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Alan C. Hay, Sullivan, WI US
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| 20090072971 | PERIMETER SECURITY SYSTEM - A method of operating a perimeter security system comprises monitoring a perimeter for a plurality of events, receiving an event signal for an event of the plurality of events wherein the event signal comprises an acceleration, processing the first event signal to determine if the event is a threat, transferring a confirmation request to confirm that the event is a threat in response to determining that the event is a threat, receiving a confirmation response in response to the confirmation request confirming that the event is a threat, and generating and transmitting a message identifying the event in response to confirming the threat. | 03-19-2009 |
Alexander Montagu Hay, Bothell, WA US
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| 20090081605 | PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY DEVICE ADAPTED FOR USE WITH SCALER - The present invention provides a scaler light delivery device comprising a light delivery tip and a light delivery assembly comprising a housing member, a light source and an electronic assembly comprising magnetic means, a rectifier and current control means, wherein the light delivery tip is in secured but removable communication with the light delivery assembly; the light source is in electrical communication with the electronic assembly; the device is adapted for insertion into a receiver of a scaler and when the device is in communication with the receiver, the electronic assembly converts magnetic field energy provided by the receiver into electric energy to power the light source thereby allowing the device to deliver light out of the light delivery tip in a desired illumination pattern and at least one predetermined wavelength. The present invention also includes a method of making the device and using it. | 03-26-2009 |
Amy Joan Hay, Escondido, CA US
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| 20080201882 | Athletic towel with strap and closable pockets - One embodiment being an athletic towel consisting of two distinct portions, one portion being of free hanging absorbent material ( | 08-28-2008 |
Bradley John Hay, Edmond, OK US
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| 20110257944 | MODELING HYDRAULIC FRACTURING INDUCED FRACTURE NETWORKS AS A DUAL POROSITY SYSTEM - A method for calibrating fracture networks. The method includes estimating an average fracture width of a fracture network using one or more of net fracturing pressure, Poisson's ratio, shear modulus, and fracture height; determining microseismic event envelope and base intensity data using a three-dimensional geomodel including microseismic event data; and determining hydraulic fracturing treatment (HFT) fracture intensity of post-hydraulic fracturing treatment (post-HFT) based on the average fracture width and HFT volume data. The method further includes calibrating the base intensity data to the HFT fracture intensity to obtain calibrated HFT fracture intensity, determining a proppant transportation and distribution scenario, and generating a dual porosity reservoir model based on the calibrated HFT fracture intensity and the proppant transportation and distribution scenario. | 10-20-2011 |
Carl Hay, Damascus, MD US
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| 20090155275 | MULTISPECIFIC EPITOPE BINDING PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to multispecific epitope binding proteins, methods of making, and uses thereof in the prevention, management, treatment or diagnosis of acute or chronic diseases. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20100233173 | MULTISPECIFIC EPITOPE BINDING PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to multispecific epitope binding proteins, methods of making, and uses thereof in the prevention, management, treatment or diagnosis of acute or chronic diseases. | 09-16-2010 |
Carl M. Hay, Damascus, MD US
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| 20100129325 | SENECA VALLEY VIRUS BASED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING DISEASE - The present invention relates to a novel RNA picornavirus that is called Seneca Valley virus (“SVV”). The invention provides isolated SVV nucleic acids and proteins encoded by these nucleic acids. Further, the invention provides antibodies that are raised against the SVV proteins. Because SVV has the ability to selectively kill some types of tumors, the invention provides methods of using SVV and SVV polypeptides to treat cancer. Because SVV specifically targets certain tumors, the invention provides methods of using SVV nucleic acids and proteins to detect cancer. Additionally, due to the information provided by the tumor-specific mechanisms of SVV, the invention provides methods of making new oncolytic virus derivatives and of altering viruses to have tumor-specific tropisms. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20120034676 | SENECA VALLEY VIRUS BASED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING DISEASE - The present invention relates to a novel RNA | 02-09-2012 |
Clifford A. Hay, Baton Rouge, LA US
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| 20080251467 | Back flushable strainer device - A strainer device for a fluid flow circuit removes debris and solid particles from the fluid flow to prevent plugging and reduce fouling of the system. The assembly includes a chamber that can be hydrocyclonic, a collection area, a screen assembly and a distributor that allows selective connection to a flushing fluid. The fluid flows through the chamber past the strainer device, with large particles collecting in the collection area under the influence of gravity and smaller solid particles being collected in the screen assembly. Particles can be flushed from the system by selectively activating the distributor to back flush the screen assembly and sweep the collection area free of solid particles without disassembling the system. | 10-16-2008 |
Cyrus Hay, Palo Alto, CA US
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| 20090235133 | SLACK-BASED TRANSITION-FAULT TESTING - A system that generates test patterns for detecting transition faults in an integrated circuit (IC). During operation, the system receives slack times for each net in the IC. Note that a slack time for a net is the minimum amount of delay that the given net can tolerate before violating a timing constraint. For each possible transition fault in the IC, the system uses the slack times for nets in the IC to generate a test pattern which exposes the transition fault by producing a transition that propagates along the longest path to the transition fault. | 09-17-2009 |
