Kennedy, Jr., US
Harold Kennedy, Jr., Fuquay Varina, NC US
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20110291409 | Pipe Gripping Elements with Buttress Pockets and Pipe Joint Restraints Incorporating Same - A pipe gripping element has an arcuate pipe engaging face with opposite front and rear edges, and an elongated, arcuate tooth extending outwardly therefrom between the front and rear edges. A portion of the pipe engaging face between the front edge thereof and the tooth forms a buttress pocket that retains a volume of pipe material displaced when the tooth is extended into a surface of a pipe. The displaced pipe material forms a load bearing buttress that prevents pipe movement. A pipe joint restraint includes an annular retainer gland, a plurality of pockets circumferentially spaced around the gland, and a plurality of pipe gripping elements operably associated therewith for gripping and restraining a pipe. A plurality of stops are associated with a projecting rim of the pipe joint restraint and limit the distance the projecting rim can be inserted within a second pipe fitting. | 12-01-2011 |
20120274063 | PIPE CONNECTING APPARATUS - A pipe connecting apparatus includes an outer gland assembly having a plurality of outer gland segments adapted to engage first and second pipes, a sealing member, and an inner gland assembly. Each outer gland segment has an arcuate wall with a groove formed therein, a rear wall extending radially inward from the arcuate wall, and a pair of connection members. The outer gland segments, when connected, define an annular groove and an adjacent annular space. The annular groove receives an outer edge of a bell end flange. The sealing member is disposed within the annular space and the inner gland assembly is disposed within the annular space adjacent the sealing member. The inner gland assembly includes a plurality of pipe gripping members, each pivotable within the annular space in response to an axial force such that a respective tooth of each is inserted into a surface of the first pipe. | 11-01-2012 |
Howard J. Kennedy, Jr., Hamilton Square, NJ US
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20090259941 | Preprocessing Video to Insert Visual Elements and Applications Thereof - Embodiments of this invention relate to preprocessing video such that visual elements, such as advertisements, can be inserted at a later point in time when the video is requested by a user. In an embodiment, a video and target data is received. The video is analyzed to determine how a target moves and changes over time. Metadata describing how the target moves and changes over time is stored. When a user requests an on-demand video such as from a video sharing site, a visual element is inserted into the video. The visual elements move and change as defined in the stored metadata. In this way, advertisements can be inserted into on-demand video such as video from a video sharing website. | 10-15-2009 |
James C. Kennedy, Jr., Worthington, OH US
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20090032789 | Impact Attenuator System - An impact attenuator system includes a hyperelastic member that comprises an energy-absorbing material which behaves in a rate-independent hyperelastic manner so that its permanent set is minimized and the material can absorb tremendous amounts of impact energy while remaining fully recoverable. | 02-05-2009 |
John Kennedy, Jr., Ridge, NY US
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20100020166 | Environmental hazard warning system - A system, including a radiological or other environmental hazard detector, has means to overlay graphical and or alpha numeric text video of the hazard status, alarm annunciation, and or hazard level information, onto the video output of a pre-existing surveillance camera installation. The surveillance camera installation can be fixed or mobile. The system, contained in a field installable module, may utilize power available from the surveillance camera installation. The analog video coaxial cable from the camera is interrupted, such that the video signal is run through the module. This system permits low cost installation of environmental hazard monitoring into an existing analog video surveillance system. | 01-28-2010 |
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Great Falls, VA US
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20090186632 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION FOR NETWORK OVERLAY GEOLOCATION SYSEM WITH REPEATERS - A novel system and method for a network overlay geolocation system operating in a host wireless communication system with repeaters is disclosed. Embodiments of the novel system and method enable the geolocation system to determine if signals being received by the geolocation system arrive directly from a target mobile appliance or if the signals are passing through a repeater and therefore are subject to a known time delay. Embodiments of the novel system and method provide a more accurate geolocation of mobiles served by repeater stations than capable in the prior art. | 07-23-2009 |
20090215389 | System and method for identifying the path or devices on the path of a communication signal - A system and method of applying a known modification in the form of a distortion to a signal to enable a determination if a signal received by a first node is received directly from a second node or indirectly through a repeater. The repeater receives a primary signal and creates a secondary signal as a function of the primary signal and a known distortion, wherein the known distortion identifies the repeater. The primary signal is transmitted and injected with the secondary signal as the first signal to the primary receiver. | 08-27-2009 |
20100120413 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR APPLYING WIRELESS GEOLOCATION TECHNOLOGY - A system and method for determining the positioning of mobile-appliance location determining sensors in a mobile-appliance communications network by estimating the positioning accuracy of the sensors. | 05-13-2010 |
20100178929 | Network Overlay Geo-Location System with Smart Antennas and Method of Operation - A system and method in a wireless communication system having plural base stations ( | 07-15-2010 |
20110034122 | System and Method of Operation For Network Overlay Geolocation System With Repeaters - A novel system and method for a network overlay geolocation system operating in a host wireless communication system with repeaters is disclosed. Embodiments of the novel system and method enable wireless communication system to determine if signals being received by system receivers arrive directly from a target mobile appliance or if the signals are passing through a repeater. The system's determination may be based at least in part on the TA of the signal, the power of the received signal, the power of the transmitted signal, the hearability of the signal at system receivers, the hearability of system transmitters at the mobile and the known delays associated with the repeaters. Embodiments of the novel system and method provide a more accurate geolocation of mobiles served by repeater stations than capable in the prior art. | 02-10-2011 |
