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Benjamin E. Adams, Fort Collins, CO US
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20110078971 | EIFS STRUCTURES, METHODS OF MANUFACTURING AND COMPOSITIONS FOR USE IN EIFS CLADDING FOR REDUCING BIRD-RELATED EXTERIOR WALL DAMAGE - An enhanced base coat for an exterior insulation finishing system (EIFS) includes a bird repellent dispersed throughout a base material. A preferred bird repellent includes methyl anthranilate. EIFS claddings of the present invention include insulation boards mounted to a substrate with adhesive, the enhanced base coat applied to the exposed surface of the mounted insulation boards, a first mesh and an optional second mesh embedded in the enhanced base coat, and a finishing coat applied to the enhanced base coat in which the mesh(es) are embedded. | 04-07-2011 |
Benjamin E. Baker, Simpsonville, SC US
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20090064520 | Inspection tool for measuring bucket Z notch position - An inspection tool for a turbine bucket shroud includes: a clamp device for clamping a dovetail portion of a turbine bucket; a template plate provided with an aperture defined by a edge shaped to conform to a specified shape of the turbine bucket shroud, wherein the template is moveable to a location over the turbine bucket shroud in a direction toward the clamp device, and wherein, at the location, the aperture represents a design specification location for the turbine bucket shroud relative to the dovetail portion of the bucket. A measurement gauge is provided for measuring gaps between edges of the shroud and edges of the template aperture. | 03-12-2009 |
Benjamin E. Bassford, Orlando, FL US
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20130263651 | DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF FAILURES OF POWER GENERATING EQUIPMENT DURING TRANSIENT CONDITIONS - Monitoring of transient operation of a turbine includes identifying a start condition and a stop condition for the transient operation and defining a path from the start condition to the stop condition wherein the path comprises a plurality of sequentially arranged sub-segments. Also, a respective value is obtained of each of a plurality of operating parameters for each respective sub-segment of the path and, then, for each of the respective sub-segments, a determination is made if the respective value of each of the plurality of operating parameters matches a respective predetermined allowable value for that particular operating parameter. | 10-10-2013 |
Benjamin E. Bassford, Iv, Orlando, FL US
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20150362396 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TURBINE ENGINE ROTOR AUTOMATIC SELF BALANCING - An online real time steam or gas turbine engine rotor balancing system is incorporated in a rotor balance plane. A selectively displaceable balancing weight is coupled to the rotor and is selectively displaced by a motor that is coupled to the balancing weight. The motor selectively displaces the balancing weight along a displacement path that is in the balance plane. A turbine engine rotor vibration monitoring system monitors rotor vibration in real-time. A control system is coupled to rotor vibration monitoring system and the motor, for determining in real time a desired balance weight displacement position to counteract the monitored rotor vibration. The controller selectively causes the motor to displace the balancing weight to the desired displacement position. The motor power source is an inductive power source or a permanent magnet generator. | 12-17-2015 |
Benjamin E. Beroukhim, Rockville, MD US
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20110040483 | Method and Apparatus for Detecting Lightning Activity - Described are methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for detecting lightning activity. Waveform data indicative of lightning activity is received by a waveform sensor from one or more signal converters. The waveform data comprises a group of electromagnetic waveforms. The waveform data is filtered by a processor to remove noise frequencies. One or more uncompressed portions of the waveform data are transmitted to a processing server. Digital filter data based on the one or more uncompressed portions of waveform data are received from the processing server. One or more frequencies are removed from the waveform data based on the digital filter data. The waveform data is compressed. The compressing includes selecting one or more points on a waveform, wherein the one or more points are above a predetermined threshold. The compressing includes determining an inflection of the selected points based on a predefined algorithm. | 02-17-2011 |
