Ralph H.
Ralph H. Brenner, Jr., Los Angeles, CA US
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20130054416 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY PUBLISHING CONTENT - The publishing system and method automates at least some portion of a publishing process. The system publishes content using metadata, rights templates and/or specifications, publishing profiles and business rules. | 02-28-2013 |
Ralph H. Castain, Fort Collins, CO US
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20110243150 | Facilitating Communication Of Routing Information - In certain embodiments, facilitating communication of routing information includes receiving, at a shim, incoming messages communicating routing information from a first protocol point of one or more protocol points operating according to a routing protocol. The shim belongs to an internal region separate from an external region, and a transport layer is disposed between the shim and the protocol points. The incoming messages are processed and sent to siblings that belong to the internal region. Each sibling implements a state machine for the routing protocol. Outgoing messages are received from a first sibling. The outgoing messages are processed and sent to a second protocol point of the one or more protocol points. | 10-06-2011 |
Ralph H. Davis, Laguna Beach, CA US
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20090115601 | Footwear with embedded tracking device and method of manufacture - Footwear with an embedded tracking device includes a sole and an upper. The tracking device is disposed in a cavity formed in the top surface of the sole. A wireless communication antenna and/or a location signal antenna is disposed on the upper. The antenna(s) is/are connected to the tracking device via a flexible circuit substrate. In a particular embodiment, the location signal antenna is a passive, directional GPS antenna supported in an upwardly facing position in the heel portion of the upper. A method for manufacturing footwear with an embedded tracking device is also disclosed. The method includes providing a footwear upper, incorporating an antenna in the footwear upper, providing a footwear sole, fixing the footwear upper to the footwear sole, incorporating a tracking device into the footwear sole, and connecting the tracking device to the antenna. | 05-07-2009 |
20110187528 | FOOTWEAR WITH EMBEDDED TRACKING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - Footwear with an embedded tracking device includes a sole and an upper. The tracking device is disposed in a cavity formed in the top surface of the sole. A wireless communication antenna and/or a location signal antenna is disposed on the upper. The antenna(s) is/are connected to the tracking device via a flexible circuit substrate. In a particular embodiment, the location signal antenna is a passive, directional GPS antenna supported in an upwardly facing position in the heel portion of the upper. A method for manufacturing footwear with an embedded tracking device is also disclosed. The method includes providing a footwear upper, incorporating an antenna in the footwear upper, providing a footwear sole, fixing the footwear upper to the footwear sole, incorporating a tracking device into the footwear sole, and connecting the tracking device to the antenna. | 08-04-2011 |
20130043994 | FOOTWEAR WITH EMBEDDED TRACKING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - Footwear with an embedded tracking device includes a sole and an upper. The tracking device is disposed in a cavity formed in the top surface of the sole. A wireless communication antenna and/or a location signal antenna is disposed on the upper. The antenna(s) is/are connected to the tracking device via a flexible circuit substrate. In a particular embodiment, the location signal antenna is a passive, directional GPS antenna supported in an upwardly facing position in the heel portion of the upper. A method for manufacturing footwear with an embedded tracking device is also disclosed. The method includes providing a footwear upper, incorporating an antenna in the footwear upper, providing a footwear sole, fixing the footwear upper to the footwear sole, incorporating a tracking device into the footwear sole, and connecting the tracking device to the antenna. | 02-21-2013 |
Ralph H. Echols, Aberdeen GB
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20130306318 | EROSION REDUCTION IN SUBTERRANEAN WELLS - A system for use with a subterranean well can include a tubular string with a fluid discharge apparatus, the fluid discharge apparatus including a curved flow path which directs a fluid to flow less toward a structure external to the tubular string. A fluid discharge apparatus can include a generally tubular housing having a longitudinal axis, and at least one curved flow path which directs fluid to flow more parallel to the longitudinal axis from an interior of the housing to an exterior of the housing. A method of mitigating erosion of a structure external to a discharge port in a well can include directing a fluid to flow through a curved flow path, thereby reducing impingement of the fluid on the structure in the well. | 11-21-2013 |