20110034123 | System and Method for Identifying the Path or Devices on the Path of a Communication Signal - A system and method of applying a known modification in the form of a distortion to a signal to enable a determination if a signal received by a first node is received directly from a second node or indirectly through a repeater. The repeater receives a primary signal and creates a secondary signal as a function of the primary signal and a known distortion, wherein the known distortion identifies the repeater. The primary signal is transmitted and injected with the secondary signal as the first signal to the primary receiver. | 02-10-2011 |
20110230206 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SINGLE SENSOR GEOLOCATION - A system and method for determining a position of a wireless mobile device. The method comprising the steps of providing one base station in communication with the mobile device, providing a sensor spaced apart a known distance from the base station, and determining the range between the mobile device and the base station. The time of arrival of a signal transmitted from the mobile device is measured at the sensor and a set of coordinates is calculated for the mobile device relative to the sensor as a function of the known distance from the sensor to the base station, the range between the mobile device and the base station, an estimate of base station transmission timing relative to a time source, and the time of arrival. One of the set of coordinates may then be chosen to thereby determine a position of the mobile device relative to the sensor. | 09-22-2011 |
20120034931 | System and Method for Detection of Mobile Operating Through A Repeater - A system and method for a network analysis system operating in a wireless communication system with repeaters is disclosed. Embodiments of the system and method enable the network analysis system to determine if signals being received by the network receivers arrive directly from a target mobile appliance or if the signals are passing through a repeater. The repeaters through an augmentation measure attribute of a received signal to a network manager and based on these attributes it is determine whether the signal is served by a repeater or other network device. | 02-09-2012 |
20120064821 | System and Method for Identifying the Path or Devices on the Path of a Communication Signal Using (1+r(T)) Amplitude Modulation - A system and method of applying a known modification to a signal to enable a determination of a signal received by a first node is received directly from a second node or indirectly through a repeater. The repeater receives a primary signal and creates a secondary signal as a function of the primary signal and a known modification, wherein the known modification identifies the repeater. The primary signal is transmitted and injected with the secondary signal as the first signal to the primary receiver. | 03-15-2012 |
20120064822 | System and Method for Identifying the Path or Devices on the Path of a Communication Signal - A system and method of applying a known modification in the form of a distortion to a signal to enable a determination if a signal received by a first node is received directly from a second node or indirectly through a repeater. The repeater receives a primary signal and creates a secondary signal as a function of the primary signal and a known distortion, wherein the known distortion identifies the repeater. The primary signal is transmitted and injected with the secondary signal as the first signal to the primary receiver. | 03-15-2012 |
Robert William Kennedy, Jr., Kent, WA US
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20160048631 | System and Method for Wiring an Aircraft - A method and apparatus for establishing a wire network for a platform. The apparatus for establishing a wire network for an aircraft comprises a wire manager and a layout manager. The wire manager sorts a plurality of wires for the aircraft into a plurality of bundles based on a plurality of categories established for the plurality of wires with respect to operation of the aircraft. The plurality of categories includes an essential category and the plurality of bundles includes a primary bundle corresponding to the essential category. The layout manager generates a primary layout output for the primary bundle based on an available space within the aircraft. Forming and installing a primary wire harness corresponding to the primary bundle in the aircraft based on the primary layout output independently of a remaining portion of the plurality of bundles improves a build efficiency of the aircraft. | 02-18-2016 |
Stanley O. Kennedy, Jr., Littleton, CO US
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20100228480 | SPACE SATELLITE TRACKING AND IDENTIFICATION - A Space Tracking and Identification (STI) method and system uses low-cost identification and location beacon devices situated on each satellite. Preferably, these beacon devices are substantially independent of the mission-specific and satellite-specific navigation and communication systems, thereby allowing their use on any satellite or other space object. The beacon preferably includes a GPS receiver, an on-board processor, and a transmitter that transmits an identifier of the satellite and location information, and optionally other navigation-related information, to a relay satellite or directly to a ground-based system. The ground system delivers the received information, or a processed version thereof, to a recipient associated with the satellite identifier. The beacon preferably uses a Sensor Enabled Notification System (SENS) transmitter that uses Code Phase Division Multiple Access (CPDMA™) to assure low-cost, low-bandwidth, and virtually unlimited extensibility. | 09-09-2010 |
Thomas William Kennedy, Jr., Dallas, TX US
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20100161538 | Device for user input - An electronic device receives text inputs. The device predicts the user's intended input by analyzing text previously and subsequently entered. The device compares the previous and subsequent input to the current input to ensure that the inputs are compatible. The device may also be capable of comparing previous input to predict current input. The device also may contain a keyboard designed to minimize user input error. Examples to which this invention applies include predictive text and autocorrect features of word processors and mobile phones. | 06-24-2010 |
20120142421 | Device for interactive entertainment - A user participates in a real-life event wherein the results of the user's participation are displayed in a virtual environment. Said user can move in response to a real-life event, and those movements can be detected and processed to create a result. | 06-07-2012 |