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William Andrew Adamez, Round Rock, TX US
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20090095208 | Water drift compensation method and device - Current methods for station keeping an object in the ocean or body of water involve mooring assemblies or active and complex navigation and differential thrust or thrust and rudder assemblies. The embodiments herein provide a method and device for compensating for the force of water or ocean currents through the use of a hydrofoil assembly to orient a device in the water current direction, through the use of any number of devices for sensing water current force, and through the use of a motor assembly to produce sufficient thrust to compensate for water current drift. An alternate embodiment allows the method to be employed without sensing the force of the water current. The method does not require directional thrust or active rudder assemblies, is highly portable, utilizes minimal power, is light weight, is scalable, and can be operated in any body of water. | 04-16-2009 |
William Andrew Burkland, Huxley, IA US
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20090055672 | Power Budget Management In Power Over Ethernet Systems - A power budget monitoring circuit in a multi-port PSE includes a differential amplifier and a transistor for setting a reference voltage across a first resistor to establish a reference current, multiple current mirror output devices each associated with a power port of the PSE, a second resistor and a comparator. Each current mirror output device provides an output current indicative of the power demanded by the associated power port where the output currents are summed at a second node into a monitor current. The second resistor has a resistance value proportional to a maximum power budget of the PSE and receives the monitor current. A monitor voltage develops across the second resistor indicative of the total power demanded by the power ports. The comparator compares the monitor voltage to the reference voltage and provides a comparator output signal indicating whether the maximum power budget of the PSE has been exceeded. | 02-26-2009 |
20090190621 | Laser Turn-On Accelerator Independent of Bias Control Loop Bandwidth - An accelerator circuit is incorporated in a laser diode system for accelerating the turn-on operation of the laser diode independent of the control loop bandwidth of the laser diode system. The accelerator circuit provides a boost current to a compensation capacitor upon laser turn-on which compensation capacitor operates to establish the control loop bandwidth of the laser diode system. The boost current enables the control loop to increase the bias current to the laser diode quickly. When the laser diode reaches the desired operating point, the boost current is terminated and the control loop of the laser diode system resumes normal control of the bias current. In one embodiment, the accelerator circuit includes a timer circuit controlling a current source to implement open loop turn-on control. In another embodiment, the accelerator circuit includes a comparator circuit working in conjunction with an one-shot logic circuit for providing close loop control. | 07-30-2009 |
William Andrew Care Wood, Haddington GB
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20090065487 | Method of Providing a Machine Readable Marking - A method of providing a machine readable marking on a substrate being a part of an actuator is described, in which the marking includes at least first and second marks, and the method including repeatedly firing a laser device so that at each of a plurality of row positions of a first area of the substrate, substrate material is heated and displaced thus to provide a depression in the surface of the substrate at least partially surrounded by displaced material, the method including providing a plurality of rows of such depressions in the first area to form the first mark, repeatedly firing a laser device so that at each of a plurality of row positions of a second area of the substrate, substrate material is heated and displaced thus to provide a depression in the surface of the substrate at least partially surrounded by displaced material, the method including providing a plurality of rows of such depressions in the second area to form the second mark, and wherein each depression of the rows of depressions of the first and second marks has a depth determined from the general surface of the substrate less than 4 μm, and the height of the displaced material determined from the general surface of the substrate is not greater than 4 μm. | 03-12-2009 |
William Andrew Decanio, Castaic, CA US
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20080199033 | HIGH OUTPUT SUB-WOOFER - A speaker system with an enclosure having at least six sides. At least two active transducers are mounted inside the enclosure. Each active transducer is oriented to project from one of the sides. At least four passive radiators are mounted inside the enclosure. Each passive radiator is oriented to project from one of the sides. The number of active transducers and passive radiators equals the number of sides on the enclosure. | 08-21-2008 |
William Andrew Haydu, Jr., Akron, OH US
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20110031770 | SAFETY SLING FOR A TIRE CURING MACHINE - A safety sling secures an upper mold section of a tire press. The safety sling includes a first link, a second link, a third link, and a fourth link. The second link is connected to the first link by a first strap section. The third link is connected to the second link by a second strap section. The fourth link is connected to the link ring by a third strap section. The fourth link is also connected to the first link by a fourth strap section to define a quadrilateral configuration. The first link is connected to a link ring by a fifth strap section. The second link is connected to a sixth link by a sixth strap section. The third link is connected to a seventh link by a seventh strap section. The fourth link is connected to an eighth link by an eighth strap section such that the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth links are secured to the tire press for allowing the safety sling to catch the upper mold section in the event the upper mold section becomes otherwise unsecured from the tire press. | 02-10-2011 |
