Grey, US

Audley Grey, West Melbourne, FL US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120303300	POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK LOAD FORECASTING - A load forecasting system for a power distribution network receives power usage data from a load and accesses a power demand profile database. The system selects a power demand profile is selected and stored in a profile pool based on how close its accuracy is to the desired accuracy. The system may use a desired accuracy, the power usage data, and a power demand profile retrieved from the database.	11-29-2012

Audley Grey, Palm Beach Gardens, FL US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130173191	POWER CURVE CORRELATION SYSTEM - A power curve correlation system is disclosed. The power curve correlation system includes a system including: at least one computing device configured to verify a forecast of a power network load for a component by performing actions including: obtaining a set of load data for the component in the power network over a period; identifying similar load patterns in the set of load data using a pattern recognition technique, independent of at least one of: a scale for a component load, a minimum component load value or a maximum component load value; grouping the identified similar load patterns into distinct groups; categorizing at least one of the distinct groups according to a recurring event associated with a load pattern in the at least one distinct group; and providing the categorized group for verifying the forecast of the power network load for the component using the at least one categorized group.	07-04-2013

Bebecca Massie Grey, Brookville, OH US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140161935	PROCESSED FOOD - A processed food has an inoffensive or pleasant aroma. The aroma may be developed by including carbohydrate-rich protein sources and limiting non-nutritive acids, plasticizers, and/or artificial colorants. The aroma may be developed or maintained by including anti-oxidants and/or limiting animal digests or animal by-products added after cooking the food. The food may exclude or have limited content of rendered products of bovine or porcine origin.	06-12-2014

Brien D. Grey, Chicago, IL US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130204760	Trade Action Confirmation Tool - Systems, methods, and apparatus for confirming trade actions are disclosed. An example method includes displaying a trade action cell corresponding with a trade action, receiving an initiation command, determining that the trade action was initiated based on the initiation command, receiving a confirmation command, wherein the confirmation command is a selection of the same trade action cell, and executing the trade action based on reception of the confirmation command.	08-08-2013

Calie B. Grey, Winona Lake, IN US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130024001	ASYMMETRIC TIBIAL COMPONENTS FOR A KNEE PROSTHESIS - An orthopaedic tibial prosthesis includes a tibial baseplate with features designed for use with small-stature knee-replacement patients. The tibial prosthesis may include a shortened tibial keel, tibial keel fins which define a large angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the keel, and/or tibial keel fins which extend along less than the entire longitudinal extent of the keel.	01-24-2013
20130131820	TIBIAL BASEPLATE WITH ASYMMETRIC PLACEMENT OF FIXATION STRUCTURES - An orthopaedic knee prosthesis is provided including a tibial baseplate component having a distal, bone-contacting surface with one or more fixation structures extending distally therefrom, in which the fixation structures are asymmetrically arranged within the baseplate periphery.	05-23-2013
20140222155	TAPERED TIBIAL AUGMENT - In typical knee repair or replacement surgery, a femoral implant includes a pair of convex condylar surfaces that can slide within corresponding concave bearing indentations on a tibial bearing surface. The tibial bearing surface is disposed on a proximal side of a tibial platform. A stem can extend distally from the tibial platform, and can attach to a cut proximal end of the tibia. A tibial augment can attach to the distal side of the tibial platform, and can reduce or eliminate a lateral overhang of the tibial platform with respect to the cut proximal end of the tibia. The tibial augment may have a tapered periphery. The taper may extend inward in a distal direction. The taper may vary along the periphery of the tibial augment, so that at least a portion of a medial taper is different from at least a portion of a lateral taper.	08-07-2014

Calie B. Grey, Warsaw, IN US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140249641	TIBIAL BASEPLATE WITH ASYMMETRIC PLACEMENT OF FIXATION STRUCTURES - An orthopaedic knee prosthesis is provided including a tibial baseplate component having a distal, bone-contacting surface with one or more fixation structures extending distally therefrom, in which the fixation structures are asymmetrically arranged within the baseplate periphery.	09-04-2014

