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Steve A. Africk, Waban, MA US
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20100031735 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ULTRASONIC MEASURING OF PARTICLE PROPERTIES - Devices, systems and methods for measuring and detecting properties of a variety of particles or cells in suspension. Properties, such as, for example, velocity of particles, concentration and/or size may be measured according to the methods of the invention. Acoustic energy may be introduced to a focal zone and narrow band interrogating signals may be used. The acoustic energy may cause movement or streaming of the fluid or suspension. The acoustic streaming may allow a Doppler effect measurement without any other source of velocity. | 02-11-2010 |
Steve A. Brown, Los Angeles, CA US
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20160117519 | MULTI-LEVEL SECURITY SYSTEM FOR ENABLING SECURE FILE SHARING ACROSS MULTIPLE SECURITY LEVELS AND METHOD THEREOF - A multi-level security system includes a storage medium partitionable into a plurality of partitions, a file system coupleable to the plurality of partitions, and a plurality of enclaves. Each enclave is assigned a security classification level. Each enclave resides in a different storage partition of the storage medium. Data stored on the storage medium is cryptographically separated at rest on a per-enclave basis. Cryptographic separation occurs at the disk block level, allowing individual blocks to be read and decrypted. The system also includes a reference monitor that enforces a system security policy that governs access to information between the enclaves. The reference monitor allows an enclave having a first classification level to securely read-down to an enclave having a second classification level lower than the first classification level and to write to another enclave having the first classification level. | 04-28-2016 |
Steve A. De Cook, Marion, IA US
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20110019387 | EXTERNAL NEUTRAL CURRENT SENSOR MATCHED TO A CIRCUIT BREAKER - A highly accurate current sensing transformer, such as an external neutral current transformer (ENCT), accommodates a wide range of loads. The ENCT includes a housing, first and second terminals each having an end portion extending from and external to the housing, a conductor for carrying a current to be measured, and a current sensor having an aperture for receiving the conductor and having a central axis. The conductor joins the first and second terminals to form a current path that passes through the aperture. Increased accuracy is achieved by arranging the conductor such that a portion thereof passing through the aperture forms a substantial angle relative to the central axis, such that the entry angle of the current path via the conductor through the aperture of the current sensor of the ENCT matches an entry angle of a conductor through an aperture of a current sensor in the electronic trip unit to which the ENCT is attached. Other features resist rotation of the terminals during attachment of the ENCT and allow the ENCT to receive any of a variety of different lugs or terminal nuts, enabling easy attachment. | 01-27-2011 |
Steve A. Frait, Milan, MI US
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20100151981 | Control of the Flow Rate in a Transmission Oil Cooler - A system for controlling a flow rate in a vehicle transmission includes a source of fluid exiting a torque converter, an oil cooler, a source of control pressure, and a valve for regulating a rate of fluid flow from the torque converter to the cooler in response to the control pressure. | 06-17-2010 |
20100254828 | Variable Displacement Transmission Pump Control - A system for controlling fluid flow rates in a transmission includes a pump having variable displacement and providing a pressurized fluid source, a regulating valve communicating with the fluid source and a pressure sensor, the pressure sensor producing a variable control signal whose magnitude represents a degree to which fluid flow requirements of the transmission are being provided by the fluid source, and an actuating valve producing a pressure that changes the pump displacement in response to the magnitude of the control pressure. | 10-07-2010 |
20110067516 | Control for an Automatic Transmission - A system for controlling a transmission includes a gear selector, a manual valve for connecting a pressure source alternately to Drive and Reverse lines in response to movement of the gear selector between selected Drive and Reverse positions, first and second solenoid-actuated valves, the first valve connecting the pressure source to a first control element, the second valve connecting the Reverse line to a second control element when the Reverse position is selected, a third solenoid-actuated valve connecting the Drive line to a third control element when the Drive position is selected, and a control valve through which pressure in the first control element is vented when the Drive position is selected. | 03-24-2011 |
20130178318 | MECHANISM FOR ACTUATING A POWER TRANSFER UNIT - A drive system includes a differential for transmitting power between a power source and first axles; a clutch including a first member driveably connected to the power source and a second member secured to a power transfer shaft; and a servo including a cylinder connected to a pressure source, a piston displaceable in the cylinder for mutually disconnecting the first and second members and allowing mutual engagement of the first and second members. | 07-11-2013 |
