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David Heinrich, Tomball, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120110562SYNCHRONIZED FIRMWARE UPDATE - A first firmware image is copied from a first memory to a second memory. Firmware access requests are directed from a host processing system to a memory location in the second memory. A second firmware image is written to the first memory. Conditioned on occurrence of a switching event a switch is set to direct firmware access requests from the host processing system to a memory location in the first memory storing the second firmware image. In some cases, firmware access requests are directed from a host processing system to a memory location in a first memory storing a first firmware image. A second firmware image is written to a second memory. Conditioned on occurrence of a switching event, a switch is set to direct firmware access requests from the host processing system to a memory location in the second memory storing the second firmware image.05-03-2012

David F. Heinrich, Tomball, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080310967INTELLIGENT AIR MOVING APPARATUS - An intelligent air moving apparatus for cooling an electronics enclosure includes a motor for driving a fan at a variable rotational speed and a microcontroller for controlling the rotational speed of the motor. The microcontroller includes a speed sensor for sensing the rotational speed such that when the sensed rotational speed deviates below a target speed, the microcontroller detects a locked rotor condition.12-18-2008
20120012275INTELLIGENT AIR MOVER APPARATUS - A system for cooling an electronics enclosure comprises a plurality of fan modules. Each fan module comprises, a motor for driving a fan at a variable rotational speed, a microcontroller for controlling the rotational speed of the motor, an interface for electronically communicating between the microcontroller and an infrastructure controller external to the fan module, the infrastructure controller providing a target speed to the microcontroller, a memory for storing data including speed avoidance zones, wherein when the target speed falls within one of the speed avoidance zones, the microcontroller controls the motor speed to be slightly outside the speed avoidance zone.01-19-2012
20120039165Network Interface - A network interface includes a first port configured for communicatively coupling to a first interface for selectively passing communication signals between the first interface and a processor communicatively coupled to the network interface; a second port configured for communicatively coupling to a second interface for selectively passing communication signals between the second interface and the processor; and a controller configured to, independently of the processor, switch communications from between the first interface and the processor to between the second interface and the processor in response to detecting a failure of communications through the first port.02-16-2012
20120124186SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLE HOST MANAGEMENT - Methods, devices, and systems for multiple host management are provided. An example of a method for multiple host management includes a multiple host management device managing a plurality of host instances. The multiple host management device can provide each of the plurality of host instances with a plurality of input/output (I/O) functionalities.05-17-2012
20120124448MEMORY SUBSYSTEM HAVING A FIRST PORTION TO STORE DATA WITH ERROR CORRECTION CODE INFORMATION AND A SECOND PORTION TO STORE DATA WITHOUT ERROR CORRECTION CODE INFORMATION - A system comprising a memory subsystem having at least one memory device, and a memory controller to control access of the memory subsystem, wherein the memory controller is configured to store data with error correction code (ECC) information in a first portion of the memory subsystem, and to store data without ECC information in a second portion of the memory subsystem.05-17-2012

Patent applications by David F. Heinrich, Tomball, TX US

Douglas Heinrich, Salt Lake City, UT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110204826SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCKING A PORTABLE ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - One embodiment of the present invention relates to a portable illumination system having a locked state that minimizes unintended activation. The system includes a first activated state, deactivated state, and locked state. The first activated state generates a first optical output via the optical output device. The deactivated state deactivates the optical output device. The locked state also deactivates the optical output device. The system further includes a switching mechanism configured to receive a first and second physical user input and an algorithm of operation for each of the states. The algorithms of operation for the first activated state and the deactivated state correlate the first and second physical user inputs with a state change between the first activated state, deactivated state, and locked state. The algorithm of operation for the locked state is restricted in that it correlates only the second physical user input with a state change.08-25-2011

Dwight Heinrich, Aurora, IL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110123817MOISTURE CURABLE POLYAMIDES AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME - The present invention is directed to polyamides that are crosslinkable in the presence of water having desirable properties including long open time, good adhesion and cold flexibility. Notably, the polyamides of the present invention are suitable for structural and semi-structural bonding applications utilizing a hot melt process, roll coater or bead extrusion process.05-26-2011