Christopher Mott Grey, Seattle, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120316845	Systems and Methods for Distributed Calculation of Fatigue-Risk Prediction and Optimization - Distributed computing methods and systems are disclosed, wherein intensive fatigue-risk calculations are partitioned according to available computing resources, parameters of the fatigue-risk calculation, time-sensitive user demands, and the like. Methods are disclosed wherein execution-cost functions are used to allocate accessible computing resources. Additional methods include partitioning calculation tasks by user-prioritized needs and by general mathematical features of the calculations themselves. Included herein are methods to calculate only prediction-maximum likelihoods instead of full probability distributions, to calculate prediction likelihoods using Bayesian prediction techniques (instead of full re-tabulation of all data), to collate interim results of fatigue-risk calculations where serial results can be appropriately collated (e.g., serial time-slice independence of the cumulative task involved), to use simplified (e.g., linear, first-order) approximations of richer models of fatigue prediction, to assign user-identified priorities to each computational task within a plurality of such requests, and the like.	12-13-2012

David Grey, Plasttevile, CO US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150367759	Advanced Comfort Buckling System - An improved child safety seat buckling system and method of using the same for facilitating placement of a child into a child safety seat is disclosed. A series of slots or fasteners placed on the lift bar or handle of the child seat are fitted to interface with buckle end portions of a harness assembly. By securing components of the harness assembly away from the seating area, placement of a child into the seat prior to securing the child into the seat becomes easier. Less time is required to secure the child into the safety seat, and the need for a parent to lean the child forward while securing the child into the seat is eliminated.	12-24-2015

David Grey, Platteville, CO US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150367759	Advanced Comfort Buckling System - An improved child safety seat buckling system and method of using the same for facilitating placement of a child into a child safety seat is disclosed. A series of slots or fasteners placed on the lift bar or handle of the child seat are fitted to interface with buckle end portions of a harness assembly. By securing components of the harness assembly away from the seating area, placement of a child into the seat prior to securing the child into the seat becomes easier. Less time is required to secure the child into the safety seat, and the need for a parent to lean the child forward while securing the child into the seat is eliminated.	12-24-2015

Dominic Grey, Blaine, MN US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100193455	WALL-MOUNTED FURNITURE SYSTEM - A wall mounted shelving system for electronic devices that provides simple and effective post-installation wire management and that can also be easily positionally adjusted post-installation.	08-05-2010
20100309615	DISPLAY WALL MOUNT WITH ELASTOMERIC SPRING LATCH AND POST-INSTALLATION HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT AND LEVELING FEATURE - A mounting system for an electronic display providing enhanced versatility of movement and ease of installation. The mounting system includes a latch and kickstand assembly for latching the display to a support structure mountable to a wall and propping the bottom edge of the display away from the wall to enable connection of wires to the back of the display while the display is mounted on the wall. The mount further includes a vertical position adjustment assembly to enable vertical positioning and leveling of the display after the display is mounted.	12-09-2010
20140138500	DISPLAY WALL MOUNT WITH ELASTOMERIC SPRING LATCH - A mounting system for an electronic display providing enhanced versatility of movement and ease of installation. The mounting system includes a latch and kickstand assembly for latching the display to a support structure mountable to a wall and propping the bottom edge of the display away from the wall to enable connection of wires to the back of the display while the display is mounted on the wall. The mount further includes a vertical position adjustment assembly to enable vertical positioning and leveling of the display after the display is mounted.	05-22-2014

