Mason, MI
Andrew J. Mason, Portland, MI US
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20090293590 | Ionic liquid thin layer sensor for electrochemical and/or piezoelectric measurements - An electrochemical piezoelectric sensor is disclosed. The sensor includes a piezoelectric substrate, three (or more) electrodes over a first surface of the substrate, and another electrode over a second (opposing) surface of the substrate. An ionic liquid in the form of a film is adhered, bound, immobilized, or otherwise positioned over the substrate and electrodes of the first surface. The ionic liquid film permits the absorption and detection of analytes from a gaseous sample, for environmental gases, example explosive vapors and/or explosive vapor species in the gaseous sample. Detection (optionally including analyte quantitation and qualitative identification) can be performed by both electrochemical and piezoelectric techniques using a single sensor. Systems incorporating and methods of using the electrochemical piezoelectric sensor also are disclosed. | 12-03-2009 |
Douglas P. Mason, Livonia, MI US
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20100301661 | Vehicle Wheel Cover and Vehicle Wheel Cover Retention System and Method for Producing Same - A vehicle wheel cover retention system comprises a wheel defining an axis and formed from a suitable material and including a wheel rim and a wheel disc. The wheel disc includes a generally centrally located wheel mounting surface and an outer annular portion which defines an outboard face. The wheel disc has a generally radially outwardly extending retention groove formed in a generally axially extending portion of the inner mounting surface thereof. The wheel cover is formed from a suitable material and includes an inner surface, an outer surface and an inner portion having a central opening. The inner portion is provided with at least one wheel cover retention member. The at least one wheel cover retention member provided with at least one tab. A center cap is provided and is formed from a suitable material and includes at least one center cap retention member. The at least one center cap retention member provided with at least one tab. The at least one tab of the at least one wheel cover retention member and the at least one tab of the center cap retention member are both received in the retention groove of the wheel disc to thereby secure both the wheel cover and the center cap to the wheel. | 12-02-2010 |
Gunnar Mason, Holly, MI US
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20120036785 | VEHICLE DOOR LATCH STRUCTURE - A vehicle door latch structure is basically provided with a door latch mechanism and a door latch engagement bracket. The door latch mechanism includes a latch release lever that is movably arranged between a rest position and a release position. The door latch engagement bracket defines an opening that is aligned with the latch release lever while the latch release lever is in the rest position such that the latch release lever extends through the opening upon movement of the door latch engagement bracket toward the latch mechanism while the latch release lever is in the rest position, and such that the door latch engagement bracket prevents movement of the latch release lever from the rest position to the release position while the latch release lever is extending through the opening in the door latch engagement bracket. | 02-16-2012 |
20130154304 | VEHICLE TRIM ASSEMBLY - A vehicle trim assembly includes an interior trim panel and a pull cup. The pull cup includes a main body, an attachment portion and a break-away portion connecting the main body to the attachment portion. The attachment portion is fastened to the interior trim panel. The break-away portion is configured and arranged to separate the main body from the attachment portion in response to a prescribed level of force applied to at least one of the interior trim panel and the pull cup. | 06-20-2013 |
Mark Mason, Zeeland, MI US
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20110179965 | AMMUNITION ASSEMBLY - Ammunition assemblies including ammunition cartridges are provided herein. According to some embodiments, ammunition cartridges may include a tubular casing having a first and a second end, wherein the tubular casing is at least partially constructed from a polymeric material, and wherein the tubular casing is adapted to receive and retain a propellant, a cap releaseably associable with the first end of the tubular casing, and a rim extending from the second end of the tubular casing, the rim and second end of the tubular casing cooperating together to form an extraction groove for receiving at least a portion of an extractor of a firearm. | 07-28-2011 |
20120145339 | VEHICULAR SHADE ASSEMBLY - A vehicular shade assembly having a shade sized to cover at least a portion of a side window of a vehicle a means for translating the shade between a retracted position and an extended position and wherein the shade is at least partially housed within a B-pillar of the vehicle when the shade is in the retracted position. | 06-14-2012 |
Mary A. Mason, Dearborn, MI US