Darrel E. Hay, Webster City, IA US
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| 20100287787 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BREAKING CAKED GRAIN IN A STORAGE BIN - A grain bin is provided with a pipe extending beneath the perforated floor through which drying air passes upwardly. A tool extends through the pipe to the central grain outlet opening in the floor. The tool includes a cutting or grinding head which can be rotated from outside the bin so as to break up grain blockages above the outlet opening. A cap may be provided on the inner end of the pipe to preclude grain from entering the pipe. | 11-18-2010 |
David Hay, Lexington, KY US
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| 20100161776 | METHOD FOR REMOTELY PROVIDING SOFTWARE TO COMPUTING APPARATUS IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER NETWORK - Disclosed are a method and a computer program product for providing required software to at least one computing apparatus in a distributed computer network. The at least one computing apparatus is communicably coupled to at least one interfacing node of the distributed computer network. The method for providing the required software includes initiating a connection between the at least one interfacing node and a remote web server communicably coupled to the at least one interfacing node. The method further includes providing an address identifier data of the at least one computing apparatus to the at least one interfacing node. Furthermore, the method includes establishing a communication channel between the remote web server and the at least one computing apparatus through the at least one interfacing node. Moreover, the method includes receiving the required software at the at least one computing apparatus by utilizing the communication channel. | 06-24-2010 |
Gordon Hay, Stowe, VT US
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| 20100013193 | RECREATIONAL BINDING WITH ADJUSTABLE SUSPENSION INTERFACE - A binding system is provided that is effective for use on recreational device, such as a snowboard, and that is adapted to mate to, or that includes, a boot or other footwear worn by the user. In general, the binding system includes a base plate for support a rider's foot, and a connecting element for mating the base plate to an elongate board, e.g., a snowboard. The connecting element is effective to mate the base plate to a snowboard about a fixed central axis and to allow pivotal movement of the base plate about the central axis with respect to the snowboard. The binding system can also include at least one compression member mated to the base plate and/or to a snowboard. The compression member(s) are effective to compress between the base plate and the snowboard in response to a force applied to at least one of the base plate and the snowboard. The binding system is particularly advantageous in that the compression members provide enhanced biomechanical operation, absorbing chatter and shock, and increasing mobility. Moreover, there is no relative motion between the base plate and the boot, so the rider's ability to control the snowboard is not adversely affected. | 01-21-2010 |
Gordon G. Hay, Marblehead, MA US
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| 20080196272 | Shoe Sole With Pivotal Ground Engaging Plate - A shoe sole comprising a foot engaging plate for accommodating a foot of a user and a ground engaging surface/plate. The foot engaging plate is sufficiently rigid so as to resist distortion of the foot engaging plate, during use of the shoe sole, so that the foot remains supported by the foot engaging plate during use of the shoe sole. A pivot member is located between the foot engaging plate and the ground engaging surface/plate to facilitate relative pivoting motion between the foot engaging plate and the ground engaging surface/plate. A layer of resilient material is sandwiched between the foot engaging plate and the ground engaging surface/plate. The resilient material may have one or more bores formed therein which accommodate a compressible material therein to facilitate programming of a desired compression characteristic for the shoe sole. | 08-21-2008 |
Grant Hay, Evansville, IN US
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| 20110011837 | SYSTEMS FOR FORMING A PLURALITY OF CELLS ON THE MASTERING TOOLS - Mastering tools and systems and methods for forming a plurality of cells on the mastering tools are provided. In particular, the systems vary the geometry of the cells or the placement of the cells, or both, for forming a textured surface on a mastering tool. | 01-20-2011 |
Henry M. Hay, Charleston, SC US
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| 20080196317 | Impact resistant multipane window - Briefly, therefore the present invention is directed to a novel method of making a double glazed impact resistant window, the method comprising: forming a window sash that delineates a mounting space for mounting a first pane and a second pane opposite and parallel to and spaced apart from each other, the sash having an integral spacer that forms a sealing surface of the mounting space for each pane; adhering a durable transparent polymer film to a surface of the first pane; attaching a protective layer to at least a portion of the durable transparent polymer film to protect the durable transparent polymer film from damage prior to assembling the double glazed impact resistant window; conforming the pane to the size and shape of the mounting space; removing the protective layer; mounting the first pane in the mounting space with the film covered surface of the pane facing the sealing surface of the integral spacer; and repeating the previous steps for the second pane. | 08-21-2008 |
James D. Hay, Milford, MI US
