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Allen Hopper, Katonah, NY US
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| 20110092475 | 2-SUBSTITUTED-ETHYNYLTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVES AND USES OF SAME - The present invention provides 2-substituted-ethynylthiazole derivatives of formula (I): | 04-21-2011 |
Allen T. Hopper, Mahwa, NJ US
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| 20090099175 | Phosphodiesterase 10 inhibitors - The present invention if directed to certain cinnoline compounds that are PDE10 inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and processes for preparing such compounds. The invention is also directed to methods of treating diseases mediated by PDE10 enzyme, such as obesity, non-insulin dependent diabetes, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the like. | 04-16-2009 |
Allen T. Hopper, Katonah, NY US
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| 20100029689 | PHOSPHODIESTERASE 4 INHIBITORS - PDE4 inhibition is achieved by novel compounds, e.g., N-substituted aniline and diphenylamine analogs. The compounds of the present invention are of Formula I: | 02-04-2010 |
| 20120094971 | Compositions Including 6-Aminohexanoic Acid Derivatives As HDAC Inhibitors - This invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) wherein Cy | 04-19-2012 |
Allison Hopper, Irvington, NY US
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| 20100199771 | ULTRASONIC SCANNING APPARATUS WITH A TUNING FORK-TYPE VIBRATOR - This invention relates to ultrasonic scanning apparatus wherein an ultrasonic probe is mounted on a resonant assembly for continuous reciprocating motion. The resonant member has natural frequency of resonance. Preferably, the resonant assembly is disposed in a hand-held probe. | 08-12-2010 |
Andy Hopper, Bellevue, WA US
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| 20080281833 | Configuration change management tool - A change management system for managing configurable devices such as computer systems uses a set of rules for validating change requests, linking change requests, and determining inconsistencies within various configuration states. Analysis and validation may happen at the time the change request is created with respect to the current environment, as well as analysis and validation with respect to other pending requests and proposals, and historical actual states. The maintenance of accurate and consistent state and change information may enable various automated tools to analyze and manipulate change requests, including analysis of future desired states, historical actual states, pending change requests, and current state. The change request may be processed through an approval cycle all the while being incorporated into a scheduling system that may be used to detect inconsistent, illogical or harmful configurations in potential future configurations. | 11-13-2008 |
Barry L. Hopper, Bristol, TN US
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| 20120315077 | INGESTIBLE ORAL CARE COMPOSITION AND METHOD THEREFOR - An ingestible oral care product includes a composition with xylitol, glycerin, carboxymethylcellulose, sodium bicarbonate and at least one flavoring agent. | 12-13-2012 |
Chris Hopper, Kalamazoo, MI US
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| 20080251088 | PATIENT RESTRAINT - A patient support incorporates a patient retention device includes frame, a rotatable shaft, a torque-producing device, and a flexible restraint member. The shaft has a cantilevered portion that extends from the frame and windably receives the flexible restraint member at the cantilevered portion. Optionally, a winding member is releasably coupled to the cantilevered portion of the shaft for receiving the flexible restraint member. The winding member is non-rotatable relative to the shaft, and is readily removable and replaceable. The torque-producing device applies a torque to the shaft to wind the flexible restraint member onto the shaft or winding member. | 10-16-2008 |
Christopher Hopper US
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| 20100186824 | Gas-to-Liquid Plant Using Parallel Units - A plant is provided for processing natural gas. The plant comprises two or more modules connected in parallel. The plant is configured to convert the associated gas into a material with a higher density. In addition, a method of processing gas associated with one or more oil wells. The method comprises the steps of: providing a modular plant comprising two or more modules in parallel wherein at least one of the modules is a robust module and at least one of the modules is an economical module; turning down one or more of the modules when productivity drops; switching off one or more of the modules at least when productivity drops beyond the turndown limit. The natural gas is treated in a Fischer-Tropsch unit. | 07-29-2010 |
Christopher J. Hopper, Kalamazoo, MI US
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| 20110277242 | HOSPITAL BED - A patient support apparatus includes a deck, a plurality of side rails, a control panel, and a plurality of subsystems, such as a bed exit system that detects when a patient may exit from the support apparatus, or a lifting mechanism to raise and lower the deck. A controller is in communication with the control panel and is adapted to monitor conditions regarding the side rails and/or the other subsystems. At least one lamp is also provided on the patient support apparatus that is adapted to be illuminated in a first manner when a plurality of monitored conditions remain in a desired state, and in a second manner when at least one of the plurality of monitored conditions changes to an undesired state. | 11-17-2011 |
Christopher John Hopper, Kalamazoo, MI US
