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Aaron Hanks, Issaquah, WA US
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| 20110219425 | ACCESS CONTROL USING ROLES AND MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CONSTRAINTS - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media of access control using roles and multi-dimensional constraints are disclosed are disclosed. A particular method includes assigning a user a particular role of a plurality of roles and associating the user with one or more multi-dimensional constraints. A request from the user to perform an operation permitted by the particular role may be received. The method includes determining whether any of the multi-dimensional constraints allows the user to perform the operation. The request is granted when at least one of the multi-dimensional constraints allows the user to perform the operation. The request is denied when none of the multi-dimensional constraints allows the user to perform the operation. | 09-08-2011 |
Brent Hanks, Houston, TX US
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| 20080269160 | INDUCED ACTIVATION IN DENDRITIC CELLS - The present invention is directed to a composition and method which to treat diseases and to enhance a regulated immune response. More particularly, the present invention is drawn to compositions that are based on dendritic cells modified to express an inducible form of a co-stimulatory polypeptide. | 10-30-2008 |
Carl J. Hanks, Saint Louis, MO US
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| 20120109392 | SCHEDULING TO MAXIMIZE UTILIZATION PREFERRED POWER SOURCES (SMUPPS) - A power utilization scheduling system and methods are disclosed. A prioritized energy consumption schedule is determined based on a prioritized energy consumption. A per-process energy consumption model is determined based on an energy consumption model, and an operation is scheduled based on the prioritized energy consumption schedule and the per-process energy consumption model. | 05-03-2012 |
Carl J. Hanks, St. Louis, MO US
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| 20090210083 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC INSPECTION AND RECORD CREATION OF ASSEMBLY, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS - A system and method for generating a real time electronic quality record of an assembly, test, and repair or maintenance operation. The method involves generating inputs from a plurality of information sources located within a manufacturing environment, the information sources providing information pertaining to at least a tool being used, an individual using the tool, and an operation that the tool is being used by the individual to perform. A locating system is in communication with the information sources to monitor a location and an operation of the tool. A processor is in communication with the locating system to receive the generated inputs, and to generate a real time electronic record upon completion of the operation that the tool is being used to perform. The electronic record shows that the operation has been performed by a given individual using the tool in accordance with a predefined standard. In various embodiments various databases containing tool calibration information, user training and/or certification information, and drawing or process information may be used by the processor in formulating the real time electronic record. | 08-20-2009 |
Carl Joseph Hanks, St. Louis, MO US
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| 20100274898 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFECTING COMMUNICATIONS AMONG DEVICES IN DIFFERENT DOMAINS EMPLOYING DIFFERENT OPERATING PROTOCOLS - A system for effecting communications among a plurality of devices situated in a plurality of domains employing differing operating protocols; the system including: (a) at least one topology agent situated in a source domain of the domains and configured for effecting operation of the system among the domains; (b) at least one negotiator agent situated between the source domain and a respective other domain and configured for selective coupling with a respective topology agent; the at least one negotiator agent implementing quality of service parameters provided by the respective topology agent to convey communications from the source domain to the other domain; and (c) a plurality of proxy agents; at least one proxy agent being situated in each respective other domain and configured for implementing quality of service policies received from the respective negotiator agent to effect the communications within the respective other domain. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110103393 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION IN A TACTICAL NETWORK - A system, apparatus, and method are described for communication in a tactical network. A gateway is communicatively couplable to one or more tactical nodes and to one or more other gateways. The gateway is programmed to transmit information to and/or receive information from other gateways. Information exchanged includes gateway attributes, link attributes, service availability, and/or data availability. The gateway optionally provides quality of service, distributed persistence, load balancing, and/or transformation services. Services are provided in a modular, service-oriented architecture (SOA) to accommodate the addition of services and/or applications. | 05-05-2011 |
