Wrigley
Adam Wrigley, New York, NY US
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20120294669 | BINDER - A binder for retaining an item is provided. The binder includes a first panel, a second panel and a spine coupling the first panel to the second panel. The binder also includes a first hinge assembly connecting the first panel to the spine, where the first hinge assembly includes a first hinge and a second hinge, and the second hinge is less flexible than the first hinge. | 11-22-2012 |
Adam Christopher Wrigley, Brooklyn, NY US
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20140131442 | Mobile Device Card Reader - A card reader for use with a mobile device includes a card reader body having an information reading area configured to receive a card, an information reader configured to read information stored on the card and a connection device disposed on the card reader body and configured to be removably connected to the mobile device. The card reader also includes a first arm extending in the first direction away from the card reader body and spaced apart from the connection device and an opposing second arm extending in the first direction away from the card reader body and spaced apart from the connection device. The first arm and the second arm are configured to contact the mobile device and limit movement of the card reader body with respect to the mobile device when the card reader body is connected to the mobile device via the connection device. | 05-15-2014 |
Andrew N. Wrigley, Auckland NZ
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20120211519 | TAP ASSEMBLY - Tap assembly configured to resist release of the tap when an internal vacuum is applied to the tap and to maintain aseptic conditions of fluid within an attached fluid container before first use of the tap. The tap assembly having an actuation member configured to cover at least a portion of a bore within a body; a cover configured to substantially enclose and abut a proximal portion of the actuation member to prevent actuation of the actuation member by engaging with the body; and a piercer element positioned on an end of the actuation member proximal to a sterility membrane sealed over the bore and including at least one projection to pierce the sterility membrane when the actuation member is actuated during first use of the tap assembly. | 08-23-2012 |
Andrew Nicholson Wrigley, Auckland NZ
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20080230509 | Identification Attachments - This invention provides an attachment for mounting electromagnetic identification tags onto the necks of bottles. The tag has a portion which provides a receptacle portion for an RFI tag. This receptacle portion is connected to a portion that embraces a neck of a bottle to attach the receptacle portion, and thereby, the RFID tag to the neck of the bottle. The identification tag may be formed from a material that does not interfere with electromagnetic signals. | 09-25-2008 |
20080283790 | Valve for Flowable Material and a Closure Thereof - This invention provides a valve for a flowable material. The valve has a body defining a bore defined therein. An opening is defined in the side of the bore for material to flow from the bore. The valve also has an actuatable member which is movable along the bore to control the extent of an uncovered area of the opening defined in the bore to control the flow of material through the opening. | 11-20-2008 |
20120138178 | FLUID DISPENSING ASSEMBLY - Known fluid dispensers can suffer from the disadvantage of inadvertent disconnection of a connector causing potentially hazardous spillage of fluid. The present invention relates to a fluid dispensing assembly comprising a tap and a connector body. The tap comprises a first valve, movable between an open and closed position to allow fluid flow through; and a first portion of an interlocking coupling, configured for rotational engagement with a second complementary interlocking coupling portion of the connector body by rotation about a first fluid dispensing assembly axis. The connector body also comprises a second valve, movable between an open and closed position to allow fluid flow through. By this configuration, the first and second interlocking coupling portions remain interlocked preventing disconnection of the connector body from the tap unless the first and second valves are both in the closed position. | 06-07-2012 |
20130015202 | TAP ASSEMBLYAANM Wrigley; Andrew NicholsonAACI AucklandAACO NZAAGP Wrigley; Andrew Nicholson Auckland NZ - The present invention relates to a tap assembly for dispensing fluids from a flexible film bag such as a “bag-in-box”. Known taps associated with such flexible bags do not efficiently dispense fluid from a bag which is partially collapsed and/or can damage the opposite wall of the partially collapsed bag. The tap assembly includes a body with a bore, an actuation member to cover at least a portion of the bore and a piercer which is configured to pivot within the bore and pierce and cut a sterility membrane positioned over an open end of the bore upon movement of the actuation member by a user. The piercer comprises a curved surface which functions to position the piercer away from the plane of the adjacent bag wall after initial piercing. | 01-17-2013 |
Christopher Edwin Wrigley, Saffron Walden GB
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20120331197 | Memory controller and method of operation of such a memory controller - A memory controller is for controlling access to a memory device of the type having a non-uniform access timing characteristic. An interface receives transactions issued from at least one transaction source and a buffer temporarily stores as pending transactions those transactions received by the interface that have not yet been issued to the memory device. The buffer maintains a plurality of ordered lists (having a number of entries) for the stored pending transactions, including at least one priority based ordered list and at least one access timing ordered list. Each entry being associated with one of the pending transactions, and ordered within its priority based ordered list based on the priority indication of the associated pending transaction. Arbitration circuitry performs an arbitration operation during which the plurality of ordered lists are referenced so as to select a winning transaction to be issued to the memory device. | 12-27-2012 |
