Peter Martin
Peter Martin, Chelmsford, Essex GB
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20110095939 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION AND VELOCITY OF AN OBJECT - A process for determining the position and velocity of an object is disclosed. The process comprises: -generating a first burst of pulses at a first pulse repetition frequency and subsequently receiving a first set of signals characteristic of the range and velocity of the object; -generating a second burst of pulses at a second pulse repetition frequency and subsequently receiving a second set of signals characteristic of range and velocity of the object; -generating a first data set representative of range and corresponding velocity values from the first set of signals; -generating a second data set representative of range and corresponding velocity values from the second set of signals; -summing a magnitude of a signal strength from each of the first and second data sets at corresponding range and velocity values; and, -comparing the magnitude of the summed signal strengths to a threshold value. | 04-28-2011 |
Peter Martin, Carver, MA US
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20110055118 | SERVICES PORTAL - An apparatus for monitoring performance of an industrial process includes a service portal for collecting, transmitting and analyzing parameter data from process field devices that includes a network connection that connects to a process control system of the industrial process, a remote collector that collects parameter data from process field devices, a processor that identifies, sorts, and stores the collected parameter data and a communications module for transmitting the stored parameter data to a remote monitoring station for analysis. | 03-03-2011 |
Peter Martin, Dachsbach DE
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20110033149 | ANGULAR CONTACT ROLLING-ELEMENT BEARING, ESPECIALLY DOUBLE ROW BALL ROLLER BEARING IN TANDEM ARRANGEMENT - A double roller bearing which has an outer and inner bearing ring and ball rollers, which have lateral faces and are arranged next to each other in rows, arranged between the bearing rings. The rollers roll in raceways incorporated into the inner face of the outer bearing ring and outer face of the inner bearing ring. The raceways run in parallel and have pressure angle axes that are pitched at a pressure angle relative to a bearing radial axis. The rollers have a distance relative to each other which excludes mutual frictional contacts. For this purpose, the distance of the pressure angle axes of the raceways is enlarged and both rows of rollers are guided in separate bearing cages, while the raceway of the rollers of the row with the larger reference circle arranged on the inner bearing ring has a one-sided axial extension using the distance. | 02-10-2011 |
Peter Martin, Haiku, HI US
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20100201431 | Snapshot pixel circuit for sensors with high leakage current - Pixel circuits, capable of operating in either “snapshot” or “rolling integration” mode, and compatible with a conformal photodiode coating. Preferred embodiments of the present invention are compatible with these coating materials, as well as others, including amorphous Silicon. The preferred pixel circuits includes additional transistors not provided in prior art pixel circuits to divert leakage current away from integration nodes when not integrating, to reset the integration node, and to buffer and select the integrated voltage. | 08-12-2010 |
Peter Martin, Essex GB
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20100147262 | ENGINE FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM - Apparatus for controlling dual fuel supply to a fuel injected engine having an electronic engine management system ( | 06-17-2010 |
Peter Martin, Saaldorf-Surheim DE
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20090202789 | Process for the Production of a Laminated Composite Product and a Composite Product made by the Lamination Process - The invention is directed to a process for the making of a product out of laminated composite material. The process in general comprises preforming at least one layer of material such that it corresponds to a surface of a part; applying layers of fibers to the preformed layer of material; and bonding the fibers by a resin to form a laminated composite material. | 08-13-2009 |
20120121884 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A LAMINATED COMPOSITE PRODUCT AND A COMPOSITE PRODUCT MADE BY THE LAMINATION PROCESS - The invention is directed to a process for the making of a product out of laminated composite material. The process in general comprises preforming at least one layer of material such that it corresponds to a surface of a part; applying layers of fibers to the preformed layer of material; and bonding the fibers by a resin to form a laminated composite material. | 05-17-2012 |
20130143026 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A LAMINATED COMPOSITE PRODUCT AND A COMPOSITE PRODUCT MADE BY THE LAMINATION PROCESS - The invention is directed to a process for the making of a product out of laminated composite material. The process in general comprises preforming at least one layer of material such that it corresponds to a surface of a part; applying layers of fibers to the preformed layer of material; and bonding the fibers by a resin to form a laminated composite material. | 06-06-2013 |
Peter Martin, Mountain View, CA US
