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Adam S. Lawlor, Maylands AU
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20140123978 | CURVED VORTEX TUBE - A vortex tube with an arcuate hot leg. A vortex tube include a vortex chamber couple to a first tube, a cold leg, to carry a cold air stream and a second tube, the hot leg, to cause the separation of hot and cold air. The hot leg bends in an arc to allow a longer and more efficient hot leg in reduced linear space. | 05-08-2014 |
Joseph F. Lawlor, County Laoise IE
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20090128433 | Antenna assembly - An antenna assembly ( | 05-21-2009 |
Larry Lawlor, Camlachie CA
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20100133150 | Use of A Fluorocarbon Polymer as A Surface Of A Vessel or Conduit Used In A Paraffinic Froth Treatment Process For Reducing Fouling - A use of a fluorocarbon polymer as a surface of a vessel or conduit in a paraffinic froth treatment (PFT) process, for reducing fouling. The foulant comprises asphaltenes. The surface has an average water contact angle of greater than 90 degrees, a standard deviation of water contact angles divided by the average water contact angle of less than 0.1, and impurities of less than 1000 ppmw. The fluorocarbon polymer may be a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-based polymer. The surface may be substantially free of colorants, fillers, and plasticizers. | 06-03-2010 |
Lawrence J. Lawlor, Camlachie CA
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20100072109 | REMOVAL OF ELEMENTAL SULFUR IN PIPELINES USING STATIC MIXERS - A process for removing elemental sulfur from liquid hydrocarbon steams such as transportation fuel streams, e.g. gasoline, diesel, kerosene, and jet, by contacting such streams with an immiscible aqueous solution under static mixing conditions. The aqueous solution contains a caustic and an effective amount of a Group I or Group II metal sulfide or polysulfide. The elemental sulfur in the stream is converted to a polysulfide that is not soluble in the hydrocarbon stream but is soluble in the aqueous solution, thus resulting in a hydrocarbon product stream having a substantially lower level of elemental sulfur. | 03-25-2010 |
Margaret Lawlor, Dundee GB
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20120064533 | ASSAY FOR DETECTING VITAMIN D AND ANTIBODIES THEREFOR - A molecule which recognises holo-DBP but which does not recognise apo-DBP or has relatively low affinity thereto. | 03-15-2012 |
Patrick Lawlor, Clontarf IE
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20090295181 | ACCESSORY MODULE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE WINDOW - The present invention is concerned with an accessory module system for a vehicle, the system comprising an accessory module assembly for location against an interior of a vehicle windscreen and which defines a plurality of sites for the modular location of one or more electronic accessories or the like, in particular for communicating with and/or through the vehicle windscreen, the accessory module system also including a cover assembly for location between the windscreen and a rigid frame assembly forming part of the accessory module assembly, the cover assembly being resiliently deformable in order to be capable of closely conforming to the shape of the windscreen. | 12-03-2009 |
Patrick Lawlor, Dublin IE
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20120310519 | ACCESSORY MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - An accessory mounting system for a vehicle includes spaced apart fixing elements adhesively attached at a surface of a vehicle windshield. A frame has receiving portions that are spaced apart from one another in a manner that corresponds with the spacing apart of the fixing elements, and each of the receiving portions is configured to receive a respective and corresponding one of the fixing elements. Elongated portions of the fixing elements are at least partially received in respective and corresponding ones of the receiving portions of the frame and cooperate with the receiving portions to attach the frame at the windshield. The frame includes structure for receiving an accessory thereat. The accessory includes a camera and, when the accessory is received at the structure of the frame, the line of vision of the camera passes through an aperture existing in the frame. | 12-06-2012 |
Patrick J. Lawlor, Dublin IE
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20150329063 | ACCESSORY MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - An accessory mounting system includes a plurality of individual fixing elements configured to be adhesively attached at a surface of a vehicle windshield. With the fixing elements adhesively attached at the windshield, the fixing elements are spaced apart from one another. Each of the fixing elements includes a base portion that is configured to be directly adhesively attached at the windshield and an elongated portion that extends from the base portion in a direction away from the windshield when the base portion is attached at the windshield. A frame has a plurality of individual receiving portions. The elongated portions of the fixing elements are at least partially received in respective and corresponding ones of the receiving portions of the frame to attach the frame at the windshield when the fixing elements are attached at the surface of the windshield. The frame comprises structure for receiving an accessory thereat. | 11-19-2015 |
Patrick J. Lawlor, Clontarf IE