Dwight D. Heinrich, Aurora, IL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090042047POLYAMIDES - The reaction of diner acids, C02-12-2009
20100282411POLYAMIDES - Solvent-resistant polyamides having an exceptionally desirable combination of properties, including good cold flexibility, excellent impact resistance and high heat resistance are obtained by reacting a) an acid component comprising at least one C11-11-2010

Ethan S. Heinrich, San Pedro, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090269162Fastener with Bilateral seal for liquid immersion cooling applications - A fastener assembly including an elongate fastener adapted to extend through a chamber having a longitudinal axis, a first end and a second end; a first seal disposed at least partially at the first end of the fastener to prevent leakage of fluid from the chamber; and a second seal disposed at least partially at the second end of the fastener to prevent leakage of fluid from the chamber. In a specific embodiment, the first and second seals are conical seals and a third seal is provided by a gasket. The invention also provides a method for securing a fluid filled chamber to a surface comprising the steps of: placing an insert onto the surface such that a first end of the insert abuts the surface; placing the chamber onto the surface whereby the insert extends through an opening therethrough; threading a first end of a threaded fastener through the insert into the surface thereby closing a first lower seal arrangement; and securing the chamber to the surface by sealing the chamber with a nut thereby closing a second seal arrangement with respect to the chamber.10-29-2009
20110113618PROCESS FOR FABRICATING AN ORIGAMI FORMED ANTENNA RADIATING STRUCTURE - A process for fabricating an origami formed antenna radiating structure is provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a process for precisely fabricating a radio frequency (RF) antenna structure, the process including providing a flexible circuit substrate, forming a plurality of parallel channels in the flexible circuit substrate in a first direction, mounting the flexible substrate to a precision die, pressing the flexible substrate into the precision die using an elastomeric material thereby sandwiching the flexible substrate between the elastomeric material and the precision die, and applying heat to the flexible substrate sandwiched between the elastomeric material and the precision die.05-19-2011

Ethan Santosh Heinrich, San Pedro, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100233851SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING FLIP CHIP PERFORMANCE - A system for improving flip chip performance is provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to an assembly configured to improve performance of a flip chip device, the assembly including a semiconductor die having an active surface and a back surface, the active surface including a plurality of conductive pads, an interposer substrate having a first surface in electrical contact with the active surface of the semiconductor die and a second surface, a space between the active surface of the semiconductor die and the first surface of the interposer substrate, where the space is essentially free of underfill material, and a carrier substrate having a top surface in electrical contact with the second surface of the interposer.09-16-2010

Harley Heinrich, Snohomish, WA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090114727LASER BARCODE SCANNER EMPLOYING HETERODYNING TECHNIQUES - A system and method of scanning machine-readable symbols with a signal source modulated by a local oscillator to create by heterodyne mixing upconverted signals at the sum and difference frequencies of the local oscillator frequency and the frequency of the time-varying reflectance off the scanned symbols is disclosed. The reflected heterodyned signal is detected by a receiver. Ambient noise is filtered out from the reflected signal, and the received signal at the sum and difference frequencies is processed.05-07-2009
20090251288METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RFID TAG DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION - This disclosure discloses methods and apparatus for detecting and characterizing radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags.10-08-2009