Dominic D. Grey, Blaine, MN US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090084918	ADJUSTABLE TILT MOUNT - A mounting system for an interface such as a flat panel display such as a computer monitor or television allows the display to be pivoted about a virtual pivot axis which passes through a center of gravity of the display. The system includes a support which is connected directly or indirectly to a support surface and a mount which is connected to a back side of the display. The support and the mount are slidable with respect to one another through an arc which has the virtual pivot axis as its center.	04-02-2009
20110102984	ADJUSTABLE TILT MOUNT - A mounting system for an interface such as a flat panel display such as a computer monitor or television allows the display to be pivoted about a virtual pivot axis which passes through a center of gravity of the display. The system includes a support which is connected directly or indirectly to a support surface and a mount which is connected to a back side of the display. The support and the mount are slidable with respect to one another through an arc which has the virtual pivot axis as its center.	05-05-2011
20140263108	MODULAR STACKABLE EQUIPMENT RACK - A stackable equipment rack system, including separate modular racks, that enables equipment to be mounted in the rack system continuously along the entire height of the rack system, including at the junction between the stacked racks.	09-18-2014

George Grey, Wayland, MA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100324999	ADVERTISEMENT PROXY SERVICE - An advertising proxy server enables limited-functionality web browsers, such as those commonly installed on mobile devices, to display web page content quickly, without incurring the delay normally associated with displaying web pages containing advertisements. When such a web browser requests a web page containing advertisements from a web server, the web server: (1) serves the main web page content to the web browser; and (2) instructs the advertising proxy server to retrieve the web page's advertising content. The web browser may render the main web page content while the advertising proxy server is retrieving the advertising content from a conventional advertising server. The web browser requests the advertising content from the advertising proxy server, which serves the advertising content, when available, to the web browser, which then renders the advertising content. The web browser may perform these functions without the need to execute JavaScript or other non-HTML code.	12-23-2010

James A. Grey, Cedar Park, TX US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090172476	Test Executive System with Memory Leak Detection for User Code Modules - A system and method for automatically detecting heap corruption errors and memory leak errors caused by user-supplied code modules that are called by steps of a test executive sequence. The test executive sequence may first be created by including a plurality of test executive steps in the test executive sequence and configuring at least a subset of the steps to call user-supplied code modules. The test executive sequence may then be executed on a host computer under control of a test executive engine. For each step that calls a user-supplied code module, the test executive engine may perform certain actions to automatically detect whether the user-supplied code module causes a heap corruption error and/or automatically detect whether the user-supplied code module causes a memory leak error.	07-02-2009
20140006860	Test Executive System With Processing of Results Data in Chunks	01-02-2014
20140006867	Test Executive System With Process Model Plug-ins	01-02-2014
20140006868	Test Executive System With Offline Results Processing	01-02-2014

James W. Grey, Holly, MI US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100117298	Vehicle designer - A board game for developing skills in the functional and ornamental design of a land vehicle and land vehicle systems comprising an assortment of tiles magnetically retained to a board, having images of portions of a vehicle, for creating alternate vehicle designs that share common tiles, a board for assembling an arrangement of some of the tiles to images of vehicles that share common files and a design aid for creating a new ornamental and functional vehicle design comprised of a reference underlay for defining a minimum envelope for circumscribing a vehicle design.	05-13-2010
20120153568	Random number generator and method - A kidney shaped number generator for randomly placing numbers in Keno and other lottery number games comprising: a base, a set of numbered disks on opposite sides of the base, each of said disks having numbers on opposite sides of the disk, a mask overlying each of the sets of numbered disks and a transparent cover on opposite sides of the base for enclosing the numbered disks. Each of the masks has a window through which selected sets of numbers are exposed. An important feature of the invention is that the generator can be used in different lotteries by merely changing the masks and amounts of numbered disks. In a first embodiment, the masks are labels adhesively applied to outer or inner surfaces of the transparent outer covers. In a second embodiment, the masks are thin sheets of materials with graphics between the numbered disks and transparent outer covers.	06-21-2012
20120153570	Keno lottery number generator - A universal random number generator for placing a bets in a variety of lottery number games comprising: a generally rectangular transparent casing for supporting a drinking vessel having a vertical outer wall for confining spillage from said drinking vessel, a set of numbered disks, a series of traps for capturing some of the numbered disks and a mask in covering relationship to the numbered disks. The mask has a window for exposing some of the numbered disks in one of the traps when the generator is shaken. The number generator is adapted to a specific lottery by providing a pre-assigned number of disks and mask with a pre-assigned window size.	06-21-2012