20130009780 | PREDICTING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER - Methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, are described for predicting the potential for severe weather. Data associated with lightning activity is received by a computing device. A location, a movement speed, a movement direction, and a lightning rate of one or more cells of lightning activity are determined by the computing device based on the received data. The lightning rate is compared, by the computing device, to a threshold lightning rate. One or more geographical areas at risk are determined by the computing device based on the location, the movement speed and the movement direction of the one or more cells of lightning activity. An alert is issued by the computing device to one or more remote devices monitoring the geographical areas when the lightning exceeds a value of the threshold lightning rate. | 01-10-2013 |
20150134252 | PREDICTING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER - Methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, are described for predicting the potential for severe weather. A computing device receives data associated with lightning activity, where the data includes lightning flash data. The computing device identifies cells of lighting activity based upon the lightning flash data and determines a movement speed, a movement direction, and a lightning rate of the cells of lightning activity based on the received data. The computing device compares the determined lightning rate to a threshold lightning rate, where the threshold rate is set based upon atmospheric conditions in a location of the cells of lightning activity. The computing device determines one or more geographical areas at risk based on the location, the movement speed, and the movement direction of the cells of lightning activity, and issues an alert to remote devices when the lightning rate exceeds a value of the threshold lightning rate. | 05-14-2015 |
Benjamin E. Braha, New York, NY US
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20120200034 | Puzzle Pet Mat - A soft and plush surface, broken into various pieces, is provided for a child to play upon. The soft and plush surface is in the shape of an animal, preferably. The various pieces are of various colors to mimic the fur color pattern a particular animal. A substrate layer is provided underneath the soft and plush surface to anchor the soft and plush surface. A glue layer is positioned underneath the substrate layer to fixedly attached the substrate layer to a foam layer. The present invention is soft and flexible enough to be used as a conventional format, but at the same time, the present invention is rigid enough to be put together like a puzzle. | 08-09-2012 |
Benjamin E. Cavallin, Rochester Hills, MI US
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20090206630 | ENERGY-ABSORBING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE DOOR ASSEMBLY - An energy-absorbing system for vehicle door assemblies is provided, including first and second brackets and a reaction plate. Each bracket attaches to an inner support panel of the door assembly via a mounting portion having leg members extending inward from opposing ends thereof. The reaction plate includes a generally planar portion with a flange portion extending from an upper edge thereof. One side of the reaction plate is attached to an inner surface of a trim panel, whereas the other side is attached to the leg members of the first and second brackets. One section of the flange portion abuts against an underside surface of an armrest assembly, and another section abuts against a b-side surface of a pull-handle. Both brackets are configured to sustain a minimum vertical loading condition (limit vertical deflection), and controllably deform under a threshold lateral loading condition to absorb and attenuate kinetic energy resulting therefrom. | 08-20-2009 |
Benjamin E. Chodroff, Cleveland, OH US
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20110264536 | DISTANCE DEPENDENT ADVERTISING - At least one virtual users in a virtual world can be identified, wherein the at least one virtual user is within a viewable distance of at least one advertisement display point. A distance dependent advertising plan can be created for the advertisement display point that varies based on the distance between the virtual user and the at least one advertisement display point. The advertisement plan can contain different advertising content items for presenting within the advertisement display point. Different ones of the different advertising content items are presented in accordance with the advertisement plan when the virtual user is at different distances from the at least one advertisement display point. The different advertising content items can be displayed at the advertising display point in the virtual world based on the advertising plan. | 10-27-2011 |
Benjamin E. Deverman, Pasadena, CA US
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20150079038 | SELECTIVE RECOVERY - Provided herein are methods of selective screening. In addition, various targeting proteins and sequences, as well as methods of their use, are also provided. | 03-19-2015 |
Benjamin E. Dingel, La Crosse, WI US
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20130247599 | ELECTRONICS COOLING USING LUBRICANT RETURN FOR A SHELL-AND-TUBE STYLE EVAPORATOR - A refrigeration system that induces lubricant-liquid refrigerant mixture flow from a flooded or falling film evaporator by means of the lubricant-liquid refrigerant mixture flow adsorbing heat from an electronic component. | 09-26-2013 |