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20110012328 | SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAG WITH PRESSURE CONTROL DEVICE - An inflatable safety curtain for use in a vehicle interior is provided. A first inflatable portion may be mounted to the vehicle interior. A second inflatable portion may be mounted to the first portion. The first and second portions may be in fluid communication. A pressure control device is disposed between the first and second inflatable portions to selectively prevent fluid communication between the first and second portion. The pressure control device is a flexible valve from fabric or a memory shape material, a chamber valve having an enlarged opening, or a flapper valve. | 01-20-2011 |
Michael Mason, Canton, MI US
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20150364799 | SHIELDING RECEPTACLE FOR BATTERY CELLS - A thermally shielded receptacle for a rechargeable battery. The thermally shielded receptacle can include a material having a heat deflection rate of greater than 50 degrees Celsius to contain a catastrophic runaway of one or more of a plurality of individual battery cells. The thermally shielded receptacle can include material sized and shaped to receive the plurality of individual battery cells and separate each of the plurality of individual battery cells from adjacent individual battery cells. | 12-17-2015 |
Michael C. Mason, St. Joseph, MI US
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20090014642 | DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR A SPECTROMETER USING HORIZONTAL ACCUMULATION - A data acquisition system and method are described that may be used with various spectrometers. The data acquisition system may include an ion detector, an initial processing module, and a spectra processing module. The initial processing module is provided for receiving, sampling, and processing ion detection signals received from the ion detector, and for supplying processed signals to the spectra processing module. The initial processing module includes a horizontal accumulation circuit that combines a fractional number of adjacent samples of the ion detection signals into bins. The number of adjacent samples to combine into bins may vary as a function of: (1) the time of arrival at the ion detector corresponding to that sample; (2) the mass corresponding to that sample; (3) the resolution corresponding to that sample; and/or (4) an operational mode of the spectrometer. The spectra processing module receives the processed signals and generates spectra. | 01-15-2009 |
20090014643 | Data Acquisition System for a Spectrometer that Generates Stick Spectra - A data acquisition system and method are described that may be used with various spectrometers. The data acquisition system may include an ion detector and a processing circuit. The processing circuit may include an initial processing module and a spectra processing module. According to one embodiment, the spectra processing module generates stick spectra and supplies the stick spectra to an external processor. The stick spectra comprise a peak intensity, resolution, and a location in the spectra for each detected peak. The stick spectra may be generated in real time. | 01-15-2009 |
20090072134 | Data Acquisition System for a Spectrometer Using Various Filters - A data acquisition system and method are described that may be used with various spectrometers. The data acquisition system may include an ion detector, an initial processing module, and a spectra processing module. The initial processing module is provided for processing the ion detection signals and for supplying processed signals to the spectra processing module. The spectra processing module generates spectra from the processed signals and supplies the generated spectra to an external processor for post-processing. The spectra processing module may include one or more of: a cross-spectra filter for filtering data in each spectra as a function of data in at least one prior spectra; a shaping filter for removing skew and shoulders from the processed signals; a sharpening filter for sharpening the peaks of the processed signals to effectively deconvolve and separate overlapping peaks; an ion statistics filter; and a peak histogram filtering circuit. | 03-19-2009 |
20090090861 | DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR A SPECTROMETER - A data acquisition system and method are described that may be used with various spectrometers. The data acquisition system may include an ion detector, an initial/transient processing module, and a spectra processing module. The initial/transient processing module is provided for processing the ion detection signals and for supplying processed signals to the spectra processing module. The transient processing module may contiguously sample the ion detection signals at a rate of at least 1.5 GHz. The spectra processing module may generate spectra from the transients at a rate of at least 50 spectra per second. The initial processing module may be configured to have a sensitivity that is sufficient to detect a single ion received within one of over at least 100 transients and to detect and quantify a number of ions simultaneously striking said ion detector up to at least 10 simultaneously striking ions. | 04-09-2009 |
