Gary W.
Gary W. Albrent, Arnold, MD US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090078290 | CLEANING DEVICE - The present application relates to a method and device for cleaning surfaces. In one embodiment, a cleaning device includes a cleaning tool, a motor, a reservoir, an extractor, and a recovery tank. The reservoir stores fluid and may act as a base of the cleaning device. The extractor suctions used fluid from the surface and may be removably attached to the reservoir such that the extractor may be raised and lowered relative to the surface. The recovery tank stores the used fluid from the extractor and may be located adjacent the reservoir. The reservoir may also be formed to fit at least partially around the motor. The cleaning device may also be designed such that at least a portion of the weight of the fluid in the reservoir and the used fluid in the recovery tank is over the cleaning tool. | 03-26-2009 |
Gary W. Anderson, Lebanon, TN US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20130082414 | Microporous Composite Sheet Material - A moisture vapor permeable, water impermeable composite sheet material is provided which is suitable for use as a housewrap material, and is also useful for other applications such as tarpaulins, or as covers for automobile, boats, patio furniture or the like. The composite sheet material includes a nonwoven substrate and an extrusion-coated polyolefin film layer overlying one surface of the substrate. The nonwoven substrate is comprised of polymeric fibers randomly disposed and bonded to one another to form a high tenacity nonwoven web. The nonwoven substrate has a grab tensile strength of at least 178 Newtons (40 pounds) in at least one of the machine direction (MD) or the cross-machine direction (CD). The extrusion coated polyolefin film layer is intimately bonded to the nonwoven substrate. The film layer has micropores formed therein to impart to the composite sheet material a moisture vapor transmission rate (MVTR) of at least 35 g/m | 04-04-2013 |
Gary W. Anderson, Puyallup, WA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090267036 | MOVING DEVICE - A support unit for moving an object may include an elongated member, at least one suction device coupled to the elongated member for attaching to an object, a lifting mechanism for raising and lowering the elongated member and an attached object, and a rotating member for moving the support unit and the attached object from a departure location to a destination location. | 10-29-2009 |
Gary W. Arendash, Phoenix, AZ US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20140257017 | ELECTROMAGNETIC TREATMENT OF BRAIN AND BODY DISORDERS - Disclosed are devices, methods, and systems for helping to prevent (or preventing) or treat brain and/or body disorders. Embodiments of the invention have utility for enhancing cognitive function during aging. The invention utilizes electromagnetic stimulation (EMS) that can provide a range of EMS parameters and modalities. The EMS may be utilized in conjunction with physiologic sensors that can provide feedback for possible EMS modifications. | 09-11-2014 |
Gary W. Arendash, Lutz, FL US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090016995 | Method of Treating Cognitive Decline and Synaptic Loss Related to Alzheimer's Disease - A method treating a subject with Alzheimer's disease wherein Aβ-reactive immune cells, splenocytes and lymphocytes, are generated in vitro or in vivo, re-stimulated in vitro, and then adoptively transferred into the cognitively-impaired subject. The population of immune cells can be derived from a donor with a natural or adaptive immune response to Aβ, stimulated by exposure to Aβ in vivo. The donor cells are then collected and re-stimulated by subsequent exposure to Aβ in vitro prior to administration to the subject. Alternatively, the population of immune cells can be derived from the subject and then stimulated by exposure to Aβ in vitro. | 01-15-2009 |
Gary W. Arendash, Prescott, AZ US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110142795 | METHODS OF TREATING COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT - The subject invention concerns materials and methods for treating a person or animal having cognitive impairment. In one embodiment, the method comprises administering an effective amount of one or more inflammatory mediator(s), for example, fms-related tyrosine kinase 3 (Flt3) ligand, interleukin-6 (IL-6), macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-3 (IL-3), erythropoietin (EPO), vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A), hypoxia-inducible transcription factor (HIF-1alpha), insulin like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), tumor necrosis factor (TNF), granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF), Stem Cell Factor (SCF), Darbepoetin (ARANESP), and metalloproteinases, to an animal or person in need of treatment. | 06-16-2011 |
20110243957 | MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ABETA PEPTIDE ACCUMULATION - The subject invention concerns methods for preventing and/or treating neurodegenerative conditions associated with Abeta peptide accumulation in neural tissue in a human or animal. The subject invention also concerns methods for preventing or treating Alzheimer's disease-like neuropathology in a person or animal having trisomy 21 (Down's syndrome). In one embodiment, a method of the invention comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound that inhibits function or activity of a Raf protein to a person or animal in need of treatment. In a specific embodiment, the Raf inhibitor is Sorafenib (NEXAVAR). Neurodegenerative conditions contemplated within the scope of the present invention include, for example, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. The subject invention also concerns methods for preventing or inhibiting neuronal cell death and/or improving cell viability. | 10-06-2011 |
20110311473 | METHODS OF TREATING COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT - The subject invention concerns materials and methods for treating a person or animal having cognitive impairment. In one embodiment, the method comprises administering an effective amount of one or more inflammatory mediator(s), for example, fms-related tyrosine kinase 3 (Flt3) ligand, interleukin-6 (IL-6), macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-3 (IL-3), erythropoietin (EPO), vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A), hypoxia-inducible transcription factor (HIF-1alpha), insulin like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), tumor necrosis factor (TNF), granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF), Stem Cell Factor (SCF), Darbepoetin (ARANESP), and metalloproteinases, to an animal or person in need of treatment. | 12-22-2011 |
20120065456 | PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE THROUGH ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EXPOSURE - The invention includes a method of treating and preventing a neurological disorder, such as Alzheimer's Disease, in a subject in need thereof by positioning an electromagnetic field emitting source proximal to the subject and exposing the subject to an electromagnetic field having a predetermined frequency for a predetermined absorption period. Preferably, each individual treatment (comprising exposure to the predetermined frequency for the predetermined absorption period) is continued at a predetermined schedule (preferably daily) for a predetermined treatment period. | 03-15-2012 |
20140255337 | METHODS OF TREATING COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT - The subject invention concerns materials and methods for treating a person or animal having cognitive impairment. In one embodiment, the method comprises administering an effective amount of one or more inflammatory mediator(s), for example, fms-related tyrosine kinase 3 (Flt3) ligand, interleukin-6 (IL-6), macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-3 (IL-3), erythropoietin (EPO), vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A), hypoxia-inducible transcription factor (HIF-1alpha), insulin like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), tumor necrosis factor (TNF), granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF), Stem Cell Factor (SCF), Darbepoetin (ARANESP), and metalloproteinases, to an animal or person in need of treatment. | 09-11-2014 |
Gary W. Astrologes, Savannah, GA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20080223519 | POLYAMIDE POLYOLS AND POLYURETHANES, METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING, AND PRODUCTS MADE THEREFROM - A polyamide diol is prepared by the reaction of a diamine comprising a polymeric diamine and a non-polymeric diamine, dicarboxyic acid, and a hydroxy substituted carboxylic acid. A polyurethane is prepared by the reaction of the polyamide polyol with a diisocyanate. | 09-18-2008 |
20110213120 | ROSIN ESTERS FOR NON-WOVEN APPLICATIONS, METHODS OF MAKING AND USING AND PRODUCTS THEREFROM - Rosin esters having suitable color, color stability and/or odor to make them useful for non-woven applications, to non-woven products made from and/or comprising rosin esters, and to methods of making and using such rosin esters and products. | 09-01-2011 |
20130197187 | Rosin Esters for Non-Woven Applications, Methods of Making and Using and Products Therefrom - Rosin esters having suitable color, color stability and/or odor to make them useful for non-woven applications, to non-woven products made from and/or comprising rosin esters, and to methods of making and using such rosin esters and products. | 08-01-2013 |
Gary W. Baczkowski, Seven Hill, OH US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110060427 | Diagnostic Module For Distributed Industrial Network Including Industrial Control Devices - A network component for an industrial automation system. The component includes a network switch processor configured to implement a networking switching function, at least one communication port configured to provide a communication channel between the network switch processor and at least one industrial control device over a network, and a diagnostic module configured to be implemented by the network switch processor and configured to retrieve diagnostic information from the at least one industrial control device. | 03-10-2011 |
Gary W. Bertone, Southborough, MA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20120024399 | Electrospray Interface To A Microfluidic Substrate - A liquid-chromatography module includes a microfluidic cartridge housing a microfluidic substrate with a channel for transporting fluid. The microfluidic substrate has fluidic apertures through which fluid is supplied to the channel. One side of the cartridge has nozzle openings, each aligning with a fluidic aperture in the microfluidic substrate and receiving a fluidic nozzle. A clamping assembly has a plunger that is movable into a clamped position and an end housing that defines a chamber. One wall of the end housing has a fluidic block with fluidic nozzles extending into the chamber. A second wall has a slot through which the cartridge enters the chamber. When moved into the clamped position while the cartridge is in the chamber, the plunger urges the cartridge against the fluidic block such that each fluidic nozzle enters one nozzle opening and establishes fluidic communication with one fluidic aperture in the microfluidic substrate. | 02-02-2012 |
20140301911 | MECHANICALLY SUPPORTING MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES - A microfluidic assembly includes a planar microfluidic separation device and a support body configured to receive the planar microfluidic separation device therein. The support body is configured to apply a substantially distributed compressive preload to a substrate of the planar microfluidic separation device. The compressive preload applied to the planar microfluidic separation device may increase the achievable operating pressure of the planar microfluidic separation device. | 10-09-2014 |
Gary W. Brondt, Cheney, WA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110096525 | Remote ballast assembly - A low profile lighting assembly includes a lighting fixture and a remote ballast housing mounted on a ceiling grid. The ballast housing encloses emergency ballast provides emergency power to the lighting fixture in the event of a power outage. The ballast housing can enclose a fluorescent ballast connected to one or more fluorescent lamps of the lighting fixture. The emergency ballast is recessed with respect to the top end of the ceiling grid to provide a low profile structure. Inclined side walls of the emergency ballast provide easy connection of the wiring harness and power cable to the emergency ballast while maintaining the low profile structure. | 04-28-2011 |
