Sloan, US
Adam Sloan, Ann Arbor, MI US
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20150222349 | WIRELESS RELAY - This invention provides a wireless relay which derives power for operation from voltages connected to inputs to the relay. The wireless relay has a radio receiver, a microcontroller, control terminals, and switched terminals. Optionally, the wireless relay may further comprise a transmitter. | 08-06-2015 |
20150260143 | METHOD OF SIGNALING AN ENGINE STOP OR START REQUEST - This invention provides a computer implemented method which allows the driver to request engine shut down and engine and restarts the engine of a motor vehicle by changing driver brake pedal force, that is, the force which the driver applies to the brake pedal, after the vehicle has stopped. After the vehicle has stopped, changes in the driver brake pedal force are compared to threshold values to determine if the driver is requesting an engine stop or an engine start. | 09-17-2015 |
Adam B. Sloan, Brighton, MI US
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20100305793 | METHOD FOR STARTING A HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A method of starting a hybrid electric vehicle when a low voltage battery used for starting the vehicle has a depleted charge and a high voltage battery used for propelling the vehicle has ample charge to share. Assuming that other factors are satisfied, the system and method described herein may enable the high voltage battery to provide the low voltage battery with enough charge so that it is able to start an internal combustion engine but not so much charge that it undesirably drains the high voltage battery to a point where it cannot be replenished. | 12-02-2010 |
20110012553 | METHOD OF CHARGING A HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A method for charging a hybrid electric vehicle having a high voltage battery that both propels the vehicle and starts the vehicle. More specifically, if the high voltage battery has a depleted or diminished charge and is unable to start an internal combustion engine, then the method described herein may be used to charge the high voltage battery with energy from a low voltage external power source. In one embodiment, the low voltage external power source is a conventional car battery that is connected to the hybrid electric vehicle by way of jumper cables. | 01-20-2011 |
Benjamin Sloan, Newton, MA US
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20120135257 | DUAL VESICULAR AND INFRARED IMAGING MEDIA - Provided is a laser imageable media that forms both a vesicular bubble image and an infrared image upon exposure to laser radiation. The laser imageable media comprises (1) a substrate, preferably a transparent plastic substrate, (2) an infrared absorbing layer comprising an infrared absorbing compound, preferably an aminium radical cation compound, that exhibits a reduction in infrared absorption when exposed to the laser radiation, and (3) a polymeric layer comprising an organic polymer, preferably nitrocellulose, overlying the infrared absorbing layer. The vesicular image on a transparent plastic substrate is readable with a visible scanner without the use of any reflective background material behind the transparent plastic substrate. | 05-31-2012 |
Brice E. Sloan, Boise, ID US
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20080308780 | SECURITY FENCE SYSTEM - A security fence system provides one or more lengths of fence and/or one or more gates, at least one of which includes at least one generally horizontal cable, and preferably earth anchors that secure the at least one cable to the ground. The security fence and/or gates preferably include one or more of the following features: little or no concrete; strong and damage-resistant fence panels that allow authorities to see fairly well through the fence; resistance to prying or otherwise tearing the fence panel away from the posts; resistance to vehicles ramming the fence; or manual and/or automatic gates that are resistant to vehicles ramming the gate(s) and that cooperate with the cable system of the preferred fence. Cables approaching the gate, from the fence, may meet and be secured to each other at a location along the gate. Alternatively, automatically-locking gates may include a hook and loop system that engages only when a ramming vehicle pushes and/or bends the gate. The preferred fence and/or gates has some flexibility and bendability, and may be described as catching a ramming vehicle in a net-like system rather than providing a rigid wall that attempts to immediately stop the vehicle; this allows for a much lighter and simple gate than those intended to remain rigid and immovable upon vehicle impact. The preferred fencing and/or gates do not require the large amounts of concrete typically used for anchoring conventional security fences and/or gates, and, therefore, the preferred fencing and/or gates do not require the time-consuming, disruptive, and expensive excavation and concrete work of conventional security installations. | 12-18-2008 |
Carol Delta Sloan, Hillsborough, NC US
Charles S. Sloan, Blakesburg, IA US
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20090094955 | Crop Conditioning Roll With Herringbone Flutes Having A Radius - The conditioning rolls of a crop harvester have intermeshing metal ribs arranged in a herringbone pattern, each rib comprising a pair of end-to-end segments that converge spirally from opposite ends of the roll to a centermost radius. | 04-16-2009 |
20100043368 | HEADER FLOAT SYSTEM FOR USE WITH AN AGRICULTURAL WINDROWER OR COMBINE - An agricultural harvester includes a traction unit and a crop harvesting header coupled with the traction unit. The header includes a main frame with a right hand (RH) side and a left hand (LH) side. A RH gauge wheel is movably coupled with the RH side of the main frame, and a RH hydraulic cylinder is coupled between the RH gauge wheel and the main frame. A first hydraulic circuit is coupled with the RH hydraulic cylinder and configured to control an operating height of the RH gauge wheel. A LH gauge wheel is movably coupled with the LH side of the main frame, and a LH hydraulic cylinder is coupled between the LH gauge wheel and the main frame. A second hydraulic circuit is coupled with the LH hydraulic cylinder and configured to control an operating height of the LH gauge wheel. The second hydraulic circuit is independent from the first hydraulic circuit. A third hydraulic circuit is coupled with a vertical position hydraulic cylinder and configured to operate at a predetermined operating pressure, whereby a portion of the weight of the header is carried by the traction unit. The third hydraulic circuit is independent from each of the first hydraulic circuit and the second hydraulic circuit. | 02-25-2010 |
20100201095 | Suspension Arrangement For Rear Castered Wheels On A Work Machine - A work machine is provided having a suspension arrangement between an axle of the machine and a caster wheel assembly. The suspension arrangement comprising a torsion spring assembly. The torsion spring assembly having a first spring housing, a second spring housing, and an inner member. The inner member being integrated directly with a wheel arm of the caster wheel assembly. The first and second spring housings being fastened together around the inner member wherein a plurality of elastomeric members are interposed between the inner member and the first and second spring housings. A torsion spring assembly is provided having a first spring housing, a second spring housing, and an inner member, the first and second spring housings being fastened together around the inner member wherein a plurality of elastomeric members are interposed between the inner member and the first and second spring housings. | 08-12-2010 |
20140174050 | HARVESTING PLATFORM HAVING ANGLED CROP CONVERGING AUGER - A wide cut harvesting platform includes a rotary cutter bar having right- and left-hand outer and inner cutting units having respective inner and outer cutting discs at its opposite ends rotating in appropriate opposite directions for conveying cut crop from outer ends of the cutter bar to a central crop discharge path leading to a crop conditioning arrangement extending across the path. A first embodiment includes horizontal, right- and left-hand converging augers mounted so as to diverge forwardly above inner and outer cutting discs at the opposite ends of the cutter bar from locations at opposite sides of the discharge path and forward of the conditioner arrangement. A second embodiment includes first and second forwardly diverging augers like the first embodiment but being shorter and respectively terminating outwardly adjacent right- and left-hand converging drums respectively mounted to, and for rotating together with the right- and left-hand outer cutting discs. | 06-26-2014 |
