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Pat Contioso, Alviso, CA US
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| 20090238389 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IN SITU CERUMEN REMOVAL FROM HEARING DEVICES - Various embodiments provide systems, methods and assemblies for in situ removal of cerumen from hearing devices positioned in the ear canal. One embodiments provides a fitting for in situ cerumen removal comprising a top portion shaped to be removably coupled to a hearing device component surface and a plurality of leg members extending axially from a perimeter of the top portion. The top portion has a plurality of openings and at least one flexible retaining element configured to releasably engage a retaining feature on the hearing device. The leg members are configured to fit over another surface of the hearing device component. The fitting is configured to remove cerumen obstructing a feature on the device component and can be removed from the device component without removing the hearing device from the ear canal. The fitting can also include a removal loop that has a non-deployed state and a deployed state. | 09-24-2009 |
Pat Couchois, Santa Monica, CA US
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| 20120111748 | GOLF BAG WITH ADJUSTABLE HIP BELT - A golf bag that redistributes a large percentage of the bag's weight from a user's shoulders to their hips features a unique one-piece hip and lumbar support belt. The hip and lumbar support belt attaches to the golf bag in a variety of positions. The golf bag includes a base plate attached to the bag frame, the base plate having a series of spaced-apart receptacles designed to accommodate fasteners disposed on the lumbar support belt. By aligning the lumbar support belt and golf bag in a position to maximize comfort, and wearing the lumbar support belt, weight from the golf bag is transferred from the shoulders to the hips, improving posture, and easily adjustable to a variety of positions. | 05-10-2012 |
Pat Gallarelli, Pittsboro, NC US
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| 20110134606 | LOW PROFILE COMPUTER PROCESSOR RETENTION DEVICE - A low profile computer processor retention device, the computer processor including a processor substrate and a heat spreader mounted on the processor substrate. The retention device includes a retention housing. The retention housing is shaped to fit around a socket. The retention device also includes a load frame. The load frame is operatively coupled to the retention housing and is configured to retain the computer processor in the socket of a motherboard with direct contact between the load frame and the processor substrate. The load frame has a cutout. The retention device also includes a heat sink fastening member coupled to the retention housing and configured to fasten a heat sink to the retention housing and configured to couple the heat sink to the heat spreader through the cutout of the load frame. | 06-09-2011 |
Pat Gallarelli, Chapel Hill, NC US
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| 20080205026 | Electromagnetic Compliance Spring of Drive Carrier - Systems and arrangements to provide electromagnetic compliance (EMC) for a drive carrier are disclosed. Embodiments may include an EMC spring. The EMC spring may include a shield portion to fasten to one side of a frame of the drive carrier and multiple fingers attached to the shield portion. At least one of the fingers may include an upper spring section to contact an adjoining drive carrier as the drive carrier is inserted into a computing device and a lower spring section. The lower spring section may be folded over against the upper spring section and attached to the shield portion of the spring. The lower spring section may deflect in response to the upper spring section contacting the adjoining drive carrier. In some embodiments, a lead in portion of the upper spring section may deflect to a position nearly parallel to the adjoining drive carrier. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20110157833 | RETENTION MODULE FOR TOOLLESS HEAT SINK INSTALLATION - An integrated circuit is disposed on a circuit board. A heat sink retention module includes a bracket, members, and coil springs. The members extend through the coil springs and corresponding holes within the bracket to attach to the board. A heat sink is removably installed within the bracket in a toolless manner, such that the heat sink comes into contact with the integrated circuit. The heat sink and the bracket join together to become a single entity that is permitted to float along an axis perpendicular to a surface of the circuit board. The coil springs are tuned to define a predetermined force at which the heat sink is pushed against the integrated circuit. The module can include a latch having tabs bent at different angles relative to one another to balance forces applied by the tabs against the heat sink while the latter is being installed within the bracket. | 06-30-2011 |
