Patterson, Jr.
Charles B. Patterson, Jr., Wilmington, NC US
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20100027733 | CHANNEL CONFINEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRY-STORAGE OF BWR FUEL BUNDLES - A nuclear reactor fuel bundle confinement system including: a fuel bundle with an upper tie plate; a channel enclosing the fuel bundle; a handle for the fuel bundle extending above the fuel bundle; an upper fuel particle barrier positioned over the upper tie plate and above the fuel rods, wherein the fuel particle barrier has a permeable panel at least co-extensive with an open area of the upper tie plate; a slot in the permeable panel through which passes the handle, and a closure device on the fuel particle barrier having a closed position which covers the slot and an open position that leaves the slot open; a lower fuel particle barrier positioned over the lower tie plate and below the fuel rods, wherein the lower portion of the fuel bundle assembly is grasped by the lower fuel particle barrier. | 02-04-2010 |
20120093274 | CHANNEL CONFINEMENT METHOD FOR DRY-STORAGE OF BWR FUEL BUNDLES - A method to confine a nuclear reactor fuel bundle assembly including: inserting a lower portion of the fuel bundle assembly into an open end of a lower fuel particle barrier; supporting the lower portion of the fuel bundle with the lower fuel particle barrier; grasping the lower portion of the fuel bundle assembly with the lower fuel particle barrier; lowering an upper fuel particle barrier over an upper tie plate of the fuel bundle assembly; moving at least a portion of a handle fixed to the upper tie plate through an open slot in the upper fuel particle barrier; closing the open slot with a closure device after the handle passes through the slot, and preventing fuel particles being released from the nuclear reactor fuel bundle assembly by the upper and lower fuel particle barriers. | 04-19-2012 |
Dexter Earl Patterson, Jr., Riverside, RI US
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20150230431 | CLEAN LEASH DEVICE FOR PET WASTE CONTAINMENT AND DISPOSAL - A pet leash accessory and storage bag which attaches to various leases on the market. The bag includes a front upper pocket for storing hand sanitizer. The bag provides a front lower storage pocket with an opening at the top of the pocket for placement and storage of a roll of disposable unused pet waste bags and a vertical opening in the center of the front lower pocket for dispensing the perforated unused pet waste bags individually. Additionally, this leash bag contains a hollow interior housing which stores a nylon waste containment pouch. The nylon waste bag can be extracted from the housing for temporary storage of the used pet waste bags. The nylon waste containment pouch is attached by its upper corner to the main housing to provide hands-free containment of pet waste. | 08-20-2015 |
F. D. Patterson, Jr., Sachse, TX US
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20090178983 | Knock-Down Rack - Field-adjustable rack systems for mounting communications equipment are disclosed, including an adjustable communications equipment rack where the rack is adjustable from a floor mounted configuration to a wall mounted configuration, and the overall width of the rack may be varied by adjusting the base and the top in a plurality of different configurations. Also, height adjustment to the communications equipment rack is disclosed where the height of the rack may be adjusted without removal of the existing mounted equipment from the rack. Height adjustments are made by coupling a plurality of extensions to the vertical side rails of the rack, to arrive at the rack height desired. Methods are described for field adjusting communications equipment racks into various configurations, including floor mounted configurations and wall mounted configurations in a plurality of widths and heights. | 07-16-2009 |
George Patterson, Jr., Lombard, IL US
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20150181349 | Microphone Circuit And Motor Assembly - An acoustic motor assembly includes a substrate with a diaphragm ring that is integrally formed with the substrate. The diaphragm ring forms an opening extending through the substrate. The assembly also includes an electrically charged plate extending over the opening; a diaphragm extending over the opening and vertically displaced from the electrically charged plate; and a stitch coupling the electrically charged plate to the diaphragm. Sound energy creates a movement of the diaphragm, and the movement is effective to create an electrical signal representative of the sound energy. | 06-25-2015 |
Robert C. Patterson, Jr., Sewickley, PA US
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20110137805 | INTER-CLOUD RESOURCE SHARING WITHIN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - The present invention provides a system and method for establishing inter-Cloud resource sharing agreements and policies such that dynamic expansion/contraction of Cloud resource requests can be seamlessly addressed without requiring physical build-out of the primary Cloud infrastructure and advertising the need for additional resources or the offer to provide additional resources can be brokered through an established marketplace. The financial transaction will support a symbiotic bi-lateral fair-share method that better aligns with an alternating supplier/consumer business model. Using this system and method will decrease the amount of time needed to respond to a given Cloud service request while advantaging a resource sharing model amongst established Cloud providers. | 06-09-2011 |
20110138034 | METERING RESOURCE USAGE IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - An approach that provides assigning and tracking inter-Cloud operational transactions within a Cloud computing environment in order to meter Cloud resource usage when processing a Cloud service request. In one embodiment, there is a Cloud usage and accounting tool, including a route management component configured to define and manage the physical implementation of delineation points between Clouds. The Cloud usage and accounting tool further includes a workflow control component configured to track inter-Cloud operational transactions as they pass through the delineation points. | 06-09-2011 |
Sara Patterson, Jr., Tallahassee, FL US