Charles Scott Sloan, Blakesburg, IA US
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20090174166 | Suspension Arrangement For Rear Castered Wheels On A Work Machine - A suspension arrangement for a work machine includes a frame and a rear axle rigidly carried by and substantially immovable relative to the frame. The suspension arrangement includes a caster wheel assembly having a shaft, a wheel arm, a suspension and a caster wheel. The shaft is pivotably couplable with an outboard end of the rear axle. The caster wheel is coupled with a lower end of the wheel arm. The suspension is in the form of a torsion spring including an outer tube, an inner member, and a plurality of elastomeric members interposed between the outer tube and the inner member. The outer tube is coupled with the shaft, and the inner member is coupled with an upper end of the wheel arm. | 07-09-2009 |
Collin R. Sloan, Boise, ID US
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20080308780 | SECURITY FENCE SYSTEM - A security fence system provides one or more lengths of fence and/or one or more gates, at least one of which includes at least one generally horizontal cable, and preferably earth anchors that secure the at least one cable to the ground. The security fence and/or gates preferably include one or more of the following features: little or no concrete; strong and damage-resistant fence panels that allow authorities to see fairly well through the fence; resistance to prying or otherwise tearing the fence panel away from the posts; resistance to vehicles ramming the fence; or manual and/or automatic gates that are resistant to vehicles ramming the gate(s) and that cooperate with the cable system of the preferred fence. Cables approaching the gate, from the fence, may meet and be secured to each other at a location along the gate. Alternatively, automatically-locking gates may include a hook and loop system that engages only when a ramming vehicle pushes and/or bends the gate. The preferred fence and/or gates has some flexibility and bendability, and may be described as catching a ramming vehicle in a net-like system rather than providing a rigid wall that attempts to immediately stop the vehicle; this allows for a much lighter and simple gate than those intended to remain rigid and immovable upon vehicle impact. The preferred fencing and/or gates do not require the large amounts of concrete typically used for anchoring conventional security fences and/or gates, and, therefore, the preferred fencing and/or gates do not require the time-consuming, disruptive, and expensive excavation and concrete work of conventional security installations. | 12-18-2008 |
Dale Sloan, Fort Wayne, IN US
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20120101507 | Anvil Placement System - Disclosed are versions of an anvil placement rod for use in bariatric surgical procedures and a split sheath catheter used to facilitate insertion of an anvil and circular stapler into a body cavity. | 04-26-2012 |
Dale A. Sloan, Fort Wayne, IN US
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20090002159 | Medical Communication and Locator System and Method - There is disclosed a medical communication and locator system and method including a medical chart communication system and method and a personnel communication system and method for monitoring the location of charts and personnel in a medical environment. The communication and locator systems may be provided with one-way or two-way communication for locating charts or personnel, contacting needed personnel in the event of an emergency, or for communicating with healthcare workers. A docking station for the communication and locator systems is also disclosed. | 01-01-2009 |
20110278807 | WHEELED TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE - Provided is a wheeled assembly for the transport of articles including skis, snowboards, and other sporting equipment. The wheeled assembly is configured for attachment to the bottom of an article to allow the article to be pulled or transported over pavement or any other suitable surface. The wheeled assembly includes a pair of wheels that are moveable from an operative position to a retracted position for easy storage and transport when not in use. | 11-17-2011 |
Darin Sloan, Flushing, MI US
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20100025155 | Reusable Mud-Sill - A reusable mud-sill to replace the conventional wooden-mud-sills and to capture without the use of tools the small-metal-plate conventionally found at the bottom of scaffold legs. Mud-sills are used to interface the bottom ends of scaffold legs, or the like, to the ground and to provide reasonable ground pressure while inhibiting side movement of a leg. The reusable mud-sill captures a small-metal-plate with two fixed opposing side-blocks, a fixed overlapping-retainer, and a sliding overlapping-retainer that may be locked to the reusable mud-sill when the conventional small-metal-plate has been captured. The cooperating, capturing parts are all centrally placed on the top of a flat-plate that is significantly larger than the small-metal-plate. | 02-04-2010 |
David M. Sloan, Rochester Hills, MI US
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20090045008 | Acrylate-based sound damping material and method of preparing same - A sound damping material for use in a sound damping laminate having one or more rigid layers, such as those used in the automotive industry. The sound damping material is preferably a viscoelastic material that damps or otherwise inhibits the transmission of vibrational or acoustical energy through the laminate, and also acts as an adhesive for bonding the rigid layers together. In its cured form, the sound damping material layer can include an acrylate-based polymer matrix, and one or more of the following components: a precipitated phase, a viscous phase, and miscellaneous constituents. The acrylate-based polymer matrix is the reaction product of at least one acrylate-based monomer, such as isobornyl acrylate. | 02-19-2009 |
David Mordechai Sloan, Washington, DC US
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20110082873 | Mutual Search and Alert Between Structured and Unstructured Data Stores - An approach is provided that search unstructured data sources with a search engine using initial search terms. Search hits received from the search engine are gathered and possible search terms are retrieved from the search hits. Entities are extracted from the search hits where the entities correspond to the extracted terms. The extracted entities and terms that are extracted are used to query structured data sources, such as tables in a relational database. Query results are then received from the queries performed on the structured data sources. These query results are used to further search the unstructured data sources to again receive search hits from which terms and entities are extracted. Search hits and the extracted entities are stored in a results data store for analysis. | 04-07-2011 |
Donald D. Sloan, Platte City, MO US
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20100243140 | Thermally Reactive Ink Transfer System - An ink transfer system including an ink transfer decal that is transferable to a final substrate, such as a bare metal or pre-painted autobody part, without use of a separate adhesive. The transferred ink decal is capable of withstanding temperature elevations common during automotive paint baking without significant thermal degradation, discoloration, shrinkage or pealing. | 09-30-2010 |
20120046378 | Water-Based Digital Ink - Water-based digital inks that exhibit broad adhesion and high-elongation characteristics are provided. The inks are capable of curing by various mechanisms such as through exposure to UV light and/or catalytic reactions resulting from the evaporation of water from the ink. | 02-23-2012 |
20130131211 | Water-Based Digital Ink - Water-based digital inks that exhibit broad adhesion and high-elongation characteristics are provided. The inks are capable of curing by various mechanisms such as through exposure to UV light and/or catalytic reactions resulting from the evaporation of water from the ink. | 05-23-2013 |
Douglas Sloan, Douglaston, NY US
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20080256678 | Drag harness and pocket - A drag harness for use with a protective garment for a fire fighter or emergency worker is provided. The drag harness includes a gripping loop having a pull strap affixed thereto. The pull strap extends from an aperture in the protective garment such that the drag loop can be pulled through the aperture to drag the wearer. Furthermore, the protective garment may include a pocket wherein a portion of the drag loop may be contained when in a stored state. | 10-23-2008 |