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| 20090216425 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STARTING AN ENGINE WITH PORT FUEL INJECTION AND A VARIABLE PRESSURE FUEL SYSTEM - A fuel control system includes a pressure comparison module that generates a pressure control signal when a fuel supply pressure is greater than a predetermined pressure value, a temperature comparison module that generates a temperature control signal when a temperature of an engine is greater than a predetermined temperature value, and a pre-crank fuel module that selectively dispenses pre-crank fuel prior to cranking the engine based on the pressure control signal and the temperature control signal. A related fuel control method is also provided. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20110073074 | ENGINE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING CAM COVER MOUNTED FUEL RAIL - An engine assembly may include a cylinder head, a cam cover and a fuel rail assembly. The cylinder head may define intake and exhaust ports and the cam cover may be fixed to the cylinder head. The fuel rail assembly may include a fuel rail, a bracket assembly and a fuel injector. The bracket assembly may be fixed to the fuel rail and may include a fastener and an isolation member. The fastener may be engaged with the cam cover and may secure the fuel rail thereto. The isolation member may be located between the fuel rail and the cam cover to isolate vibration therebetween. The fuel injector may be in communication with the fuel rail and may extend into a combustion chamber defined by the cylinder head at a location between the intake and exhaust ports. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110277727 | ENGINE INCLUDING FUEL INJECTOR SPRAY PATTERN - An engine assembly may include an engine structure defining a combustion chamber, a spark plug extending into a central region of the combustion chamber and a fuel injector in communication with the central region of the combustion chamber. The fuel injector may define a C-shaped fuel spray emanating from the central region of the combustion chamber and spaced from the spark plug. | 11-17-2011 |
James Scott Hay, Parkland, FL US
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| 20080243252 | Spinal implant system - The present invention provides an intervertebral prosthesis generally defining a first wall, a second wall, sidewalls extending from the first wall to the second wall, and an upper surface and a lower surface. One or more passages may be included providing for an affixation element, to be inserted therethrough. The passages may each include a first portion for receiving a head or tip of an affixation element, and a second portion of a smaller diameter, where a substantial amount of the second portion of the passage located above or below a midline of the prosthesis. One or more openings may also be provided on the spinal prosthesis for coupling the prosthesis to a surgical tool, and the upper and lower surfaces of the prosthesis may include a depression or portion void of any teeth for the insertion of the prosthesis where a distraction tool is situated about the surgical site. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080306598 | SPINAL IMPLANT WITH BIOLOGIC SPONGE - The present invention provides an intervertebral prosthesis generally defining a first wall, a second wall, sidewalls extending from the first wall to the second wall, and an upper surface and a lower surface. One or more passages may be included providing for an affixation element, to be inserted therethrough. The passages may each include a first portion for receiving a head or tip of an affixation element, and a second portion of a smaller diameter, where a substantial amount of the second portion of the passage located above or below a midline of the prosthesis. One or more openings may also be provided on the spinal prosthesis for coupling the prosthesis to a surgical tool, and the upper and lower surfaces of the prosthesis may include a depression or portion void of any teeth for the insertion of the prosthesis where a distraction tool is situated about the surgical site. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20110034779 | Method for performing minimally invasive surgury - Pedicle screw apparatuses each including a pedicle screw assembly and an attached pedicle screw extender are placed in a true percutaneous manner, thereby overcoming issues resulting from placing pedicle screw assemblies through a retractor. Thus, a retractor can advantageously be built off of the pedicle screw apparatuses, thereby allowing visualization of the spine anatomy directly. Furthermore, such a method for performing surgery ensures ideal placement of the retractor for additional procedures that are often required such as, for example, decompression, interbody device placement, etc. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110034780 | Blade body for use with a surgical retractor - A blade system configured for use with a surgical retractor comprising a blade body and a blade body surround. The blade body includes a retractor attachment structure engagable with a blade body mounting structure of the surgical retractor. The retractor attachment structure is configured for allowing the blade body to be independently pivotable about and translatable along the blade body mounting structure. The blade body surround includes a slot within a sidewall thereof. The blade body surround and the blade body are jointly configured to form a generally cylindrical-shaped structure when the blade body is in a seated position within the slot. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110034781 | Retractor component system and method of using same - A blade assembly has a blade body and a blade body surround. A retractor attachment structure is attached to the blade body at the first end portion thereof extending from an exterior surface thereof. The retractor attachment structure is configured for having one of the blade body mounting structures of the retractor engaged therewith in a manner whereby the blade body is independently pivotable about and translatable along the blade body mounting structure. An alignment member protrudes from an interior surface of the blade body adjacent its first end portion. A slot extends through the blade body at its first end portion. The blade body surround and the blade body jointly form a generally cylindrical-shaped structure when the blade body is in a seated position within the slot. The cylindrical structure defines a central passage extending between the first and second end portions of blade body surround. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110106090 | DUAL-CUTTING BONE MILL - A tissue processing device, including a housing defining a first passage through at least a portion thereof, the first passage defining a longitudinal axis; a first processing member rotatably coupled to the housing and extending across at least a portion of the first passage; and a second processing member rotatably coupled to the housing and extending across at least a portion of the first passage, the second processing member being substantially parallel to the first processing member, the second member being offset from the first processing member in a first direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis and in a second direction substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110202094 | TRANS-POLYAXIAL SCREW - An orthopedic screw, including a threaded shaft defining a longitudinal axis; a head defining a region able to receive at least a portion of a prosthesis, the head being coupled to the shaft such that the head is movably offset from the longitudinal axis in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; and a spacing element positionable within the head, the spacing element defining a first alignment marker positionable adjacent a second alignment marker defined by the head. | 08-18-2011 |