Steve A. Franseen, Broomfield, CO US
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20120270175 | SELF-LIGATING BRACKET FOR ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT - A self-ligating orthodontic bracket assembly has a bracket with an archwire slot extending in a mesial-distal direction for receiving an archwire; a vertical slot extending into the bracket to intersect the archwire slot; and a retentive boss in the vertical slot. A retentive pin slides in the vertical slot between an open position and a closed position. The pin has two parallel legs separated by a space, and a lower cross member extending between the legs. The cross member contacts the retentive boss in the open position to retain the pin in the vertical slot. Camming surfaces on the legs slidably engage the vertical slot to hold the pin in the closed position. | 10-25-2012 |
Steve A. Hatten, Boise, ID US
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20090162158 | Hand Held Portable Drill Leverage Unit - A leveraging apparatus for a drill is disclosed for drilling a workpiece. The apparatus includes a bar body that preferably has a plurality of attachment means there along. A carriage is adapted to slidably receive the bar body and further includes a forward side, and a lower side for mounting with a drill clamping means. An elongated handle is pivotally connected at a distal end thereof proximate the forward side of the carriage. The handle is pivotally, and preferably selectively, attached to the bar body. The clamping means may include a bracket having an aperture therein for selectively receiving the drill therein. A foot means extending away from the bar body is fixed thereto with a bar body attachment means. The foot means is used to brace the workpiece while the handle is used to move the carriage with respect to the bar body to drill the workpiece. | 06-25-2009 |
Steve A. Herweck, Hollis, NH US
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20110144667 | HERNIA PATCH - A hernia patch supporting tissue in-growth conforms to a tissue wall upon surgical installation and fixation within a patient. The hernia patch can include a base and positioning straps. The base is formed of two layers that are affixed to each other around the perimeter of the patch, for example by stitching. A stabilizing washer is provided between the two layers, and the stitch is provided peripherally around the stabilizing washer, keeping the washer free-floating between the layers. The base, positioning straps, and stabilizing washer are formed of a structure that does not separate the layers of the implant or form a space in the form of a pocket, and promotes more uniform and confluent tissue incorporation or in-growth after implantation. The hernia patch may further include a hydrolysable bioabsorbable cross-linked coating of a fatty acid based material, such as an omega-3 fatty acid based material. | 06-16-2011 |
Steve A. Herweck, Wellesley, MA US
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20120310085 | BODY LUMEN FLUID DELIVERY DEVICE - A method and apparatus for fluid delivery enables navigation through tortuous, spatially restricted body anatomy to access narrow diameter body lumens for the continuous delivery of fluids, including therapeutic fluids, to the lumen in an atraumatic manner that avoids damage to the body lumen. The fluid delivery device can have a flexible conduit having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending along an interior of the flexible conduit providing a fluid flow path between the proximal and distal ends, where the lumen transitions into a micro-lumen exiting through a port through which a high concentration of fluid injected into the lumen exits laterally out along an image viewable zone at the distal end of the flexible conduit. The flexible conduit has a maximum outer diameter sized sufficient to navigate narrow diameter body lumens. | 12-06-2012 |
20130035637 | COATED FOLDED MEDICAL DEVICE - A non-polymeric or biological coating applied to a radially expandable interventional medical device in a collapsed, wrapped, or folded configuration, the coating applied within at least one fold. Properties of the coating material applied to the medical device are adjusted or varied to result in a desired combination of coverage of the surface of the medical device, drug loading, and coating thickness. The coating is sterile, and is capable of being carried by a sterile medical device to a targeted tissue location within the body following radial expansion. The therapeutic coating transfers off the medical device due in part to a biological attraction with the tissue and in part to a physical transference from the medical device to the targeted tissue location in contact with the medical device. | 02-07-2013 |
20130074452 | PERFORATED BIOABSORBABLE OIL FILM AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - A bio-absorbable stand-alone film is derived at least in part from fatty acids. The bio-absorbable stand-alone film can have anti-adhesive, anti-inflammatory, non-inflammatory, and wound healing properties, and can additionally include one or more therapeutic agents incorporated therein. The stand-alone film has one or more perforations or depressions formed therein. Corresponding methods of making the bio-absorbable stand-alone film with one or more perforations or depressions include molding, cutting, carving, puncturing or otherwise suitable methods to create the perforations or depressions in the bio-absorbable stand-alone film. The resulting stand-alone film is bioabsorbable. | 03-28-2013 |