Gary W. Calfee, Santa Clara, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20080239556 | Linearizing position error signal using spiral servo information - A method for determining a position error signal in a disk drive includes writing a servo signal that has a variable offset from a track center for a plurality of concentric tracks in a servo wedge on a disk surface, forming a spiral servo track, observing the offset values for the servo signal in the servo wedges at a first of the plurality of tracks, and observing the offset values for the servo signal in the servo wedges at a second of the plurality of tracks. The method also includes determining the first error amounts from the offset values at the first of the plurality of tracks, and determining the second error amounts from the offset values at the second of the plurality of tracks. If the first error amounts and the second error amounts are equal, using one of the first or second error amounts as a correction update to a head non-linearity look-up table. | 10-02-2008 |
Gary W. Conkright, Naperville, IL US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090031018 | Web based fault detection architecture - A remote analysis system for equipment condition monitoring and the like, using a data acquisition device operable at the remote site of monitored equipment, a wide area network for communication of data to an analysis server, and an empirical model for analyzing operational performance based on data from the device. An information processor such as a personal computer (PC) or an embedded processor application is coupled to the data acquisition device for collecting signals indicative of the monitored machine or process. A communications network, such as a wireless or telephony network, or a wide area network application such as an intranet or the Internet, facilitates communications to an analysis server for conveying the collected signals to an application service provider (ASP) for analysis of the remotely monitored site. A communications server may also be used for facilitating communications via a number of different communications networks. A notification server is provided responsive to the analysis server for completing a notification procedure for a customer subscribing to the ASP services for remote analysis with the data acquisition device at the process-monitoring site. The customer may be notified through a variety of electronic or telephonic communication methods, including, e-mail, facsimile, telephone calls, or subscriber dial-up and the like. | 01-29-2009 |
Gary W. Crain, Jr., Palm Harbor, FL US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110235573 | MOBILE AD HOC NETWORK CONFIGURED AS A VIRTUAL INTERNET PROTOCOL NETWORK - According to one embodiment, a method for facilitating communication of a MANET is provided. A MANET may include a plurality of nodes configured as a virtual IP network. The virtual IP network may comprise a plurality of physical paths of the MANET. The physical paths may couple an IP network to an IP node. Each physical path may traverse a distinct set of nodes of the MANET. The physical paths may be represented to the IP network as a logical path comprising one or more virtual IP nodes. | 09-29-2011 |
Gary W. Crupi, Pewaukee, WI US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20120191641 | CHARACTERIZING BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE WORKLOADS - One or more embodiments characterize workloads in a data warehouse system. A set of accounting data associated with a data warehouse system comprising at least one database is collected. A set of query concurrency information associated with the database is determined determining based on the set of accounting data. The set of query concurrency information identifies a plurality of queries executed on the database simultaneously and a duration of this execution. A set of processor utilization distribution information associated with the plurality of queries is determined based on the set of accounting data. A set of data access information indicating a quantity of data accessed by each query in the plurality of queries is determined. A workload profile associated with the database is generated based on the set of query concurrency information, the set of processor utilization distribution information, and the set of data access information. | 07-26-2012 |
Gary W. Dalmadge, Broomfield, CO US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090165057 | CONCURRENT PROGRAM CONTENT PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Various embodiments concurrently process program content corresponding to multiple concurrently communicated programs. One embodiment provides a program content transporter that receives via a content stream selector a multiplexed signal that contains a plurality of program content portions that each correspond to one of a plurality of programs, and concurrently presents the program content portion corresponding to a first program of the plurality of programs and records the received program content portion corresponding to a second program of the plurality of programs. | 06-25-2009 |
Gary W. Eisenhower, Jr., Freeport, IL US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090095037 | Key alignment system for keyed safety interlocks - A key alignment system for safety interlock switches uses alignment holes, and alignment pins to compensate for misalignment between a body assembly and a key assembly. The misalignment is often due to normal wear and tear or outright abuse of a gate or other movable member that should be safely interlocked. The key is fixed to a floating plate connected to a mounting plate by a suspension. The alignment pins and holes on or in a fixed alignment assembly and the floating plate can move the floating plate into a position such that the key enters the key hole. Some embodiments incorporate the fixed alignment assembly into the body assembly. The normal function of a keyed safety interlock wherein the key can be caught and held or released is preserved and enhanced by compensating for misalignment. | 04-16-2009 |
Gary W. Ferdon, Charleston, SC US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100005589 | Apparatus and Method for Closing Hospital Bed Gaps - A patient support including a frame, a mattress supported by the frame, and a set of siderails configured to block egress of a patient from the patient support. The siderails are configured to reduce gaps defined between the siderails and the other components of the patient support. | 01-14-2010 |
Gary W. Filice, Moorpark, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100201088 | COMPRESSIVE COATINGS FOR ICE SKATE BLADES AND METHODS FOR APPLYING THE SAME - A coated ice skate blade includes an ice skate blade having a plurality of sides and a bottom, and a compressive coating applied to the sides of the ice skate blade. Also provided is a method of producing a coated ice skate blade including receiving an ice skate blade having a plurality of sides and an unground bottom, applying a compressive coating to the sides and the bottom of the ice skate blade, and grinding the bottom of the ice skate blade to produce a radius of hollow. Another method includes receiving an ice skate blade having a plurality of sides and a ground bottom, and applying a compressive coating to the sides and the bottom of the ice skate blade. | 08-12-2010 |
Gary W. Fiordalis, Richland, MI US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100189389 | Output tube assembly for drive axle covers and method of use - An output tube assembly including a substantially cylindrical tube having an inner surface and an outer surface is provided. Also included is at least a set of bearings located on the inner surface of the tube. A slot through the inner surface to the outer surface extending from the inboard end of the cylindrical tube past the set of bearings is also included. A flange, a snap ring, and an end cap may also be provided. A method for lubricating the bearings of the assembly is also provided. | 07-29-2010 |
Gary W. Foggin, Wilmington, DE US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20130108968 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THERMAL TREATMENT OF PRINTING SURFACE IN RELIEF PRINTING | 05-02-2013 |
Gary W. Gantt, Jr., Sterling Heights, MI US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100026306 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TELEMATICS-BASED VEHICLE NO-START PROGNOSIS - A system and method for determining the status of a vehicle battery to determine whether the battery may not have enough charge to start the vehicle. The method includes collecting data relating to the battery on the vehicle and collecting data relating to the battery at a remote back-office. Both the vehicle and the remote data center determine battery characteristics based on the collected data and the likelihood of a vehicle no-start condition, where the algorithm used at the remote back-office may be more sophisticated. The data collected at the remote back-office may include vehicle battery information transmitted wirelessly from the vehicle, and other information, such as temperature, battery reliability, miles that the vehicle has driven per day, ambient temperature, high content vehicle, etc. Both the vehicle and the remote back-office may determine the battery open circuit voltage. | 02-04-2010 |
Gary W. Gehiere, Campbell, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20130073932 | Interactive Content for Digital Books - This disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer program products for presenting interactive content for digital books. In some implementations, a graphical user interface (GUI) is presented that allows a user to view and interact with content embedded in a digital book. The interactive content can include, but is not limited to, text, image galleries, multimedia presentations, video, HTML, animated and static diagrams, charts, tables, visual dictionaries, review questions, three-dimensional (3D) animation and any other known media content. For example, various touch gestures can be used by the user to move through images and multimedia presentations, play video, answer review questions, manipulate three-dimensional objects, and interact with HTML. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073998 | AUTHORING CONTENT FOR DIGITAL BOOKS - This disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer program products for authoring content for digital books. In some implementations, a single graphical user interface (GUI) is presented that allows an author to design a layout for the digital book, including editing text and inserting various types of interactive elements in the text. The GUI functions as both a digital book layout design tool and a word processor to facilitate the building of a digital book. The relative page location of inserted widgets can be determined by a user-selectable anchor point placed within the text. An outline view of the digital book can be created and presented in the GUI based on a hierarchical structure determined by paragraph styles applied to the text. The GUI can provide a hybrid glossary and index page for allowing the author to create and manage a glossary and index for the digital book. | 03-21-2013 |
Gary W. Glahn, Rhododendron, OR US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20120142465 | Sport Ball With Indented Casing - A sport ball may incorporate a casing that includes a plurality of joined panels. At least one of the panels may have a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The casing defines at least one indentation in the exterior surface, and the first layer is bonded to the third layer adjacent to the indentation. In some configurations, the casing may also define at least one indentations in a surface of the third layer, which may correspond in location with the indentation in the exterior surface. Additionally, the sport ball may include an intermediate structure and a bladder located within the casing. | 06-07-2012 |
Gary W. Glahn, Rhoddodendron, OR US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20140000786 | Method of Making Sport Ball With Indented Casing | 01-02-2014 |
20140155203 | Sport Ball With Indented Casing - A sport ball may incorporate a casing that includes a plurality of joined panels. At least one of the panels may have a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The casing defines at least one indentation in the exterior surface, and the first layer is bonded to the third layer adjacent to the indentation. In some configurations, the casing may also define at least one indentations in a surface of the third layer, which may correspond in location with the indentation in the exterior surface. Additionally, the sport ball may include an intermediate structure and a bladder located within the casing. | 06-05-2014 |