Pat Grosswendt, Agoura, CA US
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| 20080259600 | LIGHTING APPARATUS WITH ADJUSTABLE LENSES OR FILTERS - A lighting apparatus comprises a light panel having a panel frame, and a plurality of LEDs or other light elements secured to the panel frame. Lenses and/or filters are adjusted in distance from the light elements, by for example moving the lenses/filters into different slot positions of the frame, to alter characteristics of the emitted light. Focal lenses, diffusion lenses, and color filters may be used individually or in combination. A compound lens includes lens elements having different characteristics arranged in a pattern. Through groupwise control of the intensity of the light elements, the different characteristics are emphasized or de-emphasized. The light panel may have an integrated battery, and may be mounted on a stand. The panel may be modular, allowing larger panels to be constructed from smaller panels. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090268425 | STAND-MOUNTED LIGHT PANEL FOR NATURAL ILLUMINATION IN FILM, TELEVISION OR VIDEO - A lighting apparatus comprises a light panel having a panel frame, and a plurality of LEDs or other light elements secured to the panel frame. A self-contained battery unit securably attaches to the outside of the panel frame. The light panel may have a dimmer switch, and may also be capable of receiving power from a source other than the self-contained battery unit. The lighting apparatus can be mounted to a camera or a stand through adapters. Diffusion lenses or color gels can be integrated with or detachable from the light panel. The lighting apparatus may conveniently be provided in the form of a kit, with one or more of a light panel, self-contained battery unit, compact stand, connecting cable(s), adapter(s), lenses or color gels, and so on, provided in a single package. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268426 | STAND-MOUNTED LIGHT PANEL FOR NATURAL ILLUMINATION IN FILM, TELEVISION OR VIDEO - A lighting apparatus comprises a light panel having a panel frame, and a plurality of LEDs or other light elements secured to the panel frame. A self-contained battery unit securably attaches to the outside of the panel frame. The light panel may have a dimmer switch, and may also be capable of receiving power from a source other than the self-contained battery unit. The lighting apparatus can be mounted to a camera or a stand through adapters. Diffusion lenses or color gels can be integrated with or detachable from the light panel. The lighting apparatus may conveniently be provided in the form of a kit, with one or more of a light panel, self-contained battery unit, compact stand, connecting cable(s), adapter(s), lenses or color gels, and so on, provided in a single package. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100002410 | VERSATILE LIGHTING APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED KIT - A lighting apparatus comprises a light panel having a panel frame, and a plurality of LEDs or other light elements secured to the panel frame. A self-contained battery unit securably attaches to the outside of the panel frame. The light panel may have a dimmer switch, and may also be capable of receiving power from a source other than the self-contained battery unit. The lighting apparatus can be mounted to a camera or a stand through adapters. Diffusion lenses or color gels can be integrated with or detachable from the light panel. The lighting apparatus may conveniently be provided in the form of a kit, with one or more of a light panel, self-contained battery unit, compact stand, connecting cable(s), adapter(s), lenses or color gels, and so on, provided in a single package. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20120008319 | LIGHTING APPARATUS WITH ADJUSTABLE LENSES OR FILTERS - A lighting apparatus comprises a light panel having a panel frame, and a plurality of LEDs or other light elements secured to the panel frame. Lenses and/or filters are adjusted in distance from the light elements, by for example moving the lenses/filters into different slot positions of the frame, to alter characteristics of the emitted light. Focal lenses, diffusion lenses, and color filters may be used individually or in combination. A compound lens includes lens elements having different characteristics arranged in a pattern. Through groupwise control of the intensity of the light elements, the different characteristics are emphasized or de-emphasized. The light panel may have an integrated battery, and may be mounted on a stand. The panel may be modular, allowing larger panels to be constructed from smaller panels. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120044374 | PHOTOGRAPHY LED LIGHTING AND EFFECTS GENERATION SYSTEM - A lighting apparatus comprises a light panel having a panel frame, and a plurality of LEDs or other light elements secured to the panel frame. The panel frame may be a portable frame. A self-contained battery unit securably attaches to the outside of the panel frame. The light panel may have a dimmer switch, and may also be capable of receiving power from a source other than the self-contained battery unit. The lighting apparatus can be mounted to a camera or a stand. The lighting apparatus may include an effects generator in communication therewith which generates a continuous light or a flash of light from the LEDs or other light elements. Diffusion lenses or color gels may be integrated with or detachable from the light panel. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120081879 | STAND-MOUNTED LIGHT PANEL FOR NATURAL ILLUMINATION IN FILM, TELEVISION OR VIDEO - A lighting apparatus comprises a light panel having a panel frame, and a plurality of LEDs or other light elements secured to the panel frame. A self-contained battery unit securably attaches to the outside of the panel frame. The light panel may have a dimmer switch, and may also be capable of receiving power from a source other than the self-contained battery unit. The lighting apparatus can be mounted to a camera or a stand through adapters. Diffusion lenses or color gels can be integrated with or detachable from the light panel. The lighting apparatus may conveniently be provided in the form of a kit, with one or more of a light panel, self-contained battery unit, compact stand, connecting cable(s), adapter(s), lenses or color gels, and so on, provided in a single package. | 04-05-2012 |
Pat Haverkost, Brooklyn Center, MN US
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| 20080306580 | BLOOD ACESS APPARATUS AND METHOD - A blood access for dialysis includes a radially distensible support structure having an open lattice structure defining a support wall having interstitial open areas and defining exterior and luminal wall surfaces; a first porous polymeric portion having a plurality of pores, the first porous polymeric portion being securably disposed over at least a portion of the exterior wall portion of the support structure; a second porous polymeric portion having a plurality of pores, the second porous polymeric portion being securably disposed over at least a portion of the luminal portion of the support structure; and a biodegradable and/or bioabsorbable material disposed within the pores of the first polymeric portion and/or pores of the second polymeric portion. | 12-11-2008 |
Pat Hyla, Lake Zurich, IL US
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| 20090239238 | METHODS FOR MEASURING PRO-INFLAMMATORY SUBSTANCE LEVELS IN DIALYSIS SOLUTIONS AND DIALYSIS COMPONENTS - Methods of measuring levels of pro-inflammatory substances in dialysis solutions or specific dialysis components used to manufacture dialysis solutions are provided. In a general embodiment, the method comprises determining an IL-6 response versus a pro-inflammatory substance concentration of a reference standard containing a pro-inflammatory substance and establishing a dose-response curve of the IL-6 responses as a function of different pro-inflammatory substance concentrations of the reference standard. An IL-6 response of a test sample of a dialysis solution is determined. The corresponding pro-inflammatory substance concentration of the dialysis solution is then calculated using the dose-response curve. The IL-6 response of the reference standards and the dialysis solution can be determined using a high sensitivity PBMC IL-6 assay. | 09-24-2009 |
Pat Inglese, Smyrna, GA US
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| 20080251471 | WET (PLASTIC) AND DRY CONCRETE RECLAMATION/DISPOSAL DEVICE - A device and method for residual concrete collection for disposal or reclamation of same, wherein a bag is formed, generally prismatic in structure, with an opening in the top. Suspension straps serve to attach the bag and support it below the outflow of concrete mixing or delivery equipment such that concrete and/or water will flow into the device, wherein water will subsequently pass therethrough. The device and collected concrete can then be moved and/or stored for disposal or reclamation of the concrete. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20090104043 | Concrete pump primer - An improved composition for and method of priming a concrete pump line is provided. The flowable composition comprises a solid particulate mixture and water, the particulate mixture being comprised of solvatable polymeric material preferably selected from a group consisting of polyacrylamide, polyacrylate and mixtures thereof; an organic complexing agent preferably of urea; and a buffering agent preferably of citric acid. The invention provides a flowable composition exhibiting improved coating and lubrication to the inner walls of a concrete line as it passes therethrough. The flowable composition mixes quickly with water to form a clear solution, hydrates quickly upon being mixed with water, and provides a composition for use in priming concrete pump lines that does not utilize cement or priming grout slurry. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20120104005 | WET(PLASTIC)AND DRY CONCRETE RECLAMATION/DISPOSALDEVICE - A device and method for residual concrete collection for disposal or reclamation of same, wherein a bag is formed, generally prismatic in structure, with an opening in the top. Suspension straps serve to attach the bag and support it below the outflow of concrete mixing or delivery equipment such that concrete and/or water will flow into the device, wherein water will subsequently pass therethrough. The device and collected concrete can then be moved and/or stored for disposal or reclamation of the concrete. | 05-03-2012 |