Patent applications by Harley Heinrich, Snohomish, WA US

James Merle Heinrich, Fairfield, OH US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090232873Personal Care Composition in the Form of an Article - Personal care compositions, especially those personal care compositions in the form of an article that is a porous, dissolvable solid structure.09-17-2009
20090263342Non-Lathering Personal Care Composition in the Form of an Article - A non-lathering personal care article in the form of a porous dissolvable solid structure, comprising: from about 0% to about 10% ionic surfactant; from about 1% to about 60% of a non-surfactant cosmetic active; from about 15% to about 70% polymeric structurant, wherein the polymeric structurant has a weighted average molecular weight of from about 40,000 to about 500,000; and from about 1% to about 30% plasticizer. The article has a density of from about 0.03 g/cm3 to about 0.15 g/cm3.10-22-2009
20100179083PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITION IN THE FORM OF AN ARTICLE HAVING A POROUS, DISSOLVABLE SOLID STRUCTURE - The present invention relates to a dissolvable article in the form of a porous dissolvable solid structure, comprising from about 23% to about 75% surfactant; wherein the surfactant has an average ethoxylate/alkyl ratio of from about 0.001 to about 0.45; from about 10% to about 50% water soluble polymer; and from about 1% to about 15% plasticizer; and wherein the article has a density of from about 0.05 g/cm07-15-2010
20100279905POROUS, DISSOLVABLE SOLID SUBSTRATES AND SURFACE RESIDENT CYCLODEXTRIN PERFUME COMPLEXES - The present invention relates to personal care compositions, especially those personal care compositions in the form of a personal care article that is a porous dissolvable solid substrate. The porous dissolvable solid substrate has a surface resident coating comprising a cyclodextrin perfume complex that can provide a consumer benefit.11-04-2010
20100286011PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITION IN THE FORM OF AN ARTICLE HAVING A POROUS, DISSOLVABLE SOLID STRUCTURE - The present invention relates to a dissolvable article in the form of a porous dissolvable solid structure, comprising from about 10% to about 50% water soluble polymer; from about 1% to about 25% plasticizer; from about 23% to about 75% surfactant; wherein said surfactants comprise one or more surfactants from Group I, wherein Group I includes anionic surfactants, and one or more surfactants from Group II, wherein Group II includes a surfactant selected from the group consisting of amphoteric, zwitterionic and combinations thereof; wherein the ratio of Group I to Group II surfactants is from about 5:95 to about 30:70; and wherein said dissolvable article has a density of from about 0.05 g/cm3 to about 0.40 g/cm3.11-11-2010
20100291165PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITION IN THE FORM OF AN ARTICLE HAVING A HYDROPHOBIC SURFACE-RESIDENT COATING - The present invention relates to personal care compositions, especially those personal care compositions in the form of an article that is a porous, dissolvable solid structure. The article has a hydrophobic surface-resident coating that can provide enhanced deposition efficiency of hydrophobic actives contained therein.11-18-2010
20100298188PROCESS OF MAKING AN ARTICLE FOR DISSOLUTION UPON USE TO DELIVER SURFACTANTS - A process that results in a flexible dissolvable porous solid article that can be used as a personal care composition or a fabric care composition.11-25-2010

Patent applications by James Merle Heinrich, Fairfield, OH US

Mark Heinrich, Celebration, FL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090100096Systems, Devices, and Methods for Transferring Digital Information - Certain exemplary embodiments can be used to implement a method, system, device, software program product, machine-readable medium, signal, and/or user interface for, among other things: automatically down-sampling a first version of a digital image product to a second version; automatically uploading or downloading a predetermined version of the digital image product; automatically applying a transformation to a predetermined version of the digital image product; and/or automatically synchronizing versions across a server and/or multiple clients.04-16-2009

Michael Heinrich, Lake Oswego, OR US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100144750Use of N-Phenyl-2-Pyrimidineamine Derivatives Against Mast Cell-Based Diseases Like Allergic Disorders - Use of the N-phenyl-2-pyrimidine-amine derivatives of formula I,06-10-2010
20110201619Use of N-Phenyl-2-pyrimidineamine Derivatives Against Mast Cell-based Diseases Like Allergic Disorders - Use of the N-phenyl-2-pyrimidine-amine derivatives of formula I,08-18-2011

