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Brian M. Hennessey, Barrington, RI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100311515APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING A GOLF SWING - A training apparatus for improving a golfer's golf swing is disclosed. The training apparatus can restrict movement of the golfer's hands, as well as the shaft of the golfer's golf club, during the swing. A set of rails supported by a support structure are oriented so as to restrict the golfer's hand movement, and golf club shaft movement. The set of rails include at least two rails for inducing the golfer to move the golfer's hands within the hand space, throughout at least a portion of the swing, and at least two rails for inducing the golfer to move the golfer's golf club shaft within the golf club shaft space. The rails can include various adjustability features, allowing for adjusting the height and angular orientation of the set of rails, as well as the spacing and orientation of individual rails relative to each other.12-09-2010

Clement William Hennessey, Golden, CO US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100096935AIR BUSHING LINEAR STAGE SYSTEM - A linear stage system is provided. The linear stage system includes a base, a carriage plate, a first shaft, a first air bushing coupled to the base, a first motor coupled to the base and the carriage plate, and a first position encoder. The first air bushing is configured to support the carriage plate via the first shaft, wherein the first air bushing utilizes the first shaft as a guide surface and is configured to support positioning of the carriage plate along an axis. The first motor is configured to create a linear motion parallel to the axis in a first motor element coupled to the carriage plate to position the carriage plate along the axis in response to a first control signal. The first position encoder is configured to determine a position of the carriage plate relative to the base.04-22-2010

Craig King Hennessey, Avondale, PA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090078328Pipe Interior Coatings - Pipe useful for downhole and transport of hydrocarbon fuel such as oil and/or natural gas is provided that has a non-stick coating adhered to the pipe interior surface, said coating being at least about 50 μm thick and comprising at least two layers constituting an inner layer and an outer layer adhered to one another, each said layers containing polymer binder and fluoropolymer and being at least about 15 μm thick, the weight proportion of said polymer binder to said fluoropolymer in said inner layer and in said outer layer but being effective to maintain adhesion between said layers during pressurization and decompression upon said non-stick coating being exposed to the Autoclave Test and the proportion of said fluoropolymer in said inner layer and said outer layer being effective to protect said interior surface during exposure of said non-stick coating to the Acid Soak Test.03-26-2009
20100034504Melt Processible Semicrystalline Fluoropolymer Comprising Repeating Units Arising from Tetrafluoroethylene and a Hydrocarbon Monomer Having a Functional Group and a Polymerizable Carbon-Carbon Double Bond, and Multilayer Articles Therefrom - Disclosed is a melt processible semicrystalline fluoropolymer comprising: (a) about 0.001 to about 25 weight percent of repeating units arising from a hydrocarbon monomer having a functional group and a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond, wherein said functional group is at least one selected from the group consisting of amine, amide, hydroxyl, phosphonate, sulfonate, nitrile, boronate and epoxidehydrocarbon monomer; and (b) the remaining weight percent of repeating units arising from tetrafluoroethylene. This melt processible semicrystalline fluoropolymer is impermeable to fuels and is useful as a lining for petroleum fuel tubing, as well as chemical resistance coating for, or adhesive between, perfluoropolymer and other polymers, metals and inorganics.02-11-2010

Patent applications by Craig King Hennessey, Avondale, PA US

Frank Hennessey, Arlington Heights, IL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080302221Aldyl a tee scraper - A utility service tee scraping tool having three basic components—a scraper or cutting element, a scraper holder, and an alignment body. The scraper includes a rigid, vertically oriented body to which one or more cutting blades are attached. The scraper holder includes a service pipe tee clamp having two gripping elements with surfaces adapted to fit snugly around the service pipe tee and maintain the tee scraping tool in a fixed position during operation. The tool may be manipulated from above ground. Although particularly suitable for use in keyhole excavations where remote operation of the tool is required, the tool may also be used in traditional excavations.12-11-2008
20110273178DEVICE FOR MARKING OUT BURIED OBJECTS - A method and apparatus for marking the location of a buried object in which the location of the buried object is determined and a barhole driver or plunger bar having a detachable plug element and a marking material for marking the location of the buried object is driven into the ground proximate the location of the buried object. The detachable plug element detaches from the plunger bar as the plunger bar is removed from the ground, leaving a substantially continuous path of the marking material in the ground extending substantially continuously from proximate the detachable plug element to the ground surface.11-10-2011

James J. Hennessey, Clifton Park, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080312489Fluorescent bulb mercury clean-up method - Described herein is a method and instrumentation for cleaning up mercury spilled from broken fluorescent light bulbs. The method provides for the safe clean-up of the mercury spilled from four or fewer four-foot bulbs (or their equivalent) without the use of a respirator or other respiratory protection, while avoiding the expense associated with contracting an environmental remediation firm to perform the clean-up.12-18-2008