Ralph H. Huedepohl, Bloomfield, NY US
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20080291507 | Exportation of scanner's internal image auto-segmentation - A method and system are disclosed for exporting metadata from an image capture device, for example a scanner, preferably using a standard application programming interface. The metadata may be associated with a pixel, a page, or a region/object of the image, and could be used by an application, for example, to improve the quality of the image when printed or to facilitate the conversion from a single layer of image information to multi-mask mixed raster content (MRC). | 11-27-2008 |
Ralph H. Johnson, Murphy, TX US
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20090034571 | MIGRATION ENHANCED EPITAXY FABRICATION OF ACTIVE REGIONS HAVING QUANTUM WELLS - Semiconductor lasers, such as VCSELs having active regions with flattening layers associated with nitrogen-containing quantum wells are disclosed. MEE (Migration Enhanced Epitaxy) is used to form a flattening layer upon which a quantum well is formed and thereby enhance smoothness of quantum well interfaces and to achieve narrowing of the spectrum of light emitted from nitrogen containing quantum wells. A cap layer is also formed over the quantum well. | 02-05-2009 |
20090161714 | OPTIMIZING VCSEL MIRRORS FOR IMPROVING TEMPERATURE RESPONSE - Improved slope efficiency in a VCSEL can be accomplished by selecting particular mirror layer compositions and/or mirror layer configurations that minimize increased reflectivity in the top mirror and/or maximize increased reflectivity of the bottom mirror with increasing temperature. Improved reflectivity of the bottom mirror compared to the top mirror over a desired operating temperature range can be facilitated by (i) selecting mirror pairs for the bottom and/or top mirror that gives the bottom mirror pairs a greater increase in contrast ratio with increasing temperature compared to the top-mirror pairs, and/or (ii) including fewer mirror pairs in the bottom mirror than the number of mirror pairs that would give optimal reflectivity. | 06-25-2009 |
20110045621 | VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER HAVING MULTIPLE TOP-SIDE CONTACTS - A VCSEL with undoped mirrors. An essentially undoped bottom DBR mirror is formed on a substrate. A periodically doped first conduction layer region is formed on the bottom DBR mirror. The first conduction layer region is heavily doped at a location where the optical electric field is at about a minimum. An active layer, including quantum wells, is on the first conduction layer region. A periodically doped second conduction layer region is connected to the active layer. The second conduction layer region is heavily doped where the optical electric field is at a minimum. An aperture is formed in the epitaxial structure above the quantum wells. A top mirror coupled to the periodically doped second conduction layer region. The top mirror is essentially undoped and formed in a mesa structure. An oxide is formed around the mesa structure to protect the top mirror during wet oxidation processes. | 02-24-2011 |
20110086452 | SEMICONDUCTOR HAVING ENHANCED CARBON DOPING - Methods for fabricating semiconductors with enhanced strain. One embodiment includes fabrication of a semiconductor device with an epitaxial structure. The epitaxial structure is formed with one or more semiconductor layers. One or more of the layers includes a dopant including small quantities of Al and repeated delta doping during expitaxial growth to form periods where surfaces are group III rich. | 04-14-2011 |
20110090930 | VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER WITH UNDOPED TOP MIRROR - A VCSEL with undoped top mirror. The VCSEL is formed from an epitaxial structure deposited on a substrate. A doped bottom mirror is formed on the substrate. An active layer that includes quantum wells is formed on the bottom mirror. A periodically doped conduction layer is formed on the active layer. The periodically doped conduction layer is heavily doped at locations where the optical energy is at a minimum when the VCSEL is in operation. A current aperture is used between the conduction layer and the active region. An undoped top mirror is formed on the heavily doped conduction layer. | 04-21-2011 |
20110096803 | ASYMMETRIC DBR PAIRS COMBINED WITH PERIODIC AND MODULATION DOPING TO MAXIMIZE CONDUCTION AND REFLECTIVITY, AND MINIMIZE ABSORPTION - An optical device for improving conduction and reflectivity and minimizing absorption. The optical device includes a first mirror comprising a first plurality of mirror periods designed to reflect an optical field at a predetermined wavelength, where the optical field has peaks and nulls. Each of the plurality of mirror periods includes a first layer of having a high carrier mobility, a second layer having lower carrier mobility, and a first compositional ramp between the first and second layers. The thicknesses of the first and second layers for at least a portion of the first plurality of mirror periods are established such that the nulls of the optical field occur within the first layer and not within the compositional ramp. At least the portion of the first layers within the first plurality of mirror periods include elevated doping concentrations at locations of the nulls of the optical field. | 04-28-2011 |