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20110216429 | TEMPERATURE SENSOR ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE - A temperature sensor assembly may include a thermally insulating body, a temperature sensing element within the body, and a thermally conductive element exposed externally of the body and in thermal communication with the temperature sensing element. The thermally conductive element may have a substantially planar exposed upper surface, with the temperature sensing element in thermal communication with a lower surface of the thermally conductive element. A thermally insulating housing assembly may have an upper end surrounding and supporting the temperature sensing element, with the housing assembly extending downwardly away from the lower surface of the thermally conductive element and having an internal air gap surrounding leads for the temperature sensing element. A mirror mounting system may include a mounting bracket adapted for releasable connection to a vehicle window, with the sensor assembly resiliently mounted to the bracket and urged against the window when the bracket is connected to the window. | 09-08-2011 |
20140341250 | TEMPERATURE SENSOR SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A temperature sensor system for a vehicle includes a temperature sensor assembly having a thermally insulating body, a temperature sensing element thermally insulated within the body, and a thermally conductive contacting element exposed externally of the body and in thermal communication with the temperature sensing element. The thermally conductive contacting element is urged into contact with an interior cabin side of a windshield of the vehicle for sensing the temperature of the vehicle windshield. A controller, responsive to the temperature sensing element and another temperature sensing element and a humidity sensing element of the vehicle, is operable to calculate an ambient dew point and to control a cabin climate control system of the vehicle responsive to the calculated ambient dew point. The other temperature sensing element is mounted in the vehicle away from the vehicle windshield. | 11-20-2014 |
Paul Lawlor, Nottingham GB
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20090083848 | PRINTING METHOD - A method and apparatus for printing a data item. The method comprises receiving at a printer a first component of said data item from an external data source; generating a second component of said data item at said printer; and printing said data item by printing said first and second components. | 03-26-2009 |
Robert Lawlor, County Kildare IE
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20090060207 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SOUND SOURCE SEPARATION - The present invention relates generally to the field of audio engineering and more particularly to methods of Sound Source Separation, where individual sources are extracted from a multiple source recording. More specifically, the present invention is directed at a method of analysis of stereo recordings to facilitate the separation of individual musical sound sources from stereo music recordings. In particular, the method provides for A method of modifying a stereo recording for subsequent analysis, the stereo recording comprising a first channel signal and a second channel signal, the method comprising the steps of: converting the first channel signal into the frequency domain, converting the second channel signal into the frequency domain, defining a set of scaling factors, producing a frequency azimuth plane by 1) gain scaling the frequency converted first channel by a first scaling factor selected from the set of defined scaling factors, 2) subtracting the gain scaled first signal from the second signal, and 3) repeating steps 1) and 2) individually for the remaining scaling factors in the defined set to produce the frequency azimuth plane which represents magnitudes of different frequencies for each of the scaling factors and which may be used for subsequent analysis. | 03-05-2009 |
Thomas Lawlor, Limerick IE
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20150307274 | WEIGHING SYSTEM FOR A FRONT-END-LOADING WASTE-HAULING VEHICLE - A weighing system for a waste-hauling vehicle having a front end loader with at least two arms for lifting a waste container, the weighing system comprising: an extensometer mounted on at least one arm of the front end loader, the extensometer secured to separate extensometer mounts so that the extensometer is operative to detect deflections in the front end loader arm in response to loads of varying weights; and a vehicle data hub in communication with the extensometer, the vehicle data hub operative to receive inputs from the extensometer and determine therefrom: (i) the weight of a waste container containing waste as the waste container is lifted by the front end loader for emptying into a waste receptacle on the vehicle; (ii) the weight of the waste container as it is lowered by the front end loader after the waste container has been emptied into the waste receptacle on the vehicle; and (iii) the net weight of the waste that was contained in the container. | 10-29-2015 |
Tom Lawlor, Co. Limerick IE
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20120285750 | WEIGHT MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR ACCURATELY DETERMINING THE WEIGHT OF MATERIAL IN A CONTAINER BEING LIFTED - A weight measurement system for accurately determining the weight of material in a container being lifted. The system includes a hydraulic system comprising a mechanical lift arm for lifting and emptying a container, a dampener operable on the hydraulic system for reducing and minimising oscillations of the hydraulic system during operation of the mechanical arm, a weight transducer based weighing system for weighing the container during at least one of a lift and after being emptied and to provide an output indicative of each weighing during periods of dampening of the mechanical lift arm, and a processor configured to use at least the outputs of the weighing system to provide a weight of the material in the container. | 11-15-2012 |