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20090198096 | LONG FATIGUE LIFE CARDIAC HARNESS - A high fatigue life superelastic nickel-titanium (nitinol) wire, ribbon, sheet, tubing, or the like is disclosed. The nitinol has a 54.5 to 57.0 weight percent nickel with a balance of titanium composition and has less than 30 percent cold work as a final step after a full anneal and before shape setting heat treatment. Through a rotational beam fatigue test, fatigue life improvement of 37 percent has been observed. | 08-06-2009 |
20110245850 | SUTURE PASSER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TONGUE OR OTHER TISSUE SUSPENSION AND COMPRESSION - Suture passer systems for tissue suspension and tissue compression, and more particularly for tongue suspension, are described. The system can include at least a first elongate tubular body or shaft, a needle having a lateral bias carried by the elongate body, and a retrieval element operably connected to the elongate tubular body. The needle can have a substantially straight configuration when located within the elongate tubular body, and be configured to exit an opening at or near a distal end of the elongate tubular body and assume a laterally biased or curved shape to form a path through tissue. The needle is configured to carry a suture. The retrieval element can be configured to retrieve the suture carried by the needle after the needle has formed a curved or otherwise angled path through tissue. The system can also include one or more bone anchors to secure the suture loops. Methods of placing one or more suture loops into tissue, such as the base of the tongue, are also described. | 10-06-2011 |
20130345724 | SUTURE PASSER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TONGUE OR OTHER TISSUE SUSPENSION AND COMPRESSION - Suture passer systems for tissue suspension and tissue compression, and more particularly for palate or tongue suspension, are described. The system can include at least a first elongate tubular body or shaft, a needle having a lateral bias carried by the elongate body, and a retrieval element operably connected to the elongate tubular body. The needle can have a substantially straight configuration when located within the elongate tubular body, and be configured to exit an opening at or near a distal end of the elongate tubular body and assume a laterally biased or curved shape to form a path through tissue. The needle is configured to carry a suture. The retrieval element can be configured to retrieve the suture carried by the needle after the needle has formed a curved or otherwise angled path through tissue. The system can also include one or more bone anchors to secure the suture loops. Methods of placing one or more suture loops into tissue, such as the base of the palate or tongue, are also described. | 12-26-2013 |
20140074158 | TETHER LINE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TONGUE OR OTHER TISSUE SUSPENSION OR COMPRESSION - Systems and methods of placing one or more suture loops into tissue, such as the base of the tongue, are described. A system can include a variable-thickness suspension line for suspending tissue, including a suture having a first thickness dimension; an elastomer surrounding a portion of the suture and defining a central segment of the suspension line having a second thickness dimension greater than the first thickness dimension, and at least one transition zone extending from the central segment of the suspension line to a lateral end of the suspension line, the transition zones having a thickness dimension that tapers from the second thickness dimension to the first thickness dimension. | 03-13-2014 |
20150250476 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TISSUE SUSPENSION AND COMPRESSION - Suture passer systems for tissue suspension and tissue compression are described. The system can include a shaft and a needle, wherein the needle is freely rotatable with respect to the shaft. The suture may include an overmolded segment. Methods of placing one or more implants, sutures, fastener, bone anchors and other devices are also described. The methods include moving tissue, including the superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle, palatopharyngeal arch, and palatoglossal arch. The methods include hyoid bone suspension. | 09-10-2015 |
Peter Martin, Sturton GB
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20090142716 | Combustion Apparatus - A combustion apparatus comprising: a device for mixing a fuel with an oxidant; a combustion chamber in which combustion of the fuel/oxidant mix takes place; a pre-chamber located between the device and the combustion chamber; and means for supplying a gas to the pre-chamber so as to form a film of gas on the interior surface of the pre-chamber so as to prevent a combustion flame from the combustion chamber attaching itself to this interior surface damaging the pre-chamber, the supply of gas to the pre-chamber being such that where the gas first reaches the interior surface of the pre-chamber it forms a substantially continuous film of gas over this interior surface. | 06-04-2009 |
Peter Martin, Gaiberg DE
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20090104609 | METHOD FOR DISCRIMINATION OF METAPLASIAS FROM NEOPLASTIC OR PRENEOPLASTIC LESIONS - The present invention relates to a method for discrimination of p16 | 04-23-2009 |
20110183333 | METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF THE PROGRESSION RISK OF TUMORS - The present invention concerns a method for predicting the potential for aggressive growth and/or the risk to progress to high grade cancer for tumors in cell based detection procedures. In one aspect the invention concerns the detection of overexpression of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor gene products as a tool for predicting the progression risk and/or potential for aggressive growth of tumors. In a second aspect the invention concerns predicting the progression risk and/or potential for aggressive growth in tumors on the basis of the simultaneous co-detection of the presence of overexpression of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor gene products together with the expression of markers for active cell proliferation. Further the invention concerns preparations of probes for diagnosis namely for predicting the progression risk and/or the potential for aggressive growth of tumors. | 07-28-2011 |