20080263755 | Protective garment having lower torso-covering and leg-covering portions and equipped with drag harness or drag harnesses - As worn by a firefighter or by an emergency rescue worker, a protective garment having a lower torso-covering portion and two leg-covering portions is equipped with a drag harness or drag harnesses. Each drag harness is accessible through an aperture or apertures somewhere in the lower torso-covering and leg-covering portions. In the illustrated and described embodiments, the protective garment is equipped with two knee pads. Each knee pad is manipulatable between a position wherein such knee pad covers the aperture or apertures in a given one of the leg-covering portions and positions wherein such knee pad does not cover the aperture or apertures in the given one of the leg-covering portions. Each knee pad may serve as a flap or may be completely detachable. | 10-30-2008 |
20110284324 | Emergency Rope Bail-Out Bag - An emergency rope bail-out bag ( | 11-24-2011 |
Edward H. Sloan, Boise, ID US
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20080308780 | SECURITY FENCE SYSTEM - A security fence system provides one or more lengths of fence and/or one or more gates, at least one of which includes at least one generally horizontal cable, and preferably earth anchors that secure the at least one cable to the ground. The security fence and/or gates preferably include one or more of the following features: little or no concrete; strong and damage-resistant fence panels that allow authorities to see fairly well through the fence; resistance to prying or otherwise tearing the fence panel away from the posts; resistance to vehicles ramming the fence; or manual and/or automatic gates that are resistant to vehicles ramming the gate(s) and that cooperate with the cable system of the preferred fence. Cables approaching the gate, from the fence, may meet and be secured to each other at a location along the gate. Alternatively, automatically-locking gates may include a hook and loop system that engages only when a ramming vehicle pushes and/or bends the gate. The preferred fence and/or gates has some flexibility and bendability, and may be described as catching a ramming vehicle in a net-like system rather than providing a rigid wall that attempts to immediately stop the vehicle; this allows for a much lighter and simple gate than those intended to remain rigid and immovable upon vehicle impact. The preferred fencing and/or gates do not require the large amounts of concrete typically used for anchoring conventional security fences and/or gates, and, therefore, the preferred fencing and/or gates do not require the time-consuming, disruptive, and expensive excavation and concrete work of conventional security installations. | 12-18-2008 |
Eileen Sloan, Evergreen, CO US
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20110113606 | Shoelace Tying Device - A device for tying a shoelace includes a planar-shaped body member including a first opening, a second opening, a third opening, and a fourth opening. Each of the openings is configured to allow the shoelace to be inserted there through. The first, second, third and fourth openings may be arranged in a two-by-two array, wherein the first and second openings form a first row of the array, and wherein the third and fourth openings form a second row of the array. The first and fourth openings may be coupled to one another by a first slit, and the second and third openings may be coupled to one another by a second slit. | 05-19-2011 |
20140115842 | SHOELACE TYING DEVICES AND METHODS - A device for tying a shoelace includes a planar-shaped body member including a first opening, a second opening, a third opening, and a fourth opening. Each of the openings is configured to allow the shoelace to be inserted there through. The first, second, third and fourth openings may be arranged in a two-by-two array, wherein the first and second openings form a first row of the array, and wherein the third and fourth openings form a second row of the array. The first and fourth openings may be coupled to one another by a first slit, and the second and third openings may be coupled to one another by a second slit. | 05-01-2014 |
Greg Edward Sloan, Allentown, PA US
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20100052894 | BATTERY-POWERED OCCUPANCY SENSOR - A battery-powered occupancy sensor for detecting an occupancy condition in a space comprises first and second batteries, an occupancy detector circuit, a controller, and a wireless transmitter for transmitting a first wireless signal in response to the occupancy detector circuit detecting the occupancy condition in the space. The controller and the wireless transmitter are powered by the first battery, while only the occupancy detector circuit is powered by the second battery, such that the occupancy detector circuit is isolated from noise generated by the controller and the wireless transmitter. The occupancy detector circuit draws a current having a magnitude of approximately 5 microamps or less from the second battery. The occupancy sensor transmits a second wireless signal is response to determining that the voltage of one of the batteries has dropped too low. | 03-04-2010 |
20100207759 | Method and Apparatus for Configuring a Wireless Sensor - A wireless sensor for a load control system is adapted to be releasably mounted to a surface, such as a drop ceiling panel, to allow the optimum location of the sensor to be determined. A releasable mounting means of the sensor comprises two posts extending perpendicularly from a rear surface of the sensor. Each post has a small diameter and is rigid enough to pierce the panel without creating a large aesthetically-displeasing hole. The sensor may be permanently affixed to the panel by bending the posts at a rear surface of the panel without the use of a tool, such that the panel is captured between the mounting plate and the deformed posts. The sensor further comprises multiple test buttons provided on an outwardly-facing surface of the sensor for separately testing the communications of the load control system and the operation of the sensor. Alternatively, the releasable mounting means may comprise one or more magnets for magnetically coupling the sensor to a grid structure of the ceiling. | 08-19-2010 |
20100244706 | Method of Calibrating a Daylight Sensor - A wireless lighting control system comprises a daylight sensor for measuring a light intensity in a space and a dimmer switch for controlling the amount of power delivered to a lighting load in response to the daylight sensor. For example, the daylight sensor may be able to transmit radio-frequency (RF) signals to the dimmer switch. The system provides methods of calibrating the daylight sensor that allow for automatically measuring and/or calculating one or more operational characteristics of the daylight sensor. One method of calibrating the daylight sensor comprises a “single-button-press” calibration procedure during which a user is only required to actuate a calibration button of the daylight sensor once. In addition, the daylight sensor is operable to automatically measure the total light intensity in the space at night to determine the light intensity of only the electrical light generated by the lighting load. | 09-30-2010 |
20100244709 | Wireless Battery-Powered Daylight Sensor - A wireless battery-powered daylight sensor for measuring a total light intensity in a space is operable to transmit wireless signals using a variable transmission rate that is dependent upon the total light intensity in the space. The sensor comprises a photosensitive circuit, a wireless transmitter for transmitting the wireless signals, a controller coupled to the photosensitive circuit and the wireless transmitter, and a battery for powering the photosensitive circuit, the wireless transmitter, and the controller. The photosensitive circuit is operable to generate a light intensity control signal in response to the total light intensity in the space. The controller transmits the wireless signals in response to the light intensity control signal using the variable transmission rate that is dependent upon the total light intensity in the space. The variable transmission rate may be dependent upon an amount of change of the total light intensity in the space. In addition, the variable transmission rate may be further dependent upon a rate of change of the total light intensity in the space. | 09-30-2010 |