20140179469 | Sport Ball With Indented Casing - A sport ball may incorporate a casing that includes a plurality of panels joined at a plurality of seams, at least a first panel of the plurality of panels having (a) a first layer including a polymer material and positioned to form a portion of an exterior surface of the ball, (b) a second layer including a polymer foam material and positioned inward and adjacent to the first layer, and (c) a third layer positioned inward and adjacent to the second layer, the first panel of the casing defining one or more indentations in the exterior surface, the first layer being bonded directly to the third layer at the one or more indentations, wherein the one or more indentations include a first indentation. The first indentation may extend through substantially all of a thickness of the first panel, and the first indentation may have a substantially squared cross-sectional configuration. | 06-26-2014 |
Gary W. Guenst, Collegeville, PA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090143638 | Method and System for Organ Positioning and Stabilization - This invention provides a system and method for positioning, manipulating, holding, grasping, immobilizing and/or stabilizing a heart including one or more tissue-engaging devices, one or more suction sources, one or more fluid sources, one or more energy sources, one or more sensors and one or more processors. The system and method may include an indifferent electrode, a drug delivery device and an illumination device. The system's tissue-engaging device may comprise a tissue-engaging head, a support apparatus and a clamping mechanism for attaching the tissue-engaging device to a stable object. The system may be used during various medical procedures including the deployment of an anastomotic device, intermittently stopping and starting of the heart, ablation of cardiac tissues and the placement of cardiac leads. | 06-04-2009 |
20100174281 | VESSEL SEALING DEVICES - A device for temporarily sealing an opening in a blood vessel is provided. The device comprises a cutting mechanism for creating an opening in a blood vessel and a seal for sealing the opening in the blood vessel. The seal is delivered through an inner lumen of a tool body coupled to the cutting mechanism. Methods for using the device to construct an anastomosis between two vessels are also provided. | 07-08-2010 |
Gary W. Gunia, Portage, MI US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110131932 | BULK TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR DENSE PRODUCTS - A method for filling a container with a plurality of particles or a liquid includes a bulk packaging support structure for supporting the flexible container during filling. The support structure includes first and second foldable members each having a bottom portion and a first wall section that is pivotally connected to the bottom portion along a primary fold line. A second wall section is pivotally connected to the first wall section along a secondary fold line that extends perpendicular to the primary fold line. The first and second foldable members are releasibly engaged with one another such that the bottom portion of the first foldable member is disposed between the second wall section and the bottom portion of the second foldable member. The radially flexible container disposed within the support structure is filled through a large diameter to a fill level. The large diameter of the radially flexible container is then reduced to a smaller fill diameter in vertical relationship to the fill level as the fill level rises during filling of the flexible container. | 06-09-2011 |
20130086875 | DRIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING A TRANSPORTABLE CONTAINER FOR BULK GOODS - A packaging system ( | 04-11-2013 |
Gary W. Hall, Sr., Tavernier, FL US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20140005004 | Swimming resistance trainer | 01-02-2014 |
Gary W. Harms, Jr., Fort Morgan, CO US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20130149089 | SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR REMOVING MATERIALS FROM VACUUM TRUCK TANKS - Systems and devices for removing materials from vacuum truck tanks are disclosed herein. An exemplary system for removing materials from a vacuum truck may include a tank having one or more walls enclosing the tank and an opening in the one or more walls to facilitate removal of materials from the tank; a blade positioned within the tank and configured to push materials towards the opening to remove or discharge collected materials from the tank; and a drive mechanism configured to selectively move the blade towards the opening in the tank. Additional systems and devices for removing materials from vacuum truck tanks are also disclosed herein. | 06-13-2013 |
Gary W. Hinger, Redmond, WA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20080214301 | IN-GAME ADVERTISEMENTS - Methods, apparatuses, and systems for executing an interactive executable in a production mode. The executable is configured to interact with an end user of the interactive executable. Executing the interactive executable results in a plurality of production interactive execution states of the interactive executable. A watcher module detects a sequence of one or more production interactive execution states and renders a message unassociated with the interactive executable. In embodiments, the interactive executable is a computer-implemented game, and the message is an advertisement. | 09-04-2008 |
20080222503 | RENDERING OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL MARKUP MESSAGES - Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, and apparatuses configured to receive or retrieve markup data associated with a message formatted for two-dimensional (2D) rendering, virtually render, by a first rendering module, the message in a non-displayed image in accordance with the markup data, and render, by a second rendering module, a three-dimensional (3D) object in a 2D display environment including texturing the non-displayed image on a surface of the 3D object in order to render the message. Other embodiments are also described. | 09-11-2008 |
Gary W. Hinger, Ii, Redmond, WA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20120139912 | RENDERING OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL MARKUP MESSAGES - Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, and apparatuses configured to receive or retrieve markup data associated with a message formatted for two-dimensional (2D) rendering, virtually render, by a first rendering module, the message in a non-displayed image in accordance with the markup data, and render, by a second rendering module, a three-dimensional (3D) object in a 2D display environment including texturing the non-displayed image on a surface of the 3D object in order to render the message. Other embodiments are also described. | 06-07-2012 |
Gary W. Jones, Newcastle, WA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20130231604 | HALOGENATED COMPOUNDS FOR PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY - Halo-organic heterocyclic compounds are described, in which at least two halogen atoms are bound to a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic terminal moiety of the compound, with at least one of such halogen atoms being iodine or bromine. Also described are polymethine dyes based on these heterocyclic compounds, and dendrimeric compounds and conjugates of such polymethine dyes. The polymethine dyes are characterized by enhanced properties, e.g., brightness, photostability, sensitivity and/or selective affinity that make them useful to target cancer cells, pathogenic microorganisms, and/or other biological materials, in applications such as photodynamic therapy, photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT), cancer treatment, selective removal or attachment of biological materials, antimicrobial coating materials, and other diagnostic, theranostic, spectrum shifting, deposition/growth, and analytic applications. | 09-05-2013 |
20140243534 | HALOGENATED COMPOUNDS FOR PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY - Halo-organic heterocyclic compounds are described, in which at least two halogen atoms are bound to a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic terminal moiety of the compound, with at least one of such halogen atoms being iodine or bromine. Also described are polymethine dyes based on these heterocyclic compounds, and dendrimeric compounds and conjugates of such polymethine dyes. The polymethine dyes are characterized by enhanced properties, e.g., brightness, photostability, sensitivity and/or selective affinity that make them useful to target cancer cells, pathogenic microorganisms, and/or other biological materials, in applications such as photodynamic therapy, photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT), cancer treatment, selective removal or attachment of biological materials, antimicrobial coating materials, and other diagnostic, theranostic, spectrum shifting, deposition/growth, and analytic applications. | 08-28-2014 |
20140277294 | AMBIENT SPECTRUM LIGHT CONVERSION DEVICE - Apparatus and methods to enhance light intensity within useful red to near-infrared spectral ranges, using direct or indirect sunlight, or from other ambient white light, are described. The disclosed devices provide high quantum yield photoluminescent ambient light spectrum conversion to increase the supplied energy primarily in the 590 nm-850 nm spectral range. These devices also pass much of the incident light in the spectral range in which the device's photoluminescent materials emit light, thereby greatly increasing the effective intensity of light available in the targeted 590-850 nm wavelength range. The ambient light conversion devices of the disclosure may be incorporated in apparel, bandage-like patches, converting reflectors, large area converters, awnings, window covers, and other articles, materials, and products. The converted light may be used in therapeutic treatments, horticultural and biotechnological applications, and other applications in which the converted light outputs of the present disclosure are beneficial. | 09-18-2014 |
20140288351 | MULTISPECTRAL THERAPEUTIC LIGHT SOURCE - A light source apparatus including light spectrum-converting materials that emit light primarily over large portions of the 360 nm-480 nm and the 590-860 nm spectral range is provided. This apparatus provides a cooled, high-luminance, high-efficiency light source that can provide a broader spectrum of light within these spectral ranges than has been cost-practical by using many different dominant peak emission LEDs. Up to 15% of the output radiant power may be in the spectral range 350-480 nm in one embodiment of this device, unless a specific separate source and lamp operating mode is provided for the violet and UV. Control methods for light exposure dose based on monitoring and controlling reflected or backscattered light from the illuminated surface and new heat management methods are also provided. This flexible or rigid light source may be designed into a wide range of sizes or shapes that can be adjusted to fit over or around portions of the bodies of humans or animals being treated, or mounted in such a way as to provide the special spectrum light to other materials or biological processes. This new light source can be designed to provide a cost-effective therapeutic light source for photodynamic therapy, intense pulsed light, for low light level therapy, diagnostics, medical and other biological applications as well as certain non-organic applications. | 09-25-2014 |
20140296511 | HALOGENATED COMPOUNDS FOR PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY - Halo-organic heterocyclic compounds are described, in which at least two halogen atoms are bound to a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic terminal moiety of the compound, with at least one of such halogen atoms being iodine or bromine. Also described are polymethine dyes based on these heterocyclic compounds, and dendrimeric compounds and conjugates of such polymethine dyes. The polymethine dyes are characterized by enhanced properties, e.g., brightness, photostability, sensitivity and/or selective affinity that make them useful to target cancer cells, pathogenic microorganisms, and/or other biological materials, in applications such as photodynamic therapy, photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT), cancer treatment, selective removal or attachment of biological materials, antimicrobial coating materials, and other diagnostic, theranostic, spectrum shifting, deposition/growth, and analytic applications. | 10-02-2014 |