Peter Martin, Bradenton, FL US
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20080289379 | SELF-LOCKING CYLINDER LOCK - A self-locking removable plug cylinder lock not requiring a key for the lock to be inserted into a latch aperture and secured in a locked position is provided. The lock includes a cylindrical tumbler-key plug and a locking pin positioned in a generally normal direction to an axial axis of the tumbler-key plug. The locking pin is operable to move in a generally radial inward direction without the use of a key when the plug lock is inserted into a latch aperture. | 11-27-2008 |
Peter Martin, Langenau DE
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20080283209 | RAIL FOR THE COMPLIANT SUPPORTING OF A MESH, AND DOUBLE MESH SECTION - This invention relates to a rail for the compliant supporting of a mesh in the region of a double mesh zone of a double mesh section of a machine for producing a fibrous web, including a movable head rail, which extends transverse to the running direction of the mesh and over which the mesh slides at least in some regions during operation of the machine, a movable bearer rail, which is rigidly connected to the movable head rail and extends likewise transverse to the running direction of the mesh and is guided in a fixed structure, a fixed guide rail, which is rigidly arranged in the fixed structure and extends in turn transverse to the running direction of the mesh, a compliant pressing apparatus, which is arranged between the movable bearer rail and the fixed guide rail in order to move the movable bearer rail together with the moveable head rail between a resting position and an operating position in which the movable head rail can be pressed with a selectable force onto the mesh, and a compliant return apparatus for moving the movable bearer rail together with the movable head rail from the operating position to the resting position and for holding the two rails in the resting position. The compliant return apparatus has, spread over the length of the movable bearer rail, several movable return hoops which at the one end can be made to engage at least temporarily with the movable bearer rail and at the other end can be loaded at least temporarily by at least one return element respectively arranged between the fixed guide rail and the movable return hoop. | 11-20-2008 |
Peter Martin, Kahului, HI US
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20080284848 | Security surveillance planning tool kit - A surveillance planning and analysis tool kit for planning and analysis at a region. The tool kit includes a computer system programmed with software adapted to simulate optical and imaging parameters at the region including a realistic geo-spatial map of the region, a number of surveillance cameras, camera specifications and lighting conditions. Preferred embodiments include computer software to permit planning and analysis of optical imaging technologies in the 400 nm-1700 nm spectrum that comprises the visible, near infrared, and short wave infrared where the primary signal is ambient light reflected from objects. | 11-20-2008 |
20110266643 | Solid state neutron detector - A low-cost device for the detection of thermal neutrons. Thin layers of a material chosen for high absorption of neutrons with a corresponding release of ionizing particles are stacked in a multi-layer structure interleaved with thin layers of hydrogenated amorphous silicon PIN diodes. Some of the neutrons passing into the stack are absorbed in the neutron absorbing material producing neutron reactions with the release of high energy ionizing particles. These high-energy ionizing particles pass out of the neutron absorbing layers into the PIN diode layers creating electron-hole pairs in the intrinsic (I) layers of the diode layers; the electrons and holes are detected by the PIN diodes. | 11-03-2011 |
Peter Martin, Assonet, MA US
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20080287843 | REINFORCED CONNECTOR - A connector for attaching a flexible tube to a fluid passage of another object includes a housing and a connector port on the body. The connector port is sized and shaped for connecting the connector port in fluid communication with the fluid passage of the object. The connector includes a tube port projecting from the body. The tube port is adapted for fluid communication with the connector port and is sized and shaped for being received in an end of the flexible tube to establish fluid communication with the flexible tube. The tube port includes a tube retainer that projects from the body toward the tube port. The retainer has an engaging end portion disposed in relation to the tube port to engage the flexible tube when the tube port is received in the flexible tube. The flexible tube is restrained from lateral movement with respect to the tube port. | 11-20-2008 |
20120083794 | Tunneler Device and Method of Use - A tunneler device is provided. The tunneler device includes a handle formed on a proximal end thereof configured for operable engagement by a user, a shaft extending distally from the handle, a collet supported on the distal end of the shaft, the collet including a plurality of distally extending fingers defining a longitudinal opening, the opening being configured to receive an end of a catheter tube and a connector configured for operable engagement with the collet, wherein the connector is configured to bias the fingers of the collet radially inward upon engagement of the connector with the collet. | 04-05-2012 |