Jeff Hay, Louisville, KY US
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| 20120101747 | DETECTION AND IMAGING OF TURBULENCE IN A FLUID - A system and method detect turbulence in a fluid by processing image data to isolate and detect fluctuations in a frequency range indicative of turbulence. By making use of a Fourier or other frequency transformation to convert a set of time-dependent intensity data into frequency-dependent intensity data, a range of frequencies can be selected wherein fluctuations in intensity are characteristic of turbulence, even under difficult conditions where turbulence is cannot be naively detected. A detector is capable of relying on ambient light conditions to provide sufficient transmission and fluctuation to detect the characteristics of turbulence. Detection of turbulence aids in aircraft navigation and meteorology, analysis of industrial and commercial exhaust, and detection of unexpected fluid events such as containment leaks. | 04-26-2012 |
Jeffery T. Hay, Avon, CT US
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| 20100063851 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RATING AND PRICING INSURANCE POLICIES - Systems, methods, apparatus, computer program code and means for rating and pricing insurance policies are provided. In some embodiments, an automated insurance processing platform rates and prices insurance policies by including a territory factor in the calculation of a premium for the policy. Pursuant to some embodiments, the territory factor is calculated by receiving historical loss data, geographical data, and demographic data, analyzing the historical loss data, the geographical data, and the demographic data to identify data having similar claim behaviors. The historical loss data is analyzed to identify at least a frequency and severity of historical loss by coverage type. The frequency and severity of loss data, the geographical data, and the demographic data is iteratively analyzed to create a territory set having different geographical boundaries for the different coverage types; and the territory set is used to generate a set of territory factors for the different coverage types and the territories. | 03-11-2010 |
Jennifer Hay, Knoxville, TN US
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| 20100192267 | Scanning Probe Microscope with Independent Force Control and Displacement Measurements - A nanoindenter that includes an interferometer, a rod, a force actuator and a controller is disclosed. The interferometer generates a light beam that is reflected from a moveable reflector, the interferometer determining a distance between a reference location and the moveable reflector. The rod is characterized by a rod axis and includes a tip on a first end thereof, the rod includes the moveable reflector at a location proximate to the tip. The tip is disposed in a manner that allows the tip to be forced against the surface of a sample. The force actuator applies a force to the rod in a direction parallel to the rod axis in response to a force control signal coupled to the actuator. The controller receives the determined distance from the interferometer and generates the force control signal. The invention can also be used as a scanning probe microscope. | 07-29-2010 |
Jim W. Hay, Willis, TX US
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| 20110227382 | Dual Swivel Seats for Hunting Blinds - A dual swivel seat assembly has a single base support member that rotatably supports plural seats for rotation about a common vertical axis. The seats are rotatably supported by at least two swivel arms that rotatably connect the seats to the support member. | 09-22-2011 |
John Hay, Earlysville, VA US
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| 20090024423 | System and Method for Automated Vehicle Tracking - A system and method for enhancing revenue of vehicle dealerships by increasing both the number of service appointments made by customers at the dealership as well as the number of those appointments which are kept by customers. A computer automated, Internet-based method is provided for supervising the appointment making and the service providing process at vehicle service locations. Service department activity at multiple service locations maintained by a single dealership or by multiple dealerships can be monitored so that material and labor resources can be efficiently allocated and managed between the multiple locations. | 01-22-2009 |
Jonathan David Hay, Kirkland, WA US
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| 20100154448 | MULTI-MODE COOLING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH EVAPORATIVE COOLING - A air channeling sub-system may include a mechanical cooling section and a direct evaporative cooling section. The direct evaporative cooling section may be downstream from the mechanical cooling section. Cooling air is channeled through the air channeling sub-system and into the room. If a first set of control conditions is met, the air channeling sub-systems is operated in an adiabatic mode. The adiabatic mode includes channeling cooling air through the direct evaporative cooling section to evaporate water into the cooling air. If a second set of control conditions is met, the air channeling sub-system is operated in a hybrid mode. The hybrid mode includes channeling cooling air through the mechanical cooling section to remove heat from the cooling air and channeling the cooling air through the direct evaporative cooling section to evaporate water into the cooling air. | 06-24-2010 |
Jordan Hay, Seattle, WA US