20110139965 | Daylight Sensor Having a Rotatable Enclosure - A daylight sensor is adapted to be mounted to a surface in a space having a window, and has a rotatable enclosure for directing a lens of the daylight sensor towards the window. The daylight sensor includes a photosensitive circuit for measuring a light intensity in the space, and an enclosure for housing the photosensitive circuit. The lens directs light from the space towards the photosensitive circuit. The enclosure has a cover portion and a base portion adapted to be mounted to the surface. The cover portion is rotatable with respect to the base portion, so as to direct the lens towards the window after the base portion is mounted to the surface. The base portion may also include a cylindrical wall having a channel adapted to capture a snap of the cover portion, such that the snap may move angularly through the channel to allow for rotation of the cover portion with respect to the base portion. | 06-16-2011 |
20120133287 | Wireless Sensor Having a Variable Transmission Rate - A sensing device transmits wireless signals when an error between at least one sampled parameter value and at least one predicted parameter value is too great, such that the sensing device transmits wireless signals to a load control device using a variable transmission rate that is dependent upon the amount of change in a value of the parameter. The sensing device uses the one or more estimators to determine the predicted parameter value, and may transmit the estimators to the load control device if the error is too great. The load control device uses the estimators to determine at least one estimated parameter value and controls the electrical load in response to the estimated parameter value. The sensing device may comprise, for example, a daylight sensor for measuring a total light intensity in the space around the sensor or a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature around the sensor. | 05-31-2012 |
20150069221 | Sensor Having a Rotatable Enclosure - A daylight sensor is adapted to be mounted to a surface in a space having a window, and has a rotatable enclosure for directing a lens of the daylight sensor towards the window. The daylight sensor includes a photosensitive circuit for measuring a light intensity in the space, and an enclosure for housing the photosensitive circuit. The lens directs light from the space towards the photosensitive circuit. The enclosure has a cover portion and a base portion adapted to be mounted to the surface. The cover portion is rotatable with respect to the base portion, so as to direct the lens towards the window after the base portion is mounted to the surface. The base portion may also include a cylindrical wall having a channel adapted to capture a snap of the cover portion, such that the snap may move angularly through the channel to allow for rotation of the cover portion with respect to the base portion. | 03-12-2015 |
20150180237 | ULTRASONIC SENSING SYSTEM - A low-cost, simple ultrasonic sensing system has an increased detection range. The ultrasonic sensing system may be implemented as part of a load control system for controlling the power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load. The load control system may comprise a load control device for controlling the power delivered to the electrical load, an ultrasonic receiver for receiving ultrasonic waves characterized by an ultrasonic frequency, and an ultrasonic transmitter located remotely from the ultrasonic receiver. The load control device controls the power delivered to the electrical load in response to the ultrasonic waves received by the ultrasonic receiver. The load control device may include the ultrasonic receiver and may be a wall-mounted load control device. The ultrasonic receiver may be a wireless ultrasonic receiver for transmitting wireless signals to the load control device in response to the ultrasonic waves received by the ultrasonic receiver. | 06-25-2015 |
Gregg Sloan, Upatoi, GA US
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20100198661 | SUPPLIER PORTFOLIO INDEXING - Supply chain management using a supplier portfolio index (SPI) is disclosed. A single risk and performance metric for a supplier can be used across portfolios at both the business unit and enterprise level. The SPI can be produced by stratifying suppliers to obtain a plurality of risk element scores, which in turn are used to obtain a composite supplier risk index. A supplier performance scorecard metric can also be determined by combining a plurality of individual performance metrics. The composite supplier risk index, the supplier performance scorecard metric, and an indication of supplier manager certification can be aggregated to produce SPI. Percentage weights can be applied to the composite supplier risk index, the supplier performance scorecard metric, and the indication of supplier manager certification status so that the SPI is indicated on a 100-point scale. | 08-05-2010 |
Gregg S. Sloan, Cornelius, NC US
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20090030751 | Threat Modeling and Risk Forecasting Model - A system and method for determining residual business risks by correlating threats, controls, business continuity factors, and other general risk considerations is described. Requirements of an initiative of a project are mapped to a taxonomy, and the mapped requirements are rated with respect to its importance to the project. Projected changes in the mapped requirements are forecasted over a specified period of time, such as an eighteen month period. A threat to the project is mapped to the taxonomy, and the mapped threat is rated with respect to its impact on the project. Projected changes in the effectiveness of the control are forecasted based upon historical data, a maturity rating, and the rated effectiveness of the control. Residual risk associated with the project is then determined, and adjustments to one or more resources associated with the project may be made to reduce the determined residual risk. | 01-29-2009 |
Gregory A. Sloan, Ann Arbor, MI US
Gregory J. Sloan, Boise, ID US
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20080308780 | SECURITY FENCE SYSTEM - A security fence system provides one or more lengths of fence and/or one or more gates, at least one of which includes at least one generally horizontal cable, and preferably earth anchors that secure the at least one cable to the ground. The security fence and/or gates preferably include one or more of the following features: little or no concrete; strong and damage-resistant fence panels that allow authorities to see fairly well through the fence; resistance to prying or otherwise tearing the fence panel away from the posts; resistance to vehicles ramming the fence; or manual and/or automatic gates that are resistant to vehicles ramming the gate(s) and that cooperate with the cable system of the preferred fence. Cables approaching the gate, from the fence, may meet and be secured to each other at a location along the gate. Alternatively, automatically-locking gates may include a hook and loop system that engages only when a ramming vehicle pushes and/or bends the gate. The preferred fence and/or gates has some flexibility and bendability, and may be described as catching a ramming vehicle in a net-like system rather than providing a rigid wall that attempts to immediately stop the vehicle; this allows for a much lighter and simple gate than those intended to remain rigid and immovable upon vehicle impact. The preferred fencing and/or gates do not require the large amounts of concrete typically used for anchoring conventional security fences and/or gates, and, therefore, the preferred fencing and/or gates do not require the time-consuming, disruptive, and expensive excavation and concrete work of conventional security installations. | 12-18-2008 |
James T. Sloan, Tulsa, OK US
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20100314571 | Unitary Flapper Base and Method of Manufacture - A flapper base provides a flapper base body with a hinge portion unitarily formed thereupon and a flapper seat surface formed within the flowbore of the body. The flapper base may be formed from a single section of tubular metallic stock. In a method of forming a base, the stock is gripped by a rotary clamp, and a five-axis milling machine is used to cut away portions of the stock section and to form the seat surface. | 12-16-2010 |
20120186084 | Unitary Flapper Base Method of Manufacture - A flapper base provides a flapper base body with a hinge portion unitarily formed thereupon and a flapper seat surface formed within the flowbore of the body. The flapper base may be formed from a single section of tubular metallic stock. In a method of forming a base, the stock is gripped by a rotary clamp, and a five-axis milling machine is used to cut away portions of the stock section and to form the seat surface. | 07-26-2012 |
