Inventors list |
Assignees list |
Classification tree browser |
Top 100 Inventors |
Top 100 Assignees |
Kreger, US
Laurence G. Kreger, Dublin, OH US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 20080276856 | Personal watercraft and seat assemblies therefor - A seat assembly is provided for a personal watercraft. The seat assembly includes a forward seat portion and a rearward seat portion. The forward seat portion is configured for fixed attachment to a deck of a personal watercraft. The forward seat portion is configured to contact and at least partially support an operator during driving of the personal watercraft. The rearward seat portion is selectively movable by an operator between a driving position and a fishing position. In the driving position, the rearward seat portion is adjacent to the forward seat portion. In the fishing position, the rearward seat portion is spaced from the forward seat portion. A personal watercraft including such a seat assembly is also provided. | 11-13-2008 |
Lionel L. Kreger, Warsaw, IN US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 20090314213 | PAN BREEDER FEEDER - A feeder assembly is used in a feed distribution system having a feed supply conduit. The feeder assembly includes an elongated pan member. The feeder assembly includes first and second fill ports for receiving feed from the feed supply conduit and for providing feed onto a base portion of the pan member. Each fill port provides feed to a separate portion of the base portion of the elongated pan member. The fill ports are defined through an outer grill member having an elongated rim member which is operatively associated with the pan member. First and second drop tube members are associated with the first and second fill ports to direct (feed flowing through the fill ports through first and second lower feed gates and onto the pan member. The drop tube members may have brood gates provided therethrough for providing a raised level of feed in the pan member. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090320763 | POULTRY FEEDER - A method of managing feed flow within a feeder from a feed supply conduit to a pan of said feeder is provided. The method includes the step of providing a feeder including a pan and a drop tube assembly where the assembly is configured to receive feed from the conduit, and where the assembly defines a feed gate through an outer wall thereof such that feed received from the conduit flows through the feed gate and into the pan. The method further includes the step of regulating a position of the feed gate in the outer wall of the assembly such that feed flow into the pan can be substantially controlled, such that the feed flow can be substantially directed into selected areas and at selected levels within the pan, and/or such that the position of the feed gate is variable relative to a distal end of the assembly. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100043714 | PAN BREEDER FEEDER - A feeder assembly is used in a feed distribution system having a feed supply conduit. The feeder assembly includes a pan member, which is preferably elongated in configuration, in a shape of two intersecting circles. The feeder assembly also includes at least one fill port for receiving feed from the feed supply conduit and for providing feed onto a base portion of the pan member. The at least one fill port is defined through an outer grill member which is operatively associated with the pan member. Like the pan member, the outer grill member has a rim member which is preferably elongated in configuration, in a shape of two intersecting circles. The outer grill member defines a plurality of apertures therethrough through which birds can eat the feed presented on the base portion of the pan member. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20110079180 | PAN BREEDER FEEDER - A feed distribution system has a feed supply conduit and a feeder. The conduit is configured to move feed therethrough. At least a portion of the conduit defines a longitudinal axis. The feeder has a pan and first and second fill ports for receiving the feed moving through the conduit and for providing the feed to the pan. Each port defines a first opening at which feed flows into the port from the conduit and a second opening at which feed flows out of the port and onto the pan, wherein the first and second openings of each port define centers thereof. The center of the first opening of each port is provided along the axis of the conduit. The center of the second opening of each port is offset from the center of the first opening of each port and from the axis of the conduit. | 04-07-2011 |
Melissa Kreger, Santa Cruz, CA US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 20090023235 | Method and Apparatus for Improved Printed Cathodes for Light-Emitting Devices - Rapid thermal processing of printed cathodes for light-emitting polymer devices (LEPDs) to prevent detrimental cathode ink/LEP layer interactions is described herein. The ink layer printed cathode can be thinned curing fabrication using high mesh count screens, calendered mesh screens, high squeegee pressures, high hardness squeegees, high squeegee angles and combinations thereof. Alone, or in combination with, a thinned ink layer, the printed cathode can be cured using reduced time hot plate processing, infrared processing, heated gas flow processing, or combinations thereof. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090246896 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED PRINTED CATHODES FOR ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Rapid thermal processing of printed electrodes and cathodes for organic electronic devices and light-emitting polymer devices (LEPDs) to prevent detrimental cathode ink/underlying layer interactions is described herein. The ink layer printed cathode can be thinned during fabrication using high mesh count screens, calendered mesh screens, high squeegee pressures, high hardness squeegees, high squeegee angles and combinations thereof. Alone, or in combination with, a thinned ink layer, the printed cathode can be cured using reduced time hot plate processing, infrared processing, heated gas flow processing, or combinations thereof. | 10-01-2009 |
Scott Kreger, Dubois, IL US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 20100081532 | Drive tumbler - A drive tumbler comprises a hub having attached thereto a plurality of replaceable rim segments. The rim segments are supported by a plurality of raised blocks that are formed integral with the hub and serve to absorb the shear forces to which the tumbler is subject during operation. | 04-01-2010 |