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| 20100185532 | Placing a Purchase Order Using One of Multiple Procurement Options - A method and system for placing an order to purchase an item via the Internet. The order is placed by a user at a client system and received by a server system. The client system can display information identifying the item and, for each of multiple procurement options having information related to ordering the identified item, can display an indication of the procurement option such that selection of the displayed indication represents an ordering of the identified item using the information of the procurement option. In response to selection of a displayed indication, the client system can send to a server computer a request to order the identified item using the information of the procurement option for the selected indication. | 07-22-2010 |
J. Scott Hay, Parkland, FL US
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| 20110257685 | PRE-STRESSED SPINAL STABILIZATION SYSTEM - A spinal stabilization system, including a spinal implant having an elongate polymer body; a wire embedded in the body, the wire straining the polymer body; and a mounting element coupled to the elongate polymer body to facilitate engagement of the body to a spinal segment; and an orthopedic anchor having a threaded shaft; a head coupled to the threaded shaft, the head defining a cavity therein; a prosthesis coupling element at least partially disposed in the cavity and movable with respect to the head; and at least one asymmetrical ring circumscribing a portion of the prosthesis coupling element. | 10-20-2011 |
Judith A. Hay, Mountain View, CA US
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| 20090113282 | Automatic Linking of Documents - A document publishing system. Documents can be automatically linked. Links are automatically created within a first document to other documents, or to locations within the first document and then modified as necessary depending on a destination location to which the first document is moved. | 04-30-2009 |
Kevin Hay, Des Moines, WA US
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| 20100301794 | SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDING FEED-FORWARD CONTROL OF A BRUSHLESS SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR - A drive system, such as for a fluid jet cutting system, includes a brushless synchronous motor configured to drive movement through a loosely coupled transmission, a sensor configured to sense movement, and a control system configured to drive the brushless synchronous motor responsive to previously measured drive coupling. | 12-02-2010 |
Kevin A. Hay, Des Moines, WA US
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| 20110018185 | AUTOMATED, ADJUSTABLE, MACHINE-TOOL WORK-PIECE-MOUNTING APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention include various different types and sizes of automated, computer-controlled, adjustable machine-tool work-piece mounting systems used to support and constrain movement of work pieces during manufacture, repair, and maintenance. The automated, computer-controlled, adjustable machine-tool work-piece mounting systems that represent embodiments of the present invention are implemented from one or more adjustable machine-tool work-piece mounting-system modules. Each adjustable machine-tool work-piece mounting-system module comprises an array of extendable supports with non-circular and non-elliptical cross sections. In certain embodiments of the present invention, the extendable supports are extended and retracted along a direction approximately normal to a substrate or surface of the automated, computer-controlled, adjustable machine-tool work-piece mounting-system module by linear actuators and are maintained at desired positions by compressed-air brakes. Electrical power and control signals are delivered together through a common cable or cables to the linear actuators, with delivered electrical energy, stored within capacitors of the linear actuators and used to drive support-extension components and switches within the linear actuators. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110232442 | FLUID-JET SYSTEMS INCLUDING MULTIPLE INDEPENDENTLY-CONTROLLABLE BRIDGES AND FLUID-JET CUTTING HEADS, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Various embodiments of fluid-jet systems are described herein. In one embodiment, a fluid-jet system includes a table and two bridges that are each longitudinally movable along the table. Each bridge carries a fluid-jet cutting head latitudinally movable along the bridge. The fluid-jet system also includes a first controller operably coupled to the first bridge and the first fluid-jet cutting head. The first controller controls the first bridge and the first fluid-jet cutting head. The fluid-jet system also includes a second controller operably coupled to the second bridge and the second fluid-jet cutting head. The second controller controls the second bridge and the second fluid-jet cutting head independently of the control of the first bridge and the first fluid-jet cutting head by the first controller. | 09-29-2011 |
Mark E. Hay, Atlanta, GA US
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| 20110190338 | Compounds and Compositions Useful in the Treatment of Malaria - Provided herein compounds, compositions and methods useful for the treatment of malaria for a subject in need thereof, including compounds of Formula (I), Formula (II), Formula (III), Formula (IV), and Formula (V). | 08-04-2011 |
Michael Hay, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20110173215 | RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, RETRIEVAL SPACE MAP SERVER APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - To provide a retrieval space map in which the ratio of unnecessary files included in the retrieval result can be decreased. One or more retrieval object spaces (retrieval objects) in which a file suitable for a retrieval purpose exists at high possibility are predefined according to the retrieval purpose under a condition containing a number of retrieval objects, and the space in which a necessary file exists at high possibility can be searched by designating the retrieval object to be suited for the retrieval purpose at the time of retrieval. | 07-14-2011 |
Michael Hay, Mountain View, CA US