20140296524 | HALOGENATED COMPOUNDS FOR PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY - Halo-organic heterocyclic compounds are described, in which at least two halogen atoms are bound to a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic terminal moiety of the compound, with at least one of such halogen atoms being iodine or bromine. Also described are polymethine dyes based on these heterocyclic compounds, and dendrimeric compounds and conjugates of such polymethine dyes. The polymethine dyes are characterized by enhanced properties, e.g., brightness, photostability, sensitivity and/or selective affinity that make them useful to target cancer cells, pathogenic microorganisms, and/or other biological materials, in applications such as photodynamic therapy, photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT), cancer treatment, selective removal or attachment of biological materials, antimicrobial coating materials, and other diagnostic, theranostic, spectrum shifting, deposition/growth, and analytic applications. | 10-02-2014 |
Gary W. Kenward, Manotick CA
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110069662 | CONTEXT TRANSFER SYSTEMS AND METHODS IN SUPPORT OF MOBILITY - A broad aspect of the invention provides a method of providing mobility support for a mobile node's traffic. The method involves maintaining context information for the mobile node on each of a first plurality of network nodes carrying the traffic; and proactively transferring and maintaining at least a portion of the context information in a plurality of network nodes which are not carrying the traffic, but which are candidates for carrying the traffic due to mobility of the mobile node. The method typically further involves defining and maintaining a definition of the second plurality of network nodes. In one embodiment of the invention, this involves adding a particular network node to the second plurality when the particular network node becomes a candidate for carrying the traffic, removing a particular network node from the second plurality when the particular network node is no longer a candidate for carrying the traffic. Furthermore, for each node in the second plurality of network nodes, a definition is made of a node in the first plurality of network nodes from which to obtain the context information. | 03-24-2011 |
20120076110 | CONTEXT TRANSFER SYSTEMS AND METHODS IN SUPPORT OF MOBILITY - A broad aspect of the invention provides a method of providing mobility support for a mobile node's traffic. The method involves maintaining context information for the mobile node on each of a first plurality of network nodes carrying the traffic; and proactively transferring and maintaining at least a portion of the context information in a plurality of network nodes which are not carrying the traffic, but which are candidates for carrying the traffic due to mobility of the mobile node. The method typically further involves defining and maintaining a definition of the second plurality of network nodes. In one embodiment of the invention, this involves adding a particular network node to the second plurality when the particular network node becomes a candidate for carrying the traffic, removing a particular network node from the second plurality when the particular network node is no longer a candidate for carrying the traffic. | 03-29-2012 |
20140169333 | Systems and Methods Facilitating Relocatability of Devices Between Networks - Provided is a software entity adapted to operate in a first network on behalf of a relocatable device to negotiate services for the relocatable device from the network, and to be transportable or replicable to operate in a second network to negotiate services for the relocatable device from the second network. | 06-19-2014 |
20150063302 | Systems and Methods Facilitating Relocatability of Devices Between Networks - Provided is a software entity adapted to operate in a first network on behalf of a relocatable device to negotiate services for the relocatable device from the network, and to be transportable or replicable to operate in a second network to negotiate services for the relocatable device from the second network. | 03-05-2015 |
Gary W. Klaben, Glenview, IL US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110167329 | Mindmap Illustrator - A method of generating a linked client master mind map. Client actions and documents are linked to a client master mind map to generate a linked client master mind map. The linked client master mind map and a client relationship management program are reviewed and packaged. | 07-07-2011 |
Gary W. Krajenke, Warren, MI US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20080315475 | Air Spring for Vehicle Closure - An air spring for use with a closure of a vehicle is disclosed. The air spring includes a rod and a tube axially slidable in the rod. The rod may include a housing having tube slots defining flexible arms with rod cam extensions extending therefrom. The rod cam extensions may have an extension rod cam surface that has a smaller angle than a retraction rod cam surface, with a rod peak between the two. The tube may include a tube cam extension having a tube peak with a diameter greater than the diameter of the rod peak. The tube cam extension may include an extension tube cam surface that has a smaller angle than a retraction tube cam surface. | 12-25-2008 |
20090015034 | Self-Engaging Rod Retaining Clip - A self-engaging rod retaining clip assembly for retaining a rod and a method of retaining the rod to a vehicle closure support component is disclosed. The self-engaging rod retaining clip assembly holds a rod retaining clip in a desired position on a vehicle closure support component until the rod is installed. Installing the rod includes pressing the rod against a rod pivoting flange, which causes clip retention flanges to flex outward around a clip support arm until the rod is sufficiently retained inside a rod channel in the support component. The clip retention flanges then snap towards each other to retain the clip, and hence the rod, in the support component. | 01-15-2009 |
20090108613 | VEHICLE ENDGATE COUNTERBALANCE - A vehicle having an endgate counter balance for use with an endgate of the vehicle, and a method of operating, is disclosed. The endgate counterbalance may include a hinge arm extending from the hinge, an energy storage device and a crank mechanism connected between the hinge arm and the energy storage device. The endgate counterbalance is configured to create a cross-over position for the endgate between closed and fully open where the endgate counterbalance does not exert a rotational bias on the endgate. | 04-30-2009 |
20090184533 | Vehicle Endgate Hinge Assembly - A vehicle endgate hinge assembly is disclosed. The hinge assembly has a bodyside hinge strap including a hinge support boss extending through the endgate opening shut-face and having a central hole that is coaxial with the endgate pivot axis, a mounting plate located outboard of the shut-face, and a threaded portion extending from the mounting plate through the shut-face. The hinge assembly may have a crank including a hinge key pivotally coupled to a member mounted on the endgate, a pivot shaft extending from the hinge key through the central hole, a lever arm extending from the pivot shaft normal to the endgate pivot axis, and a ball extending from the lever arm spaced from the endgate pivot axis. A nut is located inboard of the endgate opening shut-face and threadably received on the threaded portion, and an energy storage mechanism is coupled to the ball. | 07-23-2009 |
20090230722 | Extended-Travel Sliding Door with Articulating Roller Bracket - A sliding door for a vehicle has a door bracket. A track is mounted along the vehicle and extends to a remote end. A roller bracket is movable between a first position proximate the opening and a second position at the end of the track. The roller bracket includes an articulating arm retained by the roller bracket by a first pivot and pivotally retained at a second end by the door bracket. The articulating arm has a first orientation for rotationally positioning the sliding door toward the closed position and a second orientation for rotationally positioning the sliding door into the open position. Movement of the roller bearing into the second position results in the articulating arm moving from the first to the second orientation. An over-center spring mechanism may maintain the positioning of the roller bracket relative to the sliding door throughout the travel of the bracket. | 09-17-2009 |
20090271947 | Adjustable Deck Lid Hinge - An adjustable hinge assembly for a vehicle deck lid includes an adjustment pin received in a hinge pin that is adjustable to cause the deck lid to become flush with adjacent vehicle body structure. The adjustment pin includes a tool engagement feature that allows for adjustment of the hinge assembly from within the trunk. A second tool engagement feature allows for adjustment of the hinge from outside of the trunk. | 11-05-2009 |
20120019023 | RETRACTING SEAL SURFACE ENABLING INDEPENDENT ACTION OF OPPOSING HINGED VEHICLE DOORS - A seal module for sealing between a first door and a second door of opposing-hinged doors includes a base defining a channel and a retractable seal moveably disposed within the channel. The retractable seal moves between an extended position for sealing between the first door and the second door, and a retracted position spaced from one of the first door and the second door to allow independent pivotable movement of either the first door or the second door. | 01-26-2012 |
20120193938 | ARTICULATING TRIM CLOSEOUT PANEL FOR OPPOSING HINGED DOORS - A vehicle includes a pair of opposing hinged doors. The pair of opposing hinged doors includes a first door and a second door. An articulating trim panel is moveably attached to the second door, and is moveable between a deployed position and a refracted position. When in the deployed position, the articulating trim panel conceals an interior gap between a first interior trim panel of the first door and a second interior trim panel of the second door. When in the refracted position, the articulating trim panel is withdrawn from the interior gap, thereby allowing independent pivotable movement of the first door and the second door relative to each other. | 08-02-2012 |
20120205937 | CLOSEOUT PANEL FOR VEHICLE DECK LID HINGE - A vehicle has a deck lid for closing a vehicle luggage compartment. The deck lid is mounted on a hinge assembly including a hinge lever pivoted on a vehicle body and a hinge arm attached to the deck lid. A trim panel lines the luggage compartment and has an oversize aperture creating a gap through which the hinge arm travels freely without interference with the trim panel during the opening and closing movement of the deck lid. A closeout panel is mounted on the hinge assembly to travel therewith. The closeout panel is sized larger than the size of the oversize aperture and upon the deck lid reaching the open position, the closeout panel will have moved with the hinge assembly to a position closely adjacent the backside of the trim panel so that the closeout panel closes the gap and prevents an observer from seeing through the gap. | 08-16-2012 |
20120324795 | HINGE ASSEMBLY HAVING AN UP STOP DAMPING MECHANISM FOR ROTATABLY SUPPORTING A DECKLID OF A VEHICLE - A hinge assembly for rotatably supporting a decklid relative to a body of a vehicle includes a damping mechanism for damping movement of the decklid relative to the body. The damping mechanism includes a damping clip attached to a bracket of the hinge assembly, and a damping bumper attached to a hinge box of the hinge assembly. Movement of the bracket from a closed position into an open position brings the damping bumper into engagement with the damping clip. The damping bumper spreads and/or elastically deforms the damping clip to absorb energy and dampen the movement of the bracket and/or the decklid. | 12-27-2012 |
20130020826 | DECKLID HINGE COUNTERBALANCE ASSEMBLY HAVING A STRAIGHT-END TORQUE ROD - A counterbalanced decklid hinge assembly for rotatably supporting a decklid relative to a vehicle includes a torque rod extending between a first hinge box and a second hinge box. A support member is rotatably supported by each of the first and second hinge boxes. A linkage system interconnects one axial end of the torque rod to one of the support members, and is attached to the axial end of the torque rod in a manner that allows for a straight axial end of the torque rod, i.e., requires no bends. A lever is attached to and rotatable with the other axial end of the torque rod, and is attached in a manner that allows for a straight axial end of the torque rod, i.e., requires no bends. | 01-24-2013 |
20130048398 | VEHICLE WITH DECKLID HOLD-OPEN ASSIST - In accordance with exemplary embodiments, a magnetic decklid hold-open system is provided for a vehicle. The system comprises a decklid for a vehicle coupled to a body of the vehicle via a hinge strap. The hinge strap facilitates the decklid moving between a closed position and an open position, and a magnetic element coupled to the hinge strap magnetically retains the decklid in the open position. | 02-28-2013 |