Charlotte Hanks, Oak Ridge, NC US
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| 20090201460 | Spectacle temple for lens - This invention relates to temples or end-pieces of temples for eyeglass frames. The temples are disclosed as having a wide variety of electrical and/or electronic components housed therein. Temples and hinges are also disclosed which attach to either the eyeglass frame itself or to the surface of a lens and which break apart from its attachment upon an impact without damage to the temple, the hinge, the frame, or the surface of the lens. A hinge is also disclosed for connecting a temple having a power source to an eyeglass frame and for providing an electrical connection with the frame only when the temple is opened. | 08-13-2009 |
Christopher Hanks, Fleming Island, FL US
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| 20100230210 | RETRACTING PLATFORM - A retracting platform assembly for motor vehicle carrier trucks, where the platform retracts to a vertical position. The railing system remains in a vertical position, extending and retracting along a horizontal plane, and provides additional protection from falling off the edge of the platform. A series of elevation rods between the platform grate and the railing system aids in the transition between the extended and retracted positions. A weight-bearing beam assists in supporting the weight of the platform assembly, as well as attaches to a power supply that pushes and pulls the platform assembly from one position to the other. | 09-16-2010 |
Dallas A. Hanks, Burley, ID US
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| 20080202022 | Method to reduce maintenance costs and the carbon footprint in land management - A method of reducing maintenance costs and carbon footprints near/on roadways, airports, public and private right of ways, military areas, unused construction areas, government and subsidy lands by utilizing these areas for the growth of biofuel feedstock materials. Crops used for production of biofuels could be grown in or around these areas and processed into biofuels in the same general area. This process would produce lower exhaust emissions compared with fossil fuels, decrease cost of maintenance of roadways and public right of ways, decrease the United States dependence on foreign oil and decrease transportation costs of fuels to customers, alleviate pest pressures, reduce storm water runoff and help to control fire danger. This process includes, but is not limited to sustainable tillage growth of common biofuels feedstock crops including: canola, rape, mustard, camelina, sunflower; harvesting said crops and turning the biomass yield into biofuels. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080210134 | Precipitated Calcium Carbonate (PCC) from Sugar Processing Byproducts for use in Cementitious Applications and Methods Thereof - A process to make, in part, a refined material for use as crystallization accelerant in cementitious products. Evidence shows that calcium carbonate Fines (Ca | 09-04-2008 |
Darwin Mitchel Hanks, Fort Collins, CO US
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| 20100188932 | Low Power Sensor System - A sensor for a vehicle that conserves power by alternately switching between a power on and a reduced power state. The circuit compares a most recent sensor measurement with an earlier measurement while in the power-on state and then switches to a reduced power state. A time delay generation function determines when the circuit switches out of the reduced power state depending on the result of the comparison. The duration of the reduced power state can be increased depending on the similarity of the most recent measurement to an earlier measurement. | 07-29-2010 |
Dennis J. Hanks, Seattle, WA US
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| 20100074979 | Methods and Systems for Manufacturing Composite Parts with Female Tools - Methods and systems for manufacturing fiber-reinforced resin parts are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin part includes positioning a plurality of fibers on a mold surface of a female tool, and covering the fibers with a sealing layer. The method further includes pressing a portion of the covered fibers against an interior transition region (e.g., an internal radius) of the mold surface. While the portion of covered fibers is pressed against the interior transition region, air is removed from between the sealing layer and the mold surface to draw at least a partial vacuum between the sealing layer and the mold surface. | 03-25-2010 |
Dennis J. Hanks, Enumclaw, WA US
