Mangan
Brian Joseph Mangan, Bath GB
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110121474 | METHOD OF DRAWING MICROSTRUCTURED GLASS OPTICAL FIBERS FROM A PREFORM, AND A PREFORM COMBINED WITH A CONNECTOR - A method of manufacturing a microstructured fibre, includes: providing a preform having a plurality of elongate holes; mating at least one, but not all, of the holes with a connector to connect the hole(s) to an external pressure-controller; drawing the preform into the fibre whilst controlling gas pressure in the hole(s) connected to the pressure-controller. | 05-26-2011 |
Catherine A. Mangan, Dupont, PA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100012806 | PORTABLE HANGER FOR PURSE - A portable hanger for hanging a purse from a table has a base adapted to rest upon and frictionally engage the table. A plurality of links are pivotally linked to each other in series to form a chain having a first link and a last link. A pivot pin pivotally connects the base and the first link of the plurality of links. The plurality of links are adapted for pivot between a stored configuration in which the plurality of links are positioned generally adjacent the perimeter of the base, and an operative configuration in which the plurality of links form a hook adapted for hanging the purse. | 01-21-2010 |
Dan J. Mangan, Painted Post, NY US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110204030 | RETAINER, VACUUM INTERRUPTER, AND ELECTRICAL SWITCHING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A vacuum interrupter includes a number of insulative tubes having a first open end and a second open end; a first end member secured to the first open end; a second end member secured to the second open end; a fixed contact mounted on a fixed electrode extending through the second end member; a retainer; and a movable contact. The retainer includes a rigid retainer having a plurality of legs and an opening, and an insulative bushing having a smaller opening. The insulative bushing is molded over a portion of the rigid retainer. The smaller opening is within the opening of the rigid retainer and is structured to receive a movable electrode. The movable contact is mounted on the movable electrode extending through the first end member and through the smaller opening. The movable contact is capable of axially reciprocating into and out of contact with the fixed contact. | 08-25-2011 |
Dan Joseph Mangan, Asheville, NC US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20150091430 | REMOVABLE STORAGE BASKET AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR STORING ITEMS WITHIN A FREEZER - A storage basket is configured to hold multiple product units such as blood bags within the cabinet of a freezer. The storage basket includes first and second spaced-apart sidewalls and a plurality of inclined shelves extending between and coupled to these sidewalls. The inclined shelves include a plurality of air flow apertures that defined storage receptacles for product units as well as additional flow apertures to ensure minimal hindrance of cooling air flow within the freezer. The storage basket also includes handles that enable easy grasping and movement of multiple product units at once into and out of the freezer. As a result, the amount of time needed to cool product units down to a desired temperature with the freezer is reduced and the storage density within the freezer is increased. | 04-02-2015 |
David J. Mangan, Dingley Village AU
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20150041156 | SOLE SUPPORT PAD FOR HOOFED ANIMALS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention relates to sole support pad for hoofed animals but more particularly to sole support pad for horses with laminitis or other foot problems. Said sole support pad comprises a curable resin-coating tiny expandable polystyrene balls which can be placed directly to the foot with or without shoes in a matter of seconds. It further relates to a process of producing said sole support pad comprising the steps of; coating polystyrene balls with poly-isocyanate prepolymer under dry atmosphere; allowing isocyanate and polyol to react; hardening the resin upon wetting with tertiary amine or organic peroxide solutions, and packaging coated balls in impervious package to prevent contact with atmospheric pressure. | 02-12-2015 |
David Peter Mangan, Monkstown IE
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20140106384 | Cellulase Assay - The invention involves the development of a substrate and assay procedure for the scientific measurement of cellulase in admixture with other enzymes active on cellulose or 1,4-β-D-gluco-oligosaccharides, or in various levels of purity of the cellulase. This substrate being characterised by the fact that it contains at least 2 glucose units linked β-1,4-, with the reducing end glucose unit linked β- or α- to a compound which exhibits an optically measurable change on cleavage of the bond between it and the adjacent D-glucosyl residue and the non-reducing terminal D-glucosyl unit is covalently linked to a blocking substituent which inhibits cleavage by exo-acting enzymes of the bond between the terminal and non-reducing end, penultimate D-glucose unit. | 04-17-2014 |
20140154721 | Cellulase Assay - The invention involves the development of a substrate and assay procedure for the scientific measurement of cellulase in admixture with other enzymes active on cellulose or 1,4-β-D-cello-oligosaccharides, or in various levels of purity of the cellulase. This substrate being characterised by the fact that it contains at least 2 glucose units linked β-1,4-, with the reducing end glucose unit linked β- or α- to a compound which exhibits an optically measurable change on cleavage of the bond between it and the adjacent D-glucosyl residue and the non-reducing terminal D-glucosyl unit is covalently linked to a blocking substituent which inhibits cleavage by exo-acting enzymes of the bond between the terminal and non-reducing end, penultimate D-glucose unit. | 06-05-2014 |