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20150374867 | Sanitizing Device - A sanitizing device used to sanitize a bulb syringe. The device preferably includes a base, a bulb receiver, and a sanitization system. The sanitization system produces a sanitizing gas that is propelled into and possibly around a bulb syringe in order to sanitize the surfaces of the syringe. The sanitization system preferably includes an ionization module, a fan, electrodes, and a power supply. Preferably, the sanitization system is housed in a conical housing which includes a central nozzle and an array of openings centered around the nozzle exit. The sanitization device preferably includes an automatic switch that is activated by the presence of a bulb syringe or upon placing a cover over the device. | 12-31-2015 |
Thompson B. Patterson, Jr., Nashville, TN US
Timothy Patterson, Jr., West Hartford, CT US
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20090220831 | Hydrogen passivation shut down system for a fuel cell power plant - The invention is a hydrogen passivation shut down system for a fuel cell power plant ( | 09-03-2009 |
Timothy W. Patterson, Jr., West Hartford, CT US
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20090214906 | Hydrogen passivation shut down system for a fuel cell power plant - The invention is a hydrogen passivation shut down system for a fuel cell power plant ( | 08-27-2009 |
20110104582 | TAILORING LIQUID WATER PERMEABILITY OF DIFFUSION LAYERS IN FUEL CELL STACKS - A fuel cell stack ( | 05-05-2011 |
20110281186 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FUEL CELL START FROM FREEZING WITHOUT MELTING ICE - Fuel cell systems ( | 11-17-2011 |
20110318666 | FUEL CELL STACK ASSEMBLY SEAL - A fuel cell is disclosed that includes an electrode assembly arranged between a cathode and an anode. The anode and cathode have lateral surfaces adjoining lateral surface of the electrode assembly and respectively include fuel and oxidant flow fields. Interfacial seals are not arranged between the lateral surfaces. Instead, a sealant is applied to the anode, the cathode and the electrode assembly to fluidly separate the fuel and oxidant flow fields. In one example, the adjoining lateral surfaces are in abutting engagement with one another. The sealant is applied in a liquid, uncured state to perimeter surfaces of the electrode assembly, the anode and the cathode that surround the lateral surfaces. | 12-29-2011 |
20120315558 | HYDROGEN PASSIVATION SHUT DOWN SYSTEM FOR A FUEL CELL POWER PLANT - The invention is a hydrogen passivation shut down system for a fuel cell power plant ( | 12-13-2012 |
20130260274 | Hybrid Bipolar Plate for Evaporatively Cooled Fuel Cells - A fuel cell power plant ( | 10-03-2013 |
20150030946 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FUEL CELL START FROM FREEZING WITHOUT MELTING ICE - Fuel cell systems and related methods involving accumulators with multiple regions of differing water fill rates are provided. At least one accumulator region with a relatively more-rapid fill rate than another accumulator region is drained of water at shutdown under freezing conditions to allow at least that region to be free of water and ice. That region is then available to receive water from and supply water to, a fuel cell nominally upon start-up. The region having the relatively more-rapid fill rate may typically be of relatively lesser volume, and may be positioned either relatively below or relatively above the other region(s). | 01-29-2015 |
William R. Patterson, Jr., Houston, TX US
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20140103640 | THREADED CONNECTOR LOCKING DEVICE - A system for joining pipe segments, the system including a first pipe connector connected to a first pipe segment, and a second pipe connector threadingly connectable to the first pipe connector, and connected to a second pipe segment. The system further includes a recess in the outer surface of the first pipe connector, and an elongated key having first and second lengthwise surfaces. One of the lengthwise surfaces has protrusions that embed into a transverse surface of the second pipe connector when the key is mounted into the recess. The thickness of the key decreases with distance radially inward from the outer surface. | 04-17-2014 |
20150145247 | ALIGNMENT GUIDE FEATURE FOR METAL TO METAL SEAL PROTECTION ON MECHANICAL CONNECTIONS AND COUPLINGS - A connection is established between a pin connector and a box connector defined on a pair of tubular members such as casing segments in the field of oil and gas recovery. The pin connector and box connector include features for the protection of metallic-sealing surfaces during assembly, disassembly, transport and handling of the tubular members. The pin connector includes a stabbing flank with an inwardly tapered annular flank surface thereon, and an alignment protrusion extending outward with respect to the pin-side metallic sealing surface in a direction normal to a cone angle defined by the inwardly tapered annular flank surface. The alignment protrusion engages internal surfaces of the box connector to concentrically align the pin connector with the box connector, and thereby protects the metallic sealing surfaces from damage that might otherwise result from collisions between the pin connector and the box connector. | 05-28-2015 |
William Rey Patterson, Jr., Houston, TX US
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20140103645 | ANTI-ROTATION SYSTEM FOR BOX AND PIN CONNECTION - An anti-rotation system for use in retaining a threaded connection between a pin and a box. The anti-rotation system includes a key that sets in a recess formed in one of the box or pin. The key is selectively in contact with one of the other of the box or pin, and is activated when the threaded connection begins to decouple. The key is profiled and operates in a cam like fashion to wedge itself between the box and pin when these members begin to decouple and prevents further relative rotation. | 04-17-2014 |
20150074979 | MAGNETIC FRAME AND GUIDE FOR ANTI-ROTATION KEY INSTALLATION - An apparatus for guiding an anti-rotation key installation tool includes at least one magnet mounting member. A tool positioning member is coupled to the magnet mounting member and has a first end and a second end. An installation tool positioning channel extends from the first end to the second end of the tool positioning member and has an opening at the first end of the tool positioning member for accepting a portion of the anti-rotation key installation tool. At least one mechanically switchable frame securing magnet assembly is mounted to the at least one magnet mounting member for releasably securing the apparatus to an outer surface of a tubular connection. | 03-19-2015 |