Christopher J. Wrigley, La Crescenta, CA US
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20130175430 | SPARSELY-BONDED CMOS HYBRID IMAGER - A method and device for imaging or detecting electromagnetic radiation is provided. A device structure includes a first chip interconnected with a second chip. The first chip includes a detector array, wherein the detector array comprises a plurality of light sensors and one or more transistors. The second chip includes a Read Out Integrated Circuit (ROIC) that reads out, via the transistors, a signal produced by the light sensors. A number of interconnects between the ROIC and the detector array can be less than one per light sensor or pixel. | 07-11-2013 |
Christopher James Wrigley, La Crescenta, CA US
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20130038482 | MIXED LINEAR/SQUARE-ROOT ENCODED SINGLE SLOPE RAMP PROVIDES A FAST, LOW NOISE ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER WITH VERY HIGH LINEARITY FOR FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS - An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) converts pixel voltages from a CMOS image into a digital output. A voltage ramp generator generates a voltage ramp that has a linear first portion and a non-linear second portion. A digital output generator generates a digital output based on the voltage ramp, the pixel voltages, and comparator output from an array of comparators that compare the voltage ramp to the pixel voltages. A return lookup table linearizes the digital output values. | 02-14-2013 |
David J. Wrigley, Athenaz (avusy) CH
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20120165443 | THERMOPLASTIC RESINS CONTAINING PBT UNITS, HAVING REDUCED ORGANIC CARBON EMISSIONS - Disclosed is a copolyether ester elastomer resin including a polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) repeat unit, and a titanium catalyst deactivating compound. | 06-28-2012 |
20120211256 | HEAT STABLE HALOGEN-FREE FLAME RETARDANT COPOLYESTER THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER COMPOSITIONS - Halogen-free flame retardant compositions exhibiting flame retardance and retention of mechanical properties, especially elongation at break, upon long-term high temperature exposure and comprising a) at least one copolyester thermoplastic elastomer, and b) from at or about 1 to at or about 30 weight percent, based on the total weight of the composition, of at least one flame retardant comprising a phosphinate, diphosphinate and/or polymers of these; c) from at or about 0.25 to at or about 15 weight percent, based on the total weight of the flame retardant composition, of one or more polyhydroxy polymers having a number average molecular weight of at least 2000 and selected from the group consisting of ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymers and poly(vinyl alcohol)s. | 08-23-2012 |
David J. Wrigley, Athenaz CH
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20100029837 | COPOLYETHERESTER COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES MADE FROM THESE - Copolyetherester compositions comprising a melt-mixed blend of one or more copolyetherester(s) comprising a multiplicity of recurring long chain ester units and short chain ester units joined head-to-tail through ester linkages, and (b) about 0.25 to about 15 weight percent of one or more polyhydric alcohols having more than two hydroxyl groups; wherein all weight percentages are based on the total weight of the copolyetherester composition. Molded or extruded thermoplastic articles formed from the copolyetherester compositions, wherein 2 mm test bars prepared from said copolyetherester composition, and exposed at a test temperature of 150° C. for a test period of about 120 hours, in an atmosphere of air, and tested according to according to ISO 527-2/5A method have, on average, a retention of tensile strain at break of at least 50 percent as compared with an unexposed control having identical composition and shape. | 02-04-2010 |
20120208954 | COPOLYETHERESTER COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES MADE FROM THESE - Copolyetherester compositions comprising a melt-mixed blend of one or more copolyetherester(s) comprising a multiplicity of recurring long chain ester units and short chain ester units joined head-to-tail through ester linkages, and (b) about 0.25 to about 15 weight percent of one or more polyhydric alcohols having more than two hydroxyl groups; wherein all weight percentages are based on the total weight of the copolyetherester composition. Molded or extruded thermoplastic articles formed from the copolyetherester compositions, wherein 2 mm test bars prepared from said copolyetherester composition, and exposed at a test temperature of 150° C. for a test period of about 120 hours, in an atmosphere of air, and tested according to according to ISO 527-2/5A method have, on average, a retention of tensile strain at break of at least 50 percent as compared with an unexposed control having identical composition and shape. | 08-16-2012 |
Gordon Wrigley, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (tyne And Wear) GB
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20140069427 | HARNESS FOR BREATHING APPARATUS - There is disclosed a harness for breathing apparatus which is arranged to support a plurality of cylinders of breathable gas side-by-side and is arranged to be worn on the back of a wearer. The harness comprises upper and lower longitudinally spaced housings coupled together by a longitudinally extending back member. The upper and lower housings are arranged to retain upper and lower portions of each cylinder respectively. | 03-13-2014 |
Jason Wrigley, Torrance, CA US