William Andrew Hochella, Coatesville, PA US
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20100282370 | MANUFACTURING SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY TUBES BY DRAWING - Shape Memory Alloy tube is protected from damage during drawing, caused by galling-type interaction between the tube and high-carbon dies, by forming an oxide surface layer. This invention protects the tube internal diameter from oxidation while allowing the tube outside diameter to be oxidised, by using an oxygen getter located within the tube during the oxidation step. The method yields a higher quality internal diameter and improves productivity. | 11-11-2010 |
William Andrew Kasoff, Albuquerque, NM US
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20110180959 | Method of thermoforming fiber reinforced thermoplastic sandwich panels, thermoformed articles, and modular container structure assembled therefrom - A method is disclosed utilizing off the shelf constant cross section thickness sandwich panels comprised of Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic (FRTP) resin skins and low density thermoplastic (TP) core material wherein the steps of selectively and controllably exposing the panels to heat and incrementally thermoforming the skin-core into a consolidated composite edge or intra-panel area in consideration of subsequent mating and attachment of the FRTP sandwich panel to other structures is achieved. The exact configuration of articles so thermoformed is design optimized to overcome manufacturing, assembly, weight, in-service and structural performance shortcomings of prior art and FRP sandwich panel structures. Further disclosed is an improved, load-bearing, modular design container structure assembled from such thermoformed FRTP sandwich panels in which is utilized the unique core-skin edge configuration of the present invention in consideration of improved: load bearing performance, useful load volume, reduced manufacturing costs, structural weight savings, impact and damage tolerance and repair and replace issues. | 07-28-2011 |
William Andrew Landtbom, San Francisco, CA US
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20140276307 | ORTH0PIC BELT WITH MAGNETS - An orthopedic pad for wearing about the lumbar region of a user and comprising a smoothly contoured body having a template surface bounded by an upper margin and a lower margin. The orthopedic pad includes a central trough portion extending between said upper and lower margins for accommodating the spinal processes of a wearer when the orthopedic pad is pressed against the lumbar region. The orthopedic pad includes two raised plateau regions flanking the central trough portion for contacting the erector spinae muscles of the wearer to provide support therefor. The central trough and the plateau form a smoothly curving surface approximating the lordotic curve of a wearer to assist maintaining spinal posture. The orthopedic pad includes a magnetic pad formed of one or more magnets containing one or more concentric circle partitions conforming to the contoured template surface and extending between the margins and extending over the central trough and the two raised plateau regions to provide a therapeutic magnetic field to the lumbar region. | 09-18-2014 |
William Andrew Loe, Iii, Seattle, WA US
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20110047484 | USER MANAGEABLE COLLABORATION - A collaboration system described herein empowers non-technical users to create and manage custom collaboration portals, called hubs. Hubs are easy to manage, often providing a satisfactory default configuration after the user answers questions through a wizard-like interface. The collaboration system may be provided as an Internet-based service that can be accessed by users regardless of their affiliation with a company or other predetermined group. In addition, the system shields users from the systems that provide storage for hub content, so that users can avoid the difficulties of data management. The system may provide one or more hub widgets that provide specific functionality, such as a calendar widget for managing events, a file widget for sharing files, a comments widget for managing electronic discussions, and so forth. Thus, the collaboration system facilitates online collaboration for users without advanced software experience. | 02-24-2011 |
William Andrew Nevin, Co. Armagh GB
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20090309190 | SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING - A semiconductor product comprises an insulator layer and a SOI (Silicon On Insulator) layer on the insulator layer, wherein the SOI layer contains implanted Germanium (Ge) at or near the interface with the insulator layer so as to form gettering sites. The semiconductor product can be manufactured by ion implanting Germanium (Ge) into silicon material and bonding the silicon material onto a handle so as to form a SOI substrate. | 12-17-2009 |
William Andrew Perrin, Surrey CA
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20110134792 | Method and Apparatus for a Hub in Daisy Chain Configuration - A connector hub comprising a number of cable interfaces is used to allow a number of network devices connected to a network to be connected in a free-form manner, yet still maintain a daisy chain configuration. A cable comprising at least two conductors, wherein the conductors are preferably a twisted pair of copper wire, is used to connect each of the network devices to a cable interface on the connector hub, so that each network device only has a single cable connected to it. The connector hub connects a master or primary network device to the network devices connected by a cable to the cable interfaces of the connector in a daisy chain configuration. | 06-09-2011 |