20130178876 | HERNIA PATCH - A hernia patch supporting tissue in-growth conforms to a tissue wall upon surgical installation and fixation within a patient. The hernia patch can include a base and positioning straps. The base is formed of two layers that are affixed to each other around the perimeter of the patch, for example by stitching. A stabilizing washer is provided between the two layers, and the stitch is provided peripherally around the stabilizing washer, keeping the washer free-floating between the layers. The base, positioning straps, and stabilizing washer are formed of a structure that does not separate the layers of the implant or form a space in the form of a pocket, and promotes more uniform and confluent tissue incorporation or in-growth after implantation. The hernia patch may further include a hydrolysable bioabsorbable cross-linked coating of a fatty acid based material, such as an omega-3 fatty acid based material. | 07-11-2013 |
20160074148 | HERNIA PATCH - A hernia patch supporting tissue in-growth conforms to a tissue wall upon surgical installation and fixation within a patient. The hernia patch can include a base and positioning straps. The base is formed of two layers that are affixed to each other around the perimeter of the patch, for example by stitching. A stabilizing washer is provided between the two layers, and the stitch is provided peripherally around the stabilizing washer, keeping the washer free-floating between the layers. The base, positioning straps, and stabilizing washer are formed of a structure that does not separate the layers of the implant or form a space in the form of a pocket, and promotes more uniform and confluent tissue incorporation or in-growth after implantation. The hernia patch may further include a hydrolysable bioabsorbable cross-linked coating of a fatty acid based material, such as an omega-3 fatty acid based material. | 03-17-2016 |
Steve A. Lebrecht, Des Plaines, IL US
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20130263355 | METHOD OF MAKING SHORT MEASUREMENTS IN HEALTH CARE AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTS - A method is disclosed of using a glove, of latex or similar material, that is embossed or imprinted with one or more measurement scales along a digit or digits thereof. A nurse or other medical practitioner can then use such a glove easily and accurately to measure the sizes of scars and wounds on a patient's skin for recording and assessing over time the healing or degrading of the scar or wound. The measuring scale on the glove is simply laid along the scar or across a wound and its size is accurately and quickly determined for recordation. The glove also can be used to measure directly the depth of a wound, by inserting a gloved finger with a measurement scale, as an index or pinkie finger, thereinto, where the scale goes to the end of the finger. Other uses in construction and agriculture also appear. | 10-10-2013 |
Steve A. Litzau, Kirkwood, MO US
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20140278894 | UNIVERSAL LOYALTY REWARDS AND CURRENCY CONSOLIDATION - A system and method for providing a universal loyalty rewards and currency consolidation program is disclosed. The system allows customers to make purchases and earn rewards from a plurality of participant merchants using multiple payment forms, and at the same time, allows customers to redeem rewards at both participant and non-participant merchants. The system may be implemented in both physical retail environments and online shopping environments. | 09-18-2014 |
Steve A. Maskrey, Crystal Lake, IL US
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20140207096 | DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT LIFT DEVICE - The present invention relates to a disposable absorbent pad comprising multiple layers. In particular, the absorbent pad of the present invention maintains skin dryness by absorbing moisture while preventing leakage to the skin or the bed linens, allowing air circulation at the surface of the patient's skin to prevent heat buildup, and is strong enough to allow the patient to be repositioned, even when the pad is wet. In a particular embodiment the first layer is comprised of a fluid-permeable, porous material, the second layer is disposed under the first layer and is comprised of at least one super absorbent material, and a base layer disposed under the second layer. | 07-24-2014 |
20140352071 | DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT LIFT DEVICE - The present invention relates to a disposable absorbent pad comprising multiple layers. In particular, the absorbent pad of the present invention maintains skin dryness by absorbing moisture while preventing leakage to the skin or the bed linens, allowing air circulation at the surface of the patient's skin to prevent heat buildup, and is strong enough to allow the patient to be repositioned, even when the pad is wet. In a particular embodiment the first layer is comprised of a fluid-permeable, porous material, the second layer is disposed under the first layer and is comprised of at least one super absorbent material, and a base layer disposed under the second layer. | 12-04-2014 |