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| 20100079304 | LOCATION DETECTION SYSTEM FOR A PATIENT HANDLING DEVICE - A location detection system for a facility including a patient handling device for supporting a patient and being mobile for positioning at a location in the facility, a locator fixed relative to the patient handling device for transmitting a unique location identifier corresponding to the location of the patient handling device, and a processing station remote from the patient handling device and the locator for receiving the unique location identifier such that the location of the patient handling device can be determined and monitored remotely from the patient handling device. The system further includes a receiver mounted to the patient handling device for receiving the unique location identifier from the locator and a communication module with a unique ID for the patient handling device mounted to the patient handling device and in communication with the receiver and transmitting the unique ID and the unique location identifier received by the receiver from the patient handling device to the processing station such that the patient handling device acts as a communication link between the locator and the processing station, and the processing station receiving the unique location identifier and the unique ID and correlating the unique location identifier with the unique ID and further correlating the unique ID of the patient handling device with a patient supported by the patient handling device wherein the processing station can track the patient handling device and the patient supported thereby. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20120176221 | LOCATION DETECTION SYSTEM FOR A PATIENT HANDLING DEVICE - A location detection system for a facility includes a patient handling device with a communication module with a unique ID, a locator fixed relative to the handling device for transmitting a unique location identifier corresponding to the location of the handling device, and a receiver mounted to the patient device for receiving the unique location identifier. A processing station remote from the handling device and the locator receives the unique location identifier and the unique ID and further correlates the unique ID with a patient supported by the handling device wherein the processing station can track the handling device and the patient supported thereby such that the location of the patient and handling device can be determined and monitored remotely from the handling device. | 07-12-2012 |
Daniel Hopper, Austin, TX US
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| 20120124586 | SCHEDULING SCHEME FOR LOAD/STORE OPERATIONS - A method and apparatus are provided to control the order of execution of load and store operations. Also provided is a computer readable storage device encoded with data for adapting a manufacturing facility to create the apparatus. One embodiment of the method includes determining whether a first group, comprising at least one or more instructions, is to be selected from a scheduling queue of a processor for execution using either a first execution mode or a second execution mode. The method also includes, responsive to determining that the first group is to be selected for execution using the second execution mode, preventing selection of the first group until a second group, comprising at least one or more instructions, that entered the scheduling queue prior to the first group is selected for execution. | 05-17-2012 |
Daniel B. Hopper, Austin, TX US
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| 20110055523 | EARLY BRANCH DETERMINATION - A method and apparatus for branch determination. The method includes a first command issuing within a computer processor, wherein execution of the first command by the computer processor includes evaluating one or more conditions to set one or more flags. The method further includes a second command issuing, subsequent to the first command issuing, within the computer processor, wherein execution of the second command by the computer processor includes causing the computer processor to wait until the one or more flags are set. Subsequent to the first and second commands issuing, the method includes a third command issuing within the computer processor, wherein execution of the third command by the computer processor includes performing a jump operation based on a value of at least one of the one or more flags set by the first command. | 03-03-2011 |
Darrin William Hopper, New York, NY US
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| 20090082354 | PYRAZOLO[5, 1-C] [1,2,4] TRIAZINES, METHODS FOR PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF - A pyrazolo[5,1-c][1,2,4]triazine compound of formula A: | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090118276 | THIENOPYRIMIDINES, THIENOPYRIDINES, AND PYRROLOPYRIMIDINES AS B-RAF INHIBITORS - The present invention relates to compounds of formula la: | 05-07-2009 |
| 20100029657 | Bridged, Bicyclic Heterocyclic or Spiro Bicyclic Heterocyclic Derivatives of Pyrazolo[1, 5-A]Pyrimidines, Methods for Preparation and Uses Thereof - Compounds of formula A: | 02-04-2010 |
David Hopper, Bartlett, IL US
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| 20110301001 | Resistive Training Device and Method of Using the Device - A resistive training device and method of using the device includes a glove operable for sports training, where the glove comprises padding for mitigating injuries during striking of objects, and a slit for providing access to an interior portion of the glove. A ring, joinable to the glove to protrude through the slit, joins to resistance training devices to impart a resistive force to movements of the glove. A patch removably joins the ring to the glove. The patch includes a first fabric for encircling a portion of the ring. A second fabric has a substantially rounded shape, where the first fabric is joined to the second fabric proximate a center of a top surface of the second fabric. A joining means is disposed on the top surface for removeably joining to the interior portion, thereby enabling a user of the apparatus to engage in resistive and non-resistive training exercises. | 12-08-2011 |