20110284736 | Data Acquisition System for a Spectrometer Using an Ion Statistics Filter and/or a Peak Histogram Filtering Circuit - A data acquisition system and method are described that may be used with various spectrometers. The data acquisition system may include an ion detector, an initial processing module, and a spectra processing module. The initial processing module is provided for processing the ion detection signals and for supplying processed signals to the spectra processing module. The spectra processing module generates spectra from the processed signals and supplies the generated spectra to an external processor for post-processing. The spectra processing module may include an ion statistics filter and/or a peak histogram filtering circuit. | 11-24-2011 |
20150279643 | Data Acquisition System for a Spectrometer Using an Ion Statistics Filter and/or a Peak Histogram Filtering Circuit - A data acquisition system and method are described that may be used with various spectrometers. The data acquisition system may include an ion detector, an initial processing module, and a spectra processing module. The initial processing module is provided for processing the ion detection signals and for supplying processed signals to the spectra processing module. The spectra processing module generates spectra from the processed signals and supplies the generated spectra to an external processor for post-processing. The spectra processing module may include an ion statistics filter and/or a peak histogram filtering circuit. | 10-01-2015 |
Paul Mason, Dearborn, MI US
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20130047966 | FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM AND ANTI-SIPHON JET PUMP - A fuel supply system includes a fuel supply pump and a jet pump that utilizes the flow from the supply pump to supply fuel to a fuel pump reservoir from a main fuel tank. The jet pump includes a body. A main inlet of the body is coupled to the outlet of the supply pump, and a nozzle is positioned on an interior of the body. A mixing tube is defined by the body downstream of the nozzle, and defines a channel extending along an axis. A suction inlet of the body is in fluid communication with the mixing tube channel. An outlet conduit of the body extends from the channel at least partially in a direction away from the axis, and an outlet of the body positioned remotely from the channel along the outlet conduit. The outlet is positioned at or above an upper portion of the reservoir such that fuel pours down into the reservoir. | 02-28-2013 |
20130306168 | FUEL FEED DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED VERTICAL EJECTOR PUMP - A fuel feed device ( | 11-21-2013 |
20130312711 | FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM - A fuel supply system includes a fuel pump having a bottom inlet end configured to pick up fuel and a top discharge end configured to discharge fuel at a pressure higher than that of the inlet end. A housing defines a pressure vessel in fluid communication with the discharge end of the fuel pump. The fuel pump is secured with respect to the housing so that the pressure vessel is laterally adjacent the fuel pump and the pressure vessel and the fuel pump have overlapping heights. Exactly one check valve is positioned between the discharge end of the fuel pump and the pressure vessel, and the check valve is spaced laterally away from the discharge end of the fuel pump at an inlet to the pressure vessel. | 11-28-2013 |
20140017922 | MODULAR ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND CONNECTION METHOD - An electrical connector for a modular electrical connection assembly for a fuel system includes a first leg portion and an adjacent second leg portion, each leg portion defining a cavity. The cavity of the first leg portion is configured to receive and maintain a first connector terminal and the cavity of the second leg portion is configured to receive and maintain a second connector terminal without the use of a seal fluidly separating the first connector terminal from the second connector terminal. The first connector terminal and the second connector terminal are concurrently operable with the fuel system. | 01-16-2014 |
20140053814 | DIESEL FUEL PUMP MODULE - A diesel fuel pump module for use within a diesel fuel tank includes a reservoir defining a fuel storage volume. A jet pump having an inlet is positioned within the reservoir and configured to pump fuel from the tank into the reservoir. The module further includes an electric pump having an inlet and an outlet, and an air separation chamber connecting the electric pump outlet to the inlet of the jet pump. | 02-27-2014 |
20140060682 | FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A fuel supply system includes a fuel pump configured to pump fuel from a first fuel storage location to an engine. A jet pump is configured to receive an auxiliary supply of fuel from the fuel pump and to return the auxiliary supply of fuel plus an additional flow of fuel drawn from a second fuel storage location to the first fuel storage location. A jet pump supply line has an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet of the fuel pump and has an outlet coupled to an inlet of the jet pump. A jet pump return line has an input coupled to an outlet of the jet pump and has an outlet adjacent to the fuel pump. A shut-off valve operates to selectively limit fuel flow through the jet pump return line. | 03-06-2014 |
20150129063 | OVERMOLDED PLUG AND METHOD - A cover of a fuel supply module is adapted to disable a flow path through a designated port. An element is press-fit into the designated port to plug the designated port, and thermoplastic material is molded over an interface defined between the element and the designated port. | 05-14-2015 |