Elizabeth Victoria Mangan, Cleveland Heights, OH US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110169287 | BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED GRIPPING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a gripping device that consists of four artificial muscle rings arranged in parallel. A grasper is placed in the middle of the rings. Sequential activation of the rings produces a peristaltic motion that moves the grasper back and forth within the rings. By activating the grasper appropriately, it can grab, ingest, and move soft and irregular material from one side of the lumen formed by the rings to the other side. | 07-14-2011 |
Emma Mangan, London GB
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100228665 | Collateral Management System and Method - Embodiments of the invention include a computer-implemented collateral management system and method for managing collateral of multiple participants including borrowers and lenders. The system may include a global long box available to each borrower, each global long box configured for storing all types of available assets possessed by each borrower. The system may additionally include an eligibility database storing eligibility and concentration limits, the concentration limits defined by lender rules controlling the acceptability of the available assets for use as collateral, the value of the assets, and overall acceptable composition of assets. An interactive participant interface may be provided for accepting collateral use preferences from the borrowers, the collateral use preferences including, lender ranking components, asset ranking components, and allocation run type selection components for facilitating collateral allocation. An allocation engine implementing computer processing components for selecting an allocation sequence based on the collateral use preferences of the borrowers and in compliance the stored eligibility and concentration limits in the eligibility database and allocating collateral from each global long box in the selected sequence. | 09-09-2010 |
Greg Mangan, Warsaw, IN US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20140343682 | CONVERTIBLE ACETABULAR BEARING - An acetabular bearing is configured to be convertible between direct connection with the acetabulum of a patient's hip, and connection to an acetabular cup shell or other mounting structure, which is configured to be connected to the acetabulum. | 11-20-2014 |
John Mangan, Houston, TX US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20140069531 | Blowout Preventer Status Assembly - A status assembly to provide visual and electronic indication of the position (open, closed, in-between) of the ram of a ram-type blowout preventer (BOP). The assembly is capable of coupling with a hydraulic motor that can be used to open and close the ram locks. The status assembly includes a rotatable element protruding from the BOP, a gear rotatable by the rotatable element, and an indicator that indicates the rotation position of the rotatable element and thus the linear position of the BOP ram. Some embodiments can also include a sensor that outputs an electronic signal to the system operator and can be incorporated into the main display for the BOP control system. This device is able to give immediate feedback to operators and to indicate whether each ram has achieved its intended travel. | 03-13-2014 |
20150152705 | Blowout Preventer Status Assembly - A status assembly to provide visual and electronic indication of the position (open, closed, in-between) of the ram of a ram-type blowout preventer (BOP). The assembly is capable of coupling with a hydraulic motor that can be used to open and close the ram locks. The status assembly includes a rotatable element protruding from the BOP, a gear rotatable by the rotatable element, and an indicator that indicates the rotation position of the rotatable element and thus the linear position of the BOP ram. Some embodiments can also include a sensor that outputs an electronic signal to the system operator and can be incorporated into the main display for the BOP control system. This device is able to give immediate feedback to operators and to indicate whether each ram has achieved its intended travel. | 06-04-2015 |
Jonathan Mangan, Countyclare IE
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110065521 | Golf Ball Dispenser - A golf ball dispenser includes a golf ball storage container and associated placement means for reception of a golf ball from the storage container and automatic placement of the golf ball on an associated tee for striking by a golfer. The golf ball storage container comprises a removable golf ball magazine which is demountably engagable with the placement means. | 03-17-2011 |
Joseph P. Mangan, Dayton, OH US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110304667 | COLOR CONSISTENCY FOR A MULTI-PRINTHEAD SYSTEM - A printing system using multiple printheads maintains color consistency between the printheads by printing a first color patch ( | 12-15-2011 |
20110304668 | COLOR CONSISTENCY FOR A MULTI-PRINTHEAD SYSTEM - A printing system using multiple printheads maintains color consistency between the printheads by printing a first color patch ( | 12-15-2011 |
20120105533 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINT DENSITY - A method of controlling print density in a printing system includes gathering first data from a first sensor; gathering second data from a second sensor; comparing the first data to the second data; if the first data correlates to the second data no action is required; if the first data deviates from the second data; determine a confidence level for each sensor; identify the sensor with the lowest confidence level; and take corrective action. | 05-03-2012 |