Scott P. Kreger, Springfield, OH US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 20080252286 | MULTIPLE TRACK SENSE MAGNET ASSEMBLY - A sense magnet assembly including a generally circular hub portion defining a central axis. The hub portion includes a generally disk-shaped base portion and an outer wall extending axially from an outer edge of the base portion. An elastic magnet material is provided including a plurality of annular portions positioned at radially spaced locations. A substantially rigid annular divider formed of a non-magnetic material is located between adjacent pairs of the annular portions of the magnet material, and a rigid cover is provided extending over the magnet material to limit movement of the magnet material in response to centrifugal forces. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20110241476 | PARALLEL WOUND STATOR - A wound stator includes a plurality of windings, each winding including a primary lead and a secondary lead defined by free ends of the winding. Each of the windings being associated with a first, second or third phase. For each phase, a plurality of the primary leads are wrapped around a termination side of the stator to a common primary base lead to form a primary lead connection for the phase. For each phase, a plurality of the secondary leads are wrapped around the termination side of the stator to a common secondary base lead to form a secondary lead connection for the phase. | 10-06-2011 |
Seth Kreger, New Richmond, IN US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 20080268052 | Collagen preparation and method of isolation - Collagen compositions, methods for preparing those collagen compositions, and graft compositions formed from those collagen compositions are provided. In particular, methods of isolating collagen that exhibits an enhanced rate of polymerization and enhanced microstructural and mechanical properties upon polymerization, such collagen compositions, and graft compositions formed from such collagen compositions are provided. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090280180 | COLLAGEN-BASED MATRICES WITH STEM CELLS - Collagen based-matrices and methods of their use are described. More particularly, collagen-based matrices for differentiating stem cells and progenitor cells, and for producing and isolating blood vessels and vascularized graft constructs are described. | 11-12-2009 |
Stephen Kreger, Blacksburg, VA US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 20120057841 | Registration of an extended reference for parameter measurement in an optical sensing system - A method and structure for terminating an optical fiber are disclosed that provide an optical fiber termination structure with a small volume and very low return loss, even when the termination is in close proximity to reflective surfaces. In one example embodiment, the optical fiber termination reduces reflections into the one or more cores to a return loss of −70 dB or less regardless of the presence of surfaces proximate the optical fiber termination. At the same time, a length of the optical fiber termination is less than 5 mm and a largest transverse dimension of the optical fiber termination is less than 325 um. The optical fiber termination is useful in fiber sensing applications in general and is particularly effective for terminating a multi-core fiber used in a distributed shape sensing application. | 03-08-2012 |
Stephen T. Kreger, Blacksburg, VA US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 20120069347 | COMPENSATING FOR NON-IDEAL MULTI-CORE OPTICAL FIBER STRUCTURE - An interferometric measurement system includes a spun optical fiber including multiple optical waveguides configured in the fiber. Interferometric detection circuitry detects measurement interferometric pattern data associated with each of the multiple optical waveguides when the optical fiber is placed into a bend. Data processing circuitry determines compensation parameters that compensate for variations between an optimal configuration of the multiple optical waveguides in the fiber and an actual configuration of multiple optical waveguides in the fiber. The compensation parameters are stored in memory for compensating subsequently-obtained measurement interferometric pattern data for the fiber. The compensation parameters are applied to the subsequently-obtained measurement interferometric pattern data in order to distinguish between axial strain, bend strain, and twist strain on the fiber and to accurately determine one or more strain values for the fiber corresponding to one or more of the axial strain, bend strain, or twist strain on the fiber. | 03-22-2012 |
Stephen Tod Kreger, Blacksburg, VA US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 20110109898 | OPTICAL POSITION AND/OR SHAPE SENSING - An accurate measurement method and apparatus are disclosed for shape sensing with a multi-core fiber. A change in optical length is detected in ones of the cores in the multi-core fiber up to a point on the multi-core fiber. A location and/or a pointing direction are/is determined at the point on the multi-core fiber based on the detected changes in optical length. The accuracy of the determination is better than 0.5% of the optical length of the multi-core fiber up to the point on the multi-core fiber. In a preferred example embodiment, the determining includes determining a shape of at least a portion of the multi-core fiber based on the detected changes in optical length. | 05-12-2011 |
Troy Kreger, San Jose, CA US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 20090290967 | End Effector - An apparatus for transporting a substrate is provided. The apparatus includes an upper portion housing an electric motor, the electric motor having a drive shaft. A motor housing encloses the electric motor. A pivot bracket having a first end and a second end, where the first end of the pivot bracket is coupled to the drive shaft. The apparatus includes a lower portion having a top surface affixed to the second end of the pivot bracket. The lower portion includes a plurality of paddle assemblies each having support extensions extending though a bearing assembly of the lower portion. Each of the paddle assemblies has an independent drive assembly disposed between corresponding support extensions, wherein the lower portion translates between a vertical and horizontal orientation by pivoting around an axis of the drive shaft. | 11-26-2009 |