James M. Hennessey, Kirkland, WA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090132308Solution for Managed Personal Computing - Solutions for managed personal computing (SMPC) described herein involve providing multiple services to users in a bundled fashion. In one aspect, SMPC are implemented by a system including a service delivery platform configured to deliver a plurality of services provided by a plurality of entities to a client computer. Service logic running on the service delivery platform is provided to orchestrate a plurality of service adapters. The plurality of service adapters is configured to provide an interface between the service delivery platform and at least two servers associated with at least two of the entities. In this way, the service delivery platform provides a single interface for multiple different services.05-21-2009

James R. Hennessey, West Hartford, CT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110167986EQUIPMENT STAND - An equipment support stand comprises an upright member having an upper shaft, a lower shaft having an engaging structure located thereon, and an adjusting clutch connecting the upper shaft and the lower shaft. The stand also comprises means for locating equipment on an upper end of the upper shaft and a base assembly located on a lower end of the lower shaft. The base assembly comprises a support housing and receiving structure for cooperating with the engaging structure located on the lower shaft. The receiving structure is copperative with the engaging structure on the lower shaft to prevent the rotation of the lower shaft relative to the base assembly.07-14-2011
20110168867MICROPHONE SUPPORT SYSTEM - A system for supporting a microphone comprises a microphone clip having a holder, a shock absorber coupled to the holder, and a mount plate coupled to the shock absorber. The shock absorber comprises one or more webs having one or more openings defined therein, and the mount plate defines a pair of generally opposed channels. The clip is attachable to a grip plate mounted on a stand. The grip plate defines a pair of lips, each being configured to engage each of the generally opposed channels on the mount plate. A microphone support device comprises a microphone sleeve, a shock absorber integrally formed with the microphone sleeve, and a mount plate integrally formed with the shock absorber. The shock absorber comprises one or more webs having a plurality of openings. A grip plate is selectively engageable with the mount plate and is adjustably mountable on a microphone stand.07-14-2011

James T. Hennessey, Rutland, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090047544Method of preparing pressureless sintered, highly dense boron carbide materials - In a method of preparing a boron carbide material, boron carbide powder is washed with essentially pure water at an elevated temperature to generate washed boron carbide powder. The washed boron carbide powder is combined with a sintering aid. The mixture of the boron carbide powder and the sintering aid is pressed to form a shaped material, and the shaped material is sintered. A sintered boron carbide material comprises a boron carbide component that includes boron carbide, elemental carbon, and not more than about 0.6 wt % of oxygen on the basis of the total weight of the boron carbide component. The sintered boron carbide material has a density of at least about 99% of the theoretical density. Another sintered boron carbide material comprises a boron carbide component that includes boron carbide, silicon carbide, elemental carbon, and not more than about 0.3 wt % oxygen on the basis of the total weight of the boron carbide component, and has a density of at least about 97% of the theoretical density.02-19-2009
20110160035METHOD OF PREPARING PRESSURELESS SINTERED, HIGHLY DENSE BORON CARBIDE MATERIALS - In a method of preparing a boron carbide material, boron carbide powder is washed with essentially pure water at an elevated temperature to generate washed boron carbide powder. The washed boron carbide powder is combined with a sintering aid. The mixture of the boron carbide powder and the sintering aid is pressed to form a shaped material, and the shaped material is sintered. A sintered boron carbide material comprises a boron carbide component that includes boron carbide, elemental carbon, and not more than about 0.6 wt % of oxygen on the basis of the total weight of the boron carbide component. The sintered boron carbide material has a density of at least about 99% of the theoretical density. Another sintered boron carbide material comprises a boron carbide component that includes boron carbide, silicon carbide, elemental carbon, and not more than about 0.3 wt % oxygen on the basis of the total weight of the boron carbide component, and has a density of at least about 97% of the theoretical density.06-30-2011
20110175263GLASS ENCAPSULATED HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSED SILICON CARBIDE - A method of forming a silicon carbide sintered body includes mixing silicon carbide powder with a boron additive and carbon to form a green mixture and shaping the green mixture into a green body, and coating the green body with boron nitride. The method further includes glass encapsulating the green body and hot isostatic pressing the glass encapsulated green body at a temperature in a range of between about 1900° C. and about 2400° C. for a time period in a range of between about one hour and about three hours, to thereby form a silicon carbide sintered body having a density at least 97% of the theoretical density of silicon carbide.07-21-2011
20110227259METHODS OF FORMING SINTERED BORON CARBIDE - A method of forming a sintered boron carbide body includes washing boron carbide powder with essentially pure water at an elevated temperature to generate low oxygen boron carbide powder, mixing a sintering aid and a pressing aid with the low oxygen boron carbide powder to form a green mixture, and shaping the green mixture into a green boron carbide body. The method can include mixing titanium carbide powder having an average particle diameter in a range of between about 5 nm and about 100 nm with the low oxygen boron carbide powder. The method can further include sintering the green boron carbide body, and hot isostatic pressing the sintered body, to a density greater than about 98.5% of the theoretical density (TD) of boron carbide. Alternatively, the method can include sintering the shaped boron carbide green body at a temperature greater than about 2,200° C., to thereby form a eutectic liquid solid solution of B09-22-2011