Patent applications by Michael Heinrich, Lake Oswego, OR US

Michael C. Heinrich, Lake Oswego, OR US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090221601Methods of identifying and treating individuals exhibiting mutant kit protein - The invention described herein relates to methods of identifying and treating individuals with protein tyrosine kinase associated disorders that have, or may, become resistant to treatment with a kinase inhibitor such as imatinib due to a gain-of-function mutation in KIT tyrosine kinase.09-03-2009
20090280495ACTIVATING MUTATIONS OF PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA (PDGFRA) AS DIAGNOSTIC MARKERS AND THERAPEUTIC TARGETS - This disclosure provides tyrosine kinase protein and nucleic acid variants, particularly PDGFRA variants, which are activating forms of these molecules and are linked to neoplasms and/or the development or progression of cancer. The disclosure further provides methods of diagnosis and prognosis, and development of new therapeutic agents using these molecules and fragments thereof, and kits for employing these methods and compositions.11-12-2009
20110081730ACTIVATING MUTATIONS OF PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA (PDGFRA) AS DIAGNOSTIC MARKERS AND THERAPEUTIC TARGET - This disclosure provides tyrosine kinase protein and nucleic acid variants, particularly PDGFRA variants, which are activating forms of these molecules and are linked to neoplasms and/or the development or progression of cancer. The disclosure further provides methods of diagnosis and prognosis, and development of new therapeutic agents using these molecules and fragments thereof, and kits for employing these methods and compositions.04-07-2011

Patent applications by Michael C. Heinrich, Lake Oswego, OR US

Mitchell Heinrich, San Francisco, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110062913METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHARGING A BATTERY - A method and apparatus for identifying different types of energy sources used to charge a battery by receiving energy from at least one of the different types of energy sources at input terminals, identifying the type of energy source, and selecting a mode for charging the battery based on the type of energy source identified. A method and apparatus for protecting against certain energy sources used to charge a battery is also disclosed.03-17-2011
20110159939FIGHT ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A fight analysis system to objectively determine the quality and quantity of strikes in a fight. In one exemplary embodiment, one fighter wears a plurality of passive RFID tags at different locations that are read by a striking module (e.g., a knife) when the striking module lands on, or comes in proximity to, the fighter, to provide the location of a strike. Force sensors in the striking module enable determination of the type and force of a landed strike. In another exemplary embodiment, force sensors (e.g., pressure sensors used with fluid bladders) are used to determine both the location and the force associated with a landed strike. A graphical user interface module displays information gathered by the fight analysis system.06-30-2011

Nina Mahealani Heinrich, Redwood City, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090014340DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MEASURING GLUCOSE - Systems and methods for detecting glucose in a sample using, for example, a regenerable sensor are described. The sensor may, for example, include boronic acid to detect with great sensitivity and at a low cost the glucose in the sample.01-15-2009

Peter Heinrich, Milton, WA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120099268MEMORY RETENTION SYSTEM TO REDUCE SHOCK-RELATED DISCONTINUITIES - A memory retention and support system includes a memory chassis. A board is mounted to the memory chassis. A memory connector is mounted to the board and includes a pair of guide members at opposite distal ends of the memory connector and a pair of opposing outer walls extending between the guide members. A connector reinforcing member engages the memory connector to urge the guide members toward each other and to urge the opposing outer walls toward each other. A damping member is operable to be positioned adjacent to and spaced apart from the memory connector in order to engage a memory module when the memory module is coupled to the memory connector. The connector reinforcing member and the damping member act to resist a discontinuities between a plurality of memory contacts on the memory module and a plurality of connector contacts on the memory connector.04-26-2012

Russel Heinrich, Madison, CT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080272175SURGICAL STAPLING INSTRUMENTS INCLUDING A CARTRIDGE HAVING MULTIPLE STAPLE SIZES - A surgical stapling apparatus includes a staple cartridge and an anvil member. The staple cartridge includes a plurality of surgical fasteners disposed in rows of retention slots. The staple cartridge may have an annular or linear configuration of retention slots. The tissue contacting surface of the staple cartridge may be tapered or stepped. The anvil member has a tissue contacting surface that includes a number of pockets arranged for substantially aligning with the retention slots. In addition, the tissue contacting surface of the anvil member may complement the tissue contacting surface of the staple cartridge.11-06-2008