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| 20100040722 | Bulk Resin Infusion System Apparatus and Method - A composite item is fabricated in system that includes a layer of preform, supply of resin, mandrel, and bagging film. The layer of preform corresponds to the composite item. The supply of resin is sufficient to infuse the preform. The mandrel includes a preform receiving zone to receive the layer of preform and a resin receiving zone to receive the supply of resin. The resin receiving zone is adjacent to the preform receiving zone. The bagging film is operable to generate an envelope surrounding the preform receiving zone and the resin receiving zone. | 02-18-2010 |
D. Mitchel Hanks, Ft. Collins, CO US
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| 20080291799 | Laser Power Calibration in an Optical Disc Drive - Various systems, methods, and programs embodied on a computer-readable medium are provided for calibrating a laser power in an optical disc drive. In one embodiment, a range of reflectivity of an optical disc in the optical disc drive is established. A calibration pattern of marked segments is written to the optical disc and the reflectivity of the marked segments is measured. An average reflectivity is generated for each one of a plurality of laser power settings within the range of reflectivity, thereby obtaining a curve that depicts the average reflectivity with respect to the laser power settings. The laser power setting at a knee of the curve is identified and a slope of the curve at a position on the curve where the average reflectivity decreases as the laser power settings increase is determined. The laser power setting is calculated that results in a predefined darkness based upon the laser power setting at the knee and based upon the slope. | 11-27-2008 |
Gilbert A. Hanks, Fleming Island, FL US
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| 20100230210 | RETRACTING PLATFORM - A retracting platform assembly for motor vehicle carrier trucks, where the platform retracts to a vertical position. The railing system remains in a vertical position, extending and retracting along a horizontal plane, and provides additional protection from falling off the edge of the platform. A series of elevation rods between the platform grate and the railing system aids in the transition between the extended and retracted positions. A weight-bearing beam assists in supporting the weight of the platform assembly, as well as attaches to a power supply that pushes and pulls the platform assembly from one position to the other. | 09-16-2010 |
James Hanks, Peoria, AZ US
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| 20090263062 | Active Preload Control for Rolling Element Bearings - A method and apparatus for controlling the preload of duplex rolling element bearings systems under various temperatures is described. A spacer or a plurality of spacers may be located adjacent to the rings of the duplex rolling element bearings. The spacer or spacers may be heated or cooled to increase or decrease the axial dimension of the spacer or spacers. Changing the axial dimension of the spacers changes the preload of the duplex rolling element bearing system. The preload of the system may be estimated by receiving an input from a sensor or sensors located on the duplex rolling element bearings system. The sensor may be a temperature sensor or a force transducer. | 10-22-2009 |
James T. Hanks, Peoria, AZ US
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| 20090100957 | ROTOR ASSEMBLIES HAVING SHAFTS WITH INTEGRAL BEARING RACEWAYS - A rotor assembly includes a rotor assembly housing, a shaft, a bearing assembly coupling the shaft to the rotor assembly housing, and a mass structure coupled to and rotatable with the shaft. The bearing assembly includes a bearing housing, a first raceway defined in the bearing housing, a second raceway defined in the shaft, and a plurality of ball bearings positioned within the first and second raceways to enable the shaft to rotate relative to the rotor assembly housing. | 04-23-2009 |
Jeffrey Alan Hanks, Midlothian, VA US
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| 20080222985 | Composite for protection against wind and wind blown debris - A composite suitable as an integral portion of a building affording protection from wind blown debris such as from a tornado comprises in order a layer of structural sheathing material such as plywood, a layer of adhesive, a lightweight material, a layer of adhesive, a layer of fabric of high strength fibers bonded resin, a layer of adhesive, and a layer of a structural sheathing material. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090025873 | Impack Resistant Composite Building Panel - A composite building panel that includes a fabric reinforcing sheet between one of the metal skins and the core of the panel. The fabric reinforcing sheet, which is preferably made from aramid fibers improves the impact resistance and penetration resistance of the building panel without substantially increasing weight and without adding fuel content to the panel system. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20110113534 | Impact Resistant Composite Article - An impact resistant composite article has at least two or more fibrous fabric layers and a polymeric layer disposed between at least some of the fabric layers. The peel strength measured at 20° C. between the fabric layer an adjacent polymeric layer after pressing for 30 minutes at 500 psi and 160° C. is less than 1 kg/cm, and where the weight % of polymeric resin relative to the resin plus fabric is greater than 5%. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110117351 | Impact Resistant Composite Article - An impact resistant composite article has two or more layers of ballistic fabric and ionomer layers disposed between the fabric layers. The ionomer is highly neutralized so that it has essentially no melt flow. A process also for making such a composite article that involves deposition of an aqueous colloid of the ionomer onto the fabric, followed by drying. | 05-19-2011 |