20140102665 | FLUID MANAGEMENT IN A HVAC SYSTEM - Embodiments of a spill over tank for an evaporator of a HVAC system are described. The spill over tank may be configured to receive a refrigerant directed out of the evaporator. The spill over tank may be configured to have an outlet directing refrigerant in the spill over tank out of the spill over tank and flowing back to a compressor of the HVAC system. The spill over tank may be equipped with a refrigerant level sensor configured to measure a refrigerant level in the spill over tank. The measured refrigerant level in the spill over tank may be used to control and/or maintain a refrigerant level in the evaporator, and/or may be used to control a return refrigerant flow into the compressor of the HVAC system so as to manage an oil return to the compressor. | 04-17-2014 |
Benjamin E. Floering, San Jose, CA US
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20120017188 | METHOD OF DETERMINING EVENT BASED ENERGY WEIGHTS FOR DIGITAL POWER ESTIMATION - A method for determining event based energy weights for digital power estimation includes obtaining a reference energy value corresponding to a power consumed by at least a portion of an integrated circuit (IC) device during operation. The method includes determining and selecting a subset of signals from a set of all signals within the IC that correlates to energy use within the IC. The method includes determining an activity factor of each signal in the subset by monitoring each signal while simulating execution of a particular set of instructions. The method includes determining a weight factor or at least an approximation of a weight factor for each signal in the subset by solving within a predetermined accuracy, a multivariable equation in which the reference energy value equals a weighted sum of the activity of the signals of the selected subset multiplied by their respective weight factors. | 01-19-2012 |
Benjamin E. Heneveld, Newmarket, NH US
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20110132564 | INVESTMENT CASTING UTILIZING FLEXIBLE WAX PATTERN TOOL - An investment casting process wherein the wax pattern tool ( | 06-09-2011 |
20130142666 | TURBINE BLADE INCORPORATING TRAILING EDGE COOLING DESIGN - A turbine blade ( | 06-06-2013 |
20130333855 | INVESTMENT CASTING UTILIZING FLEXIBLE WAX PATTERN TOOL FOR SUPPORTING A CERAMIC CORE ALONG ITS LENGTH DURING WAX INJECTION - An investment casting process wherein the wax pattern tool ( | 12-19-2013 |
20140110559 | CASTING CORE FOR A COOLING ARRANGEMENT FOR A GAS TURBINE COMPONENT - A ceramic casting core, including: a plurality of rows ( | 04-24-2014 |
20140112799 | COOLING ARRANGEMENT FOR A GAS TURBINE COMPONENT - A cooling arrangement ( | 04-24-2014 |
20140286791 | Component Cooling Channel - A cooling channel ( | 09-25-2014 |
20150118034 | TRAILING EDGE COOLING USING ANGLED IMPINGEMENT ON SURFACE ENHANCED WITH CAST CHEVRON ARRANGEMENTS - A gas turbine engine component, including: a pressure side ( | 04-30-2015 |
Benjamin E. Kornmeier, Denver, CO US
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20150244678 | NETWORK TRAFFIC FILTERING AND ROUTING FOR THREAT ANALYSIS - Implementations disclosed herein provide a managed security service that distributes processing tasks among a number of network security modules working in parallel to process component portions of a replayed network traffic stream. If a network security module detects a potential security threat, the network security module may generate a delivery request specifying other information potentially useful in further investigation of the potential security threat. The delivery request is communicated to a plurality of other processing entities, such as the other network security modules, and any processing entity currently receiving the requested information may respond to the delivery request. Once a source of the requested information is determined, the requested information is routed to the origin of the request. | 08-27-2015 |
Benjamin E. Peterson, Washington, DC US
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20130198119 | APPLICATION OF MACHINE LEARNED BAYESIAN NETWORKS TO DETECTION OF ANOMALIES IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS - According to one embodiment, in response to a set of data for anomaly detection, a Bayesian belief network (BBN) model is applied to the data set, including for each of a plurality of features of the BBN model, performing an estimate using known observed values associated with remaining features to generate a posterior probability for the corresponding feature. A scoring operation is performed using a predetermined scoring algorithm on posterior probabilities of all of the features to generate a similarity score, wherein the similarity score represents a degree to which a given event represented by the data set is novel relative to historical events represented by the BBN model. | 08-01-2013 |
Benjamin E. Ramp, Geneseo, IL US
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20090233664 | AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER WITH AUXILIARY POWER UNIT AND INTELLIGENT POWER MANAGEMENT - An agricultural harvester includes a primary power unit which is couplable with at least one primary load. The at least one primary load includes a threshing system load. An auxiliary power unit is mechanically independent from the primary power unit, and is couplable with at least one biomass processor, independent from the threshing system load. | 09-17-2009 |
