Summerlin
Frederick A. Summerlin, Berkshire GB
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20140209052 | PISTON ARRANGEMENT AND ENGINE - A piston arrangement comprising a piston movable within a cylinder and having a stroke with a first end and a second end, wherein the piston is coupled to a crankshaft by a linkage mechanism including a toggle link which is pivotally coupled to the piston and pivotally coupled to a con-rod, wherein the toggle link has a first position corresponding to the first end of the piston stroke, a second position different to the first position also corresponding to the first end of the piston stroke, and an intermediate position between the first and second positions corresponding to the second end of the piston stroke such that the piston completes four strokes for every one revolution of the crankshaft. Also a piston arrangement comprising first and second pistons movable respectively within first and second cylinders, wherein the first piston is coupled to a crank shaft by a first linkage mechanism including a first toggle link pivotally connected to the first piston and pivotally connected to a first con-rod, wherein the second piston is coupled to the crank shaft by a second linkage mechanism including a second toggle link pivotally connected to the second piston and pivotally connected to a second con-rod, wherein the first and second con-rods have different lengths such that the first and second pistons operate out of phase with each other. Also an engine comprising at least two high pressure pistons movable within respective high pressure cylinders and at least one low pressure piston movable within a low pressure cylinder, wherein the low pressure piston moves through twice the number of strokes moved through by each of the high pressure pistons in the same period of time, wherein a linkage mechanism coupling the low pressure piston to a crankshaft includes a toggle link. | 07-31-2014 |
James C. Summerlin, Little Rock, AR US
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20080236042 | Rural municipal waste-to-energy system and methods - A rural municipal waste-to-energy system and method converting waste to fuel gas through anaerobic digestion (AD) and pyrolysis/gasification. Fuel gases derived during the processes are combined and used to generate electricity. The amount of MSW normally collected by a municipality may be inadequate in volume to produce enough fuel gas with which to generate electricity sufficient to serve the entire community. It may be necessary, therefore, for additional wastes from the surrounding area to be included. The municipality must have its own public electric utility to be able to charge rates necessary for profitability. | 10-02-2008 |
Joel Summerlin, Seattle, WA US
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20080275691 | CROSS-LINGUAL INFORMATION RETRIEVAL - Multi-lingual search and retrieval of digital content. Embodiments are generally directed to methods and systems for creating an English language database that associates non-English terms with English terms in multiple categories of metadata. Language experts use an interface to create equivalencies between non-English terms and English terms, Boolean expressions, synonyms, and other forms of search terms. Language dictionaries and other sources also create equivalencies. The database is used to evaluate non-English search terms submitted by a user, and to determine English search terms that can be used to perform a search for content. The multiple categories of metadata may comprise structured data, such as keywords of a structured vocabulary, and/or unstructured data, such as captions, titles, descriptions, etc. Weighting and/or prioritization can be applied to the search terms, to the process of searching the multiple categories, and/or to the search results, to rank the search results. | 11-06-2008 |
Pamela L. Summerlin, Rockmart, GA US
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20080258886 | Key locator and method of use thereof - A key locator apparatus is provided comprising at least one key having at least one key code, and a locator, programmed with at least one key code to be transmitted, wherein the locator sends an activation signal to the key to activate an alarm secured about the key that is activated if the transmitted key code authenticity is confirmed, thus allowing a user to find the key. | 10-23-2008 |
Thomas A. Summerlin, Lutherville, MD US
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20090089305 | Computer readable electronic records automated classification system - Classifying an electronic document in a computer-based system is disclosed. For each classification instance in a plurality of classification instances, a confidence data indicating a degree of confidence that the electronic document is associated with that classification instance is determined. A classification, based on a first classification instance in the plurality of classification instances, is assigned without human intervention to the electronic document if the confidence data associated with the first classification instance exceeds a first threshold. | 04-02-2009 |
20120143868 | COMPUTER READABLE ELECTRONIC RECORDS AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM - Classifying an electronic document in a computer-based system is disclosed. For each classification instance in a plurality of classification instances, a confidence data indicating a degree of confidence that the electronic document is associated with that classification instance is determined. A classification, based on a first classification instance in the plurality of classification instances, is assigned without human intervention to the electronic document if the confidence data associated with the first classification instance exceeds a first threshold. | 06-07-2012 |
20140236955 | COMPUTER READABLE ELECTRONIC RECORDS AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM - Classifying an electronic document in a computer-based system is disclosed. For each classification instance in a plurality of classification instances, a confidence data indicating a degree of confidence that the electronic document is associated with that classification instance is determined. A classification, based on a first classification instance in the plurality of classification instances, is assigned without human intervention to the electronic document if the confidence data associated with the first classification instance exceeds a first threshold. | 08-21-2014 |