Kevin Hanks, League City, TX US
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| 20120108842 | Methods for Producing a Vinyl Acetate Composition Having a Low Impurity Content - In one embodiment, the invention is to a method for producing a vinyl acetate composition. The method comprises the step of contacting acetic acid, oxygen, and ethylene under conditions effective to form a crude vinyl acetate composition comprising vinyl acetate, acetic acid, residual oxygen, and water. The method further comprises the step of contacting the crude vinyl acetate composition or a derivative thereof with at least one scavenger to form a treated crude vinyl acetate composition. | 05-03-2012 |
Patrick L. Hanks, Fairfax, VA US
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| 20110219669 | Hydroprocessing of diesel range biomolecules - Non-hydrotreated biocomponent feeds can be mixed with mineral feeds and processed under catalytic isomerization/dewaxing conditions. The catalytic isomerization/dewaxing conditions can be selected to advantageously also substantially deoxygenate the mixed feed. Diesel fuel products with improved cold flow properties can be produced. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110219671 | DEWAXING OF RENEWABLE DIESEL FUEL - Feeds containing a hydrotreated biocomponent portion, and optionally a mineral portion, can be processed under catalytic conditions for isomerization and/or dewaxing. The sulfur content of the feed for dewaxing can be selected based on the hydrogenation metal used for the catalyst. Diesel fuel products with improved cold flow properties can be produced. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110219672 | HYDROPROCESSING OF BIODIESEL FUELS AND BLENDS - A method for producing diesel fuel from biocomponent feeds includes hydrotreating the feed followed by catalytic dewaxing with a ZSM-48 containing catalyst. The hydrotreated feed may be cascaded directly to the dewaxing step, or the hydrotreated feed can undergo intermediate separation. The diesel fuel resulting from processing of the biocomponent feed exhibits superior cetane values. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20120004479 | GAS AND LIQUID PHASE HYDROPROCESSING FOR BIOCOMPONENT FEEDSTOCKS - Diesel fuel is produced from a feedstock that is at least partially biocomponent in origin. A feedstock is treated in a reactor including one or more hydrotreating zones having a continuous gas phase. The liquid effluent from the hydrotreating zones is then hydroprocessed in a hydroprocessing zone having a continuous liquid phase, such as a hydroprocessing zone in the same reactor. The hydroprocessing zone can be operated under effective catalytic dewaxing conditions. | 01-05-2012 |
Patrick L. Hanks, Annandale, NJ US
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| 20100319242 | EBULLATING BED METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF BIOCOMPONENT FEEDSTOCKS - Processes are provided for producing a diesel fuel product having a sulfur content of 15 wppm or less (e.g., 10 wppm or less) from feed sources that include a biocomponent feedstock. The biocomponent feedstock can be initially co-processed with a mineral feed in a fluidized bed stage, such as an ebullating bed processing stage. Ebullating bed processing can mitigate the impact of the biocomponent feed on other hydrotreatment aspects of a diesel boiling range feed. Challenged biocomponent feeds can be handled by introducing the biocomponent feed into the ebullating bed reactor in a manner that reduces the fouling impact of the feed. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100331586 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING DIESEL FUELS USING VEGETABLE OILS OR FATTY ACID DERIVATIVES - A process for preparing fuels, such as diesel fuels or jet fuels, by hydrotreating vegetable oils or fatty acid derivatives that may be applied to existing equipment for treating fossil fuels. The process comprises feeding hydrotreating a combined oxygenate feed stream, such as FAME, and a hydrocarbon feed stream until not more than 86 wt % of the esters in the oxygenate feed stream are converted to hydrocarbons, and optionally further hydrotreating the product stream within at least a second hydrotreatment reaction zone until at least 90 wt % of the esters in the oxygenate feed stream are converted to hydrocarbons, before removing and separating a hydrocarbon stream suitable for use as fuel. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110015454 | HYDROPROCESSING OF BIOCOMPONENT FEEDSTOCKS WITH FCC OFF-GAS - A biocomponent feedstock can be hydroprocessed using an FCC off-gas as a hydrogen source. A relatively low cost catalyst, such as a water gas shift catalyst and/or spent hydrotreating catalyst, can be used as a hydrogenation catalyst for the process. The hydroprocessing can allow for olefin saturation and/or deoxygenation of the biocomponent feed by using a relatively low value refinery stream. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110054230 | REDUCING HYDROGEN CONSUMPTION IN HYDROTREATING OF BIOCOMPONENT FEEDS - Processes are provided for deoxygenation of a biocomponent feedstock with reduced hydrogen consumption. The biocomponent feedstock can be processed under relatively low hydrogen partial pressures and at a relatively low treat gas ratio compared to the hydrogen need of the feedstock. The relatively low pressure, relatively low treat gas ratio hydroprocessing can result in reduced production of water and carbon monoxide and in increased production of carbon dioxide compared to relatively higher pressure process conditions. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110056869 | FUEL PRODUCTION FROM FEEDSTOCK CONTAINING LIPIDIC MATERIAL - This invention relates to the production of dewaxed and/or hydroisomerized fuel composition that includes a step of hydrotreating a feedstock containing the lipidic material. The fuel compositions are high quality fuel compositions in which the fuel can be ultimately tailored for a variety of end uses such as jet fuel or diesel fuel. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110072715 | FUEL PRODUCTION FROM FEEDSTOCK CONTAINING TRIGLYCERIDE AND/OR FATTY ACID ALKYL ESTER - This invention relates to processes for the production of a fuel composition from a feedstock that comprises lipid material (e.g., bio-material) and mineral oil. The processes can be carried out without producing a significant mount of undesirable side reactions such as cracking, polymerization, and aromatization, which can be an undesirable consequence of large heats of reaction. As a result, the invention provides for the production of a product that is relatively high in quality, and catalyst used in the processes is not adversely affected to any significant extent. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110099891 | HYDROPROCESSING FEEDSTOCK CONTAINING LIPID MATERIAL TO PRODUCE TRANSPORTATION FUEL - This invention provides processes for producing fuel, particularly transportation fuel, from biological material, e.g., lipid material. One aspect of the invention involves hydroprocessing a feedstock in a hydroprocessing zone that is maintained at conditions that promote the efficiency of converting the lipid-containing feedstock into transportation fuel. Such conditions include one or more of maintaining CO content of the hydroprocessing zone at a predetermined amount and recycling or providing a hydrogen-containing gas to the hydroprocessing zone that has been treated to remove CO. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110155636 | HYDROPROCESSING OF BIOCOMPONENT FEEDSTOCKS WITH LOW PURITY HYDROGEN-CONTAINING STREAMS - A biocomponent feedstock can be hydroprocessed using a hydrogen-containing refinery as a source of hydrogen gas. A relatively low cost catalyst, such as a water gas shift catalyst and/or spent hydrotreating catalyst, can be used as a hydrogenation catalyst for the process. The hydroprocessing can allow for olefin saturation and/or deoxygenation of the biocomponent feed by using a relatively low value refinery stream, e.g., containing from about 20 mol % to about 60 mol % hydrogen. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110163009 | HYDROPROCESSING OF HIGH NITROGEN FEED USING BULK CATALYST - Methods are provided for hydrotreating high nitrogen feeds with improved results for nitrogen removal, aromatic saturation, and/or sulfur removal. The method includes hydrotreating the feed with a supported hydrotreating catalyst followed by a bulk metal catalyst, the hydrotreated effluent of which can be suitable for use as a feed to an FCC reactor. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20120016167 | HYDROPROCESSING OF BIOCOMPONENT FEEDS WITH LOW PRESSURE HYDROGEN-CONTAINING STREAMS - The invention relates to a method for forming an at least partially renewable diesel product, comprising: hydrodeoxygenating a feedstock comprising about 0.1 wt % to about 50 wt % of a fresh biocomponent portion with a relatively pure hydrogen treat gas in the presence of a hydrodeoxygenation catalyst under relatively low total pressure to form a hydrodeoxygenated product; and separating the hydrodeoxygenated product into a vapor effluent and a liquid effluent, at least a first portion of the latter being recycled to the hydrodeoxygenation step, and at least a second portion of the latter being a diesel product. Advantageously, the hydrodeoxygenation catalyst can have a relatively low catalytic activity (about 50% or less of fresh HDS/HDN activity). | 01-19-2012 |
Paul Douglas Hanks, Manvel, TX US