Vincent Patrick Lawlor, Dublin IE
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20110205304 | Thermal Bend Actuator With Resistive Heating Bar - A thermal bend actuator including: a pair of electrical contacts positioned at one end of the actuator; an active beam connected to the electrical contacts and extending longitudinally away from the contacts, the active beam defining a bent current flow path between the contacts; and a passive beam fused to the active beam. When a current is passed through the active beam, the active beam heats and expands relative to the passive beam, resulting in bending of the actuator. The active beam includes a resistive heating bar having a relatively smaller cross-sectional area than any other part of the current flow path. Heating of the active beam is concentrated in the heating bar. | 08-25-2011 |
20110228007 | INK PRINTHEAD HAVING CERAMIC NOZZLE PLATE DEFINING MOVABLE PORTIONS - An inkjet printhead includes a ceramic nozzle plate having a plurality of movable portions defined therein and a polymeric material covering the nozzle plate and the plurality of movable portions. | 09-22-2011 |
20110285793 | METHOD OF CONFIGURING PRINTHEAD TO EJECT INK DROPLETS OF PREDETERMINED VOLUME - A method of configuring a printhead to eject ink droplets of a predetermined volume. The method includes the steps of: (i) providing a printhead having a plurality of bend-actuated nozzles assemblies; (ii) varying a bulk hydrostatic pressure of ink supplied to the printhead so as to vary a volume of ejected ink droplets; (iii) determining an optimal bulk hydrostatic ink pressure corresponding to the predetermined volume; and (iv) configuring an ink supply system to supply ink to the printhead at the optimal bulk hydrostatic ink pressure. | 11-24-2011 |
20120062656 | THERMAL BEND ACTUATOR HAVING BILAYERED PASSIVE BEAM - A thermal bend actuator includes: an active beam for connection to drive circuitry; and a passive beam mechanically cooperating with the active beam, such that when a current is passed through the active beam, the active beam expands relative to the passive beam, resulting in bending of the actuator. The passive beam has first and second layers with the second layer sandwiched between the first layer and the active beam. The first layer is thicker than the second layer. | 03-15-2012 |
20120081429 | METHOD OF PRINTING AT DOT DENSITY EXCEEDING NOZZLE DENSITY IN STATIONARY PAGEWIDTH PRINTHEAD - A method of printing at a dot density exceeding a nozzle density in a stationary pagewidth printhead. The method includes the steps of: (i) advancing a print medium transversely past the stationary printhead at a rate of one line per one line-time; and (ii) firing droplets of ink from predetermined nozzles in a nozzle row to create successive lines of print. Some or all of the predetermined nozzles fire droplets of ink at a plurality of predetermined different dot positions along a longitudinal axis of the printhead during one line-time, such that the printed dot density in each line of print exceeds the nozzle density. | 04-05-2012 |
20120081432 | STATIONARY INKJET PRINTHEAD WITH DEAD NOZZLE COMPENSATION PROVIDED BY NOZZLES IN SAME NOZZLES ROW - A stationary pagewidth inkjet printhead has one or more nozzle rows extending along a longitudinal axis of the printhead. Each nozzle is configurable to fire a droplet of ink at a plurality of predetermined different dot positions along the longitudinal axis, and each nozzle has an associated primary dot position. The printhead is configured to compensate for a dead nozzle by printing from a selected functioning nozzle positioned in a same nozzle row as the dead nozzle. The selected functioning nozzle is configured to fire some ink droplets at the primary dot position associated with the dead nozzle and to fire some ink droplets at its own primary dot position. | 04-05-2012 |
20120081435 | METHOD OF COMPENSATING FOR DEAD NOZZLES IN STATIONARY PAGEWIDTH PRINTHEAD - A method of compensating for a dead nozzle in a stationary pagewidth printhead. The method includes the steps of: (i) identifying the dead nozzle; (ii) selecting a functioning nozzle in a same nozzle row as the dead nozzle; and firing ink droplets from the selected functioning nozzle at a primary dot position associated with the dead nozzle. | 04-05-2012 |
20120081463 | INKJET NOZZLE ASSEMBLY WITH DROP DIRECTIONALITY CONTROL VIA INDEPENDENTLY ACTUABLE ROOF PADDLES - An inkjet nozzle assembly having: a nozzle chamber for containing ink, the nozzle chamber including a floor and a roof having a nozzle opening defined therein; and a plurality of moveable paddles defining part of the roof. The plurality of paddles are actuable to cause ejection of an ink droplet from the nozzle opening. Each paddle includes a thermal bend actuator, and each actuator is independently controllable via respective drive circuitry such that a direction of droplet ejection from the nozzle opening is controllable by independent movement of each paddle. | 04-05-2012 |
