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Benjamin James Kearns, Clarkston, MI US
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| 20090116255 | ROUND LAMPS WITH INTEGRATED HEADLINER ATTACHMENT - A lamp assembly includes a bezel having a lamp receiving section and an integrated attachment section. The integrated attachment section has one or more outwardly directed extensions for attaching the lamp assembly to the interior component by rotating the bezel into a receiving aperture. A lamp housing is disposed within the lamp receiving assembly. Finally, the lamp assembly includes a light source positioned within the lamp housing for projecting light along a light path. | 05-07-2009 |
Catherine E. Kearns, Haverhill, MA US
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| 20110020653 | COMPOSITE CUSHIONING STRUCTURE - The disclosure is directed to a composite cushioning structure including a fluoropolymer layer having a major surface and a polymeric layer overlying the major surface of the fluoropolymer layer. The composite structure has wherein the composite structure can withstand a hot press at a temperature of at least about 330° C. to about 400° C. and a pressure of about 3 MPa to about 5 MPa for at least about 15 cycles. | 01-27-2011 |
David Kearns, Hartford, WI US
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| 20090173655 | PADLOCK DISPLAY PACKAGE - An exemplary display package for an item having a loop portion includes a card having a front side and a back side, a post extending from the front side of the card, and a hasp extending from the front side of the card to define a slot. The item may be attached to the display package by positioning the loop portion of the item around the post and through the slot. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20100219098 | PADLOCK DISPLAY PACKAGE - An exemplary display package for an item having a loop portion includes a card having a front side and a back side, a post extending from the front side of the card, and a hasp extending from the front side of the card to define a slot. The item may be attached to the display package by positioning the loop portion of the item around the post and through the slot. | 09-02-2010 |
David Tommy Kearns, Desoto, KS US
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| 20110258008 | BUSINESS PROCESS MODEL DESIGN MEASUREMENT - Systems and methods are provided for aiding in the development of Business Process Model (BPM) design. A BPM Design is created by a design editor, and contains model data that describes the design. The design is stored in a datastore. Sets of measurements are derived from the model data that express measures such as complexity, maintainability, or productivity of the design. A measurement calculator derives sets of measurements based on model data from designs. A design planner accesses the datastore and makes use of measurements as an aid to BPM Design. A display generator receives measurements and processes them so that they may be displayed to a user and readily interpreted as an aid to BPM Design, development, or management. | 10-20-2011 |
Elizabeth A. Kearns, Tampa, FL US
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| 20110059462 | AUTOMATED PARTICULATE CONCENTRATION SYSTEM - An automated system for concentrating potentially harmful substances from various water types or other non-viscous liquids to facilitate detection of those substances is disclosed herein. The automated system comprises a water pressure driven or pump driven concentration unit that filters the test fluid through a hollow-fiber filter. Material collected on the filter is backflushed into a collection vessel by passing a small volume of sterile solution through the filter in the reverse direction. The automated system can be configured to be portable or to be integrated into a continuous liquid stream for online monitoring of test fluids. Optionally, an electronic signal at the end of the backflush sequence triggers a detector, such as an automated array biosensor, to begin processing and analyzing the sample. | 03-10-2011 |
Gregory J. Kearns, Eugene, OR US
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| 20080241423 | HIGH K DIELECTRIC GROWTH ON METAL TRIFLATE OR TRIFLUOROACETATE TERMINATED III-V SEMICONDUCTOR SURFACES - Surface preparation of a compound semiconductor surface, such as indium antimonide (InSb), with a triflating agent, such as triflic anhydride or a trifluoroacetylating agent, such as trifluoroacetic anhydride is described. In one embodiment, the triflating or trifluoroacetylating passivates the compound semiconductor surface by terminating the surface with triflate trifluoroacetate groups. In a further embodiment, a triflating agent or trifluoroacetylating agent is employed to first convert a thin native oxide present on a compound semiconductor surface to a soluble species. In another embodiment, the passivated compound semiconductor surface is activated in an ALD chamber by reacting the triflate or trifluoroacetate protecting groups with a protic source, such as water (H | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080280099 | Silicon Substrates with Thermal Oxide Windows for Transmission Electron Microscopy - Silicon grids with electron-transparent SiO | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090104435 | Method for Functionalizing Surfaces - Disclosed is a method for the chemical modification of surfaces to form patterned nanoparticle arrays on the surfaces. Methods of producing arrays in predetermined patterns and electronic devices that incorporate such patterned arrays are also described. | 04-23-2009 |