20120304853 | METHOD OF REDUCING DEFLECTION THROUGH A ROD PISTON IN A SUBSURFACE SAFETY VALVE - An actuation assembly including a sleeve member having a radially outwardly extending projection and a piston having an axis, the piston operatively coupled to the projection of the sleeve member and arranged to exert an actuation force on the projection of the sleeve member for actuating the sleeve member, the actuation force positioned about radially aligned with the axis or radially outwardly from the axis. | 12-06-2012 |
20130043039 | TUBING PRESSURE INSENSITIVE PRESSURE COMPENSATED ACTUATOR FOR A DOWNHOLE TOOL AND METHOD - A tubing pressure insensitive, pressure compensated actuator system includes a housing having a bore therein. A force transmitter sealingly moveable within the bore. The force transmitter defining with the bore two fluid chambers. The two fluid chambers being in fluid communication with each other, one at each longitudinal end of the force transmitter. An activator in one or both of the two fluid chambers and operatively connected to the force transmitter. At least two seals sealingly positioned between the housing and the force transmitter. One of the seals disposed near one end of the force transmitter and another of the seals disposed near another end of the force transmitter. A separate compensation piston disposed in the housing so as to expose one end of the compensation piston to tubing pressure and to expose the other end of the compensation piston to a fluid volume including the fluid chambers. Also included is a method for reducing force requirements of an actuator. | 02-21-2013 |
20130175028 | Downhole Shock Absorber with Guided Crushable Nose - A shock absorbing system has a nose assembly that is formed to inwardly collapse on impact and is guided by a sleeve that can slide with the nose as the nose collapses or can extend for a portion of the length of the nose while being held fixed. In the latter instance the nose can have a leading end that has a biasing member in a resilient material so that on impact some of the shock is taken up by compression of the biasing member with subsequent extension of the biasing member retracting the resilient covering so that it is less likely to bind in the surrounding tubular. The leading end of the sleeve or the resilient material encasing the biasing member also soften the blow to a closed ball when the tool is dropped so that the ball surface is less likely to mar. | 07-11-2013 |
James T. Sloan, Broken Arrow, OK US
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20080223581 | Downhole Barrier Valve - A ball type downhole barrier valve capable of bidirectional sealing features a ball rotating on its axis to open or close with control line pressure to an actuating rod piston assembly. The ball is also shiftable to a locked open position. A cage surrounds the ball and retains opposed seats to it. The cage is made from one piece and tangential holes are drilled and tapped before the piece is longitudinally split with a wire EDM cutting technique. Fasteners to rejoin the cut halves properly space them to the original one piece internal dimension. Auxiliary tools allow determination of spacing of internal components so that a desired spring preload on the seats against the ball can be achieved. Seals on the sleeves that form ball seats help prevent leakage due to ball distortion at high differential pressures when the valve is closed. | 09-18-2008 |
20090184278 | Bidirectional Sealing Mechanically Shifted Ball Valve for Downhole Use - A downhole ball valve is mounted n a string and features a rotating ball that turns on its axis as it is held against an upstream and a downstream seal by a cage. The cage accepts a slide that engages the ball off-center to rotate it between the open and closed positions. The slide is operated by a sleeve attached to a piston assembly. The sleeve is mechanically operated in opposed directions such as by a wireline shifting tool. Differential pressure on a closed ball does not affect the actuation piston because pressure across the actuating piston is balanced while holding pressure differential across the closed ball. A check valve allows the actuation piston to be in pressure balance as the ball stays closed. | 07-23-2009 |
20100200220 | Pressure Equalization Device for Downhole Tools - A pressure equalizing tool can be run into a downhole tool on wireline or coiled tubing preferably and temporarily secured before being actuated to separate two components in a downhole tool that are in a sealing relation but are configured to be temporarily movable so as to allow pressure equalization before the downhole component is actuated. Once pressure is equalized the equalizing tool is released, usually with an applied pick up force and the downhole tool being equalized as to differential pressure can be operated with the preexisting actuation parts that are on the downhole tool. In a preferred embodiment the downhole tool is a ball valve and the equalizing tool is temporarily secured to the ball valve housing to temporarily part the ball from the uphole seat to equalize an annular space around the ball with tubing pressure. The ball is allowed to go back to contact with the seat when the equalizing tool is released and removed from the tubing. | 08-12-2010 |
Jeffrey H. Sloan, Chittenden, VT US
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20120126370 | THIN FILM RESISTORS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes: forming a resistor over a substrate; forming at least one first contact in contact with the resistor; and forming at least one second contact in contact with the resistor. The resistor is structured and arranged such that current flows from the at least one first contact to the at least one second contact through a central portion of the resistor. The resistor includes at least one extension extending laterally outward from the central portion in a direction parallel to the current flow. The method includes sizing the at least one extension based on a thermal diffusion length of the resistor. | 05-24-2012 |
Jeffrey H. Sloan, Richmond, VT US
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20140184267 | COMPENSATED IMPEDANCE CALIBRATION CIRCUIT - Aspects of the invention provide for compensating impedance calibration circuits. In one embodiment, a compensated impedance calibration circuit, includes: a variable resistor network including a tunable resistor and a fixed resistor; and an external resistance network including a target external precision resistor and a parasitic distribution resistance; wherein a resistance of the variable resistor network is proportional to a resistance of the external resistance network, such that a ratio of an output voltage of the variable resistor network to a power supply voltage is constant. | 07-03-2014 |
20150035559 | COMPENSATED IMPEDANCE CALIBRATION CIRCUIT - Aspects of the invention provide for compensating impedance calibration circuits. In one embodiment, a compensated impedance calibration circuit, includes: a variable resistor network including a tunable resistor and a fixed resistor; and an external resistance network including a target external precision resistor and a parasitic distribution resistance; wherein a resistance of the variable resistor network is proportional to a resistance of the external resistance network, such that a ratio of an output voltage of the variable resistor network to a power supply voltage is constant. | 02-05-2015 |
Jessica Sloan, Garner, NC US
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20140162299 | RAPID AND ACCURATE ANALYSIS OF PROTEIN SIALYLATION - The invention relates to methods and kits for the analysis of the sialylation of gluco-proteins. The samples of gluco-protein are incubated separately under three conditions: with beta-galactosidase, with beta-galactosidase+alpha-sialidase, and without an enzyme. After the enzyme treatment, high performance anion exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection (HPAEC PAD) is used to make a quantitative determination of the total galactose in the sample, the non sialylated galactose and the exogenous galactose in the medium. The determination of said values makes it possible to deduce the percentage of sialylation of the gluco-protein. | 06-12-2014 |
Joanne B. Sloan, Sanford, NC US
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20100314301 | Molded Pump - Embodiments of the invention provide a pre-filter assembly for use with a pump. The assembly includes a housing having an intake channel and an outlet channel. The intake channel includes an intake flange around a first circumference and a ribbed surface to facilitate sealing. The outlet channel includes a bottom portion and an outlet flange around a second circumference. The intake flange and the outlet flange are on opposite sides of the housing. The assembly also includes a basket positioned in the housing. The basket has a bottom side and is positioned above the bottom portion of the outlet channel to form a chamber. The basket is positioned in closer proximity to the intake channel than to the outlet channel. In addition, the assembly includes a securing device with a lid having ridges and a clear top to permit the user to view the contents of the basket. The securing device also includes a locking ring with slots and openings to permit the user to view the contents of the basket. | 12-16-2010 |