Steve A. Mastain, Chanhassen, MN US
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20090284874 | SELF-ALIGNED PERPENDICULAR WRITER POLE AND FRONT SHIELD - A write pole structure includes a write pole having a tip region. A shield structure is spaced from the write pole by a gap at the tip region. The shield structure includes a front shield and a spacer layer on the back of the front shield. A yoke is formed on the write pole, and an end of the yoke is aligned with the back end of the spacer layer. | 11-19-2009 |
20110267715 | MAGNETIC DEVICE CONTAINING A HEATER - An apparatus that includes a writer that includes a write pole, at least one return pole, a writer coil and a write pole tip, wherein the write coil wraps around the write pole such that the flow of electrical current through the write coil generates a magnetic flux at the write pole tip, and wherein the write coil has a writer coil shape; and a heater that includes a resistive material, wherein the heater has a heater shape that substantially matches the writer coil shape. | 11-03-2011 |
Steve A. Packwood, Omaha, NE US
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20150191134 | Maintenance of a Minimum Voltage to Equipment in Rail Vehicle - Herein described is at least a system for generating one or more control signals based on a voltage provided by an energy storage device. Based on the one or more control signals, the system may selectively enable flow of current through one of: a) a first circuitry when the voltage is equal to or greater than a threshold value, and b) a second circuitry when the voltage is less than the threshold value, wherein the flow of the current through the second circuitry upconverts the voltage associated with the current from a first value to a second value. | 07-09-2015 |
Steve A. Safie, St. Clair Shores, MI US
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20140035737 | PORTABLE COLLISION WARNING APPARATUS - A collision warning apparatus in the form of a portable, housing removably mountable in a vehicle to detect collision threat levels between the host vehicle and an object or target detected forward of the host vehicle. All processing and signal generation takes place in a controller mounted within the housing without reliance on external signals, except for input power, from the host vehicle. The master controller activates visible and/or audible indicators on the housing to alert the driver of the collision threat level. | 02-06-2014 |
20160082885 | PORTABLE COLLISION WARNING APPARATUS - A collision warning apparatus in the form of a controller mountable in a host vehicle to detect collision threat levels between the host vehicle and an object or target detected forward of the host vehicle. All processing and signal generation takes place in the controller without reliance on external signals from the host vehicle, except for input power from the host vehicle. The controller activates visible and/or audible indicators to alert the driver of the collision threat level. | 03-24-2016 |
Steve A. Swinney, Ii, Hudson, WI US
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20150216118 | SPRAYER WITH EASILY LOCATABLE OPERATIONAL CONTROLS, HILL ASSIST, PIVOTAL HOSE REEL, AND AGITATION BOOST - A vehicle mounted sprayer has a plurality of spray booms equipped with downwardly facing spray nozzles. A control console includes a rounded palm rest with the most often used operational spray controls placed directly ahead of the palm rest for easy actuation by the operator as the operator rests the palm of one hand on the palm rest. A pivotal hose reel for manual spraying has pivotal motion about a vertical axis into one of a plurality of adjusted positions relative to the sprayer to ease unwinding and rewinding of the hose from the hose reel. A hill assist system holds the sprayer on a hill for a predetermined time to give the operator enough time to place the sprayer into forward motion up the hill from a standing stop. The spray through the booms can be selectively added to flow in a tank agitation system to boost agitation effectiveness. | 08-06-2015 |
Steve A. Vranyes, North Oaks, MN US
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20150317339 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AGGREGATING INFORMATION-ASSET METADATA FROM MULTIPLE DISPARATE DATA-MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - The disclosed computer-implemented method for aggregating information-asset metadata from multiple disparate data-management systems may include (1) receiving a first instance of metadata of an information asset from a first data-management system that manages information assets of an entity in a first domain, (2) receiving a second instance of metadata of the information asset from a second data-management system that manages the information assets of the entity in a second domain that is separate and distinct from the first domain, (3) storing the first and second instances of metadata in a global metadata repository that is separate and distinct from the first and second data-management systems, and (4) providing access to the first and second instances of metadata stored in the global metadata repository to the first data-management system, the second data-management system, and/or the entity. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. | 11-05-2015 |