James A. Kearns, Cypress, TX US
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| 20090198549 | Automated Repair System and Method for Network-Addressable Components - A system, and a corresponding method provide for automated repair of network-addressable components belonging to an enterprise. The system includes a service event filter that receives information related to the operation of the component and in real time determines if the received information indicates a serviceable event; and a service event analyzer coupled to the service event filter. The service event analyzer determines in real time an applicable procedure for repair or replacement of the component, and formats in real time the information related to the operation of the component and the applicable procedure into a machine-readable message. Finally, the system includes a serviceable event interface that provides in real time the machine-readable message to a remote service center and receives an indication related to dispatch of a replacement for the component. | 08-06-2009 |
Jay Kearns, Loveland, CO US
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| 20090312125 | Batting grip and training systems - Bat grip devices and methods are disclosed that are provided for developing swing technique for batting in sports such as baseball and softball. The invention in some embodiments may comprise a bat grip device having a plurality of grip retention elements. The plurality of grip retention elements may be integral with a handle conforming surface and positioned longitudinally along the axis of the handle conforming surface. The longitudinal axis of the handle conforming surface may coincide with and be the longitudinal axis of a handle of a bat. A fulcrum element may be configured between the upper and lower plurality of grip retention elements. In some embodiments the fulcrum element comprises a hand positioning fulcrum element designed to assist in achieving the objectives of the present invention. In still further embodiments, the fulcrum element may comprise a bat acceleration element corresponding to the center of gravity of the bat. The invention in some embodiments comprises methods of batting and batting instruction as well as swing technique, and alternatively may be incorporated into traditional batting instruction. | 12-17-2009 |
Joel Kearns, Springfield, VA US
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| 20100024716 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DIAMETER OF A SILICON CRYSTAL INGOT IN A GROWTH PROCESS - An improvement to a method and an apparatus for growing a monocrystalline silicon ingot from silicon melt according to the CZ process. The improvement performs defining an error between a target taper of a meniscus and a measured taper, and translating the taper error into a feedback adjustment to a pull-speed of the silicon ingot. The conventional control model for controlling the CZ process relies on linear control (PID) controlling a non-linear system of quadratic relationship defined in the time domain between the diameter and the pull-speed. The present invention transforms the quadratic relationship in the time domain between the diameter and the pull-speed into a simile, linear relationship in the length domain between a meniscus taper of the ingot and the pull-speed. The present invention applies a linear control (modified PID) which operates in the length domain, and controls a system that has a linear relationship between the ingot taper and the pull-speed in the length domain to control the diameter of a growing silicon ingot. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100024718 | Procedure for in-situ determination of thermal gradients at the crystal growth front - A method and apparatus for growing a semiconductor crystal include pulling the semiconductor crystal from melt at a pull speed and modulating the pull speed by combining a periodic pull speed with an average speed. The modulation of the pull speed allows in-situ determination of characteristic temperature gradients in the melt and in the crystal during crystal formation. The temperature gradients may be used to control relevant process parameters that affect morphological stability or intrinsic material properties in the finished crystal such as for instance the target pull speed of the crystal or the melt gap, which determines the thermal gradient in the crystal during growth. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100206219 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DIAMETER OF A SILICON CRYSTAL INGOT IN A GROWTH PROCESS - An improvement to a method and an apparatus for growing a monocrystalline silicon ingot from silicon melt according to the CZ process. The improvement performs defining an error between a target taper of a meniscus and a measured taper, and translating the taper error into a feedback adjustment to a pull-speed of the silicon ingot. The conventional control model for controlling the CZ process relies on linear control (PID) controlling a non-linear system of quadratic relationship defined in the time domain between the diameter and the pull-speed. The present invention transforms the quadratic relationship in the time domain between the diameter and the pull-speed into a simile, linear relationship in the length domain between a meniscus taper of the ingot and the pull-speed. The present invention applies a linear control (modified PID) which operates in the length domain, and controls a system that has a linear relationship between the ingot taper and the pull-speed in the length domain to control the diameter of a growing silicon ingot. | 08-19-2010 |