Dawn Hopper, San Jose, CA US
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| 20090294969 | SEMICONDUCTOR CONTACT FORMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention is a semiconductor contact formation system and method. Contact insulation regions are formed with multiple etch stop sublayers that facilitate formation of contacts. This contact formation process provides relatively small substrate connections while addressing critical lithographic printing limitation concerns in forming contact holes with small dimensions. In one embodiment, a multiple etch stop insulation layer comprising multiple etch stop layers is deposited. A contact region is formed in the multiple etch stop insulation layer by selectively removing (e.g., etching) some of the multiple etch stop insulation layer. In one embodiment, a larger portion of the multiple etch stop insulation layer is removed close to the metal layer and a smaller portion is removed closer to the substrate. The different contact region widths are achieved by performing multiple etching processes controlled by the multiple etch stop layers in the multiple etch stop insulation layer and spacer formation to shrink contact size at a bottom portion. Electrical conducting material (e.g., tungsten) is deposited in the contact region. | 12-03-2009 |
Derek Hopper, Madison Heights, MI US
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| 20120282906 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS - A method for controlling mobile communications involves establishing an RFID connection between an RFID tag disposed on or at a predefined location inside a cabin area of a vehicle and an RFID reader attached to a mobile communications device. Upon breaking the RFID connection, an application resident on the device recognizes that the device is no located in the predefined location. A message is automatically sent to an entity outside of the vehicle, where the message indicates that the device is no longer located at the predefined location inside the vehicle. | 11-08-2012 |
Devon James Hopper, Everett, WA US
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| 20120322621 | POWER MEASUREMENT DEVICE FOR A BIKE TRAINER - Systems and methods for accurately measuring power output of a cyclist using a bike trainer that may be operated by a user for stationary riding when coupled to a conventional bicycle. The systems utilize a power output equation that models power due to resistance of a fan of the bike trainer as well as power due to kinetic energy of the fan. The systems account for operating conditions that affect the power measurements so that more accurate measurements can be provided, thereby improving the training experience of the user. Operating conditions include mechanical drag, temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure and/or altitude. The power output equation is dependent on the angular velocity of the fan of the bike trainer and the measured or received operating conditions. | 12-20-2012 |
Donald Hopper, Maple Grove, MN US
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| 20090132000 | Method and apparatus for monitoring heart failure patients with cardiopulmonary comorbidities - A system receives signals indicative of cardiopulmonary conditions sensed by a plurality of sensors and provides for monitoring and automated differential diagnosis of the cardiopulmonary conditions based on the signals. Cardiogenic pulmonary edema is detected based on one or more signals sensed by implantable sensors. If the cardiogenic pulmonary edema is not detected, obstructive pulmonary disease and restrictive pulmonary disease are each detected based on a forced vital capacity (FVC) parameter and a forced expiratory volume (FEV) parameter measured from a respiratory signal sensed by an implantable or non-implantable sensor. In one embodiment, an implantable medical device senses signals indicative of the cardiopulmonary conditions, and an external system detects the cardiopulmonary conditions based on these signals by executing an automatic detection algorithm. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090234240 | Respiration as a Trigger for Therapy Optimization - Changes in patient status are assessed based at least in part on respiration parameters. A user can make selections regarding alert criteria options to be used in assessing patient status. Respiration is implantably sensed and respiration data is stored by an implantable device. A respiration parameter, such as respiration rate, is measured from the respiration data. The change in patient status is assessed by comparing the respiration parameter to the configured alert criteria. If the comparison of the respiration parameter and the configured alert criteria indicates a significant change in patient status, an alert signal is generated. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090299159 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AUTONOMIC BALANCE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY - An implantable device monitors the balance between sympathetic tone and parasympathetic tone as a function of an activity level. Cardio-neurological healthy users exhibit a generally sympathetic tone in conjunction with heavy activity level and a generally parasympathetic tone in conjunction with periods of low activity level. Deviations from expected results are associated with a health problem. Measured conditions are stored and available for subsequent reporting to a remote programmer. Therapy delivered by an implantable device is determined as a function of the relationship between autonomic balance and activity level. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20120004696 | SELF-CALIBRATING RATE-ADAPTIVE PACEMAKER - A system and method for automatically adjusting the operating parameters of a rate-adaptive cardiac pacemaker. In accordance with the method, maximum exertion levels attained by the patient are measured at periodic intervals and stored. The stored maximum exertion levels may then be used to update a long-term maximal exertion level, and the slope of the rate-response curve is adjusted to map the updated long-term maximal exertion level to a maximum allowable pacing rate. The stored maximum exertion levels may also be used to update a sensor target rate which is used to adjust the slope of the rate response curve. | 01-05-2012 |