Jonathan Sloan, Manalapan, NJ US
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20100057670 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING LOCKING IN MATERIALIZED QUERY TABLES - Disclosed is an apparatus and system for reducing locking in materialized query tables (MQT) for distributive functions. The apparatus includes an insert module that inserts into an MQT table a child record when a new record is inserted into a base table associated with the MQT. The child record includes values associated with the insert operation. Also included is a delete module that inserts into the MQT a child record that includes measure values that are the negative of the measure values in the base table row that is the subject of the delete operation. An update module inserts two child rows into the MQT, one negating the affected record and the other adding the values of the update operation. Each inserted child row includes a unique identifier that relates the inserted row to a parent row. An execution module generates responses using the values indicated by the cumulative records in a family. | 03-04-2010 |
Kenneth Berry Sloan, Gainesville, FL US
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20120009133 | POLY (NON-CONJUGATED DIENE) BASED SUNSCREENS - A poly(non-conjugated diene) based sunscreen has a plurality of repeating units where each repeating unit has at least one UV absorbing chromophore that is situated between and connected by chains to two mono-ene units where each UV absorbing chromophore absorb UVA and UVB light. The poly(non-conjugated diene) based sunscreen can be included with a vehicle for application to the skin to prevent sunburn. The poly(non-conjugated diene) based sunscreen can be prepared by acyclic diene metathesis polymerization. | 01-12-2012 |
Kevin Ernest Sloan, Jamaica Plain, MA US
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20090215175 | MODULATION OF THE POLIOVIRUS RECEPTOR FUNCTION - The present invention relates to the identification, the isolation and the use of molecules interfering with the function (s) mediated by the poliovirus receptor (PVR) on cells. The molecules can be used for the treatment of cells having a metastatic potential, metastasis and cancer. Further methods are provided that are useful for identifying and isolating molecules, which have the capacity to modulate PVR mediated adhesion or invasion potential of cells. | 08-27-2009 |
Lynne M. Sloan, Rochester, MN US
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20090203021 | Detection of Clostridium difficile - The invention provides methods to detect | 08-13-2009 |
20100221715 | DETECTION OF BORDETELLA - The invention provides methods to detect | 09-02-2010 |
20100227322 | Detection of Bordetella - The invention provides methods to detect | 09-09-2010 |
20120107819 | Detection of Clostridium difficile - The invention provides methods to detect | 05-03-2012 |
Megan Maureen Sloan, Longmont, CO US
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20110291878 | ROTATIONAL PARABOLIC ANTENNA WITH VARIOUS FEED CONFIGURATIONS - A rotational antenna includes a stationary feed which is disposed in a substantially vertical orientation. A parabolic dish is rotationally mounted about the stationary feed in a state of being tipped with respect to the stationary, substantially vertically oriented feed. The rotational parabolic antenna may alternatively be provided with a rotating radio frequency (RF) and acoustic feed. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 12-01-2011 |
20130141274 | ROTATIONAL PARABOLIC ANTENNA WITH VARIOUS FEED CONFIGURATIONS - A rotational antenna includes a stationary feed which is disposed in a substantially vertical orientation. A parabolic dish is rotationally mounted about the stationary feed in a state of being tipped with respect to the stationary, substantially vertically oriented feed. The rotational parabolic antenna may alternatively be provided with a rotating radio frequency (RF) and acoustic feed. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 06-06-2013 |
Meg Griffing Sloan US
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20120166285 | Defining and Verifying the Accuracy of Explicit Target Clusters in a Social Networking System - A cluster of users that share a common trait may be useful to a social networking system for various purposes, such as targeting advertising. Users of a social networking system are added to a cluster based on information about each user, which may include declared profile information, user history, and/or social information. The system initially adds users to a cluster based on a selected attribute and then verifies the accuracy of the cluster by sending a poll to a subset of the users in the cluster. The poll questions test whether the users are accurately in the cluster. The system may infer a specific life event, such as a recent engagement, from other information indicative of the life event, such as messages from a user's connections related to the engagement. The system then uses the poll to verify whether the inference is accurate. | 06-28-2012 |
Michael Sloan, Ellicott City, MD US
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20090189822 | Antenna Designs for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tags - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for antenna designs for radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are described. | 07-30-2009 |
20110025564 | ANTENNA DESIGNS FOR RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) TAGS - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for antenna designs for radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are described. | 02-03-2011 |
Michael A. Sloan, West Hartford, CT US
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20090020013 | MEMBRANE BASED DEOXYGENATOR FOR PROCESSING FLUIDS - A deoxygenating system includes a processed fluid that flows through a membrane deoxygenator. Oxygen is removed by the membrane deoxygenator and stored in an oxygen storage container separate from the subsequently deoxygenated processed fluid. In one example, the membrane deoxygenator includes a membrane filter having an uneven surface for improved efficiency of the membrane deoxygenator. The processed fluid can then be packaged without exposure to the removed oxygen and shipped offsite to customers remote from the processing facility. | 01-22-2009 |
Michael C. Sloan, Ellicott City, MD US
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20090088618 | System and Method for Manufacturing a Swallowable Sensor Device - Methods and systems for manufacturing a swallowable sensor device are disclosed. Such a method includes mechanically coupling a plurality of internal components, wherein the plurality of internal components includes a printed circuit board having a plurality of projections extending radially outward. A cavity is filled with a potting material, and the mechanically coupled components are inserted into the cavity. The cavity may be pre-filled with the potting material, or may be filled after the mechanically coupled components have been inserted therein. A distal end of each projection abuts against a wall of the cavity thereby preventing the potting material from covering each distal end. The cavity is sealed with a cap causing the potting material to harden within the sealed cavity to form a housing of the swallowable sensor device, wherein the distal end of each projection is exposed to an external environment of the swallowable sensor device. | 04-02-2009 |
20120153981 | System and Method for Manufacturing a Swallowable Sensor Device - Methods and systems for manufacturing a swallowable sensor device are disclosed. Such a method includes mechanically coupling a plurality of internal components, wherein the plurality of internal components includes a printed circuit board having a plurality of projections extending radially outward. A cavity is filled with a potting material, and the mechanically coupled components are inserted into the cavity. The cavity may be pre-filled with the potting material, or may be filled after the mechanically coupled components have been inserted therein. A distal end of each projection abuts against a wall of the cavity thereby preventing the potting material from covering each distal end. The cavity is sealed with a cap causing the potting material to harden within the sealed cavity to form a housing of the swallowable sensor device, wherein the distal end of each projection is exposed to an external environment of the swallowable sensor device. | 06-21-2012 |