20130086792 | Decklid Hinge Spring Installation Mechanism - A mechanism for installing a spring in a vehicle decklid includes a bracket supported on the decklid to rotate about an axis, including a leg extending radially from the axis, a spring secured to the bracket, a stop, and an attachment engaged with the bracket for rotating the bracket about the axis and extending the spring to an installed position where a force applied by the spring to the leg forces the bracket into contact with the stop, said contact preventing rotation of the bracket in a direction that extends the spring. | 04-11-2013 |
20130087956 | Extension Spring Installation Mechanism - A spring installation mechanism includes a bracket fixed against displacement, a spring that extends along an axis and includes first and second ends, the second end being fixed against displacement, a retainer secured to the first end and including helical threads, and a screw including a shank having helical threads engaged with the threads of the retainer, axial displacement of the screw toward the retainer limited by contact with the bracket, said contact permitting rotary displacement of the screw relative to the retainer and the spring. | 04-11-2013 |
20130088021 | Vehicle Door Mechanism - A mechanism for controlling a vehicle door includes upper and lower striker pins secured to a door opening, an upper latch assembly pivotably connectable to the door, including inboard and outboard latches, and a slotted hole extending between the latches and into which the upper striker pin is fitted, and a lower latch assembly pivotably connectable to the door, including inboard and outboard latches, a second slotted hole extending between the latches and into which the lower striker pin is fitted, and a second hinge pin secured to the lower latch assembly. | 04-11-2013 |
20130252448 | CHARGE CORD LOCK FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A charge cord assembly for a vehicle having a charging receptacle for engaging the charge cord during battery recharging. The charge cord assembly includes an electric cord extending between a source of electric current and the charging receptacle; a cord end connector engaging the electric cord and having a electrical socket engaging the charging receptacle, a latch hook that selectively secures the cord end connector to the charging receptacle, a release handle, a release linkage assembly engaged between the release handle and the latch hook to release the latch hook from the charging receptacle when the release handle is actuated; and a lock assembly having a locked position that prevents the release linkage assembly from releasing the latch hook from the charging receptacle and an unlocked position that allows the release linkage assembly to release the latch hook from the charging receptacle when the release handle is actuated. | 09-26-2013 |
20130263407 | DECKLID HINGE COUNTERBALANCE SYSTEM WITH A COMBINATION TORQUE ROD AND TORQUE TUBE ASSEMBLY - A decklid hinge assembly for a vehicle includes a counterbalance torque system having a torque storing assembly. The torque storing assembly includes a torque rod having a first axial end and a second axial end, and a torque tube having a first axial end and a second axial end. The first axial end of the torque rod is attached to a linkage system in torque transmitting engagement for transmitting torque therebetween, the second axial end of the torque rod is attached to the second axial end of the torque tube in torque transmitting engagement for transmitting torque therebetween, and the first axial end of the torque tube is attached to a hinge box in torque transmitting engagement for transmitting torque therebetween. The torque storing assembly is pre-loaded with a moment to generate a torque for assisting movement of the support member from a closed position into an open position. | 10-10-2013 |
20130305915 | GAS STRUT ASSEMBLY WITH AN INTERNAL DETENT MODULE - A gas strut assembly includes a housing defining an interior space. A rod is coupled to the housing, and is slideably moveable between an extended position and a retracted position. A flexible member is secured in position relative to the housing. A rigid member is coupled to and moveable with the rod. The flexible member includes at least one displaceable portion that moves radially away from the central axis in response to a first radial force component of an opening force when engaged by the rigid member moving from the refracted position into the extended position. The displaceable portion moves radially away from the central axis in response to a second radial force component of a closing force when engaged by the rigid member moving from the extended position into the retracted position. The second radial force component is greater than the first radial force component. | 11-21-2013 |
20130307203 | GAS STRUT ASSEMBLY WITH AN INTERNAL DETENT MODULE - A gas strut assembly includes a housing defining an interior space. A rod is coupled to the housing, and is slideably moveable between an extended position and a retracted position. A flexible member is secured in position relative to the housing. A rigid member is coupled to and moveable with the rod. The flexible member includes at least one displaceable member that moves radially away from the central axis in response to a second radial force component of a closing force when engaged by the rigid member moving from the extended position into the retracted position. The flexible member includes a multi-layered structure that changes shape in response to a change in temperature to affect the magnitude of the second radial force component required to move the displaceable member. | 11-21-2013 |
20130318745 | DIRECT ACTING CLOCK SPRING COUNTERBALANCED HINGE ASSEMBLY - A counterbalanced hinge assembly for rotatably supporting a decklid of a vehicle includes a hinge box and a support member rotatably attached to the hinge box. A linkage system interconnects the hinge box and the support member, and includes a wind-up link rotatably attached to the hinge box for rotation about a spring axis, and a driven link interconnecting the wind-up link and the support member. A planar coil spring is coiled about the spring axis and is coupled to both the hinge box and the wind-up link. The planar coil spring applies a torque to the wind-up link to rotate the wind-up link about the spring axis to assist movement of the support member from the closed position into the open position. | 12-05-2013 |
20140290007 | DECKLID HINGE ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE - A hinge assembly includes a hinge box, and a decklid attachment bracket rotatably attached to the hinge box. The decklid attachment bracket includes a contoured surface. A compressible member is positioned for engagement with the contoured surface as the decklid attachment bracket moves between an open position and a closed position. The contoured surface defines an outer region, a recessed region, and an inner region. The outer region compresses the compressible member as the decklid attachment bracket moves between the open and closed positions to absorb energy and dampen movement of the decklid attachment bracket. The recessed region cradles the compressible member without substantially compressing the compressible member when the decklid attachment bracket is in the open position to secure the position of the decklid attachment bracket. The inner region compresses the compressible member to absorb energy, and limit movement of the decklid attachment bracket beyond the open position. | 10-02-2014 |
20140293638 | ENERGY ABSORBING HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY AND A RESETTABLE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY - An energy absorbing headlamp assembly and a resettable headlamp assembly are disclosed. The assemblies include a first component and a headlamp assembly supported by the first component. The assemblies also include an energy absorbing device operatively coupled to the headlamp assembly and the first component to absorb energy when a first force is applied to the headlamp assembly. For the energy absorbing headlamp assembly, the device includes a link and a biasing mechanism coupled to each other such that the biasing mechanism continuously applies a second force to the link to bias the link to a first position when the headlamp assembly is in an initial position and a second position when the headlamp assembly is in a displaced position. For the resettable headlamp assembly, the device allows movement of the headlamp assembly from the displaced position back to the initial position when the first force is removed. | 10-02-2014 |
20140298617 | VEHICLE AND A HINGE ASSEMBLY FOR A STORAGE COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE - A vehicle and a hinge assembly for a storage compartment of the vehicle are disclosed. The assembly includes a first component adapted to be attached to the vehicle and a second component. The second component includes a first end portion coupled to the first component and a second end portion spaced from the first end portion. The second component is movable relative to the first component between a first position and a second position such that the second end portion is disposed above the first component when in the second position. The assembly further includes a link coupled to the second component and movable with the second component as the second component moves between the first and second positions. The link extends away from the second component to a distal end. The assembly includes a guard attached to the link and covering at least a portion of the distal end. | 10-09-2014 |
20140333087 | VEHICLE AND A HINGE ASSEMBLY FOR A STORAGE COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE - A vehicle and a hinge assembly for a storage compartment of the vehicle are disclosed. The hinge assembly includes a first component and a second component coupled to the first component. The second component is movable between a first position and a second position relative to the first component. A damper device includes a housing assembly supported by the first component and a finger attached to the second component such that the finger is movable with the second component between the first and second positions. The finger and the housing assembly are spaced from each other when the second component is in the first position, and the finger slidingly engages the housing assembly as the second component moves to the second position such that frictional engagement between the finger and the housing assembly dampens movement of the second component relative to the first component. | 11-13-2014 |
Gary W. Loge, State College, PA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20080206758 | POLYNUCLEIC ACID-ATTACHED PARTICLES AND THEIR USE IN GENOMIC ANALYSIS - Disclosed are methods for preparing particle-linked polynucleotides, and using the particle linked polynucleotides in genomic analysis. The particles as disclosed are characterized as having a size variance of less than 2%. | 08-28-2008 |
20120035322 | POLYNUCLEIC ACID-ATTACHED PARTICLES AND THEIR USE IN GENOMIC ANALYSIS - Disclosed are methods for preparing particle-linked polynucleotides, and using the particle linked polynucleotides in genomic analysis. The particles as disclosed are characterized as having a size variance of less than 2%. | 02-09-2012 |
Gary W. Luehr, Hayward, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100184815 | AGONISTS OF PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR-ALPHA - Disclosed are compounds of the formula: | 07-22-2010 |
20120010228 | D2 ANTAGONISTS, METHODS OF SYNTHESIS AND METHODS OF USE - Provided are D | 01-12-2012 |
20140350005 | D2 ANTAGONISTS, METHODS OF SYNTHESIS AND METHODS OF USE - Provided are D | 11-27-2014 |
Gary W. Nelson, Foothill Ranch, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100088768 | INDUSTRIAL PROCESS VISUALIZATION APPLICATION HAVING AN OPERATING SYSTEM LOCALE-BASED REGIONALLY LIMITED LICENSE - A computer system and method are described for enforcing a locale-based license restriction by a process visualization application program. A locale-based license configuration is read from a license file associated with the process visualization application program. An operating system application program interface is called to identify a current locale of the operating system. The current locale affects a language utilized to present text via a graphical user interface display. Thereafter, a locale specified by the locale-based license configuration is compared to the current locale of the operating system. Thereafter, a licensing result is generated representing success or failure based upon whether the locale specified by the locale-based license configuration matches the current locale of the operating system. The aforementioned steps are carried out in a computer system including a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for carrying out the above-described steps. | 04-08-2010 |