Eric Foster Hopper, Deerfield, OH US
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| 20110237489 | METHODS OF MAKING FABRIC SOFTENER - Optimizing water conductivity, water temperature, and fabric softener active percentage when making a concentrated fabric softener active hydrate yields fabric softener products of desired rheology and stability. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110237490 | METHODS OF MAKING FABRIC SOFTENER - Optimizing dilution processing, include the use of cold dilution water, yields fabric softener products of desired rheology and stability. | 09-29-2011 |
Gayland G. Hopper, Murfreesboro, AR US
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| 20090280293 | Absorbent device for waste fat, oil, grease and liquid - A device is provided to collect waste oil, grease or other liquids from skillets, pots, pans or other area of needs with a method to transporting the device without contaminating hands with waste oil, grease or other liquids collected by the device. The device is made of absorbent materials and has a circular shape with opposed tabs and slits through which the tabs are pulled to form handles. | 11-12-2009 |
Gregory S. Hopper, Raleigh, NC US
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| 20110101645 | Teleswivel Hitch Apparatus - A hitch apparatus includes a frame, spool assembly, and hitch assembly. The frame includes a base with a pair of arms extending away from one side of the base in side by side, spaced-apart relationship. A spool assembly is movably secured to elongated guides associated with the arms so as to be slidable along the arms. A hitch assembly is pivotably secured to the spool assembly and is movable relative to the frame between retracted and extended positions. The hitch assembly includes a pair of spaced apart plate members, each having a recess formed in an outer surface thereof. The spool assembly is pivotably secured within apertures in the plate members, and a guide pin located on each frame arm is operably engaged with a respective recess such that an extent to which the hitch assembly pivots relative to the frame progressively decreases as the hitch assembly is progressively retracted. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110221164 | Hitch Apparatus for Vehicles - A hitch apparatus includes a housing and a tow bar movably disposed within the housing. The housing includes spaced-apart first and second sections. The first section includes an elongated slot formed through a portion thereof. A tow bar guide is attached to an interior side of the first section and includes an elongated opening formed therethrough with opposite first and second portions. The tow bar includes a first guide member that extends outwardly from the tow bar at the proximal end thereof, and a second guide member that extends outwardly from a medial portion of the tow bar. The first guide member extends through the first portion of the elongated opening in the tow bar guide and is operably engaged with the slot in the first section. The second guide member is operably engaged with the second portion of the elongated opening in the tow bar guide. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221166 | Hitch Apparatus for Vehicles - A hitch apparatus includes a housing and a tow bar movably disposed within the housing. The housing includes spaced-apart first and second sections. At least one of the sections includes an elongated slot. The tow bar includes a guide member that extends outwardly from the tow bar at the proximal end thereof and that is operably engaged with the slot. The housing may include a pair of tow bar guide doors pivotally secured between the first and second sections that limit the extent which the tow bar pivots and that guide the tow bar as it is retracted. The housing may include a pair of guide posts extending between the first and second sections and the tow bar may include a pair of guide wings that contact the guide posts to limit the extent to which the tow bar can pivot and guide the tow bar as it is retracted. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20120112433 | Adjustable Towing Apparatus for Vehicles - A hitch apparatus includes a housing configured to be attached to a vehicle, a tow bar movably disposed within the housing, a hitch member assembly, and a fastener configured to removably secure the hitch member assembly to the height adjustment member at any of a plurality of selected elevations. The tow bar is movable relative to the housing between retracted and extended positions, and is pivotable relative to the housing when in an extended position. As such, a hitch member at the distal end of the tow bar has horizontal and vertical adjustment capabilities. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120191285 | TRAILER HITCH ALIGNMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for aligning a towing vehicle trailer hitch with the tongue of a trailer/towed vehicle are provided that enable a driver to know when the towing vehicle trailer hitch is close enough to the trailer tongue such that the two can be coupled. A trailer hitch includes a tow bar having a free end configured to be coupled to a trailer tongue. An alignment system includes at least one energy emitter secured to the vehicle that emits energy in the direction of the trailer tongue, and at least two sensors secured to the vehicle in spaced-apart relationship. The energy emitter(s) and sensors may be secured to the trailer or trailer hitch. | 07-26-2012 |