John Gerard Kearns, Smithtown, NY US
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| 20110019863 | Microphone-Shaped Speaker - A microphone-shaped speaker device preferably for use by children, teenagers, young adults and even adults for leisure and fun. The microphone shaped device can be electrically connected and appear to be a regular microphone for receipt of lyrics of a song or a voice for playing through and out of a speaker but, in fact, it necessarily is also an audio speaker, located at or adjacent to the mouth of the entertainer. The device is connected to a source of audio, digital or analog, signals of the voices of pre-recorded entertainers. In this manner, an extremely realistic effect/illusion is provided, the user seems to be singing (when suitably lip synched to the lyrics of the pre-recorded songs), with the voice, tone, harmony, melody, etc. of the professional singer. When the microphone-shaped speaker device (a speaker contained at the head of the handle of an otherwise conventionally looking microphone) is selectively connected to a source of lyrics, normally with music such as an i-pod® or mp | 01-27-2011 |
John K. Kearns, Henderson, NV US
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| 20100048280 | SYSTEM FOR ANIMATING MECHANICAL REELS ON A GAMING MACHINE - A system for providing animation on mechanical reels games is disclosed. A gaming machine includes a plurality of mechanical reels each having symbols provided on an outer surface of each of the reels. A lighting system is configured to illuminate a selected symbol on at least one spinning mechanical reels. A game controller generates a game outcome and determines a spin duration for each of the plurality of reels. One or more stepper motors is operatively coupled to the mechanical reels and independently spins each reel. A reel control unit determines the timing of illuminating of the selected symbol on the position of the symbol on the reel when it is illuminated. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100048281 | METHOD FOR ANIMATING MECHANICAL REELS ON A GAMING MACHINE - A method for providing animation on a gaming machine having mechanical reels is disclosed. The method comprises spinning at least one mechanical reel, and illuminating a first symbol on the spinning mechanical reel, wherein the lighting system directs light onto the first symbol for a designated amount of time while the mechanical reel is spinning. A second symbol on the spinning reel is then illuminated, and combined effect of illuminating the first and second symbols while the mechanical reel is spinning is to produce the appearance of animation. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20120028699 | GAMING MACHINES HAVING RHYTHMIC REELS - A gaming machine and methods for independently controlling the movement of each mechanical reel are disclosed. The gaming machine includes a plurality of mechanical reels each having indicia provided on an outer surface of each of the reels. A game controller generates a game outcome and determines a spin duration for each of the plurality of reels. One or more stepper motors are operatively coupled to the mechanical reels to independently spin each reel. A reel control unit is in communication with one or more stepper motors and the game controller. The reel control unit determines an appropriate spin profile for each reel based upon the game outcome and the spin duration to cause the reels to spin and stop in a rhythmic manner. | 02-02-2012 |
John P. Kearns, League City, TX US
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| 20090291018 | Inductive heating of workpiece using coiled assemblies, system and method - A system for inductively heating a workpiece including a heating coil that surrounds the sides and ends of the workpiece, wherein the heating coil comprises a first coil assembly that encloses a first portion of the workpiece and a second coil assembly that encloses a second portion of the workpiece. A power supply is operatively connected to the first coil assembly and the second coil assembly. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100282739 | METHODS FOR INDUCTIVE HEATING OF WORKPIECE USING COILED ASSEMBLIES - A method for inductively heating a workpiece using a heating coil that surrounds the sides and ends of the workpiece, wherein the heating coil comprises a first coil assembly that encloses a first portion of the workpiece and a second coil assembly that encloses a second portion of the workpiece. A power supply is operatively connected to the first coil assembly and the second coil assembly. | 11-11-2010 |
Joseph P. Kearns, Overland Park, KS US
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| 20100260882 | EXTRUDER ASSEMBLY WITH ALTERNATING CONVERGING AND DIVERGING BARREL SECTIONS - High-capacity extrusion die assemblies ( | 10-14-2010 |
Justin Kearns, Somerville, MA US