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| 20100063901 | Oilfield Inventory control and Communication System - Methods and apparatuses for providing inventory visibility and on site material control to support services provided at a well site are disclosed. A system for communicating inventory information is provided. The system includes a mobile storage unit and a load cell coupled to the mobile storage unit. The load cell generates an electric signal representing the amount of materials in the mobile storage unit. A command center is communicatively coupled to the load cell. The command center receives a signal from the load cell representing the amount of materials in the mobile storage unit. | 03-11-2010 |
Richard Hanks, Seattle, WA US
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| 20100020971 | Device and Method for a Secure Transaction - A device comprises a first processor and a second processor. The first processor is connected to a display, a data input arrangement, and a data acquisition device in a first mode of operation. The first mode of operation relates to performing non-secure operations. The second processor is connected to the display, the data input arrangement, and the data acquisition device in a second mode of operation. The second mode of operation relates to performing a secure operation. The secure operation relates to a sales transaction. When the device is in the second mode of operation, the data acquisition device receives secure data from a remote source. The secure data is forwarded to the second processor to determine a success of the sales transaction. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100250794 | REMOVABLE ACCESSORY FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE - An accessory computing device or display detachable from another computing device such as a mobile computing device. The accessory computing device displays data from the mobile computing device including notifications relating to electronic mail messages, voice mail messages, stock prices, sports scores, etc. A user interacts with the accessory computing device to control the mobile computing device by, for example, replying to messages, controlling a game executing on the mobile computing device, or silencing a ringer on the mobile computing device. In some embodiments, a plurality of the accessory computing devices interact with the same mobile computing device (e.g., in a multi-player game or device location tracking application executing on the mobile computing device). | 09-30-2010 |
Rip Hanks, Gulf Breeze, FL US
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| 20080233791 | COMPRESSION SNAP ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - One of a set of caps, each having a bore for accepting a conductor within a predetermined range of diameters, has at least one ridge on an external surface thereof formed of a surface pair, with the area of one of the surface pairs being much greater than the other one of the surface pairs. This cap is received into a bore of female connector body with a center pin. The female connector body has one, and preferably has two, grooves formed by a like differential surface pair. A front end of the cap is cut up into fingers which, upon contacting a sloped surface in the female connector body, will fold radially inwardly to clamp the conductor to the center pin. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20090215306 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH COMPRESSION GORES - An electrical connector has a body with a bore that terminates in a sloped surface at its inner end. A cap, through which a conductor is threaded, fits into the bore. An axial inner end of the cap is divided into a plurality of spaced-apart gores which, when the cap is forced axially inwardly, will cam against the sloped surface in the bore, displacing the gores toward the axis and gripping and fastening in place the electrical conductor. Preferably the gores have ridges on their internal surfaces and a center pin standing up from the bottom of the bore has grooves mating with some of these ridges. | 08-27-2009 |
Ryan L. Hanks, Bunker Hill, IL US
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| 20100043231 | METHOD FOR MACHINING A STRUCTURAL MEMBER HAVING AND UNDULATING WEB - Machined structural members and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a structural member includes a web portion that extends in a first direction that includes a non-planar portion, and a first flange portion coupled to the web portion that extends in the first direction. A second flange portion is coupled to the web portion that also extends in the first direction. The first flange portion and the second flange portion are spaced apart in a second direction that is approximately perpendicular to the first direction. The web portion and the first and second flange portions are integrally formed as a unitary, monoblock component. | 02-25-2010 |
Ryan L. Hanks, Shipman, IL US