Jeremiah Hennessey, Manchester, CT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100062405SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING ARC WELDING TRAINING IN A REAL-TIME SIMULATED VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT USING REAL-TIME WELD PUDDLE FEEDBACK - A real-time virtual reality welding system including a programmable processor-based subsystem, a spatial tracker operatively connected to the programmable processor-based subsystem, at least one mock welding tool capable of being spatially tracked by the spatial tracker, and at least one display device operatively connected to the programmable processor-based subsystem. The system is capable of simulating, in virtual reality space, a weld puddle having real-time molten metal fluidity and heat dissipation characteristics. The system is further capable of displaying the simulated weld puddle on the display device in real-time.03-11-2010
20100062406VIRTUAL REALITY PIPE WELDING SIMULATOR - A simulator facilitates virtual welding activity of pipe and open root weld joints. The simulator may include a logic processor based system operable to execute coded instructions for generating an interactive welding environment that emulates welding activity on a section of virtual pipe having at least one virtual weld joint. It also includes a display connected to the logic processor based system for visually depicting the interactive welding environment, wherein the display depicts the section of virtual pipe. A mock welding tool is provided for performing virtual welding activity on the at least one weld joint in real time where one or more sensors are adapted to track movement of the input device in real time for communicating data about the movement of the input device to the logic processor based system.03-11-2010

Jim Hennessey, Campbell, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100062282BIT PATTERNED MEDIA - The invention relates to bit patterned recording media having a stop layer for chemical mechanical polishing. One embodiment of the present invention is a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium comprising the step of planarizing by chemical mechanical polishing until the stop layer is reached. The present invention also provides a magnetic recording medium having a stop layer.03-11-2010

John Hennessey, Oakland, NJ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120038600Synchronization of Video Wall Movement with Content on the Wall - A controlling console and media server, and winch moving console all work together.02-16-2012

Michael Hennessey, South Lyon, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100284211Multilevel Nonvolatile Memory via Dual Polarity Programming - A programming scheme and method of programming a non-volatile memory device for multilevel operation. The scheme includes defining two or more memory states, where at least one of the memory states is programmed with a positive polarity electrical pulse and at least one of the memory states is programmed with a negative polarity electrical pulse. The method includes programming with two or more pulses, where at least one pulse has positive polarity and one pulse has negative polarity. The non-volatile memory material may be a phase-change material and the two or more memory states may be distinguishable on the basis of electrical resistance.11-11-2010

Patent applications by Michael Hennessey, South Lyon, MI US

Mike Hennessey, South Lyon, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100182825Programmable resistance memory - A memory includes a programmable resistance array with high ratio of dynamic range to drift coefficient phase change memory devices.07-22-2010
20110305075Programmable Resistance Memory - A memory includes a programmable resistance array with high ratio of dynamic range to drift coefficient phase change memory devices.12-15-2011

Patrick H. Hennessey, North Richland Hills, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110264307GNSS OPTIMIZED AIRCRAFT CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A GNSS system in combination with a hydraulically-actuated, airborne dispenser for a dry material crop dusting system to optimize the distribution of dry materials over a particular tract of land. A GNSS subsystem is included using at least one GNSS antenna and one GNSS receiver located on the aircraft. The aircraft is equipped with an electronic/hydraulic crop dusting subsystem connected to a GNSS CPU. The GNSS ranging signals received by the antennas are processed by a receiver and processor system for determining the vehicle's position and dynamic attitude in three dimensions (3D). A graphical user interface (GUI) placed in the vehicle will give the driver a real-time view of his or her current bearing as well as a calculated “optimal path” based on calculations and variable data, such as wind speed and direction, material moisture content, altitude, air speed and other conditions. The system is adapted for operation in a differential GNSS (DGNSS) mode utilizing a base station at a fixed location.10-27-2011