20110162884 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF A NETWORK IN HVAC AND OTHER APPLICATIONS - A system and method for connecting a number of network devices together in a daisy chain configuration is disclosed. A connector device comprising a number of cable interfaces for a cable is used to allow a number of network devices connected to a network to be connected in a free-form manner, yet still maintain a daisy chain configuration. A cable comprising at least two conductors, wherein the conductors are preferably a twisted pair of copper wire, is used to connect the network devices, so that each network device only has a single cable connected to it. Additional network devices can be added to the network by simply connecting the additional network device into the existing network with the use of an additional cable and an additional connector device. Wherever the additional network device is added to the existing network, the network will be maintained in a daisy chain configuration. | 07-07-2011 |
20120184131 | Method and Apparatus for Connecting a Network Device to a Daisy Chain Network - A network device configured to allow the connection of the network device to a network in a daisy chain configuration using a single cable. The network device is connected to a cable with two conductors by a socket that is adapted to receive a plug connected to the end of the cable. When the plug on the end of a cable is inserted into the socket, a first conductor in the cable is connected to an input port of a network component and a second conductor of the cable is connected to an output port of a network component. A signal from the network is transmitted down a first conductor in a cable to a network device and the signal is then transmitted back from the network device down a second conductor in the same cable. | 07-19-2012 |
20130344746 | Method and Apparatus for Control of a Network in HVAC and other Application - A system and method for connecting a number of network devices together in a daisy chain configuration is disclosed. A connector device comprising a number of cable interfaces for a cable is used to allow a number of network devices connected to a network to be connected in a free-form manner, yet still maintain a daisy chain configuration. A cable comprising at least two conductors, wherein the conductors are preferably a twisted pair of copper wire, is used to connect the network devices, so that each network device only has a single cable connected to it. Additional network devices can be added to the network by simply connecting the additional network device into the existing network with the use of an additional cable and an additional connector device. Wherever the additional network device is added to the existing network, the network will be maintained in a daisy chain configuration. | 12-26-2013 |
William Andrew Vogel, Iii, Baltimore, MD US
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20100205675 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING NETWORK MAP ATTRIBUTES - The disclosed systems and methods provide a user interface for modifying host configuration data that has been automatically and passively determined and for adding or modifying other parameters associated with a host. A host data table can store various parameters descriptive of a host including the applicability of specific vulnerabilities. If it is determined that one or more hosts should not be identified as associated with a specific vulnerability, a graphical user interface can be used to modify the vulnerability parameter. | 08-12-2010 |
20110307600 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSIGNING NETWORK BLOCKS TO SENSORS - A system includes a processor device. The processor device is configured to detect a physical topology of a network comprising hosts and sensors in the network. The processor device is also configured to generate a sensor policy for assignment of the sensors to network blocks of the hosts, that balances a processing load and accuracy of the sensors in the network based on physical closeness of the sensors to different divisions of hosts within a same network block. | 12-15-2011 |
20110314143 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESOLVING OPERATING SYSTEM OR SERVICE IDENTITY CONFLICTS - A system includes a processor device. The processor device is configured to receive reports of operating system identities for a single host; determine which of the operating system identities are an intersection of the reported operating system identities; and assign the intersection of the reported operating system identities as a resolved operating system identity. | 12-22-2011 |
20130173790 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSIGNING NETWORK BLOCKS TO SENSORS - A system includes a processor device. The processor device is configured to detect a physical topology of a network comprising hosts and sensors in the network. The processor device is also configured to generate a sensor policy for assignment of the sensors to network blocks of the hosts, that balances a processing load and accuracy of the sensors in the network based on physical closeness of the sensors to different divisions of hosts within a same network block. | 07-04-2013 |
William Andrew Zeitz, Yarmouth, ME US
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20090049577 | Distribution and recovery of fashion-related products - A method for distributing and recovering fashion-related products includes providing fashion-related products made from a recyclable material, causing the products to be distributed to consumers, accepting return of the products that have been used by consumers, and causing the used products to be recycled. | 02-26-2009 |