Harold Scott Hopper, Vancouver, WA US
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| 20100281188 | Methods and Systems for Outlying Peripheral Device Management - Aspects of the present invention comprise systems and methods for detecting and managing peripheral devices that perform outside a given performance envelope. In some aspects, one or more threshold values may be determined prior to or during implementation by heuristic or other methods. These threshold values may then be used to determine device performance. In some aspects, threshold values may relate to performance parameters comprising device failures, consumption levels, output quality and other parameters. In some aspects, multiple threshold values may be used to determine device performance. In an exemplary aspect, a sheet usage threshold, a tone usage threshold and a power usage threshold may be used to determine if a device is an outlying device. In some aspects, performance below an excellence threshold value may indicate that a device has excellent performance. | 11-04-2010 |
Henry Hopper, Baton Rouge, LA US
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| 20110005312 | Process Tanks in Combination with a Float Magnetostrictive Level Detector - The invention is a process tank containing a direct level magnetostrictive measurement system disposed directly in the tank, where the level system preferably communicates to a remote location. One embodiment of the invention embodies an internal well guide chamber, which exactly replicates the actual vessel's internal conditions (pressure and temperature), and also prevents the float from being affected by turbulence from a two phase condition, such as might occur if boiling or flashing is present inside the vessel. The process tank should have a fluid temperature different by more than 50° C. form the ambient environment, or alternatively, be a flashing tank. | 01-13-2011 |
James E. Hopper, Hershey, PA US
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| 20080249045 | MGAL: A GAL Gene Switch-Based Suite of Methods for Protein Analyses and Protein Expression in Multicellular Organisms and Cells Therefrom - The invention provides methods for detecting and analyzing protein-protein interactions and agonists and antagonists thereof, detecting and analyzing protein sequences, and regulatable gene expression in multicellular organisms or cells therefrom. | 10-09-2008 |
James Vester Hopper, Durango, CO US
Jeffrey N. Hopper, Mount Clemens, MI US
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| 20080230999 | SEAL INSTALLATION TOOL AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A seal installation tool assembly and method of using same to install a front seal within a front cover member of an engine. The seal installation tool assembly includes a seal installation sleeve, a threaded fastener, and a washer member. The seal installation sleeve is adapted to receive a front seal and pilots on a drive portion of a crankshaft within the engine. The threaded fastener operates to draw the front seal within the front cover member. Upon contact between the front cover member and the seal installation sleeve, the front seal is properly installed. | 09-25-2008 |
Justin Garrett Hopper, Grants Pass, OR US
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| 20100208894 | ENCODER AND DECODER APPARATUS AND METHODS - Embodiments provide remote control encoders and decoders, encryption algorithms and methods, singularly and in combination, and not limited thereto. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20110037561 | TRANSCODER APPARATUS AND METHODS - Embodiments of methods, systems and devices including encoders and decoders are disclosed. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110200189 | ENCODER AND DECODER APPARATUS AND METHODS WITH KEY GENERATION - Embodiments provide remote control encoders and decoders, encryption algorithms, key generation, systems and methods, singularly and in combination, and not limited thereto. | 08-18-2011 |
Larry James Hopper, Soddy Daisy, TN US
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| 20110271613 | Stair tower module - A modular, prefabricated stair tower comprising a plurality of stairs, landings, handrails and hangers pre-assembled into a module configured such that it might be shipped and installed into a wind power tower tube section, with installation preferably occurring prior to shipment to the wind farm jobsite so that, when the tube section is erected vertically, authorized personnel gain immediate, efficient and economical access for ascending and descending large land based and offshore wind power turbine towers. | 11-10-2011 |
Leon Hopper, Riverview, FL US
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| 20110156407 | Methods and Systems for Power Generation By Changing Density of A Fluid - An apparatus for generating energy is provided. The apparatus includes an object for being placed in a fluid. An electrical generator is coupled to the object and is configured for generating electricity upon translation of the object. A gas injector is provided for injecting gases into the fluid to lower the density thereof to less than the density of the object and thereby induce translation of the object to generate electricity by the electrical generator. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20120074713 | Methods and Systems for Power Generation By Changing Density of A Fluid - A method for generating energy from low-density fluids is provided. The method includes placing a first object in a first portion of fluid having a first density, injecting low-density fluids into the first portion of fluid in order to reduce the density thereof to a second density less than the density of the first object and thereby induce buoyancy-dependent translation of the first object in response thereto, and generating energy based upon buoyancy-dependent translation of the first object. Related apparatuses and systems are also disclosed. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120297760 | Methods and Systems for Power Generation By Changing Density of A Fluid - A method for generating energy from low-density fluids is provided. The method includes placing a first object in a first portion of fluid having a first density, injecting low-density fluids into the first portion of fluid in order to reduce the density thereof to a second density less than the density of the first object and thereby induce buoyancy-dependent translation of the first object in response thereto, and generating energy based upon buoyancy-dependent translation of the first object. Related apparatuses and systems are also disclosed. | 11-29-2012 |
Mark Hopper, West Chester, OH US
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| 20090034896 | BEARING RETAINER - A bearing retainer having an inner portion, an outer portion spaced apart from said inner portion, and an intermediate portion connecting the inner portion and the outer portion, such that the inner portion and the outer portion are radially spaced apart and define a space therebetween, and a contact surface on at least one of the inner portion and the outer portion for engaging a component of a bearing assembly disposed in the space. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090101230 | APPARATUS FOR FILLING AN OIL TANK - An apparatus for filling an oil tank may include one or more valves that may be arranged and/or sized in such a way as to assist in venting the oil tank during a fill operation and assure that the tank may be filled within a reasonable time. | 04-23-2009 |
Mark Leonard Hopper, West Chester, OH US
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| 20090134243 | AIR-OIL SEPARATOR - The present invention provides an air-oil separator comprising a first region having a mixture of air and oil, a second region wherein separation of at least some of the oil from the air-oil mixture occurs and at least one multi-directional injector plug located on a rotating component in flow communication with the first region and the second region, the multi-directional injector plug having a discharge head that is oriented such that at least a part of the air-oil mixture discharged therefrom has a component of velocity that is tangential to the direction of rotation of the rotating component. | 05-28-2009 |
Michael Blair Hopper, Worcester, MA US
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| 20100148672 | Energy Efficient Lighting System and Method - A light system and method includes a housing having an array of LEDs spaced to transmit light within a field of illumination. An EM sensor disposed within the housing is configured to detect EM radiation within the field of illumination. A processor is configured to generate an output in response to levels of EM radiation, such as visible light, infrared light, and/or radio frequency (RF) radiation detected by the EM sensor relative to a predetermined setpoint. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149731 | ELECTRICAL PANEL - An AC/DC electrical distribution panel includes a housing, a line voltage alternating current (AC) port configured for connection to an electrical distribution grid at line voltage, and a low voltage direct current (DC) port configured for connection to a DC load. A circuit board assembly is electrically coupled to the AC port and the DC port, and includes an AC connector array coupled to the AC port, and a DC connector array coupled to the DC port. One or more modular AC/DC power supplies are removably coupled to the AC and DC connector arrays. A processor is operatively engaged with the circuit board assembly, and configured to selectively switch the power supplies on and off. The circuit board assembly includes a current meter configured to monitor the current load being drawn from the DC port, wherein the processor is configured to selectively activate and deactivate various power supplies in response to the monitored current load. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20110187536 | Tracking Method and System - A lighting system and method is provided for tracking movement within a predetermined area. This system includes a plurality of lights installed at predetermined locations throughout the predetermined area, each having at least one sensor with a field of view. The lights include a computing module operatively associated with each sensor, and a communication module operatively associated with the computing module. The lights are configured to communicate with one another and capture sensor output to identify and record points at which the fields of view overlap with one another, to form a unified sensor network having a composite field of view. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20120112916 | Information Grid - A lighting system and method is provided for tracking movement within a predetermined area. This system includes a plurality of lights installed at predetermined locations throughout the predetermined area, each having at least one sensor with a field of view. The lights include a computing module operatively associated with each sensor, and a communication module operatively associated with the computing module. The lights are configured to communicate with one another and capture sensor output to identify and record points at which the fields of view overlap with one another, to form a unified sensor network having a composite field of view. The system and method is configured to track changes associated with individual targets within the composite field of view. | 05-10-2012 |
Philip K. Hopper, Laverne, CA US