20120109030 | REINFORCED CONNECTOR - A connector for attaching at least one flexible tube to a fluid passage of another object includes a body and at least one connector port on the body. At least one tube port projects from the body and is adapted for fluid communication with the connector port. A portion of the body at least partially surrounds the tube port and defines an interior space containing at least a portion of the tube port. The tube port is sized and shaped for being received in an end of the flexible tube to establish fluid communication with the flexible tube. A tube retainer is at least partially disposed in the interior space defined by the portion of the body and has an engaging portion disposed in relation to the tube port to restrain the flexible tube from lateral movement with respect to the tube port. | 05-03-2012 |
20140058301 | Reinforced Connector - A connector for attaching at least one flexible tube to a fluid passage of another object includes a body and at least one connector port on the body. At least one tube port projects from the body and is adapted for fluid communication with the connector port. A portion of the body at least partially surrounds the tube port and defines an interior space containing at least a portion of the tube port. The tube port is sized and shaped for being received in an end of the flexible tube to establish fluid communication with the flexible tube. A tube retainer is at least partially disposed in the interior space defined by the portion of the body and has an engaging portion disposed in relation to the tube port to restrain the flexible tube from lateral movement with respect to the tube port. | 02-27-2014 |
Peter Martin, San Jose, CA US
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20110199852 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR PROMOTING THE POURABILITY OF SEMI-FROZEN AND SEMI-FLUIDIC BEVERAGES FROM BEVERAGE CONTAINERS - A beverage container for a blender includes one or more vibrating mechanisms coupled to a bottom portion of the beverage container or integrated within one or more walls of the beverage container. After a beverage has been blended, the one or more vibrating mechanisms are activated as the beverage is being poured. Vibrations from the one or more vibrating mechanisms are mechanically transmitted to the beverage container, thereby promoting the pourability of the beverage from the beverage container, including dislodging ingredients in the beverage that became lodged or trapped in crevices of the beverage container during the prior blending process, and freeing up beverage ingredients that accumulated at the bottom of the beverage container during the prior blending process. | 08-18-2011 |
20120230149 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR PROMOTING THE POURABILITY OF SEMI-FROZEN AND SEMI-FLUIDIC BEVERAGES FROM BEVERAGE CONTAINERS - A beverage blender includes a beverage container, one or more vibrating mechanisms permanently or releasably attached to the beverage container (e.g., to a bottom portion or handle of the beverage container) or integrated within one or more walls of the beverage container, and a blender base that includes a motor for turning a blade in the beverage container when the beverage container is docked to the blender base. The one or more vibrating mechanisms is/are activated while the beverage is being poured so that vibrations from the one or more vibrating mechanisms are mechanically transmitted to the beverage container. The mechanically transmitted vibrations promote the pourability of the beverage from the beverage container, including dislodging beverage ingredients that are lodged or trapped in crevices of the beverage container and freeing up beverage ingredients that may have accumulated at the bottom of the beverage container during blending. | 09-13-2012 |
20160066747 | Methods, Systems and Apparatus for Promoting the Pourability of Semi-Frozen and Semi-Fluidic Beverages from Beverage Containers - A beverage container for a blender includes one or more vibrating mechanisms coupled to a bottom portion of the beverage container or integrated within one or more walls of the beverage container. After a beverage has been blended, the one or more vibrating mechanisms are activated as the beverage is being poured. Vibrations from the one or more vibrating mechanisms are mechanically transmitted to the beverage container, thereby promoting the pourability of the beverage from the beverage container, including dislodging ingredients in the beverage that became lodged or trapped in crevices of the beverage container during the prior blending process, and freeing up beverage ingredients that accumulated at the bottom of the beverage container during the prior blending process. | 03-10-2016 |
Peter Martin, Glasgow GB
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20120093589 | FOUNDATION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR AN OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY CONVERTOR, CORRESPONDING TO AN OFFSHORE WIND POWER GENERATING FACILITY - A foundation system for supporting an offshore wind energy convertor is provided and includes a foundation base resting on the seabed and a column supporting the wind energy convertor which is linked to the foundation base. The column and the base are linked by an articulated joint connection, allowing tilt motions of the column in all directions from a vertical axis. A wind power generator facility including such a support, and a method of erecting such a foundation system, are also provided. | 04-19-2012 |
Peter Martin, Reading GB