Jonathan Grey, Huntersville, NC US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100199968	PEDESTAL FOR A BURNER OF A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE - A gas burner of a household cooking appliance is provided. The gas burner includes a burner portion, and a pedestal portion under the burner portion for elevating the burner portion above a cooktop surface of the household cooking appliance. The pedestal portion includes a base portion for mounting with the cooktop surface of the household cooking appliance, and an upper portion that interposes the base portion and the burner portion, and interfaces with the burner portion. A perimeter of the base portion has no mathematical correlation to one of a perimeter of the burner portion and a perimeter of the upper portion.	08-12-2010

Kevin Grey, Bellevue, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140075185	SECURELY HANDLING SERVER CERTIFICATE ERRORS IN SYNCHRONIZATION COMMUNICATION - An invalid digital certificate can be saved and subsequently compared to an incoming digital certificate when performing a security check. If a subsequently provided digital certificate does not match the saved digital certificate, an error condition can be generated. Because a digital certificate can be invalid for non-malicious reasons, such technologies can be useful for improving software security.	03-13-2014

Leslie Earl Grey, Windsor, CT US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110048865	SECURITY-BASED ELEVATOR CONTROL - An exemplary method of controlling a plurality of elevator cars includes determining that there is a security violation condition involving at least one of the elevator cars at a landing. That elevator car is prevented from moving from the landing until the condition is resolved. The other elevator cars are controlled such that they do not provide elevator service to or from the landing until the condition is resolved.	03-03-2011

Rebecca Massie Grey, West Alexandria, OH US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090143272	ORGANIC CATALYST WITH ENHANCED SOLUBILITY - This invention relates to organic catalysts comprising iminium or oxaziridinium moieties, cleaning compositions comprising such catalysts; and processes for making and using such catalysts and cleaning products.	06-04-2009
20090149366	ORGANIC CATALYST WITH ENHANCED ENZYME COMPATIBILITY - This invention relates to cleaning compositions comprising organic catalysts having enhanced enzyme compatibility and processes for making and using such cleaning compositions.	06-11-2009
20110027419	Animal Food and Its Appearance - Animal feeds comprising at least one kibble comprising a colored appearance. The colored appearance can communicate to a purchaser of the animal feed that the kibble provides a health benefit. The kibble can further comprise an active, such as a Probiotic, that provides a health benefit. The active kibbles can be mixed with non-active kibbles.	02-03-2011
20110253931	ORGANIC CATALYST WITH ENHANCED SOLUBILITY - This invention relates to organic catalysts comprising iminium or oxaziridinium moieties, cleaning compositions comprising such catalysts; and processes for making and using such catalysts and cleaning products.	10-20-2011
20110283463	ORGANIC CATALYST WITH ENHANCED ENZYME COMPATIBILITY - This invention relates to cleaning compositions comprising organic catalysts having enhanced enzyme compatibility and processes for making and using such cleaning compositions.	11-24-2011
20130059028	Compositions and Methods for Providing a Life-Stage-Appropriate Animal Diet - An array of animal diets nutritionally tailored to different animal life stages. A method for facilitating the selection of a life-stage appropriate diet for an animal. The method may comprise providing an indicium to facilitate an anthropomorphic connection between the animal life stage and a corresponding human life stage.	03-07-2013
20140161962	PET FOOD WITH PERCEPTIBLE SHAPES - A processed dry pet food having perceptible shapes is provided. The pet food includes a mixture of solid shaped kibble and shadow-enhancing kibble.	06-12-2014