Kile P. Mangan, Madison, WI US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20160116459 | NEURAL NETWORKS FORMED FROM CELLS DERIVED FROM PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS - In some aspects, cultures of neurons derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) that exhibit synchronous firing of neural networks are provided. In some embodiments, neuronal activity of the cultures may be detected or measured using a multi-electrode array. | 04-28-2016 |
Kile Patrick Mangan, Madison, WI US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20150335659 | NEW USES OF GANAXOLONE - Absence epilepsy, a form of epilepsy characterized by nonconvulsive seizures, has proven to be refractive to conventional epilepsy therapies. It has been found that low doses of ganaxolone can be used to reduce absence seizures in subjects with absence epilepsy, particularly pediatric subjects. In addition, ganaxolone therapy is particularly useful in subjects with absence epilepsy characterized by a reduction in tonic inhibition. Low dose ganaxolone is also used to reduce sleep disruptions and to treat sleep disorders in subjects in need of such treatment. | 11-26-2015 |
Lee Stanley Mangan, Northwood GB
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090277225 | Production of Glass - Soda lime silica float glass in ribbon form is produced at reduced cost by replacing at least part of the soda ash conventionally used as a source of sodium fluxing agent by calcined trona ore. The invention may use calcined trona ore from the deposits in the Green River Valley area of Wyoming, USA. | 11-12-2009 |
Matt Mangan, Edmonton CA
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20140246234 | DRILLING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A drilling apparatus including a drill bit and a nutation device. The drilling apparatus is configured to enable the drill bit to be rotated at a rotation frequency while the nutation device simultaneously nutates the drill bit at a nutation frequency. The nutation device may include a vibrating device for imposing vibrations upon the drilling apparatus at a vibration frequency, thereby causing nutation of the drill bit at the nutation frequency. The drilling apparatus may include a tuning mechanism for tuning the vibration frequency of the vibrating device. A method including rotating a drill bit at a rotation frequency and simultaneously nutating the drill bit at a nutation frequency. | 09-04-2014 |
Paul R. Mangan, Doylestown, PA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100203009 | Pathway for Th-17 Cell Development and Methods Utilizing Same - The present disclosure demonstrates for the first time that Th-17 cells are the product of a distinct CD4 | 08-12-2010 |
Shmuel Mangan, Rehovot IL
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090066942 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING AN OBJECT THAT HAS A REPETITIVE PATTERN - A method and system for evaluating an object that has a repetitive pattern. Illumination optics of an optical unit are adapted to scan a spot of radiation over a repetitive pattern that includes multiple regularly repeating structural elements that are optically distinguishable from their background, generating a diffraction pattern that includes multiple diffraction lobes. Collection optics are adapted to focus radiation from the repetitive pattern onto a detector. The focused radiation includes a single diffraction lobe while not including other diffraction lobes. A grey field detector generates detection signals, responsive to the focused collected radiation. The optical unit is adapted to maintain, at a detection surface of the grew field detector, a radiation pattern that includes a first radiation pattern component resulting from the repetitive pattern and a second radiation pattern component resulting from a defect; wherein the first radiation pattern component is stronger than the second radiation component. | 03-12-2009 |
20090240466 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING AN OBJECT THAT HAS A REPETITIVE PATTERN - A method for evaluating placement errors within a lithographic mask, the method includes: providing or receiving a reference result that represents a distance between a reference pair of points of a reference element; measuring, for each pair of points out of multiple pairs of points that are associated with multiple spaced apart elements of the lithographic mask, the distance between the pair of points to provide multiple measurement results; wherein differences between a measurement result and the reference result are indicative of relative placement errors; and determining relative placement errors in response to relationships between the reference result and each of the measurement results. | 09-24-2009 |
20100235805 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING ERROR SOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH A MASK - Evaluating error sources associated with a mask involves: (i) receiving data representative of multiple images of the mask that were obtained at different exposure conditions; (ii) calculating, for multiple sub-frames of each image of the mask, values of a function of intensities of pixels of each sub-frame to provide multiple calculated values; and (iii) detecting error sources in response to calculated values and in response to sensitivities of the function to each error source. | 09-16-2010 |