Gary W. Nesty, Brazil, IN US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20080252847 | Sunglass lens - A polarized tinted lens for sunglasses includes a first polarizing tinting member and a second tinting member. The first polarizing tinting member is capable of reducing the transmission of glare through the lens. The second tinting member at least partially overlays the first tinting member so that light passing through the lens in the portion where the first and second tinting members are overlain must pass through both the first and second tinting members. Preferably the sunglasses created thereby are polarized sunglasses with two tints in one lens. The user can adjust the tint though which he sees by tilting his head or adjusting the angle of his eyes. | 10-16-2008 |
20110141432 | SUNGLASS LENS - A sunglass lens includes a lens body having a first and a second surface, a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge and a second side edge. The lens body also includes an upper portion disposed adjacent to the top side edge and a lower portion disposed adjacent to the bottom side edge. An aqua colored tint is applied to the lens body for highlighting an appearance of yellow colored objects to a user. A darkening tint is applied on the upper portion of the lens body for reducing the amount of light transmitted through the lens. | 06-16-2011 |
Gary W. Orazio, Centennial, CO US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20140000847 | HIGH EFFICIENCY TIER IV COOLING SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE AND COOLING UNIT FOR FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER ROOM AIR CONDITIONER (CRAC) SYSTEMS | 01-02-2014 |
Gary W. Pennala, Calumet, MI US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20120082518 | MICRO-JET COOLING OF CUTTING TOOLS - A cutting tool includes an insert defining a flank face, a rake face, and a cutting edge between the flank face and rake face. The cutting tool includes micro-nozzles formed in at least one of the tool body and the insert, and aimed at the cutting edge. Each micro-nozzle generates a micro jet of cutting fluid in close proximity to the cutting edge and adjacent to at least one of the flank face and the rake face. | 04-05-2012 |
20140294522 | ROUND WIPER TOOTH AND FACE MILL INCORPORATING THE SAME - A milling tool includes a body which is rotatable about a first axis. At least one cutting tooth mounted on the body having a cutting edge for cutting about the first axis. A wiper tooth extends from the mill body. The wiper tooth includes at least at a portion having a peripheral surface about the second axis and the peripheral surface intersects a face surface defining a cutting edge that is round about the second axis for cutting about the first axis. In some embodiments, the peripheral surface, the face surface and the cutting edge are formed on an insert that is mounted the mill body. | 10-02-2014 |
Gary W. Petertyl, Rockford, MI US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20130344731 | POWERED UTILITY RAIL - The present invention generally relates to a powered utility rail, and, in particular, a powered utility rail for installation on furniture to provide electrical connectivity for portable electronic devices. | 12-26-2013 |
Gary W. Phillips, Flippin, AR US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100301503 | FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR TOOLING DEVICE - A system and method for creating fiber optic terminations includes a fiber optic connector tooling device and an improved hot plate termination plate or oven. The device cooperates with the oven to produce a fiber optic termination end with optimal light diffusion qualities. The device properly aligns a plastic fiber optic cable and connector with each other and perpendicularly aligns both with the oven. The device provides gradual forward pressure to seat the plastic cable in the connector to melt the second end of the cable and form an optical lens with optimal light diffusion qualities. A method of creating optically clear lens at a termination end of the plastic fiber optic cable uses the fiber optic connector tooling device to assist in holding and guiding the fiber optical cable to the improved oven in proper axial alignment to create a defect free lens. | 12-02-2010 |
Gary W. Procop, Twinsburg, OH US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100209908 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE PROFILING FOR SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION - The invention includes a method of sample profiling for identification. The method includes the steps of performing less than four nucleotide-specific chemical cleavage reactions to obtain nucleotide sequence fragments, performing size separation on the fragments, detecting the fragments' separation, generating a profile based on the detection, and comparing the profile to a data base to identify the sample. | 08-19-2010 |
20130217024 | METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING BACTEREMIA AND FUNGEMI - A method for diagnosing bacteremia and/or fungemia can include the steps of obtaining a blood sample from the subject, contacting the blood sample with a lysing agent under conditions in which both red and white blood cells are lysed in the blood sample and bacterial and/or fungal cells remain intact, extracting bacterial and/or fungal nucleic acids from bacterial and/or fungal cells in the blood sample (respectively), and detecting the presence of bacterial and/or fungal nucleic acids in the blood sample, wherein the presence of bacterial and/or fungal nucleic acids in the blood sample is indicative of the subject having bacteremia and/or fungemia, respectively. | 08-22-2013 |
Gary W. Rubloff, Clarksville, MD US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090108252 | Lateral two-terminal nanotube devices and method for their formation - An apparatus, system, and method are provided for a lateral two-terminal nanotube device configured to capture and generate energy, to store electrical energy, and to integrate these functions with power management circuitry. The lateral nanotube device can include a substrate, an anodic oxide material disposed on the substrate, and a column disposed in the anodic oxide material extending from one distal end of the anodic oxide material to another end of the anodic oxide material. The lateral nanotube device further can include a first material disposed within the column, and a second material disposed within the column. The first material fills a distal end of the column and gradiently decreases towards another distal end of the column along inner walls of the column. The second material fills the another distal end of the column and gradiently decreases towards the distal end of the column within the first material. | 04-30-2009 |
20110073827 | NANODEVICE ARRAYS FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE, CAPTURE AND MANAGEMENT AND METHOD FOR THEIR FORMATION - An apparatus, system, and method are provided for a vertical two-terminal nanotube device configured to capture and generate energy, to store electrical energy, and to integrate these functions with power management circuitry. The vertical nanotube device can include a column disposed in an anodic oxide material extending from a first distal end of the anodic oxide material to a second distal end of the anodic oxide material. Further, the vertical nanotube device can include a first material disposed within the column, a second material disposed within the column, and a third material disposed between the first material and the second material. The first material fills the first distal end of the column and extends to the second distal end of the column along inner walls of the column. The second material fills the first distal end of the column and extends to the second distal end of the column within the first material. Both the first material and the second material are exposed at the first distal end of the column. | 03-31-2011 |
20110081677 | Active Microfluidic Membranes - The present invention relates to a biofabricated Active Microfluidic Membrane (AMM) in a microfluidic network of a microfluidic device and a method for the in situ biofabrication of such a microfluidic network. More specifically, the invention relates to devices exhibiting (and methods of) positioning (i.e., erecting, modifying or removing a membrane matrix in situ in a microchannel of a microfluidic network of a microfluidic device. In one embodiment, the membrane comprises a single type of matrix constituent, such as chitosan, alginate, etc. Alternatively, the membrane may be composed of two or more matrix constituents, which may be integrated into one another or layered adjacent to one another. | 04-07-2011 |
Gary W. Rudgers, Indianapolis, IN US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090222947 | Plants Modified With Mini-Chromosomes - The invention is generally related to methods of generating plants transformed with novel autonomous mini-chromosomes. Mini-chromosomes with novel compositions and structures are used to transform plants cells which are in turn used to generate the plant. Methods for generating the plant include methods for delivering the mini-chromosome into plant cell to transform the cell, methods for selecting the transformed cell, and methods for isolating plants transformed with the mini-chromosome. Plants generated in the present invention contain novel genes introduced into their genome by integration into existing chromosomes. | 09-03-2009 |
20100235948 | PLANTS MODIFIED WITH MINI-CHROMOSOMES - The invention is generally related to methods of generating plants transformed with novel autonomous mini-chromosomes. Mini-chromosomes with novel compositions and structures are used to transform plants cells which are in turn used to generate the plant. Methods for generating the plant include methods for delivering the mini-chromosome into plant cell to transform the cell, methods for selecting the transformed cell, and methods for isolating plants transformed with the mini-chromosome. Plants generated in the present invention contain novel genes introduced into their genome by integration into existing chromosomes. | 09-16-2010 |
Gary W. Rudgers, Chicago, IL US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100297769 | CENTROMERE SEQUENCES AND MINICHROMOSOMES - The invention is generally related to methods of generating plants transformed with novel autonomous mini-chromosomes. Mini-chromosomes with novel compositions and structures are used to transform plants cells which are in turn used to generate the plant. Methods for generating the plant include methods for delivering the mini-chromosome into plant cell to transform the cell, methods for selecting the transformed cell, and methods for isolating plants transformed with the mini-chromosome. Plants generated in the present invention contain novel genes introduced into their genome by integration into existing chromosomes. | 11-25-2010 |
Gary W. Sadowniczak, Greensboro, NC US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110298559 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIRECTIONAL COUPLING - Apparatuses and methods for directional coupling are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a directional coupler, a termination impedance, a switch, and a control block. The directional coupler includes a power input terminal, a power output terminal, a couple terminal and a terminate terminal. The power input terminal can receive a radio frequency signal from a power amplifier, and the power output terminal can be electrically connected to a load. The switch has an ON state and an OFF state, and includes an input electrically connected to the terminate terminal and an output electrically connected to the termination impedance. The switch is configured to provide a relatively low impedance path between the input and the output when in the ON state and to provide a relatively high impedance path between the input and the output when in the OFF state. The control block can set the state of the switch. | 12-08-2011 |
20130293316 | METHODS FOR DIRECTIONAL COUPLER TERMINATION IMPEDANCE CONTROL - Methods for directional coupler termination impedance control are provided. In one embodiment, a method for termination impedance selection of a directional coupler in a power amplifier module is provided. The method includes determining at least one of a power mode or a frequency band of operation of the power amplifier module. The method further includes selecting a termination impedance of the directional coupler based on the determination using at least one switch. | 11-07-2013 |