20110306156 | SURFACE GRATINGS ON VCSELS FOR POLARIZATION PINNING - Methods for manufacturing a polarization pinned vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL). Steps include growing a lower mirror on a substrate; growing an active region on the lower mirror; growing an upper mirror on the active region; depositing a grating layer on the upper minor; and etching a grating into the grating layer. | 12-15-2011 |
20120213243 | VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER WITH UNDOPED TOP MIRROR - A VCSEL with undoped top mirror. The VCSEL is formed from an epitaxial structure deposited on a substrate, and a periodically doped conduction layer is coupled to the undoped top minor. A periodically doped spacer layer is coupled to an active region. An undoped bottom minor coupled to the periodically doped spacer layer. A first intracavity contact is coupled to the periodically doped conduction layer and a second intracavity contact is coupled to the periodically doped spacer layer. | 08-23-2012 |
20120236891 | LASERS WITH QUANTUM WELLS HAVING HIGH INDIUM AND LOW ALUMINUM WITH BARRIER LAYERS HAVING HIGH ALUMINUM AND LOW INDIUM WITH REDUCED TRAPS - A VCSEL can include: one or more quantum wells having (Al)InGaAs; two or more quantum well barriers having Al(In)GaAs bounding the one or more quantum well layers; and one or more transitional monolayers deposited between each quantum well layer and quantum well barrier, wherein the quantum wells, barriers and transitional monolayers are substantially devoid of traps. The one or more transitional monolayers include GaP, GaAs, and/or GaAsP. Alternatively, the VCSEL can include two or more transitional monolayers of AlInGaAs with a barrier-side monolayer having lower In and higher Al compared to a quantum well side monolayer that has higher In and lower Al. | 09-20-2012 |
20120236892 | LASERS WITH INGAAS(P) QUANTUM WELLS WITH INDIUM INGAP BARRIER LAYERS WITH REDUCED DECOMPOSITION - A method for preparing a VCSEL can use MBE for: growing a first conduction region over a first mirror region; growing an active region over the first conduction region opposite of the first mirror region, including: (a) growing a quantum well barrier having In | 09-20-2012 |
20120270346 | ASYMMETRIC DBR PAIRS COMBINED WITH PERIODIC AND MODULATION DOPING TO MAXIMIZE CONDUCTION AND REFLECTIVITY, AND MINIMIZE ABSORPTION - Methods for fabricating an optical device that exhibits improved conduction and reflectivity, and minimized absorption. Steps include forming a plurality of mirror periods designed to reflect an optical field having peaks and nulls. The formation of a portion of the plurality of minor periods includes forming a first layer having a thickness of less than one-quarter wavelength of the optical field; forming a first compositional ramp on the first layer; and forming a second layer on the compositional ramp, the second layer having a different index of refraction than the first layer and having a thickness such that the nulls of the optical field occur within the second layer and not within the compositional ramp, and wherein forming the second layer further comprises heavily doping the second layer at a location of the nulls of the optical field. | 10-25-2012 |
20140198817 | Lasers With InGaAsP Quantum Wells And GaAsP Barrier Layers - A laser can include an active region having: one or more quantum wells having InGaAsP; and two or more quantum well barriers having GaAsP bounding the one or more quantum wells, wherein the active region is devoid of Al. The laser emits light having about 850 nm. The one or more quantum wells can have a composition In | 07-17-2014 |
20140269802 | Lasers With GaPSb Barrier Layers - A laser active region can include a quantum well barrier having GaPSb. The active region can include one or more quantum wells, and a quantum well barrier having GaPSb bounding each side of each of the one or more quantum wells. The quantum well barrier can be GaP | 09-18-2014 |
20150194789 | VCSEL WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRICALLY MODULATED INTRA-CAVITY GRAPHENE ABSORBER - A VCSEL can include a graphene intra-cavity absorber having at least one graphene region and at least one dielectric region adjacent to the graphene region. The VCSEL can also include a graphene electrode electronically coupled with at least one graphene region. The VCSEL can also include a contact region adjacent with at least one dielectric region. The VCSEL can also include a contact electrode electronically coupled with the contact region. The VCSEL can also include a base electrode electronically coupled with a base of a semiconductor region of the VCSEL. The graphene intra-cavity absorber can include at least two graphene regions sandwiching at least one dielectric region therebetween. | 07-09-2015 |
Ralph H. Johnson, Allen, TX US