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20130314289 | PHASE SHIFT DEVICE AND METHOD - A phase shift device includes an input quadrature junction for receiving an input EM signal and extracting a first electromagnetic (EM) signal, a second EM signal, a third EM signal, and a fourth EM signal from the input EM signal. Four waveguide arms are operatively connected to the input quadrature junction for respectively conveying the first, second, third, and fourth EM signals therethrough. At least two of the waveguide arms shift the phase of EM signal conveyed therethrough such that two of the first, second, third, and fourth EM signals are phase shifted with respect to the other two of the first, second, third, and fourth EM signals. An output quadrature junction is operatively connected to the waveguide arms for combining the first, second, third, and fourth EM signals. Thus, polarization adjustment may be achieved through rotation of the phase shift device. | 11-28-2013 |
Jonathan David Wrigley, Cheshire GB
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20100017894 | Mutants of Human App and Their Use for the Production of Transgenice Animals - A modified amyloid precursor protein can be expressed from a DNA construct comprising an APP DNA sequence, or a fragment or artificial substrate thereof, encoding the mutation I45W, I45Y V46W or V46Y (numbering relative to A4CT); the use of the DNA construct in the generation of cell lines or transgenic animals and the use of these proteins or such transgenic animals in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease and screening putative drugs against Alzheimer's Disease are also described. | 01-21-2010 |
Jonathon Wrigley, Cheshire GB
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20090305314 | Upregulation of Adamts4 Protease Activity for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease - The invention provides methods of identifying compounds suitable for treating Alzheimer's disease and related conditions by means of modulation of ADAMTS4. | 12-10-2009 |
Krystal B. Wrigley, Turnersville, NJ US
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20090289013 | Method for determining the filterability of jet fuel containing additive(s) and conditions for the delivery of acceptable water content fuel - It has been discovered that jet fuel containing enhanced thermal stability additives and water can be delivered with a final water content of 15 ppm or less via existing jet fuel distribution system by controlling the fuel flow rate through the fuel delivery system comprising one or more filter coalescers and separator systems, said controlled fuel flow rate being determined by passing a sample of actual fuel through a sample of the fuel filter at various fuel flow rates to identify the flowrate at which the fuel effluent contains 15 ppm or less. | 11-26-2009 |
20140007498 | AVIATION GAS TURBINE FUEL WITH IMPROVED LOW TEMPERATURE OPERABILITY - The addition of biodiesel to petroleum-based kerosene jet fuels in very low concentrations can lower the temperature at which crystals appear in the fuel. The fuels can comprise a blend of a hydrocarbon base fuel component and, for example, up to 1000 ppm, v/v of the total fuel, of a biodiesel component comprising a lower alkyl ester of a fatty acid of natural origin having from 8 to 24 carbon atoms; these blends can be characterized by improved low temperature flow properties, especially of Cloud Point (ASTM D 2500), which can be lower than that of the petroleum fuel component without the alkyl ester, even in the presence of dissolved water up to the saturation level. | 01-09-2014 |
20140137464 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR BIODISTILLATE FUELS CONTAINING TALLOW ESTERS AND HAVING LOW METALS UPTAKE - The invention relates to methods and compositions for attaining acceptably low uptake of zinc and copper metals in a renewable component of a distillate boiling range fuel composition. The method can advantageously comprise the steps of providing the renewable component comprising blending a tallow ester feed and at least one of soybean oil ester feed and palm oil ester feed, such that the tallow ester feed comprises from about 35 vol % to about 90 vol % of the renewable component, and exposing the renewable component blend to a source of zinc or copper under conditions sufficient for copper and/or zinc to leach into the renewable component, but only to an acceptably low level. | 05-22-2014 |
Mark N. Wrigley, New Bedford, MA US
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20090215553 | THIN-LAYER-COVERED GOLF BALL WITH IMPROVED VELOCITY - Golf balls including cores formed from polybutadiene reaction products having a percent change in dynamic stiffness from 0° C. to −50° C. of less than 130 percent where the reaction products include a resilient polymer component, a crosslinking material, a cis-to-trans catalyst, and a free radical source. The golf balls may be formed with polyurethane covers, covers formed from castable reactive liquid materials, among other materials. The golf balls may also include an intermediate layer. | 08-27-2009 |
Stephen Wrigley, High Wycombe GB
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20100311107 | Ultra-High Throughput Screening of Natural Products - The present invention provides cells having more than two drug resistance genes and at least two different resistance genes that have been recombined into the chromosome of a cell. It also teaches the processes for preparing cells by recombining two or more different drug resistance genes into the chromosome of a cell. The invention further shows a screening method using the cells of described herein that may be used to accomplish high throughput screening of, among other things, natural products and/or whole cells isolated from the environment. | 12-09-2010 |
Stephen Wrigley, Buckinghamshire GB
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20080318267 | Methods and Compositions for Ultra-High Throughput Screening of Natural Products - The present invention provides cells having more than two drug resistance genes and at least two different resistance genes that have been recombined into the chromosome of a cell. It also teaches the processes for preparing cells by recombining two or more different drug resistance genes into the chromosome of a cell. The invention further shows a screening method using the cells of described herein that may be used to accomplish high throughput screening of, among other things, natural products and/or whole cells isolated from the environment. | 12-25-2008 |