20150033552 | System and Method for Manufacturing a Swallowable Sensor Device - Methods and systems for manufacturing a swallowable sensor device are disclosed. Such a method includes mechanically coupling a plurality of internal components, wherein the plurality of internal components includes a printed circuit board having a plurality of projections extending radially outward. A cavity is filled with a potting material, and the mechanically coupled components are inserted into the cavity. The cavity may be pre-filled with the potting material, or may be filled after the mechanically coupled components have been inserted therein. A distal end of each projection abuts against a wall of the cavity thereby preventing the potting material from covering each distal end. The cavity is sealed with a cap causing the potting material to harden within the sealed cavity to form a housing of the swallowable sensor device, wherein the distal end of each projection is exposed to an external environment of the swallowable sensor device. | 02-05-2015 |
Michael George Sloan, Longmont, CO US
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20090029275 | Photoconductor Formulation Containing Boron Nitride - The present disclosure relates to incorporation of boron nitride in the charge transport layer of a photoconductor. The boron nitride may have an aspect ratio of greater than 1.0, a D50 mean particle size of less than about 10.0 μm and be present at about 5.0% (wt) or less in the charge transport layer. The cartridge may also include toner particles wherein the toner particles have a size range of about 1-25 μm and an average degree of circularity of about 0.90-1.0. The photoconductor containing boron nitride when used in an electrophotographic printer may then provide acceptable dark decay and/or photoinduced decay (PID) curves relative to photoconductors that do not contain boron nitride along with improved resistance to toner filming. | 01-29-2009 |
Michael J. Sloan, Coeur D'Alene, ID US
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20110062301 | Flexible adjustable storage system for Sea-Land shipping containers - A flexible and adjustable storage system for inside a Sea-Land shipping container provides at least two hangers, each hanger having a releasable anchor for attachment to a lashing ring, a flexible member of a vertical support depending from the releasable anchor, at least one rigid horizontal support member having a first end portion and a spaced apart second end portion, each end portion carrying an adjustable fastener for adjustable attachments to the flexible member for vertical support. | 03-17-2011 |
Patrick F. Sloan US
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20130094923 | Self-Aligning Telescoping Internally Threaded Fastener - A telescoping, self-aligning, fastener comprising a telescoping nut assembly flexibly connected to a companion sleeve, wherein said telescoping nut assembly comprises a nut and two or more extensions depending from said nut; said nut comprises a head and an internally threaded portion; said extensions are configured such that at least one slot is formed between each extension; said companion sleeve comprises an opening at one end configured to couple to a telescoping nut assembly, an opening at the opposite end configured to accept a male fastener portion, and said openings are connected by an interior cavity; and said telescoping nut assembly is able to rotate and translate relative to the companion sleeve. | 04-18-2013 |
Perry Bradford Sloan, Greenville, SC US
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20130333389 | CROSS FIRE TUBE RETENTION SYSTEM FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A cross fire retention system for a gas turbine engine includes a retention system housing operably coupled to a radially outer surface of a flow sleeve surrounding a combustion chamber, wherein the retention system housing includes a central aperture relatively aligned with a flow sleeve channel and is configured to receive a cross fire tube. Also included is a locking element extending through a side aperture of the retention system housing and having a first end configured to fittingly engage a first portion of an outer surface of the cross fire tube. Further included is a resilient member disposed within the retention system housing and configured to engage a second portion of the outer surface of the cross fire tube. | 12-19-2013 |
Peter-Pike Sloan, Salt Lake City, UT US
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20100076941 | MATRIX-BASED SCANS ON PARALLEL PROCESSORS - A system and method for performing a scan of an input sequence in a parallel processor having a shared register file. A two dimensional matrix is generated, having a number of rows representing a number of threads and a number of columns based on the input sequence block size and the number of rows. One or more padding columns may be added to the matrix to avoid or reduce memory bank conflicts. A first traversal of the rows performs a reduction or a scan of each of the rows in parallel, storing the reduction values. The reduction values are used during a second traversal to propagate the reduction values. In a segmented scan, propagation is selectively performed based on flags representing segment boundaries. | 03-25-2010 |
Peter-Pike Sloan, Cottonwood Heights, UT US
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20110175913 | MODULAR RADIANCE TRANSFER - Modular radiance transfer pre-computes a spectral decomposition of a one bounce transport operator for each of a set of shapes and replaces a scene dependent direct-to-indirect transfer lighting computation with an art-directable mapping step. Modular radiance transfer provides an approach for rendering an approximate indirect lighting which requires small amounts of data, can be used to model very large (or even random scenes), and propagates much of the indirect lighting using a small number of spectral coefficients, so that rendering scales well to large scenes. | 07-21-2011 |
20110248998 | IRRADIANCE RIGS - Techniques are disclosed for using a local lighting representation to explicitly model spatial variation of a character in a graphics scene as well as for using error driven criteria to determine whether to evaluate a given light source analytically or in a lighting rig. For near light sources, the error driven criteria may be used to determine when a spherical light source should be evaluated in the lighting rig verses analytically. For large characters, local irradiance models may be used to provide a limited form of spatial variation. | 10-13-2011 |
20110249012 | COMPUTING THE IRRADIANCE FROM A DISK LIGHT SOURCE AT A RECEIVER POINT - Techniques are disclosed to determine the irradiance from a disk light source with much higher accuracy than may be obtained using the common approximation often used currently. By pre-computing, SH coefficients using a specific coordinate frame, only six SH coefficients need to be stored in a first and second texture, one used to determine irradiance of a point within the radius of a disk light source and another for more distant points. | 10-13-2011 |
20130046522 | PHYSICS-INSPIRED UP SAMPLING FOR CLOTH SIMULATION - A technique for physically-based cloth simulation uses linear upsampling operators. The upsampling operators enrich the appearance of a coarse mesh physical cloth simulation. The technique starts by pre-computing the upsampling operators using a pair of coarse and fine training simulations aligned with tracking constraints using harmonic test functions. Then the upsampling operators are trained using a novel regularization technique that enables mid-scale detail learning without over-fitting. Oscillatory modes may be introduced to add dynamic details not captured by the coarse mesh simulation alone. Trained upsampling operators can then be advantageously applied to coarse mesh simulations of cloth to add realistic detail to the cloth in real-time three-dimensional applications. | 02-21-2013 |
Richard Sloan, New York, NY US
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20080214944 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOBILE REAL-TIME FEEDBACK BASED ON CHANGES IN THE HEART TO ENHANCE COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR ANGER OR STRESS REDUCTION - A system, apparatus and method for mobile real-time feedback based on changes in the heart to enhance cognitive behavioral therapy for anger or stress reduction. In an embodiment, an apparatus receives data relating to a heart of an individual from at least one input device. The apparatus provides a mobile intervention via at least one output device and measures the effectiveness of the mobile intervention in reducing anger or stress in the individual. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 09-04-2008 |