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| 20120072052 | Navigation Portals for a Remote Vehicle Control User Interface - An operator control unit has a user interface that allows a user to identify a mode of display and interaction that narrows the user's options for his next interaction with the user interface. The user interface utilizes portals to transition between environments such as indoors to outdoors, outdoors to indoors, different rooms of a building, and different floors of a building, the portals representing one or more of stairways and doors, and being used in remote vehicle path planning as waypoints that may require execution of predetermined behaviors. | 03-22-2012 |
Justin D. Kearns, Seattle, WA US
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| 20080289426 | STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING (SHM) TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY AND SYSTEM - A transducer assembly may include a first layer of dielectric material and a pair of electrically conductive traces adjacent to the first dielectric layer. Each of the electrically conductive traces may include a first contact pad and a second contact pad. The first layer of dielectric material may include a pair of vias or openings formed therein to expose each of the first contact pads. A second layer of dielectric material may be attached to the first layer of dielectric material with the pair of electrically conductive traces disposed between the first and second layers of dielectric material. A transducer may be attached to the second layer of dielectric material and each second contact pad may be electrically connected to the transducer. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080319692 | TRANSDUCER HEALTH DIAGNOSTICS FOR STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING (SHM) SYSTEMS - A method for diagnosing the health of a transducer may include transmitting a signal to a transducer to cause the transducer to transmit a stress wave into an object being monitored, wherein the signal has a predetermined frequency range or bandwidth. The method may also include receiving response data for the transducer and transforming the response data to data representative of an impedance curve of impedance versus frequency for the predetermined frequency range. The method may further include extracting selected parameters from the impedance curve to diagnose the health of the transducer. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090093999 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUANTIFYING DAMAGE IN A STRUCTURE - A method for quantifying damage in a test structure having a plurality of transducer units coupled to at least one portion of the test structure includes: (a) training an evaluating algorithmic system coupled with the transducer units to establish a trained algorithmic system able to recognize a plurality of characteristics of signals traversing a plurality of paths through a training structure substantially similar to the test structure after the training structure is damaged. Each path is situated between a respective pair of transducer units coupled to the training structure; the plurality of characteristics relates each path to a plurality of physical aspects of the damage. A trained algorithmic system is employed to recognize the plurality of characteristics of signals traversing paths in the test structure to effect the quantifying. The plurality of physical aspects includes less than ten physical aspects. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20100182023 | TRANSMISSION LINE MOISTURE SENSOR - A sensor device for monitoring and testing for potential corrosion of structural elements is disclosed comprising a soluble material disposed adjacent to at least one conductor in a transmission line that reacts to the presence of moisture causing a detectable change in an electrical property of the conductor. The conductor may comprise a conductive ink that is disrupted when the soluble material dissolves beneath it. Alternately, the nonconductive soluble membrane may separate two conductors and moisture causes a disruption in the soluble membrane allowing the two conductors to short. Detected changes in the electrical properties of the one or more conductors can be used to indicate potential corrosion or structural imparement in the structural element. Connection to the sensor device may be through a connector or using a wireless reader which remotely energizes the sensor device comprising one or more RFID chips. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20110291802 | STRUCTURAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM AND METHOD - A structural health management device, system and method are provided for facilitating the inspection of a structure, such as in accordance with a condition-based maintenance strategy. A structural health management device may include a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and at least one sense line communicably coupled to the RFID tag and configured to extend at least partially along a workpiece. The sense line may be formed of different materials depending upon the objective of the inspection. The RFID tag may include processing circuitry and an antenna configured to facilitate offboard communication. The processing circuitry may be configured to interrogate the at least one sense line to determine a change in continuity which is indicative of a change in the structural health of the workpiece. The structural health management device may therefore detect the onset of structural issues in a timely manner. | 12-01-2011 |
Justin H. Kearns, Cambridge, MA US