Gary W. Schluckbier, Schaumburg, IL US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110239308 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF VETTING DATA - Systems and methods for vetting data include receiving a notification at a second processor that a first processor has written first output data to an output data buffer in an output device. A hardware-implemented buffer access flag controls a permission for the first processor to write data to the output data buffer. The second processor sets the hardware-implemented buffer access flag to a first setting that prevents the first processor from writing additional output data to the output data buffer while the first output data in the output data buffer is being inspected. The second processor has a read-write permission to the hardware-implemented buffer access flag. The first processor has a read-only permission to the hardware-implemented buffer access flag. | 09-29-2011 |
20120237020 | METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZING A RIJNDAEL BLOCK CIPHER - A key variable loader receives a set of Rijndael parameters that were verified using a simulation computer, wherein the set of Rijndael parameters provide an input for implementing at least one step of the Rijndael block cipher and when used with a secret key allow a conversion between plain text and cipher text using the Rijndael block cipher. The key variable loader further stores the set of Rijndael parameters and subsequently provides the set of Rijndael parameters to a device having a customizable Rijndael block cipher, like a subscriber unit or a key management facility. | 09-20-2012 |
Gary W. Schnuckle, Glendale, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100123023 | PERSONAL MISTING DEVICE WITH MANUALLY-OPERATED AND RETRACTABLE FOLDING FAN - A compact personal misting device with no motors or batteries. The device includes a liquid container and a spray pump assembly with a fluid inlet tube that extends into the container. The pump assembly includes an atomizer nozzle operable to output mist using the liquid. The misting device also includes a folding fan pivotally mounted on the container that is selectively positioned in a storage position in which a flexible fan blade is retracted upon itself and also in a cooling position with the fan blade unfolded to extend outward from the container. The fan blade is formed of a flexible material that in the cooling position is substantially planar, e.g., a semi-circular shape. The atomizer nozzle outputs the mist in a target direction that is transverse to the plane containing the unfolded fan blade with the nozzle targeted about 90 degrees from the fan blade in some cases. | 05-20-2010 |
Gary W. Schukar, North Oaks, MN US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20080245725 | Fluid Filter - A diamond patterned tubular pleated filter element is disclosed. Also disclosed is a filter cartridge that comprises a core element having an inner diameter, two ends and apertures formed therein, a diamond patterned tubular pleated filter element having an inner and an outer diameter positioned about the core element wherein the ratio of the outer diameter to the inner diameter of the diamond patterned tubular pleated filter element is about 1.5 to about 2.5, an open end cap, for transferring fluid into or out of the core element, positioned at one end of the core, and a closed end cap, for preventing fluid from exiting therefrom, positioned at the other end of the core, the closed end cap including structure for positioning the open end cap in filtration housing. Systems and methods for manufacturing the filter cartridge and the diamond patterned tubular pleated filter media itself are also disclosed. | 10-09-2008 |
20080246182 | HIGH FLOW FLUID FILTRATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of manufacturing filter cartridges are disclosed, the system including a tube of laminated and seamed filter media, a media unwind mechanism, a mandrel having a starting point operatively positioned proximate the media unwind mechanism, structure, operatively positioned proximate the mandrel, for feeding the tube of laminated and seamed filter media into the starting point of the mandrel, structure, operatively positioned in the mandrel, for pressurizing the tube of laminated and seamed filter media with a gas, structure, operatively positioned in the mandrel, for expanding the tube of laminated and seamed filter media into a substantially cylindrical shape as the tube of laminated and seamed filter media passes over the mandrel, a pleater mechanism, operatively positioned proximate the mandrel, a blade mechanism, operatively associated with the pleater mechanism, for alternately engaging the tube of laminated and seamed filter media with the blade mechanism, structure, operatively positioned proximate the pleater mechanism, for moving newly formed pleated filter media downstream; and structure for compressing the tube of laminated and seamed filter media radially toward the mandrel. Methods of manufacturing filter cartridges are also disclosed. | 10-09-2008 |
20130301268 | SOLID STATE LIGHT WITH ALIGNED LIGHT GUIDE AND INTEGRATED VENTED THERMAL GUIDE - A light with integrated light and thermal guides, and having solid state light sources such as LEDs. The light guide includes a material having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface and forming an interior volume. The light guide is coupled to the LEDs for receiving and distributing light from them through the first surface, and the light is transported through the light guide until the light is extracted from the first or second surface. The light guide can include alignment features such as fiducials that mate with a base. The thermal guide is contained within the interior volume and integrated with the light guide for providing thermal conduction from the LEDs for cooling the light. The thermal guide can be vented to provide for internal cross flow of air for the cooling. | 11-14-2013 |
Gary W. Scott, Mount Vernon, IA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100118451 | MULTIPLE-POLE CIRCUIT BREAKER WITH SHARED CURRENT SENSOR FOR ARCING FAULT DETECTION - A multi-pole circuit breaker for a power distribution system having multiple line conductors carrying AC currents that are out of phase with each other, and a common neutral conductor, comprises first and second current sensors, a ground fault detection circuit, and an arcing fault detection circuit. The first current sensor is adapted to be coupled to both of the line conductors and to the neutral conductor and produces a first output signal indicative of the resultant of the electrical currents flowing in the line and neutral conductors. The ground fault detection circuit receives the first output signal and produces a trip signal in response to the detection of a ground fault. The second current sensor comprises a coil wound on a toroidal core and is adapted to be coupled to both of the line conductors in a manner that the electrical currents in the line conductors flow in opposite directions inside the toroidal core, thus inducing in the coil a second output signal that is a function of the difference of the electrical currents in the line conductors. The arcing fault detection circuit receives the second output signal and includes a processor programmed to analyze the second output signal and produce a trip signal in response to the detection of an arcing fault. | 05-13-2010 |
20100164744 | Method and apparatus for bi-directional communication with a miniature circuit breaker - A wireless electrically isolated plug-n-play communications system for branch circuit breakers. The system providing means for automatically connecting the wireless electrically isolated communication system between the branch circuit breaker and a communications strip as the branch circuit breaker is being installed in the load center. | 07-01-2010 |
20110315662 | ARCING FAULT AND ARC FLASH PROTECTION SYSTEM HAVING A HIGH-SPEED SWITCH - A high-speed arc terminator for an electrical power distribution system includes a sealed, evacuated housing, and a controllable mechanical switch having first and second electrically conductive contacts enclosed within the housing and adapted to be coupled to the power distribution system outside the housing. A trigger conductor extends into the housing and has an exposed end near the gap between the contacts when the contacts are in the open position. At least one of the contacts is movable between an open position in which the contacts are separated by a gap, and a closed position in which the contacts engage each other, and an operating mechanism is provided for moving the at least one contact between the open and closed positions. A high voltage source is controllably coupled to the trigger conductor for supplying a high-voltage pulse to the trigger conductor in response to the detection of an arcing fault. The high-voltage pulse produces an arc within the gap between the contacts, to shunt fault current from the power distribution system across the gap, from one of the contacts to the other, before the contacts engage each other. | 12-29-2011 |
20120119751 | MULTI-POLE ARCING FAULT CIRCUIT BREAKER INCLUDING A NEUTRAL CURRENT SENSOR - A fault detection system is provided for a power distribution system having at least first and second line conductors carrying AC currents that are out of phase with each other from a source to a load, and a common neutral conductor. The system includes an arcing fault current sensor comprising a coil wound on a hollow core and coupled to both of the line conductors in a manner that the electrical currents in the line conductors flow in opposite directions inside the hollow core, thus inducing in the coil an output signal that is a function of the difference of the electrical currents in the line conductors. A neutral current sensor produces an output signal representing the magnitude and phase direction of current in the neutral conductor. An arcing fault detection circuit includes a processor programmed to (1) respond to a change in the first output signal to analyze the second output signal to determine whether the change in the first output signal is attributable at least in part to current in a line-to-line circuit, (2) if the answer is affirmative, determine a scaling factor to be used to adjust the value of the first output signal, and (3) analyze the adjusted first output signal to determine whether an arcing fault has occurred and produce a trip signal in response to the detection of an arcing fault. | 05-17-2012 |
20120174961 | ARC FAULT MITIGATION FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS - Systems, methods, and devices are presented for mitigating arc fault events in a photovoltaic system. An aspect of this disclosure is directed to a photovoltaic system for generating electrical power. The photovoltaic system includes one or more solar panels, and one or more shuttering assemblies, each of which is configured to selectively limit the quantity of light received by one or more of the solar panels. One or more sensing devices detect characteristics of an arc fault event in the photovoltaic system, and output signals indicative thereof. A control module is operatively connected to the shuttering assemblies and the sensing devices. The control module is configured to direct the one or more shuttering assemblies to reduce the quantity of light received by at least one of the one or more solar panels in response to the output signals indicating there is an arc fault event in the photovoltaic system. | 07-12-2012 |
Gary W. Sinde, Indianapolis, IN US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090328126 | NEURAL NETWORKS FOR INGRESS MONITORING - A method of identifying a source of ingress into a network includes storing frequency spectra of known sources of ingress, comparing the frequency spectrum of ingress to the frequency spectra of known sources of ingress, and determining from the comparison which of the frequency spectra of known sources of ingress is closest to the frequency spectrum of the ingress. Apparatus for identifying a source of ingress into a network includes memory for storing frequency spectra of known sources of ingress and a device for comparing the frequency spectrum of the ingress to frequency spectra of known sources of ingress and determining from the comparison which frequency spectrum of a known source of ingress is closest to the frequency spectrum of the ingress. A method of establishing ingress into a network includes developing a first frequency spectrum indicative of the condition of the network at a first time during the operation of the network, developing a second frequency spectrum indicative of the condition of the network at a second, later time, comparing the second frequency spectrum to the first frequency spectrum, and determining from the comparison a condition of the network at the second time. Apparatus for establishing ingress into a network includes a device for receiving frequency spectra. The device receives at least one first frequency spectrum indicative of the condition of the network at a first time during the operation of the network, and a second frequency spectrum indicative of the condition of the network at a second, later time. The device compares the second frequency spectrum to the first frequency spectrum and determines from the comparison the condition of the network at the second time. | 12-31-2009 |