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| 20090222415 | EVALUATING RISK OF INFORMATION MISMANAGEMENT IN COMPUTER STORAGE - Method and system of evaluating overall risk of mismanagement of information contained in a file and its copies on a storage system. The method collects information about storage availability, accessibility, preservation and searchability of the data in each file. The method quantifies the collected information and allows a user to define risk criteria and assign risk values for each aspect of the collected information. The file risk of mismanagement of a specified data file is evaluated and compared against a threshold to determine whether or not the file is well-managed. If the file has copies, the file risk of mismanagement of each of the copies is also evaluated to obtain the risk of mismanagement of information in all of the copies. Copies with high risks of mismanagement may be discarded to lower the risk of mismanagement of the information. An administrator of a storage system may perform the method. | 09-03-2009 |
Michael Cameron Hay, Mountain View, CA US
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| 20090089498 | Transparently migrating ongoing I/O to virtualized storage - A method, medium and apparatus for transparently virtualizing storage in an operating computer system. The method includes a computer's recognizing a storage device connected to the computer through a physical connection, a storage virtualizing device's virtualizing the storage device, the computer's relating the storage device and the virtualized storage device and, finally, the computer's failing over to the virtualized storage device on the computer. While virtualizing, the storage virtualizing device, the physical connection and the first recognition maybe maintained through the step of virtualizing. While virtualizing, the method may recognize the storage device through a physical connection, virtualize the storage device and expose the virtualized storage device. In an further form of the method, from the time of recognition through the time of failing over, no I/O is interrupted by the method. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090089516 | Reclaiming storage on a thin-provisioning storage device - A method, medium and apparatus for managing storage in a thin-provisioning storage device. The method includes ceasing to use storage on thinly provisioned storage delivered by a thin-provisioning storage device and notifying the thin-provisioning storage device of the unused storage. The method may further include reclaiming the unused storage in response to the notification. Alternatively, the notification may include recognizing the storage being freed and communicating the recognition to the storage device. In another form, the invention is a method, medium and apparatus for managing storage in a thin-provisioning storage device. This method includes delivering thinly provisioned storage and receiving notification that part of the thinly provisioned storage is no longer in use. The method may further include reclaiming that part of the thinly provisioned storage in response to the notification. Between receiving and reclaiming, the method may wait for a time to pass. | 04-02-2009 |
Michael Edward Hay, Buckingham, IA US
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| 20090134290 | WALL STORAGE MOUNTING ARRANGEMENTS - A slatwall mounting system includes a rail member and a mounting arrangement. The rail member includes longitudinally extending upper and lower edges, a longitudinally extending upper slot portion including a downward extending undercut a longitudinally extending lower slot portion including an upward extending undercut. The mounting arrangement includes a bracket member having a downward oriented hook portion and a mounting aperture, and a cam assembly having a mounting cam assembled with a user graspable cam driver, the cam and cam driver defining an annular groove for securing the cam assembly to the mounting aperture. The mounting cam is rotatable between a slatwall securing position for mounting engagement with the lower slot of the rail member, and a slatwall releasing position, in response to user manipulation of the cam driver. | 05-28-2009 |
P. Jeffrey Hay, Los Alamos, NM US
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| 20110129411 | Method and system for hydrogen evolution and storage - A method and system for storing and evolving hydrogen (H | 06-02-2011 |
Ranald Joseph Hay, Bexley, OH US
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| 20090109648 | Techniques For Controlling Observed Glare Using Polarized Optical Transmission And Reception Devices - Systems and methods that utilize an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the polarization angle of a light source relative to the polarization angle of a viewing filter, so as to permit adjustment of visual contrast between interposed specular media and an object to be viewed and/or photographed, wherein the interposed specular media is an atmospheric phenomenon comprising a seemingly infinite number of dispersed specularly reflective particles enveloping at least one of an observer or a scene of interest. The light source includes a light generation mechanism for generating polarized light, and an optional source polarization angle determination mechanism for adjusting the angle of polarization of the light source. The viewing filter includes a filter polarization angle adjustment mechanism for adjusting at least one of the polarization angle of maximum light attenuation and the polarization angle of minimum light attenuation. | 04-30-2009 |
Richard T. Hay, Spring, TX US
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| 20090095528 | Downhole Motor Assembly with Torque Regulation - A downhole motor assembly for driving a drill bit. The assembly includes a hydraulic drive section with a stator and a rotor located inside the stator to form a flow path between the stator and the rotor. Fluid flowing through the flow path in response to a pressure differential across the hydraulic drive section creates an operative force to rotate the drill bit. The assembly also includes a regulation mechanism that includes a valve and a fluid flow diversion bore for diverting at least some fluid from the flow path when the pressure differential across the hydraulic drive section is greater than or equal to a transition pressure differential. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20100108383 | Drilling Apparatus and Method - A drilling apparatus includes an upper drill string, a lower drill string including a rotary drilling motor, an orientable rotatable connection between the drill strings, a reactive torque control device associated with the orientable rotatable connection, an orientation sensing device for providing a sensed actual orientation of the lower drill string, and a feedback control system configured to actuate the control device in response to the sensed actual orientation to achieve a target orientation of the lower drill string. A drilling method includes actuating the control device to prevent relative rotation of the drill strings, providing a sensed actual orientation of the lower drill string, comparing the sensed actual orientation with a target orientation of the lower drill string, actuating the control device to allow the lower drill string to rotate to provide the target orientation, and actuating the control device to prevent relative rotation of the drill strings. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100219646 | Apparatus and Method for Generating Power Downhole - A downhole power generator comprises a substantially tubular body. A cover surrounds at least a portion of the body. At least one piezoelectric element is disposed in a cavity in the body, the piezoelectric element acting cooperatively with the cover such that motion of the cover relative to the body causes the piezoelectric element to generate electric power. A method for generating power downhole comprises disposing a cover around at least a portion of a substantially tubular body; disposing at least one piezoelectric element in the body; and engaging the piezoelectric element with the cover such that motion of the cover relative to the body causes the piezoelectric element to generate electric power. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20110284292 | Apparatus and Method for Steerable Drilling - A method for drilling a wellbore comprises extending a rotatable drill string in the wellbore, where the drill string has a bottom hole assembly coupled to a bottom end thereof. A lower section of the bottom hole assembly comprising a steering apparatus is coupled to an upper section of the bottom hole assembly with a controllably adjustable clutch. A steering apparatus toolface angle is detected. The clutch is controllably adjusted to maintain the steering apparatus toolface angle within a predetermined range about a target steering apparatus toolface angle while rotating the upper section with the drill string. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20120061143 | Guide Wire for Ranging and Subsurface Broadcast Telemetry - A managed bulk drilling system that employs a guide wire for ranging and crosswell telemetry. Some system embodiments include multiple drilling assemblies operating in the vicinity of a reference well that contains an electrical cable. The electrical cable is coupled to a surface control system. The control system uses the electrical cable as part of an antenna to receive uplink signals from the drilling assemblies and to broadcast down-link signals to the drilling assemblies. The uplink signals can include position data and the downlink signals can include individual steering commands to adjust the trajectories of each drilling assembly. The cable can also generate a guidance field for the drilling assemblies to detect and follow. | 03-15-2012 |
Richard Thomas Hay, Spring, TX US
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| 20100224415 | Methods and apparatus for drilling, completing and configuring U-tube boreholes - A borehole network including first and second end surface locations and at least one intermediate surface location interconnected by a subterranean path, and a method for connecting a subterranean path between a first borehole including a directional section and a second borehole including a directional section. A directional drilling component is drilled in at least one of the directional sections to obtain a required proximity between the first and second boreholes. An intersecting component is drilled, utilizing magnetic ranging techniques, from one directional section to provide a borehole intersection between the first and second boreholes, thereby connecting the subterranean path. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110114388 | Methods and apparatus for drilling, completing and configuring U-tube boreholes - A borehole network including first and second end surface locations and at least one intermediate surface location interconnected by a subterranean path, and a method for connecting a subterranean path between a first borehole including a directional section and a second borehole including a directional section. A directional drilling component is drilled in at least one of the directional sections to obtain a required proximity between the first and second boreholes. An intersecting component is drilled, utilizing magnetic ranging techniques, from one directional section to provide a borehole intersection between the first and second boreholes, thereby connecting the subterranean path. | 05-19-2011 |
Robert Hay, Boise, ID US
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| 20090273404 | Frequency Adjustable Surface Acoustic Wave Oscillator - A frequency adjustable surface acoustic wave oscillator uses circuitry in which the phase relationship between the corresponding input and output signals and the voltage applied to or received by transducer fingers is controlled in such a manner that the frequency of the surface acoustic wave oscillator is arbitrarily controlled over a wide range by digital means. This provides an oscillator that exhibits a wide tunable frequency range while providing low phase noise. | 11-05-2009 |
Robert G. Hay, Pelham, AL US
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| 20090298358 | Corrosion Resistant automatic splice - A corrosion resistant automatic splice having a housing with opposed first and second ends, an interior cavity between the ends, and a plurality of drainage openings disposed between an exterior surface of the housing and the interior cavity. The first and second ends are each adjacent a biasing member or spring. A semi frustoconical gripping jaw or clamp is located at each of the first and second ends adapted for receiving a cable. The drainage openings aid in voiding corrosive contaminants from the interior cavity of the splice. | 12-03-2009 |
Ronald Hay, Ann Arbor, MI US