Russell S. Heinrich, Hamden, CT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120004674ABSORBABLE FASTENER AND APPLYING APPARATUS - A surgical fastener apparatus, for securing a surgical mesh material to body tissue including a pair of anchors each having retaining means formed on an outer surface thereof; and a suture tether interconnecting the pair of anchors to one another. The pair of anchors having a substantially cylindrical body having a conically tapered distal end and a planar proximal end. The retaining means includes a series of semi-circular angled projections having a planar proximal surface and a tapered distal end, wherein a center of each of the angled projections is spaced a distance from a longitudinal central axis of the body portion. The surgical fastener is made from a bioabsorbable material which reabsorbs into said body tissue at an appropriate rate, such as for example, polyglycolic acid and polylactic acid.01-05-2012
20120059397ABSORBABLE FASTENER AND APPLYING APPARATUS - A surgical fastener apparatus, for securing a surgical mesh material to body tissue including a pair of anchors each having retaining means formed on an outer surface thereof; and a suture tether interconnecting the pair of anchors to one another. The pair of anchors having a substantially cylindrical body having a conically tapered distal end and a planar proximal end. The retaining means includes a series of semi-circular angled projections having a planar proximal surface and a tapered distal end, wherein a center of each of the angled projections is spaced a distance from a longitudinal central axis of the body portion. The surgical fastener is made from a bioabsorbable material which reabsorbs into said body tissue at an appropriate rate, such as for example, polyglycolic acid and polylactic acid.03-08-2012
20120078275ABSORBABLE FASTENER AND APPLYING APPARATUS - A surgical fastener apparatus, for securing a surgical mesh material to body tissue including a pair of anchors each having retaining means formed on an outer surface thereof; and a suture tether interconnecting the pair of anchors to one another. The pair of anchors having a substantially cylindrical body having a conically tapered distal end and a planar proximal end. The retaining means includes a series of semi-circular angled projections having a planar proximal surface and a tapered distal end, wherein a center of each of the angled projections is spaced a distance from a longitudinal central axis of the body portion. The surgical fastener is made from a bioabsorbable material which reabsorbs into said body tissue at an appropriate rate, such as for example, polyglycolic acid and polylactic acid.03-29-2012
20120109157ABSORBABLE FASTENER AND APPLYING APPARATUS - A surgical fastener apparatus, for securing a surgical mesh material to body tissue including a pair of anchors each having retaining means formed on an outer surface thereof; and a suture tether interconnecting the pair of anchors to one another. The pair of anchors having a substantially cylindrical body having a conically tapered distal end and a planar proximal end. The retaining means includes a series of semi-circular angled projections having a planar proximal surface and a tapered distal end, wherein a center of each of the angled projections is spaced a distance from a longitudinal central axis of the body portion. The surgical fastener is made from a bioabsorbable material which reabsorbs into said body tissue at an appropriate rate, such as for example, polyglycolic acid and polylactic acid.05-03-2012

Russell S. Heinrich, Madison, CT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110017802SURGICAL STAPLER WITH TACTILE FEEDBACK SYSTEM - A surgical instrument comprising a handle portion, an elongated body portion extending distally from the handle portion, and a tool adjacent the distal portion of the elongated body portion and having at least one jaw movable to a clamping position to clamp tissue. A tactile feedback system includes an expandable member extending from the handle portion, the expandable member providing a tactile indicator of a tissue parameter of tissue clamped by the least one jaw.01-27-2011
20110137129LAPAROSCOPIC SCAFFOLD ASSEMBLY - A scaffold assembly includes an instrument pod and a plurality of actuable movers. The instrument pod may include one or more instruments operably coupled thereto. The instrument pod is inserted through a tissue tract into the body cavity. Each actuatable mover includes an insertion member extending therefrom therefrom for insertion within tissue. Each mover has one or more lines removably attachable to the instrument pod that are configured to move the instrument pod between different positions relative to each mover upon the actuation of one or more of the movers to move the instrument pod within the body cavity.06-09-2011