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20110049471 | EFFICIENT CARRIER INJECTION IN A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Semiconductor devices such as VCSELs, SELs, LEDs, and HBTs are manufactured to have a wide bandgap material near a narrow bandgap material. Electron injection is improved by an intermediate structure positioned between the wide bandgap material and the narrow bandgap material. The intermediate structure is an inflection, such as a plateau, in the ramping of the composition between the wide bandgap material and the narrow bandgap material. The intermediate structure is highly doped and has a composition with a desired low electron affinity. The injection structure can be used on the p-side of a device with a p-doped intermediate structure at high hole affinity. | 03-03-2011 |
Ralph H. Johnson, Round Rock, TX US
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20150370295 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPLEMENTING ADAPTIVE FET DRIVE VOLTAGE OPTIMIZATION FOR POWER STAGES OF MULTI-PHASE VOLTAGE REGULATOR CIRCUITS - Methods and systems are disclosed that may be employed to implement adaptive FET drive voltage optimization for voltage regulator (VR) integrated power stages (IPstages) that have different MOSFET RDS(on) characteristics to improve VR efficiency and current-sense accuracy. | 12-24-2015 |
Ralph H. Jung, Jr., Centennial, CO US
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20130034284 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED DYNAMIC RANGE ASSAY ANALYSIS - The disclosed systems and methods allow composite images with enhanced dynamic range to be generated that result in more accurate, reliable, and efficient chemical and/or biological analyses. The disclosed systems include an image detector; a timer for tracking exposure time of the image detector; and computer readable medium, including instructions that when executed cause a computer system to generate a composite image using the multiple images of pixels. | 02-07-2013 |
Ralph H. Lambalot, Wrentham, MA US
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20120222980 | TAMPER-EVIDENT PACKAGE - Tamper-evident package comprises a container, a primary cap, and a secondary cap. The container comprises a sidewall defining a chamber and a rim defining a mouth to the chamber. The primary cap is removably-attachable to the rim of the container to selectively close the mouth of the container. The secondary cap is positioned over the primary cap to prevent removal of the primary cap when positioned thereover. The secondary cap includes a single-use lock, such as a cable tie, to secure the secondary cap in position over the primary cap. The package thus provides evidence that someone has tampered with or attempted to tamper with the container if the single-use lock is removed or damaged. Method of using the tamper-evident package is also disclosed. | 09-06-2012 |
Ralph H. Lewis, El Dorado Hills, CA US
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20100174380 | EXTENDED RANGE OF MOTION, CONSTRAINED PROSTHETIC HIP-JOINT - A prosthetic hip-joint includes: a. a prosthetic acetabulum cup for implantation into a pelvis; b. a prosthetic femoral assembly which includes: i. a ball-shaped femoral head that during implantation becomes located within the cup; and ii. a femoral stem that is fixed at a first end to the head, and that has a second end distal from the first end which is adapted for implant into a medullary canal of a femur, and c. a liner assembly adapted to he secured to the cup and is also adapted to receive and to constrain the head against dislocation. In one aspect the hip-joint permits the head to rotate through an angle which exceeds at least 153 degrees while concurrently constraining the head against dislocation. In another aspect the hip joint constrains the head a dislocation by a preestablished amount of force which is adjustable during implantation thereof. | 07-08-2010 |
Ralph H. Porter, Jr., Cazenovia, NY US
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20100010402 | CLAMPING DEVICE FOR THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS - A clamping device for therapeutic applications can comprise an extended handle, a powered linear actuator mounted to the extended handle, and a C-shaped clamp attached to the extended handle and including a stationary jaw. The actuator can be configured to provide reversible axial movement of a movable member. The clamping device can further include a pair of applicators attached to the stationary jaw and to the movable member, respectively. The applicators can be made of an hypoallergenic material configured not to cause an adverse reaction when applied to a human skin. The clamping device can further include a switch configured to control the linear actuator. The linear actuator can be configured, responsive to switching the switch, to axially move the second applicator towards and away from the first applicator, thus applying pressure to a targeted body area. | 01-14-2010 |
Ralph H. Pundt, Brooksville, ME US