20140314407 | RF Ingress in Fiber-to-the-Premises - In a communication network, a node at a subscriber premises includes an input/output (I/O) port, and a device for monitoring a subscriber premises. The device includes an upstream signal path including a first switch, a downstream signal path, and a controller having an input/output (I/O) port coupled to the I/O port of the node, and a first output port. The first switch is coupled to the first output port selectively to complete the upstream signal path. | 10-23-2014 |
Gary W. Steese-Bradley, San Jose, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110009953 | RAPAMYCIN RESERVOIR ELUTING STENT - Implantable medical devices may be utilized to locally delivery one or more drugs or therapeutic agents to treat a wide variety of conditions, including the treatment of the biological organism's reaction to the introduction of the implantable medical device. These therapeutic agents may be released under controlled and directional conditions from a stent so that the one or more therapeutic agents reach the correct target area, for example, the surrounding tissue. | 01-13-2011 |
Gary W. Taraski, Oxford, MI US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20130219680 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING CRIMP QUALITY - A method is provided for evaluating a crimp procedure in a manufacturing process. In one embodiment, the method includes, but is not limited to, completing a crimp procedure on a single wire. The method further includes, but is not limited to, evaluating a quality of the crimp procedure based on time-domain reflectometry. The method still further includes, but is not limited to, generating reporting data based on the evaluating. | 08-29-2013 |
20130221974 | TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods and systems are provided for determining conductor abnormalities using time reflectometry. The system includes a database configured to store data regarding an impedance of at least one element of an electric circuit. The system also includes a pulse generator for generating a signal pulse. A transmitter is in communication with the pulse generator for transmitting the signal pulse into the electric circuit. The system further includes a receiver for receiving a reflection of the signal pulse from the electric circuit. A processor in communication with the receiver and the database is configured to determine an abnormal condition based on the received reflection of the signal pulse and the data stored in the database. | 08-29-2013 |
20130221982 | MODULAR WIRING HARNESS TESTING SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS - Modular wiring harness testing systems and apparatus are provided for testing wiring harnesses such as those used in the automotive industry. The testing apparatus is configurable (or re-configurable) to test a plurality of different types of wiring harnesses that have different configurations in terms of the number of wires, number of circuits and/or the number, size or type of connectors. | 08-29-2013 |
20130226393 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DIAGNOSING A VEHICLE - Methods and apparatus are provided for generating a vehicle specific configuration file. The method includes: determining a vehicle identification number; retrieving, based on the vehicle identification number, from at least one data storage device a bus topology, module information, at least one message identification number, and at least one message length; and generating a configuration file based on the vehicle identification number, the bus topology, the module information, the at least one message identification number, and the at least one message length. | 08-29-2013 |
20130308237 | VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAULT DETECTION - Methods and systems are provided for sensing electrical faults. The system includes a current sensor disposed between a battery and at least one electrical load. The current sensor is capable of sensing electrical current flowing from the battery to the load at a sensitivity sufficient to detect a current transient. The system also includes a controller in communication with the current sensor. The controller is capable of comparing the sensed current transient to a predetermined current transient for the load and signaling a fault when the sensed current transient and the predetermined current transient vary by a predetermined amount. | 11-21-2013 |
20140058620 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVELY LOCATING BUS FAULTS - Methods and systems are provided for analyzing a fault in a communication system. The system includes a diagnostic module. The diagnostic module has first through fifth control logics. The first control logic is configured to determine a topology of the communication system. The second control logic is configured to request a response from at least one module that is in electronic communication with the communication system. The third control logic is configured to receive the response. The fourth control logic is configured to analyze a characteristic of the response. The fifth control logic is configured to determine a characteristic of the fault based on the characteristic of the response. | 02-27-2014 |
20150037997 | MULTIPLE-STAGE INTERLOCKING ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH LOCKING ASSURANCE MECHANISM - An electrical connector assembly comprises a primary connector housing, a mating connector housing, a primary lock, and a secondary lock. The primary lock is defined by both the primary connector housing and the mating connector housing. The secondary lock is supported by the mating connector housing and is arranged and configured for interacting with the primary lock so as to prevent the primary lock, when positioned in a locked position, from disengaging. The primary lock comprises a lock arm extending from the primary connector housing and a lock lever extending from the mating connector housing. | 02-05-2015 |
Gary W. Utterback, University Heights, OH US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090146571 | METAL HALIDE LAMP WITH HALOGEN-PROMOTED WALL CLEANING CYCLE - A lamp includes a discharge vessel. Tungsten electrodes extend into the discharge vessel. An ionizable fill is sealed within the vessel. The fill includes a buffer gas, optionally free mercury, a halide component which includes a rare earth halide selected from the group consisting of lanthanum halides, praseodymium halides, neodymium halides, samarium halides, cerium halides, and combinations thereof, a source of available halogen. The discharge vessel optionally includes a source of available oxygen. The source of available halogen and optional source of available oxygen are present in an amount such that the vapor phase solubility of tungsten species in the fill during lamp operation is lower adjacent at least a portion of one of the electrodes than at a wall of the discharge vessel, such that tungsten deposited on the wall during lamp operation is transported back to the electrode. | 06-11-2009 |
20090146576 | METAL HALIDE LAMP INCLUDING A SOURCE OF AVAILABLE OXYGEN - A lamp includes a discharge vessel. Tungsten electrodes extend into the discharge vessel. An ionizable fill is sealed within the vessel. The fill includes a buffer gas, optionally free mercury, a halide component which includes a rare earth halide selected from the group consisting of lanthanum halides, praseodymium halides, neodymium halides, samarium halides, cerium halides, and combinations thereof. A source of available oxygen is present in the discharge vessel. The rare earth halide is present in an amount such that, during lamp operation, in combination with the source of available oxygen, it maintains a difference in vapor phase solubility for tungsten species between a wall of the discharge vessel and at least a portion of at least one of the electrodes. | 06-11-2009 |
Gary W. Wietgrefe, Sioux Falls, SD US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100017021 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COORDINATING AUTOMATED PACKAGE AND BULK DISPENSING - An apparatus and method is provided for coordinating automated package and bulk dispensing at a remote site. A hopper apparatus includes a series of storage compartments and access doors. The compartments and doors are linked to a PLC that is further linked to an inventory provider. The inventory provider takes product orders from an end-user. The end-user is provided an end-user access code. The inventory provider communicates with the PLC and reserves for the ordered product(s) a vacant storage compartment(s). The inventory provider delivers the product(s) ordered by the end-user to the hopper apparatus. Upon delivery, the inventory provider enters the appropriate end-user access code(s), causing the PLC to open the storage compartment(s) previously reserved by the inventory provider for the products ordered by the end-user. The inventory provider loads the appropriate storage compartment(s) with the end-user product(s). The end-user subsequently picks up product(s) previously ordered by entering in his or her access code(s). | 01-21-2010 |
20100108711 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR BULK DISPENSING - Apparatuses and methods relating to hoppers and the dispensing of bulk therefrom are provided. The hopper can include hopper walls that form a product storage receptacle. The hopper can also include a hopper door that includes a frame and a slide gate disposed within the frame. The slide gate is retractable between an open position and a closed position. A set of fingers projects from the slide gate to dislodge material proximate to the hopper door. Further, a port can be provided through at least one of the fingers of the set of fingers with the port configured to inject a fluid into the hopper. | 05-06-2010 |
Gary W. Williams, Burleson, TX US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100173852 | USE OF AGENTS THAT DOWN-REGULATE EXPRESSION OF TANIS AND/OR P21 Waf1/Cip1/Sd1 GENES, AND USE OF AGENTS THAT INHIBIT, DEGRADE, SEQUESTER OR PREVENT THE NEUROTOXICITY OF GENE PRODUCT PROTEINS OF TANIS AND P21 Waf1/Cip1/Sd1 GENES - The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating glaucoma, ocular hypertension, and age-related macular degeneration. More specifically, the present invention describes the use of agents that down-regulate expression of tanis and/or p21 | 07-08-2010 |
20100204584 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OCULAR SURFACE IMAGING - The invention provides apparatuses and methods for detecting corneal surface defects. The methods and/or an apparatus of the invention can be used to detect corneal surface diseases, such as dry eye. | 08-12-2010 |
20110164218 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OCULAR SURFACE IMAGING - The invention provides apparatuses and methods for detecting ocular surface defects. The methods and/or an apparatus of the invention can be used to detect ocular surface diseases, such as dry eye, uveitis, conjunctivitis, keratitis, keratoconjunctivitis, vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC), atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC), autoimmune disorders of the ocular surface, meibomianitis, conjunctival hyperemia, eyelid hyperemia, ocular rosacea, ocular inflammation, or eye lid swelling. | 07-07-2011 |
Gary W. Witherell, Orinda, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100316595 | Methods for treating renal cell carcinoma - Methods for treating renal cell carcinoma using low doses of IL-2 are disclosed. In particular, the invention relates to methods of treating metastatic renal cell carcinoma in patients who are renally impaired and/or intolerant of high dose IL-2 therapy. The therapeutic regimen described herein significantly inhibits tumor growth with reduced toxicity and adverse side effects compared to high dose IL-2 therapy. | 12-16-2010 |
Gary W. Zaremba, Regina CA
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20140238359 | Fuel Tank Arrangements for Self-Priming Floating Pumps - An auxiliary fuel tank for portable self-priming floating pumps is configured to float independently of the pump while being retained therewith. The tank features an annular shape having a central opening that is sized to accommodate receipt of the pump, whereby the tank fits around the pump so as to move therewith over the body of water in which the pump is deployed. | 08-28-2014 |