Winans
Dawn A. Winans, Brentwood, TN US
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20140372138 | INTERMEDIATE CHECK POINTS IN MEDICAL CARE LINES FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING CARE DEFICIENCIES - A quality of medical care can be estimated based on factors such as a mortality rate or complications rate. However, by this point, poor care may have already reached its consequence. In some embodiments, characteristics pertaining to a care experience are analyzed to identify those predictive of a health result. The identified characteristics may include ones that depend on care factors, such that they are not, alone, easy to manipulate. Those characteristics can then be monitored, and unsatisfactory characteristics can be addressed. | 12-18-2014 |
John Winans, Olympia, WA US
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20130000771 | Disposable protective covers for rough plumb piping, nipples and stub-outs - A disposable, one-time use, protective cover for rough plumb piping and nipples and the like (commonly called and hereinafter referred to as “stub-outs”) that prevents the exposed potable and wastewater stub-outs from being covered with material used during wall, ceiling and floor installation, sealing, painting and finishing. The protective cover comes in sizes to fit over the outside diameter of commonly used interior and exterior potable plumbing pipe sizes (e.g., ½″, ⅝″, ¾″) and interior wastewater pipe sizes (e.g., 1″ and 1½″). Plumbers and other workers put the elastic snugly fitting disposable protective cover on stub-outs after they complete the rough plumbing. After walls, ceilings and floors and have been installed, sealed and painted, the worker doing the finish work removes the disposable protective cover from the stub-outs and has access to a clean stub-out. Using this invention will allow plumbers, workers and home owners that are completing construction projects that include plumbing to install finish plumbing without having to clean material off of the stub-outs, which will save time and money. | 01-03-2013 |
John Winans, Glen Ellyn, IL US
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20090280680 | Scalable Switch Device and System - A scalable switch system and method for connecting a plurality of output devices to a plurality of media source includes an array of input connectors and a first array of first jumper connectors electrically connected to the array of input connectors such that at least one input connector of the array of input connectors electrically connects to a first jumper connector. The input connector connected to the first jumper connector is electrically connected to a termination resistance when the first jumper connector for the input connector is in a first jumper configuration. A second array of the second jumper connectors is configured to make available to electrically connect one of at least two input connections to an output connector of the array of output connectors. Multiple switch devices may be interconnected to fit a variety of media systems. | 11-12-2009 |
Kenneth G. Winans, Novato, CA US
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20080319886 | Winans Trend Indicator - Two moving averages are plotted against a market index price to signal long term market trends. To avoid whipsaws, when applied to the S&P 500, the 40 week moving average is given a negative 3.6% filter and the 25 week moving average is given a positive 2% filter. Crossings of the moving averages are ignored. An index price dipping below the negative 3.6% filter of the 40 week moving average will generate a sell signal and an index price rising above the 2% filter over the 25 week moving average will generate a buy signal. A related moving average fund buys and sells financial instruments based upon the methods of disclosed system, know as Winans Trend Indicator. | 12-25-2008 |
Randall A. Winans, Downers Grove, IL US
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20110045969 | SUBNANOMETER AND NANOMETER CATALYSTS, METHOD FOR PREPARING SIZE-SELECTED CATALYSTS - Highly uniform cluster based nanocatalysts supported on technologically relevant supports were synthesized for reactions of top industrial relevance. The Pt-cluster based catalysts outperformed the very best reported ODHP catalyst in both activity (by up to two orders of magnitude higher turn-over frequencies) and in selectivity. The results clearly demonstrate that highly dispersed ultra-small Pt clusters precisely localized on high-surface area supports can lead to affordable new catalysts for highly efficient and economic propene production, including considerably simplified separation of the final product. The combined GISAXS-mass spectrometry provides an excellent tool to monitor the evolution of size and shape of nanocatalyst at action under realistic conditions. Also provided are sub-nanometer gold and sub-nanometer to few nm size-selected silver catalysts which possess size dependent tunable catalytic properties in the epoxidation of alkenes. Invented size-selected cluster deposition provides a unique tool to tune material properties by atom-by-atom fashion, which can be stabilized by protective overcoats. | 02-24-2011 |
Randall E. Winans, Downers Grove, IL US
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20130161008 | PREPARATION AND USE OF NANO-CATALYSTS FOR IN-SITU REACTION WITH KEROGEN - Disclosed herein are methods for extracting a kerogen-based product from subsurface shale formations. The methods utilize in-situ reaction of kerogen involving liquid phase chemistry at ambient temperatures at pressures for the subsurface shale formation. These methods rely on chemically modifying the shale-bound kerogen to render it mobile using metal particulate catalysts. In the methods disclosed herein a fluid comprising metal is provided to the subsurface shale formation comprising kerogen in an inorganic matrix. A reducing agent is provided to the subsurface shale formation. The kerogen is converted by contacting the kerogen with a metal particulate catalyst formed from the metal; and a mobile kerogen-based product is formed. At least a portion of the mobile kerogen-based product is recovered. The kerogen-derived product can be upgraded to provide commercial products. | 06-27-2013 |
Scott Winans, Grand Junction, CO US
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20150054247 | SHOCK ABSORBER GAS SPRING SEAL - A shock absorber includes a first portion and a second portion that reciprocate relative to one another. The shock absorber includes a gas spring chamber defined between an interior wall and a plunger. A seal including a lip portion minimizes gas pressure loss and friction between the two portions. | 02-26-2015 |
Scott S. Winans, Grand Junction, CO US
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20140051535 | CHAIN GUARD WITH UNITARY BRACKET EXTENSION - A guard for a chain and chain ring of a bicycle includes a bracket and a bracket extension. The bracket extension has a first end and a second end, and at least the second end is integrally formed. The second end includes a U-shaped configuration configured to house a chain retainer. The bracket and the bracket extension may be secured to one another using two fasteners. The bracket and the bracket extension may rotate relative to one another when only one of the fasteners is attached and may be fixed relative to one another when both of the fasteners are attached. | 02-20-2014 |
Scott S. Winans, Colorado Springs, CO US
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20090055003 | Controlling Remote Control Devices - A control apparatus for controlling one or more functions of a controlled device includes a movement sensor operable to detect both a direction of movement and an amount of movement of the control apparatus, a microcontroller for receiving a signal corresponding to the direction and amount of movement and generating one or more corresponding control signals for controlling the controlled device, and a transmitter for transmitting the control signals to the controlled device. The control apparatus may include a position selectable control and a sensor coupled to the control to sense a position thereof. According to some implementations, the movement sensor may be used to control a direction of the controlled device, and the position selectable control may be used to control a speed of the controlled device. | 02-26-2009 |