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| 20100174149 | ENDOSCOPIC INFLATABLE RETRACTION DEVICE, METHOD OF USING, AND METHOD OF MAKING - A method of providing access to tissue for a surgical instrument through a body wall is provided. The method includes providing an expandable retractor having a flexible sheath, the retractor being in a collapsed state; introducing the retractor into the body and placing the retractor adjacent the tissue; expanding the retractor; deploying the flexible sheath by engaging the flexible sheath with a tool and driving the flexible sheath through the body wall with the tool; and inserting the surgical instrument from outside the body through the flexible sheath to provide access to the tissue by the surgical instrument. | 07-08-2010 |
Phillip Hopper, San Carlos, CA US
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| 20120238999 | Infusion Pump Systems and Methods - Some embodiments of an infusion pump system can include a controller in which one or more features sets to be provided by the controller are enabled or disabled based upon the particular pump device that is connected to the controller. For example, in some embodiments, one or more advanced features of the controller are available to the user only when a first type of pump device (e.g., having predefined settings stored therein) is connected to the controller, and those advanced features of the controller are disabled when a second type of pump device is connected to the controller. | 09-20-2012 |
Randy Wayne Hopper, Flippin, AR US
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| 20110042919 | POLYUREA COATED TRAILER - The present invention relates to polyurea composition coated trailers and methods of making the same. In an embodiment, the present invention is directed to a trailer comprising a frame having a front side and a back side, at least one axle coupled to the frame, a plurality of wheels coupled to the at least one axle, and a polyurea coating, wherein the polyurea coating encapsulates at least a portion of the frame. In an embodiment, the present invention is directed to a method for protecting a metal trailer from corrosion comprising cleaning the surfaces of a metal trailer and applying a layer of a polyurea composition to the surfaces of the metal trailer. | 02-24-2011 |
Regina Hopper, Sylvania, OH US
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| 20090032047 | UNITARY HAIR CLIP AND METHOD OF USE - This invention provides a unitary hair clip. More specifically, provided is an elastic midsection with a first portion extending from the midsection, the first portion having a first width. A second portion extends from the midsection opposite from the first portion. The second portion provides an aperture having a second width greater than the first width. The aperture is adapted to receive the first portion. The first portion, the second portion and the elastic midsection are formed as a contiguous seamless structure. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090032050 | HEADBAND WITH PLIABLE ENDS - This invention provides a headband with pliable ends. More specifically, the headband with pliable ends has a curvilinear body integrally formed from an arcuate midsection and two pliable end sections. Each pliable end section extends from opposite ends of the midsection. The arcuate midsection structured and arranged to conform to a generalized top of head shape. The pliable end sections are each structured and arranged to be selectively deformable to conform to a user's side of head shape. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090032051 | FLEXIBLE SEAMLESS HAIR CLAMP - This invention provides a flexible seamless hair clamp. More specifically, the flexible seamless hair clamp has a contiguous body portion. The contiguous body portion has a first leg member having a unitary first distal end and opposite thereto a first lever region, and a second leg member having a unitary second distal end and opposite thereto a second lever region. A curved bridging portion is disposed between and formed integrally with the first and second leg members proximate to the first and second lever regions. The bridging portion connects the first and second leg members in a manner such that each is oppositely juxtaposed with respect to each other and arranged to bias the distal ends into proximate contact with one another. Collectively, the first leg member, curved bridging portion and second leg member define a continuous concave surface within the contiguous body. | 02-05-2009 |
Richard Hopper, Kenosha, WI US
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| 20080229889 | Dual pawl ratchet mechanism and reversing method - A dual-pawl ratchet wrench mechanism is disclosed having a stop mechanism for limiting over-travel of a reversing lever for selecting drive directions. In one form, the wrench mechanism includes a ball and spring assembly that cooperate with recesses to define proper positions for the reversing lever, and one or more ramps are provided between the recesses to promote tactile feel and to promote the reversing lever being rotated to a proper position. In some forms, the stop mechanism is formed on a stationary portion, such as a spacer or the wrench body, and a portion of the reversing lever. The design simplifies manufacturing, such as by simplifying assembly and minimizing the need for securements. Additionally, the reversing lever is assembled with the mechanism in a manner to improve sealing. | 09-25-2008 |
Richard A. Hopper, Seattle, WA US