Steven J. Heinrich, Madison, AL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110078427TRAP HANDLER ARCHITECTURE FOR A PARALLEL PROCESSING UNIT - A trap handler architecture is incorporated into a parallel processing subsystem such as a GPU. The trap handler architecture minimizes design complexity and verification efforts for concurrently executing threads by imposing a property that all thread groups associated with a streaming multi-processor are either all executing within their respective code segments or are all executing within the trap handler code segment.03-31-2011

Steven James Heinrich, Madison, AL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110078367CONFIGURABLE CACHE FOR MULTIPLE CLIENTS - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for providing a L1 cache that is a central storage resource. The L1 cache services multiple clients with diverse latency and bandwidth requirements. The L1 cache may be reconfigured to create multiple storage spaces enabling the L1 cache may replace dedicated buffers, caches, and FIFOs in previous architectures. A “direct mapped” storage region that is configured within the L1 cache may replace dedicated buffers, FIFOs, and interface paths, allowing clients of the L1 cache to exchange attribute and primitive data. The direct mapped storage region may used as a global register file. A “local and global cache” storage region configured within the L1 cache may be used to support load/store memory requests to multiple spaces. These spaces include global, local, and call-return stack (CRS) memory.03-31-2011
20110078381Cache Operations and Policies For A Multi-Threaded Client - A method for managing a parallel cache hierarchy in a processing unit. The method including receiving an instruction that includes a cache operations modifier that identifies a level of the parallel cache hierarchy in which to cache data associated with the instruction; and implementing a cache replacement policy based on the cache operations modifier.03-31-2011
20110078692COALESCING MEMORY BARRIER OPERATIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE PARALLEL THREADS - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for coalescing memory barrier operations across multiple parallel threads. Memory barrier requests from a given parallel thread processing unit are coalesced to reduce the impact to the rest of the system. Additionally, memory barrier requests may specify a level of a set of threads with respect to which the memory transactions are committed. For example, a first type of memory barrier instruction may commit the memory transactions to a level of a set of cooperating threads that share an L1 (level one) cache. A second type of memory barrier instruction may commit the memory transactions to a level of a set of threads sharing a global memory. Finally, a third type of memory barrier instruction may commit the memory transactions to a system level of all threads sharing all system memories. The latency required to execute the memory barrier instruction varies based on the type of memory barrier instruction.03-31-2011

Steven L. Heinrich, Madison, AL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110082961Sharing Data Crossbar for Reads and Writes in a Data Cache - The invention sets forth an L1 cache architecture that includes a crossbar unit configured to transmit data associated with both read data requests and write data requests. Data associated with read data requests is retrieved from a cache memory and transmitted to the client subsystems. Similarly, data associated with write data requests is transmitted from the client subsystems to the cache memory. To allow for the transmission of both read and write data on the crossbar unit, an arbiter is configured to schedule the crossbar unit transmissions as well and arbitrate between data requests received from the client subsystems.04-07-2011

Tobias Heinrich, Berlin, DE US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090208410ED-B FIBRONECTIN AS STRATIFICATION MARKER FOR ANTI-TUMOR DRUGS - The present invention relates to a method for stratifying tumor cells comprising the steps: (a) providing a sample comprising tumor cells to be analysed, (b) contacting said sample with an ED-B fibronectin-specific molecule and assessing the binding thereof to tumor cells in said sample, and (c) stratifying said tumor cells based on the assessment of step (b).08-20-2009

Wilheim A. Heinrich, White Haven, PA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120124867MAGNETICALLY ALIGNED FOOTWEAR - The present invention is directed to a pair of shoes and integral shoe alignment means comprising a first magnetic device fixed at a selected position along the instep side of a left shoe and a second magnetic device fixed to the instep side of a right shoe opposite the first magnetic device. The first magnetic device and the second magnetic device are positioned to attract and magnetically align the left shoe and the right shoe in proper position for foot placement into the magnetically aligned shoes.05-24-2012