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David Kane, Oro Valley, AZ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100176683WOUND FIELD ELECTRICAL MACHINE FLAT BRAIDED WIRE MAIN ROTOR CROSSOVER ASSEMBLY - A high speed aircraft generator may utilize a prefabricated crossover subassembly to interconnect field coils. The crossover may include two attachment leads interconnected with a section of braided wire. The braided wire may remain free of brazing filler metal after the crossover subassembly is brazed into position between field coils of the generator. Consequently, the crossover may remain flexible and may have reduced susceptibility to fatigue failure that may otherwise result from circumferential relative displacement of the field coils from one another during changes of rotational speed of the field coils.07-15-2010

David Kane, Tucson, AZ US

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20100123360CONNECTION METHOD FOR ROTATING RECTIFIERS ON A GENERATOR - An annular bus ring assembly for connecting main rotor windings of a generator to the exciter diodes includes a plurality of annular bus rings with tabs bent over forming plurality of pads mounted on either side of a dielectric hub. The pads of annular bus rings clocked at an angle to each other to generate a pattern of plurality of pads on a equal angle spacing on a diameter to connect to the diodes by wire rope leads and a pattern of two connection at 90° spacing to connect to main generator leads.05-20-2010

David M. Kane, Tucson, AZ US

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20080205818Image null-balance system with multisector-cell direction sensing - A light beam is detected/localized by multisector detector—quad-cell, or 5+ sectors handling plural beams. Preferences: Beams focus to diffraction limit on the detector, which reveals origin direction by null-balance—shifting spots to a central sector junction, and measuring shifts to reach there. One or more MEMS reflectors, and control system with programmed processor(s), sequence the spot toward center: following a normal to an intersector boundary; then along the boundary. One afocal optic amplifies MEMS deflections; another sends beams to imaging optics. After it's known which sector received a spot, and the beam shifts, source direction is reported. The system can respond toward that (or a related) direction. It can illuminate objects, generating beams reflectively. Optics define an FOR in which to search; other optics define an FOV (narrower), for imaging spots onto the detector. The FOR:FOV angular ratio is on order of ten—roughly 180:20°, or 120:10°. 08-28-2008
20090015891Optical systems and methods using large microelectromechanical-systems mirrors - A detector and aperture determine radiation characteristics, including angular direction throughout a specified range, of external articles. Preferably an afocal aperture element enlarges/reduces the article and volume FOR. Mirror(s) along a path between detector and aperture, rotatable about plural axes, make the detector address varying regions. Preferably each mirror is MEMS, exceeding five to thirty microns. The detector “sees” articles throughout the range, at constant magnification. Other aspects rotate magnetically controlled dual-axis MEMS mirrors, each with electrical coils opposed across an axis, and anther magnet whose field interacts with coil-current fields, generating force components: one includes oppositely directed forces, torquing the mirrors; another thrusts mirrors outward from the array rest plane, causing variable “piston”. Alternatively, other forces pull mirror(s) outward—and the second component attracts them inward. Components are adjusted to steer a beam in a desired direction, and wavefronts from adjacent mirrors are in phase for finer diffraction limit.01-15-2009
20100165322Camera-style lidar setup - Separate reception/transmission apertures enhance pointing: reception is more efficient than transmission (kept smaller for MEMS steering). Apparatus aspects of the invention include lidar transmitters emitting laser beams, and scan mirrors (or assemblies) angularly adjustable to deflect the beams in orthogonal directions. In one aspect, afocal optics magnify deflection; a transmitter aperture transmits the beam; a lidar receiver doesn't share the transmitter aperture. In another aspect, auxiliary optics calibrate the deflection.07-01-2010
20100314534Refined optical system - Selected scene regions are imaged. I12-16-2010

Patent applications by David M. Kane, Tucson, AZ US

John Roy Kane, Sierra Vista, AZ US

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20090177184METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING VENOUS ACCESS - Embodiments of the invention include a method and a device for increasing vasodilatation and/or controlling the temperature of a mammal by applying a desired vacuum pressure to the skin of the extremity of a mammal. In some cases it is also desirable to provide heat to regions of the extremity of the mammal to further dilate the veins or arteries in the patient. In some cases it is also desirable to apply a contact pressure to regions of the extremity of the mammal to improve perfusion of these regions. In one embodiment, the device includes a device that is adapted to rigidly enclose a portion of an extremity of the mammal therein so that a sub-atmospheric pressure can be applied to the mammal's extremity, which is further discussed below.07-09-2009

Michael A.c. Kane, Scottsdale, AZ US

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20110082391METHODS FOR MEASURING CHANGE IN LIP SIZE AFTER AUGMENTATION - A method for measuring the effect of a medical treatment on the size of lips. The method has the following steps: (a) providing a scale of at least four visual reference images exhibiting varying lip sizes and assigning a unique indicator to each of the at least four visual reference images; (b) visually examining a lip of a human subject to be augmented and selecting one from among of at least four different reference images most closely corresponding in lip size and identifying the corresponding unique indicator; (c) introducing into the lip of the human subject a filler or an implant to augment the size of the lip; (d) visually examining the lip after introduction of the filler or the implant and selecting one of the at least four different reference images most closely corresponding in lip size and identifying the corresponding unique indicator; and (e) comparing the unique indicator of the lip before introduction of the filler or the implant and the unique indicator of the lip after introduction of the filler or the implant to determine if they are different. There is also a method for counseling a human subject undertaking augmentation of lips. There is also a method for developing a scale for measuring differences in lip size in human subjects. There is also a method for determining the amount of filler or implant needed to augment the lips of a human subject.04-07-2011