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20110127358 | Anti-piracy system and method - An anti-piracy system for a vessel produces a non-lethal all of water along the side of the vessel to wash away a pirate. A cylindrical cap has a top, a bottom edge, a hollow interior, and an outside surface. A slit is defined within the outside surface forming a partial opening within the cap from the interior to the outside surface. A threaded hose fitting is formed within the interior, wherein the cap can be secured to a fire suppression node on the vessel with the downward face positioned over a side of the vessel for forcibly dispersing water through the slit downward over the side of the vessel. The cap is positioned near the deck of the vessel, just over the side of the vessel such that upon activation of the tire suppression system the water is directed downward over the side of the vessel. | 06-02-2011 |
Ralph H. Schmid, Vancouver CA
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20120270238 | Peptides That Bind the Alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP) Receptor and Uses Thereof - The present invention provides an active binding sequence of mammalian alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) to the receptor of AFP (AFPr or RECAP). The sequence is embodied in peptides comprising Lys-Glx-Glx-Xaa-Leu-Ile-Asn (SEQ. ID. NO: 1) and variants thereof, wherein GIx means GIn or GIu, each GIx being selected independently of the other, and Xaa represents Phe or Leu. The peptides bind a site of the AFP receptor. This peptide can be used as a substitute for AFP in the detection, purification and imagining of RECAF. This peptide, as it binds to RECAF which is elevated in cancer cells, allows for a method of diagnostic determination of cancer or chemotherapeutic delivery using cytotoxic or radiological agents. | 10-25-2012 |
Ralph H. Stoos, Jr., Ontario, NY US
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20100125805 | METHODS OF PROVIDING USER INTERFACE FOR CONTROL OF DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING APPARATUS - Disclosed are methods of providing a user interface to control operation of a digital imaging system, and corresponding apparatus and computer readable medium. The methods include displaying to a user on a display of the digital imaging system the user interface having a plurality of user interface display areas, the plurality of user interface display areas including a job list for displaying at least one available job, a job workspace for displaying a selected job be worked on, and a plurality of job modification display areas, each of the job modification display areas including at least one job modification feature, receiving from a user an indication of the selected job of the at least one available job to be worked on, wherein the user indicates selection of the selected job to be worked on by dragging and dropping one of the at least one available job to be worked on from the job list to the job workspace, displaying the selected job in the job workspace, receiving from the user at least one job modification of the selected job, wherein the user indicates selection of the at least one job modification by dragging and dropping the at least one job modification from at least one of the plurality of job modification display areas to the selected job in the job workspace, and displaying the at least one job modification with the selected job in the job workspace. | 05-20-2010 |
Ralph H. Willgohs, Los Gatos, CA US
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20110314856 | Low-pressure high-efficiency aqua ammonia absorption heat pump system for BCHP residential use - A system of a low-pressure ammonia-water absorption chiller/heat pump combined with a thermal mass as a source of liquid coolant. The low-pressure ammonia-water absorption chiller/heat pump has a ratio of generator pressure to absorber pressure which is preferably not more than 2:1, and may include a condensate sub-cooler heat exchanger with a separate coolant supply. The thermal mass may be a swimming pool, a geothermal system, or a cooling tower, for example. Combined with an electrical power production device such as photovoltaic solar collector panels, or a fuel cell; the combined system produces residential electrical power generation along with residential space heating and cooling, thereby providing a residential BCHP (Building cooling, heating, and power) system having a very low carbon footprint and a high operating efficiency, such as measured by heat pump COP (Coefficient of Performance). | 12-29-2011 |
Ralph H. Wright, Lakeville, CT US
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20090090656 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RESUSCITATING AND REVITALIZING HYDROCARBON FUELS - The invention provides a metal alloy fuel catalyst for decontaminating a hydrocarbon fuel, including diesel and bio-diesel fuel, of a bacterial contamination and for improving fuel combustion. The metal alloy fuel catalysts preferably includes about 70% Sn, about 22% Sb, about 4% Bi, and about 4% Pb, although other formulations are possible. The fuel catalyst can take the form of an in-line component in a fuel system or be coated within a fuel storage container. | 04-09-2009 |