Rick Hennessey, Bainbridge Island, WA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100261459SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED DISPLAY OF IN-NETWORK CALLER INFORMATION ON A MOBILE DEVICE - System and method for determining reporting to a subscriber whether an incoming call originates from inside or outside of a mobile carrier's network. An example system performs a GTT (global title translation) on an incoming number to determine the hosting carrier of any mobile phone number. When the result matches the subscriber's carrier, the mobile device then indicates to the subscriber (i.e. mobile device) that the call is an “in network call.”10-14-2010
20100261460SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDITIONAL EXECUTION OF APPLICATIONS AND PROMOTIONS - System and method for determining whether an incoming call originates from inside or outside of a mobile carriers network. An example system performs a GTT (global title translation) on an incoming number to determine the hosting carrier of any mobile phone number. After the result of the matching determination is made, a message is generated and sent to a caller associated with the call page. The generated message includes any of directory information associated with the subscriber, information associated with cost savings or comparisons associated with in-network calling, information regarding promotions for calling plans, mobile devices or device upgrades, requests to join a network, requests to join a social call plan, information regarding instant savings or call rebates, offers for online services or software, offers for reduced cost or free phone service in exchange for adoption of a predefined product or entering into a social network group.10-14-2010
20100261461SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REFRESHING CALLER DIRECTORY DATA - System and method for determining whether an incoming call originates from inside or outside of a mobile carriers network and indicates the result to the subscriber. An example system performs a GTT (global title translation) on an incoming number to determine the hosting carrier of any mobile phone number. When the result matches the subscriber's carrier, the mobile device then indicates to the subscriber (i.e. mobile device) that the call is an “in network call.” Results of the comparison are stored and used for later incoming calls. The stored results are refreshed every time or periodically.10-14-2010
20100261462SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCAL HANDSET CHECK OF THE NXX LOCAL EXCHANGE TO DETERMINE CARRIER - Systems and method for determining if a network of a call page has been ported to another network. The mobile communications network associated with a received call page is determined based on caller identification (CID) included in the call page and information of local exchange codes and associated mobile carriers stored in local memory of the mobile device. The method determines if the mobile communications network associated with the received call page is valid with regard to an exceptions list. Next it is determined if the determined mobile communications network associated with the call page matches the mobile communications network associated with the mobile device based on the validity determination. The exceptions list identifies phone numbers that have been ported to a mobile communications network that is different that the determined network.10-14-2010

Susan Marie Hennessey, Avondale, PA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090053770Biomass Pretreatment - A method is provided for producing an improved pretreated biomass product for use in saccharification followed by fermentation to produce a target chemical that includes removal of saccharification and or fermentation inhibitors from the pretreated biomass product. Specifically, the pretreated biomass product derived from using the present method has fewer inhibitors of saccharification and/or fermentation without a loss in sugar content.02-26-2009
20090053777Process For Concentrated Biomass Saccharification - Processes for saccharification of pretreated biomass to obtain high concentrations of fermentable sugars are provided. Specifically, a process was developed that uses a fed batch approach with particle size reduction to provide a high dry weight of biomass content enzymatic saccharification reaction, which produces a high sugars concentration hydrolysate, using a low cost reactor system.02-26-2009

Patent applications by Susan Marie Hennessey, Avondale, PA US

Thomas V. Hennessey, Lebanon, CT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080205473High power low inductance RF hermetic sealed feed-through for slab CO2 lasers - A low inductance, hermetically sealed, RF shielded feed-through is provided for exciting low impedance discharges associated with high power CO08-28-2008

Tiffany Hennessey, Wake Forest, NC US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110184040Method for Controlling Arthropods Comprising the Spot-Wise Application of a Gel - The present invention relates to a method for controlling arthropods comprising the application of an aqueous gel which contains an insecticide, an attractant and a thickener, wherein the aqueous gel is applied in the form of spots on fruit trees. The invention further relates to an aqueous gel comprising an insecticide, an attractant, a thickener, a humectant and a feeding stimulant. The invention also relates to a concentrated gel for preparing the aqueous gel.07-28-2011
20110236451Multipurpose Ant Bait - Subject of the present invention is a solid ant bait comprising an insecticide and a bait composition. Another subject is a process for the preparation of said ant bait, comprising extruding a mixture, which contains the insecticide and the bait composition. Yet another subject is a method for controlling ants, comprising offering to said ants the ant bait according to the invention. Finally, a subject is a use of the ant bait according to the invention for controlling ants.09-29-2011

Wade L. Hennessey, Palo Alto, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080199003Method and Apparatus for Facilitating Secure Distributed Content Delivery - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates receiving content from a primary peer and forwarding it to a secondary peer, wherein blocks of the content are sent to the secondary peer prior to all of the blocks of the content being received from the primary peer. The system starts by receiving an encrypted list of checksums from a server, wherein each checksum in the list is associated with a corresponding block of the content. Next, the system decrypts the encrypted list of checksums to form a list of decrypted checksums. The system then receives a block of the content from the primary peer and calculates a checksum for the block of the content. The system subsequently compares the calculated checksum with a corresponding checksum from the list of decrypted checksums received from the server. If the calculated checksum matches the corresponding checksum, the system sends the block of the content to the secondary peer.08-21-2008