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| 20090317198 | VARIABLE DIAMETER CUTTING TOOL - A cutting tool comprises a tool body having proximal and distal ends and defining a central axis. The tool body includes a shank portion and a fluted portion. The shank portion may be configured to be rotatably engageable to a milling machine. The fluted portion may include a plurality of teeth disposed about a circumference thereof and being formed at a radius relative to the central axis. In one embodiment, the teeth may be divided into first and second tooth sections with the teeth in the second tooth section being formed at a reduced radius relative to the teeth in the first tooth section. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100172708 | Workpiece Vibration Reduction - Techniques and apparatuses to provide vibration reduction of a workpiece when performing machining operations are disclosed. In various embodiments, a machine tool includes a shank having at least one end configured for engagement with a machine operable to rotate the shank. A cutting portion has a diameter defined by features used to remove material from a workpiece. The cutting portion is coupled to the shank. A vibration reduction dampener may be located between the shank and the workpiece. | 07-08-2010 |
Stephen D. Hanks, Las Vegas, NV US
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| 20090029309 | Orthodontic force module - An orthodontic force mechanism includes a jack screw having a pair of ends, at least one of which is threaded, and a central spindle between the ends, which spindle has two intersecting radial through-holes therein. A pair of nut housings are mounted on the end portions of the jack screw, at least one of which is threadedly coupled to a threaded end portion of the jack screw. A lock mechanism mounted on the central spindle section includes a spring-loaded detent configured to engage an end opening of each of the through holes in the spindle when the through hole is in alignment with the detent, such that the spindle cannot rotate relative to the lock mechanism when the detent is inserted into a through hole. The detent can be moved out of engagement with a through hole using a tool inserted into that through hole from its opposite end. | 01-29-2009 |
Steve Hanks, Seattle, WA US
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| 20090240601 | INCREASES IN SALES RANK AS A MEASURE OF INTEREST - A facility for displaying consumption information about items is described. The facility uses a current consumption rank for each of a number of items and at least one or more previous consumption ranks for each of these items to attribute to at least a portion of the items a score characterizing the magnitude of increase in the consumption rank of the item. The facility then generates a display incorporating at least a portion of the attributed scores in the corresponding items. | 09-24-2009 |
Steven D. Hanks, Farmington, CT US
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| 20090263814 | Physiogenomic Method for Predicting Metabolic and Cardiovascular Side Effects of Thiazolidinediones - Disclosed herein are genetic markers related to the efficacy and/or safety of thiazolidinedione therapy identified by a physiogenomic methodology that correlates the genetic markers with a physiological response. The genetic markers described herein were not previously associated with the efficacy and/or safety of thiazolidinedione therapy. The markers related to safety are those associated with the important side effects of BMI increase and development of edema. In one embodiment, markers related to efficacy of thiazolidinedione therapy are associated with glycosylated hemoglobin. Method of assessing an individual for markers associated with the safety and/or efficacy of thiazolidinedione therapy are described. | 10-22-2009 |
Suzanne Hanks, Capistrano Beach, CA US
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| 20120111384 | Protective cover for a stroller - The present invention is a cover for a stroller. The preferred embodiment of the cover comprises a first panel having a top edge, first and second side edges and a bottom edge. The top edge of the first panel has a curved profile and the bottom edge has a straight profile. A second panel of the cover has a top end, first and second side ends and a bottom end. The first side end of the second panel is sewn to a left side of the bottom edge of the first panel. The second side end of the second panel is sewn to a right side of the bottom edge of the first panel. The cover preferably comprises a pocket and an opening between the first and second panels to slip over a stroller handle. The cover also has a mesh panel for ventilation and fasteners to configure the panels. | 05-10-2012 |
Thomas L. Hanks, Winnetka, IL US