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| 20090254217 | Robotics Systems - A method of controlling a robot includes running multiple applications on a processor, where each application has a robot controller and an action selection engine. Each application is in communication with at least one behavior and at least one action model of at least part of the robot. The method includes running periodic action selection cycles on each action selection engine. Each action selection cycle includes selecting a command for each action space of each action model, generating a single overall command based on the accumulated commands for each action model, and sending the overall command to the robot controller for execution on the robot. | 10-08-2009 |
Ken Kearns, Madison, WI US
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| 20080213365 | UNUSUALLY STABLE GLASSES AND METHODS FOR FORMING SAME - The present invention provides vapor deposition-methods that overcome the kinetic restrictions imposed by more conventional vapor deposition processes and liquid-cooling techniques to form amorphous molecular solids with greatly enhanced-stabilities. The present methods produce amorphous molecular solids having stabilities, as measured by fictive temperature, that cannot be achieved using liquid-cooling methods. | 09-04-2008 |
Mark Alan Kearns, Wake Forest, NC US
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| 20110295022 | Method for producing 2-halogenomethylphenyl acetic acid derivatives - The present invention relates to a process for producing 2-halogenomethylphenyl acetic acid derivatives. | 12-01-2011 |
Michael Kearns, Franklin, VA US
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| 20080228672 | Sales process and form - A novel business method for selling automobiles includes a unique multiply form that includes three different data fields. The form is used in a paperwork tracking technique that comprises multiple sheets having a common data field in a pre-selected area. Each sheet includes other data fields that are unique to that particular form. Each sheet is stripped from the multi-ply form and forwarded to an appropriate department in an automobile dealership. | 09-18-2008 |
Patricia L. Kearns, Naples, FL US
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| 20080201161 | System and method for assessing condition and assigning value to watercraft - A computer-implemented system and method for evaluating watercraft, particularly from a remote location. The system includes an evaluation server that receives requests to evaluate a boat from clients. Upon receipt of an evaluation request, the evaluation server submits a request to the client to provide detailed information regarding the boat to be evaluated via a particular website. Once the client has submitted the requested information, the evaluation server notifies a marine surveyor of the report and requests that the surveyor provide comments and cite safety regulations relevant to the boat being inspected. Upon receipt of the surveyor's comments and citations, the evaluation server assembles all gathered information and provides a report to the client or a designated representative. | 08-21-2008 |
Robert Kearns, Melrose, MT US
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| 20090117633 | Process of Producing Ethanol Using Starch with Enzymes Generated Through Solid State Culture - The present invention is directed to process of producing ethanol using starch with enzymes generated through solid state culture. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090117634 | Process of Producing Ethanol Using Cellulose with Enzymes Generated Through Solid State Culture - The present invention is directed to process of producing ethanol using cellulose with enzymes generated through solid state culture. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090117635 | Process for Integrating Cellulose and Starch Feedstocks in Ethanol Production - The present invention is directed to process integrating cellulose and starch feedstocks to produce ethanol. | 05-07-2009 |
Robert D. Kearns, Melrose, MT US
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| 20090259018 | PROTEIN CONSENTRATE FROM STARCH CONTAINING GRAINS: COMPOSITION, METHOD OF MAKING, AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to methods of producing a protein concentrate from a starch containing grain and uses thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the protein concentrate produced is used to prepare an aquaculture feed. | 10-15-2009 |
Steven Kearns, Fort Myers, FL US
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| 20090305675 | MESSAGING INTERCHANGE SYSTEM - Machine-readable codes are read, decoded and resolved by a messaging system in order to perform a desired function. If the code is not native to that (home) messaging system, then a resolution request is made to a central messaging interchange system to determine which other (destination) messaging system is native to and can resolve that code. The messaging interchange system then either returns the appropriate routing information back to the home messaging system (in which case the home messaging system sends the resolution request directly to the destination messaging system) or forwards the resolution request to the destination messaging system itself. The destination messaging system transmits a resolution response message to the home messaging system, either directly or via the messaging interchange system | 12-10-2009 |