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| 20090099657 | Dynamic nasal molding device - A dynamic nasal molding device for presurgical molding of cleft lip deformities, the device having a pair of rotation assemblies each having an internal shaping member for insertion in a nostril and an external shaping member to be positioned external to the nostril, wherein the internal and external shaping members are progressively pivoted about the rotation assemblies, while simultaneously the separation distance between the rotation assemblies is decreased, to mold the nasal anatomy into the desired shape. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20120191186 | Dynamic Nasal Molding Method - A dynamic nasal molding device for presurgical molding of cleft lip deformities, the device having a pair of rotation assemblies each having an internal shaping member for insertion in a nostril and an external shaping member to be positioned external to the nostril, wherein the internal and external shaping members are progressively pivoted about the rotation assemblies, while simultaneously the separation distance between the rotation assemblies is decreased, to mold the nasal anatomy into the desired shape. | 07-26-2012 |
Samuel N. Hopper, Longmont, CO US
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| 20100134808 | PARTITIONING OF SHEETSIDE BITMAPS FOR TRANSFER FROM A PRINT CONTROLLER TO PRINTHEAD CONTROLLERS - Printing systems, print controllers, and associated methods of partitioning sheetside bitmaps are disclosed. A print controller in one embodiment connects to a plurality of printhead controllers that are operable to control a plurality of printhead arrays. The print controller includes an interpreter system operable to receive a print job, and to convert an image in the print job into a full sheetside bitmap comprised of an array of pixels. The print controller also includes a partitioning system operable to process the full sheetside bitmap to identify the pixels in the full sheetside bitmap designated for printing on each of the printhead arrays, and to generate a partitioned sheetside bitmap for each printhead array that contains essentially the pixels designated for printing on the printhead array. The print controller further includes an interface system operable to transmit the partitioned sheetside bitmaps to the printhead controllers associated with the printhead arrays. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20120194853 | Page Validation Mechanism - A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving print job data, rasterizing the print job data to produce rasterized bitmap data and validating the accuracy of the bitmap data during transmission of the rasterized bitmap data for printing. | 08-02-2012 |
Samuel Neely Hopper, Longmont, CO US
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| 20110007343 | Variable Data Print Verification Mechanism - A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes a first printer to print a first type of data to a medium and to print a first barcode on the medium including variable to be printed on the medium and a second printer to print the variable data to the medium based on the first barcode and to print a second barcode to the medium for verification that the variable data has been accurately printed to the medium. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110095078 | Printer Side Verification Mechanism - A method includes generating a machine readable code using each ink color implemented at a printer, printing the machine readable code on a first side of the medium, analyzing the machine readable code printed on the first side of the medium at a verification unit and detecting a side mismatch if the verification unit does not verify the machine readable code printed on the first side of the medium. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20120298742 | Variable Data Print Verification Mechanism - A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes a first printer to print a first barcode on a medium including variable to be printed on the medium and a second printer to print the variable data to the medium based on the first barcode and to print a second barcode to the medium for verification that the variable data has been accurately printed to the medium. | 11-29-2012 |
Tim Hopper, Cambridge, MA US
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| 20110198078 | FORMATION EVALUATION INSTRUMENT AND METHOD - Subsurface formation evaluation comprising, for example, sealing a portion of a wall of a wellbore penetrating the formation, forming a hole through the sealed portion of the wellbore wall, injecting an injection fluid into the formation through the hole, and determining a saturation of the injection fluid in the formation by measuring a property of the formation proximate the hole while maintaining the sealed portion of the wellbore wall. | 08-18-2011 |
Timothy Hopper, Houston, TX US
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| 20120169334 | MICROCOIL NMR FOR DOWNHOLE MICROFLUIDICS PLATFORM - Methods and related apparatuses of a downhole micro nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) device having a resonant tuning (LC) circuit for use in a formation for collecting NMR signals from a fluid in the formation while under downhole pressures and temperatures. The downhole micro NMR device includes: a micro tube for the flowing fluid to flow therethrough; at least one magnet disposed about the micro tube; and at least one micro RF coil structured and arranged approximate to the micro tube and tuned to a Larmor frequency corresponding to a applied magnetic field from the at least one magnet. | 07-05-2012 |
Weston S. Hopper, Winchester, VA US
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| 20100213147 | CAROUSEL FOR DISPLAY AND SALE OF GOODS - A carousel for display of elongated merchandise comprising a lower pole, a center pole and an upper pole which fit together, a rotatable cylindrical sleeve mounted on the center pole, the sleeve having two hubs, one hub attached to each end of the sleeve, each hub having a plurality of cone shaped recesses for receiving a product holder, a clam shell product holder having a portion adapted to hold an elongated product, the clam shell holder having a cone shaped member which fits into the cone shaped recesses. | 08-26-2010 |