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20130136158 | Control Circuitry - An arrangement is described in which phase parity or phase opposition between two signals can be determined, and if necessary remedial action may be taken. | 05-30-2013 |
20140049330 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An integrated circuit device has an LC tank circuit for frequency determination, and a switched capacitor circuit for tuning the resonant frequency of the LC tank. The switched capacitor circuit has plural sets of parallel branches, each set comprising a first branch and a second branch, the first and second branches each connecting between a first node and a second node, each branch containing a respective capacitor in series with a switch, the switched capacitor circuit being configured such that, in use, the switch of the first branch is on when the switch of the second branch is off and vice versa. | 02-20-2014 |
Peter Martin, Burgheim DE
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20140261583 | WATER-BEARING DOMESTIC APPLIANCE, IN PARTICULAR DOMESTIC DISH WASHER - A water-bearing domestic appliance, in particular a home dish washer or a home laundry machine, includes a supply hose for the supply with fresh water from a domestic water pipe arranged outside of the water-bearing domestic appliance into the water-bearing domestic appliance, wherein the supply hose has a connection device on its hose terminus for detachable connection with the domestic water pipe, and wherein the supply hose is guided through a wall in particular a back wall of the water-bearing domestic appliance into the interior of the water-bearing domestic appliance. At least in the region of the connection device, at least some regions of the supply hose are permanently received in at least one holding element, in particular at least partially form fittingly, wherein the at least one holding element can be arranged on the wall, in particular on the back wall of the water-bearing domestic appliance. | 09-18-2014 |
Peter Martin, Penzberg DE
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20140308660 | METHOD FOR DISCRIMINATION OF METAPLASIAS FROM NEOPLASTIC OR PRENEOPLASTIC LESIONS - The present invention relates to a method for discrimination of p16.sup.INK4a overexpressing metaplasias from neoplastic or preneoplastic p16.sup.INK4a overexpressing lesions by determination of the level of high risk HPV encoded gene-products such as e.g. HPV E2 and/or HPV E7 molecules in biological samples in the course of cytological testing procedures. The method thus enables for reduction of false positive results in the p16.sup.INK4a based detection of anogenital lesions in cytological testing procedures. | 10-16-2014 |
20150099651 | METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF THE PROGRESSION RISK OF TUMORS - The present invention concerns a method for predicting the potential for aggressive growth and/or the risk to progress to high grade cancer for tumors in cell based detection procedures. In one aspect the invention concerns the detection of overexpression of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor gene products as a tool for predicting the progression risk and/or potential for aggressive growth of tumors. In a second aspect the invention concerns predicting the progression risk and/or potential for aggressive growth in tumors on the basis of the simultaneous co-detection of the presence of overexpression of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor gene products together with the expression of markers for active cell proliferation. Further the invention concerns preparations of probes for diagnosis namely for predicting the progression risk and/or the potential for aggressive growth of tumors. | 04-09-2015 |
Peter Martin, San Ramon, CA US
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20160105930 | Voltage-Leveling Heater Cable - A heater cable produces a substantially level voltage across its cross-section, providing a uniform and controllable thermal output along its length. The heater cable includes at least one center bus wire extending axially along a central axis of the heater cable, and at least one radial bus wire extending axially through the heating cable and positioned adjacent to the center bus wire. The heater cable further includes a thermally and electrically conductive interstitial material disposed around the at least one center bus wire and the at least one radial bus wire, and a jacket disposed about the interstitial material, the at least one center bus wire, and the at least one radial bus wire. | 04-14-2016 |
Peter Martin, Tauberbischofsheim DE
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20160121520 | Method for Monitoring the Machine Space of a Processing Machine, Preferably a Moulding Machine, and Processing Machine, Particularly Moulding Machine, for Carrying Out Such a Method - In monitoring the machine space of a processing machine during the throughput of workpieces in order to detect workpieces that got stuck, the rear end of a workpiece with reference to the transport direction generates a start signal in the inlet region of the machine space, as well as an end signal in the outlet region thereof by sensors that are connected to a control unit. Beginning with the start signal, the control unit detects a feature that characterizes a theoretical feed travel and generates a release signal if the value of the detected characteristic feature has reached at the time, at which the end signal is generated, a predefined limiting value and not yet exceeded a predefined upper limiting value or if the end signal is generated at a time, at which the value of the detected characteristic feature has reached the predefined limiting value and not yet exceeded the upper limiting value. | 05-05-2016 |