Roger Grey, West Chester, PA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150375200	METHOD OF PREPARING EXPOXIDATION CATALYSTS - A method of preparing epoxidation catalysts is disclosed. The method comprises: (a) adding an inorganic siliceous solid to a column to produce a solid-filled column; (b) adding to the solid-filled column a solution comprising titanium tetrachloride and a hydrocarbon solvent to produce a titanium tetrachloride-impregnated solid; and (c) calcining the titanium tetrachloride-impregnated solid at a temperature from 500° C. to 1000° C. to produce the catalyst. The inorganic siliceous solid has a pore volume of at least 0.8 cm	12-31-2015

Roger A. Grey, West Chester, PA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080255379	Direct epoxidation process using a mixed catalyst system - The invention is a process for epoxidizing an olefin with hydrogen and oxygen in the presence of a catalyst mixture containing a titanium or vanadium zeolite and a supported catalyst comprising palladium, gold, and an inorganic oxide carrier. Prior to its use in the epoxidation process, the supported catalyst is calcined in the presence of oxygen at a temperature from 450 to 800° C. and reduced in the presence of hydrogen at a temperature greater than 20° C. The process results in significantly reduced alkane byproduct formed by the hydrogenation of olefin.	10-16-2008
20090042718	Direct epoxidation catalyst and process - A catalyst comprising a transition metal zeolite and a noble metal supported on a titania-containing carrier is disclosed. The supported noble metal has a mean mass diameter of from 2 to 200 μm. The catalyst is used in an epoxidation process comprising reacting an olefin, hydrogen, and oxygen. The supported noble metal is well dispersed in the reaction media.	02-12-2009
20090112006	Direct epoxidation process using improved catalyst composition - Catalysts useful for the direct epoxidation of olefins are disclosed. The catalysts comprise a noble metal, lead, bismuth, and a titanium or vanadium zeolite. The noble metal, lead, and bismuth may be supported on the titanium or vanadium zeolite. The catalyst may also be a mixture comprising the titanium or vanadium zeolite and a supported catalyst comprising the noble metal, lead, bismuth, and a carrier. The invention includes a process for producing an epoxide comprising reacting an olefin, hydrogen and oxygen in the presence of the catalyst. The process results in significantly reduced alkane byproduct formed by the hydrogenation of olefin.	04-30-2009
20090192323	Spray-dried transition metal zeolite and its use - A catalyst comprising a spray-dried transition metal zeolite and a noble metal is disclosed. The spray-dried transition metal zeolite comprises a transition metal zeolite and a binder. At least 50 wt. % of the binder is titania. The catalyst is used in a process to produce an epoxide by reacting an olefin, hydrogen, and oxygen. The catalyst is easy to filter from a slurry and produces a reduced level of hydrogenation products.	07-30-2009
20100160654	Direct epoxidation process using improved catalyst - A supported catalyst and a catalyst mixture, useful for the direct epoxidation of olefins, are disclosed. The supported catalyst comprises a noble metal, lead, and a carrier that has been treated by contacting with nitric acid. The catalyst mixture comprises a titanium or vanadium zeolite and the supported catalyst. The invention also includes a process for producing an epoxide comprising reacting an olefin, hydrogen and oxygen in the presence of the catalyst mixture. The process results in significantly reduced alkane byproduct formed by the hydrogenation of olefin.	06-24-2010
20100168449	Spray dried zeolite catalyst - An attrition-resistant catalyst is prepared contacting a spray dried zeolite with a modifying agent. The modifying agent is (i) a halogen-free compound hydrolyzable to an oxide selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina, titania, zirconia, niobia, and mixtures thereof; or (ii) a sol selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina, titania, zirconia, niobia, and mixtures thereof.	07-01-2010
20100317880	Direct epoxidation process using modifiers - The invention is a process for epoxidizing an olefin with hydrogen and oxygen in a solvent comprising tertiary butyl alcohol or acetonitrile in the presence of an amide modifier and a catalyst comprising titanium-MWW zeolite and a noble metal. The process produces less ring-opened products such as glycols and glycol ethers when performed in the presence of the amide, while maintaining low alkane byproduct formed by the hydrogenation of olefin.	12-16-2010
20110152550	Direct epoxidation catalyst and process - A catalyst, useful for the direct epoxidation of olefins, is disclosed. The catalyst comprises palladium nanoparticles, support nanoparticles, and a titanium zeolite having a particle size of 2 microns or greater. The palladium nanoparticles are deposited on the support nanoparticles to form supported palladium nanoparticles, and the supported palladium nanoparticles are deposited on the titanium zeolite; or the supported palladium nanoparticles are deposited on a carrier having a particle size of 2 microns or greater. The invention also includes a process for producing an epoxide comprising reacting an olefin, hydrogen and oxygen in the presence of the catalyst. The catalysts are more active in epoxidation reactions, while demonstrating the same or better selectivity.	06-23-2011
20120083612	DIRECT EPOXIDATION CATALYST - The invention is a process for epoxidizing an olefin with hydrogen and oxygen in a solvent comprising acetonitrile in the presence of an quinone-acid salt and a catalyst comprising a titanium zeolite and a noble metal. The process results in higher productivity and improved selectivity to propylene oxide from hydrogen and oxygen, as compared to processes that use only a quinone.	04-05-2012
20130296612	METHOD OF PURIFYING CRUDE ACETONE STREAM - The present invention relates to a method of treating a crude acetone stream. The method generally includes treating a crude acetone stream which has acetone and at least one low-boiling impurity with a catalyst to form a treated acetone stream that has acetone and at least one higher-boiling impurity and then distilling the treated acetone stream to remove at least a portion of the higher-boiling impurity to produce a purified acetone stream. This is particularly helpful in processes where a more pure acetone is desired, including a process for making purified isopropanol.	11-07-2013