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| 20110106516 | AUTOMATED DERIVATION, DESIGN AND EXECUTION OF INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT - A computer-implemented method, system and program product for creating a physical information environment for a specific industry type are presented. A candidate industry type is selected to describe a customer's operations. A set of information environment components, which is modeled and simulated in software and is specific for the candidate industry type, is selected. Inherent constraints, from the candidate industry type and the set of information environment components, are identified. The set of information environment components are then recursively optimized in order to comply with the inherent constraints and to meet the specific information environment requirements. Based on optimized information environment components, construction of a information environment is simulated in order to define an architecture of a simulated information environment for the candidate industry type. A physical information environment that comports with the architecture of the optimally simulated information environment is then constructed and deployed. | 05-05-2011 |
Tracey S. Hanks, Denver, CO US
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| 20120101535 | BONE REPAIR PUTTY - A bone repair material is described that is of putty-like consistency, particularly useful for repairing dental bony defects such as those caused by bone loss resulting from moderate or severe periodontitis, augmenting of bony defects of the alveolar ridge, filling tooth extraction sites, or sinus elevation grafting. The repair material includes a porous, resorbable particulate that is bone-derived or derived from bone-like hydroxyapatite or synthetic hydroxyapatite; and, a resorbable carrier, such as high molecular weight polysaccharides, such as hyaluronic acid. A high concentration of particulate in the putty enhances bone repair and requires a high concentration of carrier to retain the putty at the defect site. For a particulate density of about 1.2 g/cc such as PEPGEN P-15® Bone Graft, a preferred formulation comprises about 55% percent by weight of the putty suspended in a hyaluronic acid gel of about 1.4×10 | 04-26-2012 |
Virginia M. Hanks, Portland, OR US
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| 20100241528 | ANTI-COUNTERFEITING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An online auction website has anti-counterfeiting measures. The website requires a seller of an item to input information about the product for sale, including at least a brand of the product and a product identification code. If the brand code and product identification code are not entered, the website does not allow the seller to post the item for sale. If entered, the brand and the product identification code are included in the listing on the online auction webpage that advertises the product for sale during the auction period. Verification may be performed on the item to determine its authenticity. The verification process includes comparing the listed brand and product identification codes with a plurality of authentic brand and product identification codes. When the brand and product identification codes are determined to be counterfeit, the listing is terminated and the sale of counterfeit items is prevented. | 09-23-2010 |
William T. Hanks, Carol Stream, IL US
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| 20100254283 | CMTS PLANT TOPOLOGY FAULT MANAGEMENT - A cable television plant may include fiber nodes, cable modems, a management information base (MIB), and a cable modem termination system (CMTS). The CMTS may include logic to apply information from the MIB to determine the suitability of resources assigned to the fiber nodes from particular MAC domains for providing data communications. | 10-07-2010 |
William Turner Hanks, Carol Stream, IL US
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| 20080250069 | Method and system for using mnemonic symbols to provision channel attributes with an attribute mask - A name that means something to a human can be used to provision multiple channels, multiple times after a one-time association of an binary integer mask bit pattern with the name, or mnemonic. Typically, the one performing the one-time association of the mask pattern with the mnemonic will choose a name that reflects the channel attributes represented by the mask pattern. Thus, rather than remembering a bit pattern for a single attribute, or even the more difficult task of remembering the pattern for multiple attributes, and having to make sure ‘1’ is placed in a correct bit position among many ‘0’s when entering bit patterns, the one provisioning only enters a mnemonic that textually refers to the attribute, or attributes, to be provisioned for a given channel. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20090116489 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE DATA LOSS WITHIN A LINK-AGGREGATING AND RESEQUENCING BROADBAND TRANSCEIVER - A rate shaper between a transmit queue and a transmitter regulates the flow rate of packets through a resequencing broadband transmission device, such as a cable modem, toward a user device, such as a computer. When the resequencing device receives packets out of order that belong to a program flow spread across multiple links, or channels, the rate shaper regulates the flow of packets by imposing a delay to the flow of resequenced packets by a factor that is inversely proportional to the number of out of sequence packets buffered in a message storage buffer. A setpoint signal may be input to the shaper to provide a target flow rate to the shaper. | 05-07-2009 |