclosure without affecting either the fluid flow system or other neighboring electronic component packages.10-07-2010

Patent applications by James Dorance Gerken, Zumbro Falls, MN US

John K. Gerken, Apex, NC US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120110073SOCIAL NETWORK INFORMED MASHUP CREATION - A plurality of mashups created by a plurality of mashup authors indicated as being in a community relevant to a mashup based, at least in part, on social network data are identified in response to indication of a mashup building operation. Frequencies of a plurality of mashup configurations used by the plurality of mashup authors in the plurality of mashups are determined according to data about the plurality of mashups. A set of one or more recommendations that are associated with a set of one or more of the plurality of mashup configurations is generated for the mashup.05-03-2012

John Kenyon Gerken, Raleigh, NC US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080265022CUSTOMER CHECKOUT ACCELERATOR - A system and method for accelerating customer sales transactions in a retail store. A customer checkout accelerator provides a customer user interface to initiate a request for a preapproval amount for a sales transaction before reaching the point of sale terminal for completion of the purchase transaction. A card reader integrated into the customer checkout accelerator reads a customer payment card number when the payment card is swiped through the reader. A customer checkout accelerator server module resident on a store controller server determines a preapproval amount for the sales transaction and transmits the request to an external card services system for payment approval. The customer checkout accelerator also provides the ability to purchase additional promotional items in the checkout lane with this process integrated into the payment preapproval process. Once payment approval is obtained from the external card services system, an entry is placed in a preapproval database associated with the customer checkout accelerator server module on the store controller server. The server module forwards the approval notification to the point of sales terminal where it is placed in a preapproval cache for use in completing the actual sale transaction.10-30-2008
20080270247CUSTOMER CHECKOUT ACCELERATOR - A system and method for accelerating customer sales transactions in a retail store. A customer checkout accelerator provides a customer user interface initiate a request for a preapproval amount for a sales transaction before reaching the point of sale for completion of the purchase transaction. A card reader integrated into the customer checkout accelerator reads a customer payment card number when the payment card is swiped through the reader. A customer checkout accelerator server module resident on a store controller server determines a preapproval amount for the sales action and transmits the request to an external card services system for payment approval. The customer checkout accelerator also provides the ability to purchase additional promotional items in the checkout lane with this process integrated into the payment preapproval process. Once payment approval is obtained from the external card services system, an entry is placed in a preapproval database associated with the customer checkout accelerator server module on the store controller server. The server module forwards the approval notification to the point of sales terminal where it is placed in a preapproval cache for use in completing the actual sale transaction.10-30-2008

Laurie Gerken, Zumbro Falls, MN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080266798SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIQUID COOLING OF AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - A liquid cooled electronic system and method includes a first component rotably connected to a second component via a coolant pathway. The coolant pathway includes at least one hinge assembly disposed and configured to convey coolant from the first component through the hinge assembly to the second component. The hinge assembly includes a first hinge portion in operable communication with the first component, a second hinge portion in operable communication with the second component; and a hinge pin disposed and configured to convey fluid therethrough and connecting the first hinge portion to the second hinge portion.10-30-2008

Noel T. Gerken, Maple Valley, WA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090283635IMPACT RESISTANT COMPOSITE STRUCTURES - An impact resistant composite sandwich structure includes least one laminate face sheet joined to a stiffening element. The stiffening element includes a plurality of fibers and a resin for binding the fibers. The resin has a strain-to-failure greater than approximately 6%.11-19-2009
20090286040Impact Resistant Core - Impact resistant cores and methods of manufacturing such impact resistant cores are provided. Additionally, components made using the impact resistant cores are provided. A particular impact resistant core includes a composite structure of at least one non-woven sheet including poly p-phenylene-2,6-benzobisoxazole fiber and a binding resin.11-19-2009
20110209739Integrated Thermoelectric Honeycomb Core and Method - The disclosure provides a thermoelectric composite sandwich structure with an integrated honeycomb core and method for making. The thermoelectric composite sandwich structure comprises two prepreg composite face sheets and an integrated honeycomb core assembled between the face sheets. The honeycomb core comprises a plurality of core elements bonded together with a core adhesive. Each core element has a first side substantially coated with a negative Seebeck coefficient conductive material having a plurality of first spaced gaps, and each core element further has a second side substantially coated with a positive Seebeck coefficient conductive material having a plurality of second spaced gaps. The honeycomb core further comprises a plurality of electrical connections for connecting in series the first side to the second side. A temperature gradient across the honeycomb core generates power.09-01-2011