Ronald Lee Grey, Mansfield, MA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140038936	ISOINDOLINONE INHIBITORS OF PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE - The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of PI3K, particularly of PI3Kγ. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders.	02-06-2014

Stacy Grey, Platteville, CO US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150367759	Advanced Comfort Buckling System - An improved child safety seat buckling system and method of using the same for facilitating placement of a child into a child safety seat is disclosed. A series of slots or fasteners placed on the lift bar or handle of the child seat are fitted to interface with buckle end portions of a harness assembly. By securing components of the harness assembly away from the seating area, placement of a child into the seat prior to securing the child into the seat becomes easier. Less time is required to secure the child into the safety seat, and the need for a parent to lean the child forward while securing the child into the seat is eliminated.	12-24-2015

Steven Grey, Seneca, SC US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140266171	ELECTRICITY METER HAVING MULTIPLE HALL DEVICES - Disclosed is a metrology assembly that utilizes a multi-Hall effect device configuration which eliminates the necessity of a magnetic concentrator. In some embodiments, the metrology assembly includes a substrate or support platform configured to support at least two Hall effect devices per phase of an electricity meter. The metrology assembly may further include one or more electrical conductors coupled to the substrate and configured to conduct electric current. The at least two Hall effect devices may be coupled to the substrate at opposing sides of an associated electrical conductor, each Hall effect device being configured to detect a magnetic field created by the electric current of the associated electrical conductor, and to generate an output.	09-18-2014

Steven C. Grey, San Marcos, TX US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140136398	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSOLIDATING ACCOUNT DATA - Embodiments include a method of mapping accounts from a plurality of accounting files to a set of standard accounts. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying an account type of a first account having a first account name, mapping the first account to a first one of a plurality of sub accounts of the account type, and combining an amount of the first account with an amount in the first one of the sub accounts.	05-15-2014