20120081464 | PAGEWIDTH INKJET PRINTHEAD WITH DROP DIRECTIONALITY CONTROL - A stationary pagewidth inkjet printhead is comprised of a plurality of printhead integrated circuits butted end-on-end across the pagewidth. The printhead includes one or more nozzle rows extending along a longitudinal axis of the printhead, each nozzle row comprising a plurality of nozzles. One or more of the nozzles are configured to fire a droplet of ink at a plurality of predetermined different dot positions along the longitudinal axis. | 04-05-2012 |
20120081465 | INKJET PRINTHEAD WITH JOIN REGIONS SEAMLESSLY COMPENSATED BY DIRECTIONAL NOZZLES - A stationary pagewidth inkjet printhead has one or more nozzle rows extending along a longitudinal axis of the printhead. The printhead is comprised of a plurality of printhead modules having first and second opposite ends butted across a width of a page. Each butting pair of printhead modules defines a common join region, wherein a nozzle pitch across the join region exceeds one nozzle pitch, one nozzle pitch being defined as a minimum longitudinal distance between a pair of nozzles in a same nozzle row. A first nozzle positioned at the first end of a first printhead module in a butting pair is configured to fire ink droplets into a respective join region. | 04-05-2012 |
20120081467 | INKJET PRINTHEAD HAVING COMMON CONDUCTIVE TRACK ON NOZZLE PLATE - An inkjet printhead includes: a substrate having a drive circuitry layer; a plurality of nozzle assemblies disposed on an upper surface of the substrate and arranged in one or more nozzle rows extending longitudinally along the printhead; a nozzle plate extending across the printhead; and a conductive track disposed on the nozzle plate which extends longitudinally along the printhead and parallel with the nozzle rows. The conductive track is connected to a common reference plane in the drive circuitry layer via a plurality of conductor posts extending between the drive circuitry layer and the conductive track. | 04-05-2012 |
20120081469 | PAGEWIDTH INKJET PRINTHEAD CONFIGURED SUCH THAT PRINTED DOT DENSITY EXCEEDS NOZZLE DENSITY - A stationary pagewidth inkjet printhead has one or more nozzle rows extending along a longitudinal axis of the printhead. Each nozzle is configured to fire a droplet of ink at a plurality of predetermined different dot positions along the longitudinal axis, such that a printed dot density exceeds a nozzle density of the printhead. | 04-05-2012 |
20120081470 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING DROP DIRECTIONALITY FROM INKJET NOZZLE USING MULTIPLE INDEPENDENTLY-ACTUABLE ROOF PADDLES - A method of controlling a direction of droplet ejection from an inkjet nozzle having a plurality of moveable paddles, the method includes the steps of: (i) actuating a first thermal bend actuator via respective first drive circuitry such that a respective first paddle bends towards a floor of the nozzle chamber; (ii) actuating a second thermal bend actuator via respective second drive circuitry such that a respective second paddle bends towards a floor of the nozzle chamber; and (iii) thereby ejecting a droplet of ink. Actuation of the first and second thermal bend actuators is independently controlled via the first and second drive circuitry so as to control the direction of droplet ejection. | 04-05-2012 |
20120081472 | PRINTHEAD INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH END NOZZLES FIRING AT MULTIPLE DOT POSITIONS - A printhead integrated circuit includes one or more nozzle rows extending along a longitudinal axis thereof. The printhead IC has first and second ends for butting engagement with other printhead ICs so as to define a pagewidth printhead. Each nozzle has an associated primary dot position, wherein a first nozzle positioned at the first end is configured to fire some ink droplets skewed towards the first end in addition to firing some ink droplets at its own primary dot position. | 04-05-2012 |
20120081473 | PRINTHEAD INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH PRINTABLE ZONE LONGER THAN NOZZLE ROW - A printhead integrated circuit (IC) for a stationary pagewidth printhead, includes nozzle rows extending along a longitudinal axis thereof. A length of a printable zone corresponding to the nozzle row is longer than a length of the nozzle row. | 04-05-2012 |
20120081474 | PRINTHEAD INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING COMMON CONDUCTIVE TRACK FUSED TO NOZZLE PLATE - An inkjet printhead integrated circuit (IC) includes: a substrate having a drive circuitry layer; a plurality of nozzle assemblies disposed on an upper surface of the substrate and arranged in one or more nozzle rows extending longitudinally along the printhead IC; a nozzle plate extending across the printhead IC; and a conductive track fused to the nozzle plate which extends longitudinally along the printhead IC and parallel with the nozzle rows. The conductive track is connected to a common reference plane in the drive circuitry layer via a plurality of conductor posts extending between the drive circuitry layer and the conductive track. | 04-05-2012 |
Vincent Patrick Lawlor, Balmian AU
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20100045749 | Thermal Bend Actuator Comprising Bilayered Passive Beam - A thermal bend actuator comprises an active beam for connection to drive circuitry and a passive beam mechanically cooperating with the active beam. When a current is passed through the active beam, the active beam expands relative to the passive beam resulting in bending of the actuator. The passive beam is comprised of first and second layers, and the second layer is sandwiched between the first layer and the active beam. The second layer is relatively more thermally insulating than the first layer. | 02-25-2010 |