20090233759 | WORK MACHINE WITH AUXILIARY POWER UNIT AND INTELLIGENT POWER MANAGEMENT - A work machine includes a primary power unit having a rated primary output. The primary power unit is couplable with at least one primary load, including a propulsion load. An auxiliary power unit is mechanically independent from the primary power unit, and has a rated auxiliary output which is smaller than the primary output. The auxiliary power unit is couplable with at least one external load, including an operator initiated load. At least one electrical processing circuit is configured for selectively coupling the primary power unit with one or more primary loads, and for selectively coupling the auxiliary power unit with one or more external loads. | 09-17-2009 |
Benjamin E. Rattle, Oakland, CA US
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20130288425 | END POINT DETECTION FOR BACK CONTACT SOLAR CELL LASER VIA DRILLING - Methods and structures for fabricating photovoltaic back contact solar cells having multi-level metallization using laser via drilling end point detection are provided. | 10-31-2013 |
20140158193 | STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF FORMATION OF CONTIGUOUS AND NON-CONTIGUOUS BASE REGIONS FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY BACK-CONTACT SOLAR CELLS - Fabrication methods and structures relating to back contact solar cells having patterned emitter and non-nested base regions are provided. | 06-12-2014 |
Benjamin E. Rockhold, Brooklyn, NY US
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20130313743 | IN-FILLING FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - Iterative techniques are disclosed for in-filling enclosed, interior volumes of three-dimensional shapes during an additive fabrication process. | 11-28-2013 |
Benjamin E. Schestopol, Portland, ME US
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20090272905 | WIRELESS X-RAY DETECTOR PLATE - The present disclosure provides for a wireless radiographic detector assembly. The assembly includes a detector plate having a first housing enclosing a radiation detector and a controller coupled to the radiation detector and a peripheral pack connected to the detector plate by a cable. The peripheral pack includes a second housing enclosing a wireless transmitter coupled to the controller and a power source for providing operating energy to the wireless transmitter and the detector plate. | 11-05-2009 |
Benjamin E. Slen, Louisville, KY US
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20110153353 | PHARMACY PERSONAL CARE ACCOUNT - A method for providing insurance coverage to a subscriber comprises offering an insurance policy to the subscriber wherein the insurance policy comprises providing allowances to pay for one or more expenses covered by the insurance policy and providing monetary credits to the subscriber for any unused portion of a given allowance where the monetary credits can be used to cover the cost of a subsequent allowed expense. The insurance policy may be a pharmacy benefits plan. The covered expenses may be pharmacy expenses. The allowed expenses may be medical expenses which qualify under Section 213 of the US Internal Revenue Code for payment by an employer without the subscriber having to declare the payment as taxable income. | 06-23-2011 |
20120158427 | PHARMACY PERSONAL CARE ACCOUNT - A method for providing insurance coverage to a subscriber comprises offering an insurance policy to the subscriber wherein the insurance policy comprises providing allowances to pay for one or more expenses covered by the insurance policy and providing monetary credits to the subscriber for any unused portion of a given allowance where the monetary credits can be used to cover the cost of a subsequent allowed expense. The insurance policy may be a pharmacy benefits plan. The covered expenses may be pharmacy expenses. The allowed expenses may be medical expenses which qualify under Section 213 of the US Internal Revenue Code for payment by an employer without the subscriber having to declare the payment as taxable income. | 06-21-2012 |
Benjamin E. Strickrod, Fishers, IN US
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20140273256 | DISPLAYING STATUS OF A BLOOD GLUCOSE MEASURE BEING TRANSFERRED WIRELESSLY FROM A HANDHELD GLUCOSE METER - Persons with diabetes often carry a handheld glucose meter as well as a portable computing device, such as a mobile phone. Given the close proximity of these two devices, the portable computing device can serve as a data collector for the glucose measures taken by the glucose meter. Improved techniques are set forth for transferring glucose measures automatically and seamlessly to the patient's portable computing device, including displaying a value for the glucose measure along with an identifier for the portable computing device on a display of the glucose meter during the data exchange with the portable computing device. | 09-18-2014 |