20150330341 | SPRING-LOADED COMPONENT MOUNTING WITHIN FUEL TANK - A fuel pump module for installation between top and bottom walls of a fuel tank. The housing defines a space accommodating a pump. The fuel pump module includes a mounting component coupled to the housing. The mounting component includes a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface and facing the housing, a first end, and a second end opposite the first end. The mounting component and the housing are joined with a spring-loaded coupling such that the mounting component is urged away from the housing. The mounting component further includes a U-shaped recess that is concave on the first side of the mounting component. The bottom side of the housing forms a first distal end of the fuel pump module for engaging the bottom wall. The first surface of the mounting component forms a second distal end of the fuel pump module for engaging the top wall. | 11-19-2015 |
Paul J. Mason, Bellevue, MI US
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20120061184 | Transmission Pump - This invention provides both a pump and a lubrication and cooling system with a pump which includes a pump housing, a rotor, a relief valve and a bypass valve. The relief valve is configured to relieve pump pressure when the pump pressure is indicative of an abnormal restriction of flow. The bypass valve is configured to direct fluid flow from an outlet chamber of the pump to an intake chamber of the pump when pressure in the outlet chamber is at a value associated with a predetermined speed of rotor rotation. | 03-15-2012 |
20150153001 | Transmission Pump - This invention provides both a pump and a lubrication and cooling system with a pump which includes a pump housing, a rotor, a relief valve and a bypass valve. The relief valve is configured to relieve pump pressure when the pump pressure is indicative of an abnormal restriction of flow. The bypass valve is configured to direct fluid flow from an outlet chamber of the pump to an intake chamber of the pump when pressure in the outlet chamber is at a value associated with a predetermined speed of rotor rotation. | 06-04-2015 |
Paul J. Mason, Battle Creek, MI US
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20130075224 | TRANSMISSION OVERDRIVE YOKE POSITION SENSOR FOR RANGE TRIGGER - Disclosed is an exemplary transmission clutch fork position sensor including an elongated bar and a clutch fork slidably engaging the elongated bar. A yoke bar includes a first end coupled to the clutch fork for concurrent movement therewith. A position sensor operably engages the yoke bar, and is operable for detecting a position of the yoke bar. | 03-28-2013 |
R. Paul Mason, Dearborn, MI US
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20100202898 | JET PUMP ASSEMBLY - A jet pump assembly includes a fuel supply conduit, a first jet pump integrally formed as a single piece with the fuel supply conduit and in fluid communication with the fuel supply conduit, a second jet pump integrally formed as a single piece with the fuel supply conduit and in fluid communication with the fuel supply conduit, and an inlet conduit integrally formed as a single piece with the second jet pump. | 08-12-2010 |
20110297260 | FUEL SYSTEM INCLUDING DUAL FUEL DELIVERY MODULES FOR BIFURCATED FUEL TANKS - A fuel system for use in a fuel tank having first and second tank portions includes first and second fuel pumps in the first and second tank portions, respectively. A first fuel reservoir is provided in the first tank portion and a second fuel reservoir is provided in the second tank portion. A first crossover fuel line extends between the first and second tank portions, and a second crossover fuel line extends between the first and second tank portions. A first jet pump in the first tank portion communicates with the first crossover fuel line for transferring fuel through the first crossover fuel line to the second tank portion, and a second jet pump in the second tank portion communicates with the second crossover fuel line for transferring fuel through the second crossover fuel line to the first tank portion. | 12-08-2011 |
Scott A. Mason, St. Clair, MI US
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20130134696 | Gas Generating System - A gas generating system is provided including a first housing formed from a polymeric material, and a pyrotechnic gas generant material contained in the first housing. The first housing forms a combustion chamber for the gas generant. An airbag system and a vehicle occupant protection system, each incorporating a gas generating system as described herein, are also disclosed. | 05-30-2013 |
Shawn Thomas Mason, Ann Arbor, MI US
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20140142397 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING USER ENGAGEMENT DURING WELLNESS PROGRAM INTERACTION - A method and system for enhancing user engagement during wellness program interaction are disclosed. | 05-22-2014 |
20140142967 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING USER ENGAGEMENT DURING WELLNESS PROGRAM INTERACTION - A method and system for assessing user engagement during wellness program interaction are disclosed. | 05-22-2014 |