Thomas J. Grey, Jacksonville, FL US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080211134	Method and apparatus for making spiral separators using sequential heating and cooling - A mold for the interior surfaces of one or more spirals is rotated and heated to a temperature sufficient to melt a weldable plastic such as LLDP or HDP plastic in a predetermined amount deposited thereon. Plastic powder not melted is recovered and redeposited until all the plastic powder is melted. The mold or molds are then actively cooled and the formed spiral is removed. An insulation layer is used to improve heating and cooling efficiency, and to control the areas where plastic is deposited. A cover closes the back of the mold.	09-04-2008
20080283447	Hot magnetic separator process and apparatus - System and method for a continuous process for separating particles according to their magnetic properties such as Curie point includes a feed of hot particles having different magnetic properties on a moving surface spaced above a stationary magnetic assembly. The temperature of the bed of particles is controlled to enable selective separation of different factions of particles based upon the temperature of the particles. The magnets are maintained substantially below their Curie point. Gaseous nitrogen is fed into and from the inside of the magnetic assembly to enhance the cooling of the magnetic assembly and to inhibit oxidation. The gas exits through high temperature bearings to inhibit debris therein. A thermal shield is placed between the moving surface and the magnets and below tubes carrying a cooling fluid to maintain magnets substantially below their Curie point. The entire process is contained with an inert gas-purged cabinet.	11-20-2008
20100122940	Beltless rare earth roll magnetic separator system and method - A material separator system and method for magnetically separating components of feedstock by directing the feedstock onto a thin rotating shell enclosing one or more rotating magnetic rolls capable of riding upon the interior of the shell. In one embodiment, a cam-and-bearing arrangement is used to permit the magnetic roll and shell each to rotate on its own independent axis. This provides the ability to adjust clearance, the line of contact, and the degree of contact between the magnetic roll and the shell. In another embodiment, a different arrangement provides the same capabilities. The system can be configured to drive a magnetic roll, which then drives the shell, or it can be configured to drive the shell, which then drives the magnetic roll. The system can also be configured as a retreater for retreating feedstock.	05-20-2010
20120241254	COMPRESSIBLE ACCOMMODATION LADDER AND RELATED METHODS - An accommodation ladder includes a body having opposite sides, an upper, and rear and bottom surfaces. The body is formed of a compressible material, such as dense foam material, and the upper surface of the body forms a staircase with a plurality of steps. Spaced stanchions extend upwardly from the staircase and stanchion pipes extend through the body and receive lines therethrough to secure the body to a marine structure. The spaced stanchions are adapted to accommodate a plurality of releasable safety lines therebetween. A method of facilitating access between adjacent first and second marine structures includes arranging the staircase accommodation ladder between the structures, the accommodation ladder being a fender between such structures.	09-27-2012
20150052785	Adjustable Slurry Spreader Plate Assembly - A spreader plate assembly for a pumped source of sand, water and rocks. Includes a generally horizontal plate spaced upstanding threaded rods affixed integrally with the plate, a splash guard affixed to the plate and located adjacent to a predetermined edge portion. An angled pipe receiving end attached to a pipe line containing slurry under pressure and an exiting end dispose above the plate located forward of the guard. Spaced arms extend horizontally from the exit end of the pipe and having collars slide on respective rods. Nuts are threaded below and above each collar, for adjusting distance between the exit end and plate to adjust the slurry output. Nuts adjust the collars to be equidistant from the plate, or the nuts on the forward rod can be adjusted to increase the distance of its collar from the plate to control the angle and control the direction of slurry.	02-26-2015

Zachary J. Grey, Indianapolis, IN US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150269490	INTEGRATING DESIGN AND FIELD MANAGEMENT OF GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTS WITH A PROBABILISTIC MODEL - Embodiments of a gas turbine engine lifecycle decision assistant apply a probabilistic-based process founded on a Bayesian mathematical framework to intelligently combine analytical models, expert judgment, and data during the development and field management of gas turbine engines. The process integrates physics-based and high-fidelity models with data and expert judgment that evolves over the course of the gas turbine engine lifecycle. Among other things, embodiments of the gas turbine engine lifecycle decision assistant can improve future predictive models and understanding while at the same time reducing risk and uncertainty in the service management of existing products.	09-24-2015