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| 20090027334 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR TOUCHSCREEN-ENABLED COMPUTER SYSTEMS - A method for controlling a graphical user interface (GUI) for a touchscreen-enabled computer systems provides a variety of software methods (tools) provide for high-fidelity control of the user interface. The TrackScreen tool provides finger-friendly mouse functions such as scrolling, dragging and clicking. The Magnifier application continuously captures the current screen image, and displays a magnified subset of it. Selecting within this magnified area with a pointing device (mouse, touchscreen, digitizer, etc) causes the application to simulate the action on the portion of the screen corresponding to the point in the magnified image that was selected. A KeyBoard application, a keyboard is rendered on screen, with sufficient size that the individual keys are easily selectable with an unaided finger. The Common Tasks Tool or CTT) allows common keyboard shortcuts, mouse events, and other user interface events to be specified in a configuration file and represented on screen as a large, easy-to-click button. The Touchscreen Task Switcher is invoked using any interface (software or hardware) element, and visually takes up the entire screen. The Touchscreen Snapshot utility ties in with an external camera with a physical button on it. The Window Template Manager (WTM), is used to specify, and then instantiate, the position and sizes of multiple windows for use with a touchscreen display. The Touch Portal is a full-screen application with a set of customizable buttons representing applications and other tools. | 01-29-2009 |
Stephen O. Hay, South Windsor, CT US
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| 20100196223 | PHOTOCATALYST PROTECTION - A gas treatment system for treating a gas stream containing contaminants includes first and second gas treatment members in fluid communication with each other. Each of the first and second gas treatment members is selectively controllable between an on and an off condition. A third gas treatment member is in fluid communication with the first and second gas treatment members, and the third gas treatment member selectively retains or releases the contaminants based upon the on or off condition of at least one of the first or second gas treatment members. | 08-05-2010 |
Stuart S. Hay, South Windsor, CT US
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| 20090313966 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING FAILURES OF GAS SHUTOFF VALVES IN GAS TURBINES - A controller for a turbine power plant that is operable to identify a failure condition and measure a shutoff valve performance. | 12-24-2009 |
Thomas E. Hay, Tiffin, OH US
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| 20090241625 | TURNED BLANK MONITOR - A method and apparatus for detecting a turned blank at a workstation in a progressive forging machine comprising simultaneously monitoring both the force on a tool in the workstation and the crank angle of the machine, determining a reference crank angle when the tool is subjected to a force at the workstation about to deliver a blow and a blank in the workstation is properly angularly aligned, operating the machine to forge blanks in a normal manner when a force on the tool at the workstation occurs substantially at the reference crank angle, and interrupting said normal manner when the force on the tool at the workstation occurs before said reference crankshaft angle to enable the blank being formed at the workstation to be separated from remaining blanks being forged in the machine. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090241631 | HOSE FITTING - A machine, tooling and method for cold forming complex metal parts such as a banjo style hose fitting starting with a near net shape volume of wire and continuing with multiple forging blows and an intermediate rotation of the blank to produce a hose coupling shell end, a transition neck, a large counterbored annular coupling body and a perpendicular alignment tang. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20110061434 | POINT FORMING PROCESSES - A set of tooling for a progressive forming machine comprising die and tool units having internal complementary cavity portions for receiving a workpiece, one of said units being arranged to slide a limited distance along its axis and to be biased by a spring force towards the other unit when the units are mounted in the forming machine, the units each having an end face with a smooth surface finish adapted to press against the smooth surface finish of the end face of the other unit, the end face area of one of the units being relatively small compared to its major cross-sectional area whereby a high contact pressure between the end faces is obtained for a given spring bias force such that extrusion/cooling oil coating a workpiece received in the cavity portions is restrained from leakage from the cavity portions across said end faces during a hydrostatic trapped extrusion of the workpiece in the die and tool units whereby the die and tool units are capable of shaping the workpiece to a degree beyond limits of conventional cold-forming processes. | 03-17-2011 |
Vorin Hay, Nashua, NH US
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| 20080314557 | THERMOELECTRIC DEVICE AND HEAT SINK ASSEMBLY WITH REDUCED EDGE HEAT LOSS - An assembly that includes one or more thermoelectric devices and a heat sink and that corrects the problem of an uneven heating effect across the area occupied by the devices due to a lateral heat loss at the edges of the devices or other anomalies among the devices is constructed with a heat sink that contains voids in the slab or flat surface that is in thermal contact with the thermoelectric devices. The voids are located at or within the periphery of the area that is directly aligned with the thermoelectric devices and are concentrated in regions relatively close to the periphery, leaving an area in the center of the slab that is either void-free or of a relatively low void density. | 12-25-2008 |
William D. Hay, Seattle, WA US
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| 20090164527 | CREATING AND UTILIZING NETWORK RESTORE POINTS - The creation and utilization of network restore points is provided by a schema associated with a structured data set that can be conveniently backed up by periodically taking snapshots of the structured data to establish a series of restore points that can be used in the event that the primary structured data becomes lost or corrupted. In general, the snapshots are only taken after the structured data set has undergone a change in content, although they may be taken at other times as well. The snapshot may be taken by a network restore point engine that can be accessed by a user over the Internet. In addition, the snapshot may be stored on an Internet-based storage medium or it may be pushed to or pulled by the client so that the snapshot resides on a client-resident storage medium. | 06-25-2009 |