Pat Lorenson, O'Fallon, MO US
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| 20100199503 | POWER LINE CUTTER - A power line cutter is described. The power line cutter may be used in emergency or repair situations to cut down or broken power lines. The power line cutter is provided with a long extension handle such that the operator may use the power line cutter to cut power lines hanging or suspended above the operator. | 08-12-2010 |
Pat Marmillion, Austin, TX US
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| 20080264446 | Hot Source Cleaning System - There is an apparatus for cleaning a substrate mounted on a moveable platen. In an example embodiment, the apparatus comprises a first chamber, the first chamber has solvent-dispensing nozzles; the solvent-dispensing nozzles wet the substrate surface with a solvent as the platen transports the substrate. The platen moves in a predetermined direction and at a predetermined scan velocity as it transports the substrate into a process chamber. The process chamber has a hot source at a predetermined height from the substrate surface; it provides heat energy directed toward the substrate surface, the heat energy evaporates the solvent dispensed on the substrate surface; the solvent evaporation removes particulates from the substrate surface, as the platen transports the substrate from the first chamber into the process chamber. Substrates cleaned may include precision photo-masks, or wafers. | 10-30-2008 |
Pat Matracea, Bartlett, TN US
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| 20090308090 | COOLING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An apparatus and method to cool compressors, condensing coils, and similar devices. The compressor or condensing coil is cooled by the delivery of water, which may be ambient temperature or chilled. In one embodiment, the water is delivered to a mesh filter or screen via one or more mist spray nozzles. Water conduits may be integrated with the filter frame. The method to control the delivery of the water is designed to conserve water. The control circuit comprises a microcontroller device which contains programming that receives inputs, including but not limited to, outside ambient air temperature, condenser liquid line temperature, relative humidity and electric current, and uses said inputs to provide a stepwise level of control (“solenoid open time”) of water delivery commensurate with outside air temperature and relative humidity. | 12-17-2009 |
Pat Mccleer, Jackson, MI US
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| 20090142207 | BOTTOM HOLE HOLLOW CORE ELECTRIC SUBMERSIBLE PUMPING SYSTEM - An electric submersible pumping system includes a motor comprising an inner hollow core rotor and an outer stator, a gearbox comprising a hollow core input shaft connected to the motor rotor, and a hollow core output shaft, and a pump driven by the gearbox output shaft, the pump having an intake, and wherein the pump output is directed through the hollow core output shaft and into the hollow core motor rotor. The motor section is disposed above the gearbox and pump. | 06-04-2009 |
Pat Oliver-Shaffer, Acton, MA US
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| 20100305022 | LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN COMPOSITION AND USES THEREOF - Preparations of low molecular weight heparins (LMWHs) having improved properties, e.g., properties that provide a clinical advantage, are provided herein. Methods of making and using such preparations as well as methods of analyzing starting materials, processing, intermediates and final products in the production of such LMWH preparations are provided. | 12-02-2010 |
Pat Savelli, Dayton, OH US
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| 20110302508 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING USER COOPERATION IN AN ASYNCHRONOUS VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - An asynchronous virtual environment may be provided to users in which synchronous, time-sensitive cooperation between the users is enabled in spite of the asynchronous nature of the virtual environment. Synchronous, time-sensitive cooperation between users may have an impact on gaining and/or retaining users in a virtual environment, such as a videogame or virtual space. For example, such cooperation between users may strengthen a sense of group, community, and/or camaraderie between cooperating users. | 12-08-2011 |