20140036942 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COHERENCE REDUCTION - An optical system having coherence reduction capabilities includes a light source for generating a first light pulse; an asymmetrical pulse stretcher arranged to receive the first light pulse and to generate multiple light pulses, during a pulse sequence generation period, wherein the asymmetrical pulse stretcher includes multiple optical components which define a loop and a condenser lens is located between the asymmetrical pulse stretcher and an object, for directing the multiple pulses toward an area on the object At least two optical components of the multiple optical components are positioned in an almost symmetrical manner in relation to each other and introduce a coherence-related difference between at least two pulses of the multiple pulses. The pulse sequence generation period does not exceed a response period of a detector. | 02-06-2014 |
Shmuel Mangan, Nes-Ziyona IL
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20130200498 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LITHOGRAPHY USING A RESIST ARRAY - Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for forming a resist array on a material to be patterned. The resist array may include an arrangement of two different materials that are adapted to react to activation energy differently relative to each other to enable selective removal of only one of the materials (e.g., one is reactive and the other is not reactive; one is slightly reactive and the other is very reactive; one is reactive in one domain and the other in an opposite domain). The first material may be disposed as isolated nodes between the second material. A subset of nodes may be selected from among the nodes in the array and the selected nodes may be exposed to activation energy to activate the nodes and create a mask from the resist array. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed. | 08-08-2013 |
Shmuel Mangan, Nes Ziona IL
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20140007025 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATION OF BINARY SPATIAL FILTERS | 01-02-2014 |
20150233842 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USE OF BINARY SPATIAL FILTERS - Methods and systems for designing a binary spatial filter based on data indicative of a desired exposure condition to be emulated by an inspection system, and for implementing the binary spatial filter in an optical path of the inspection system, thereby enabling emulation of the desired exposure condition by interacting a light beam of the inspection system with the binary spatial filter. The present method and systems enable on-the-fly and on-demand design and implementation/generation of spatial filters for use in inspection systems. | 08-20-2015 |
Stephen Mangan, St. Ives GB
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110316351 | OVERLOAD PROTECTION OF A VOLTAGE REDUCTION DEVICE - A system for reducing the voltage of an AC electrical supply to a load for the purpose of energy efficiency, comprising a transformer and power converter in circuit between an AC electrical supply and a load, and a bypass switch S to cause the transformer to be taken out of circuit and to connect the electrical supply to the load in the event of a sustained overload of the transformer. The system includes means ( | 12-29-2011 |
Stephen James Mangan, St. Ives GB
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090008997 | VOLTAGE REGULATION DEVICE - A voltage regulation device adapted for connection to a varying electrical supply and to regulate the voltage supplied to certain selected circuits whose loads benefit from voltage regulation. The device comprises a PWM or phase angle switched autotransformer which is sufficiently compact and lightweight to be incorporated into a standard electrical consumer unit which has separated circuits, ie, those whose loads benefit from voltage regulation and those whose loads do not, such that the former may be controlled by the device to operate at a constant and reduced voltage thus ensuring a reduction in energy consumption and the life enhancement of the appliances connected to the device. The operating temperature of the autotransformer is controlled by temporarily increasing the output voltage of the autotransformer in the event of overheating. | 01-08-2009 |
Steven L. Mangan, Gananoque CA
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20150063652 | PATHOGEN DETERMINATION IN FLUID - A computer-implemented method of identifying a pathogen likely causing an increased somatic cell count in a sample of fluid is described. An image of the sample of fluid is received. Pixels in the image are parsed to identify pixels representing somatic cells. The identified pixels are analysed to determine image parameters. The determined images parameters are compared with different sets of predefined pathogen parameters stored in memory to determine a match. Each of the sets of pathogen parameters represents a different one of a plurality of pathogens. The pathogen likely causing an increased somatic cell count is identified by the set of the pathogen parameters that matches the image parameters. A computer readable medium storing instructions to implement the method and a system configure to implement the method are also described. | 03-05-2015 |
20150177147 | Biological Fluid Analysis System and Method - A biological fluid analysis system and method for measuring optical characteristics of a sample of biological fluid using a commercially available portable computing device having a camera, such as a smart phone. The system includes a scope, a case that attaches to the portable computing device, and a software application that runs on the portable computing device. Some embodiments of the invention include a sample slide having a viewing chamber that can be filled with a biological fluid to be analyzed by the biological fluid analysis system. The system may be adapted to analyze cow's milk to estimate the number of somatic cells per unit volume contained in the milk using a reagent that stains the somatic cells so that they will fluoresce when excited by light with a particular wavelength, with the light source in the scope being adapted to generate light of that particular wavelength. | 06-25-2015 |