Robert Sloan, Prior Lake, MN US
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20120230014 | Fireplace with Lighting and Heating Arrangement - A fireplace assembly includes an outer enclosure and an inner enclosure partitioned into first and second compartments. The inner enclosure is positioned within the outer enclosure. A light source is arranged within one of the first compartment and the second compartment and at least one of a lighting element and a heating element is included. Light emitted from the light source is emitted into portions of the lighting element and heating element to luminate portions of the same positioned within the first chamber. | 09-13-2012 |
Robert F. Sloan, Bellbrook, OH US
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20090020574 | Mower tote - An accessory item for residential use lawn mower, having the nature of a storage bag and being comprised of weather and UV resistant materials, which provides a method of convenient, onboard storage of items commonly used during the operation of a residential use lawn mower, being set on a parallel plane between the two sides of the lawn mower handles, having two defined, expandable pockets which act as receptacles for items such as lawn trash bags, lawn and garden tools, lawn & garden care products, bottled beverages, and lawn and garden debris, and requiring no tools for its installation, removal, or repositioning on lawn mower. | 01-22-2009 |
Robert S. Sloan, New York, NY US
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20110153483 | System and Method for Providing Financing for Long/Short Trading Strategies Including Convertible Arbitrage Transactions - A method and apparatus for providing financing for long/short trading strategies including convertible arbitrage transactions is described. First, this novel strategy packages longs and shorts into a single purpose transparent vehicle based on a Single Risk Based Strategy. Second, the platform contains rules-based modules which apply variable margins against securities positions. The Unitary Financial Platform performs daily pricing, risk-based computer modeling, custodial monitoring, client interfacing, and risk reporting to external parties. Third, the funding structure requires that clients contribute capital thereby creating equity in the entity. If multiple parties are involved in a single entity, this requirement puts all clients at risk with respect to the other clients in the context of the rules and provides a clearinghouse like aspect to risk sharing within the entity. | 06-23-2011 |
Ruston K. Sloan, Boise, ID US
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20080308780 | SECURITY FENCE SYSTEM - A security fence system provides one or more lengths of fence and/or one or more gates, at least one of which includes at least one generally horizontal cable, and preferably earth anchors that secure the at least one cable to the ground. The security fence and/or gates preferably include one or more of the following features: little or no concrete; strong and damage-resistant fence panels that allow authorities to see fairly well through the fence; resistance to prying or otherwise tearing the fence panel away from the posts; resistance to vehicles ramming the fence; or manual and/or automatic gates that are resistant to vehicles ramming the gate(s) and that cooperate with the cable system of the preferred fence. Cables approaching the gate, from the fence, may meet and be secured to each other at a location along the gate. Alternatively, automatically-locking gates may include a hook and loop system that engages only when a ramming vehicle pushes and/or bends the gate. The preferred fence and/or gates has some flexibility and bendability, and may be described as catching a ramming vehicle in a net-like system rather than providing a rigid wall that attempts to immediately stop the vehicle; this allows for a much lighter and simple gate than those intended to remain rigid and immovable upon vehicle impact. The preferred fencing and/or gates do not require the large amounts of concrete typically used for anchoring conventional security fences and/or gates, and, therefore, the preferred fencing and/or gates do not require the time-consuming, disruptive, and expensive excavation and concrete work of conventional security installations. | 12-18-2008 |
Scott Sloan, Cedar Rapids, IA US
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20110030446 | APPARATUS FOR FORMING A DUCT - An apparatus for forming a duct includes a bending apparatus and a support apparatus. The bending apparatus includes a table, a cut off beam, and a leaf hinged to a forward edge of the table. The cut off beam is movable toward and away from the table to clamp or release a metal web being fed forward across the table and the leaf. The cut off beam repeatedly clamps the metal web to the table while the leaf pivots toward the cut off beam to form a duct section. The support apparatus includes a cross rod movable along pivoting support arms. As the metal web is bent to form the duct section, the support arms and the cross rod are moved to internally support the duct section. | 02-10-2011 |
20120260713 | METHOD FOR FORMING A DUCT - An apparatus for forming a duct includes a bending apparatus and a support apparatus. The bending apparatus includes a table, a cut off beam, and a leaf hinged to a forward edge of the table. The cut off beam is movable toward and away from the table to clamp or release a metal web being fed forward across the table and the leaf. The cut off beam repeatedly clamps the metal web to the table while the leaf pivots toward the cut off beam to form a duct section. The support apparatus includes a cross rod movable along pivoting support arms. As the metal web is bent to form the duct section, the support arms and the cross rod are moved to internally support the duct section. | 10-18-2012 |
Scott Sloan, Freeport, IL US
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20080196877 | Combined Heating & Air Conditioning System for Buses Utilizing an Electrified Compressor Having a Modular High-Pressure Unit - An HVAC system for heating and cooling a passenger compartment of a vehicle is provided. A first heat exchanger transfers heat between a primary loop and a secondary loop. The primary loop is a reversible loop and uses high pressure refrigerant. A compressor pressurizes the refrigerant. A second heat exchanger selectively transfers heat energy to and from the passenger compartment. The secondary loop is a low pressure liquid coolant loop that passes through the first heat exchanger. A pump moves fluid through the secondary loop. A third heat exchanger transfers heat to and from an external medium from the fluid passing through the secondary loop. A secondary heat source adds heat to the secondary loop during a heating mode. A bypass means selectively bypasses the secondary heat source during a cooling mode. | 08-21-2008 |
Scott E. Sloan, Freeport, IL US
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20100212334 | Enhanced Performance Dehumidification Apparatus, System and Method - A dehumidifier includes an air flow path with first, second and third segments in series from upstream to downstream and passing ambient air respectively to an evaporator coil then to a condenser coil and then discharging same. The air flow path has a fourth segment passing ambient air to the condenser coil in parallel with the noted second air flow path segment. A bypass door is configured to selectively block air flow along the fourth segment and allow air flow along the fourth segment. | 08-26-2010 |
20100275630 | Defrost Bypass Dehumidifier - A defrost bypass dehumidifier includes an air flow path with first, second and third segments in series from upstream to downstream and passing ambient air respectively to an evaporator coil then to a condenser coil and then discharging same. The air flow path has a bypass segment passing ambient air to the evaporator coil in parallel with the noted first air flow path segment. | 11-04-2010 |
20130055735 | Defrost Bypass Dehumidifier - A defrost bypass dehumidifier includes an air flow path with first, second and third segments in series from upstream to downstream and passing ambient air respectively to an evaporator coil then to a condenser coil and then discharging same. The air flow path has a bypass segment passing ambient air to the evaporator coil in parallel with the noted first air flow path segment. | 03-07-2013 |
Stewart E. Sloan, Omaha, NE US
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20080200852 | Massage device - A massage device comprising an elongated flexible handle having a resilient ball movably secured to one end of the handle. | 08-21-2008 |
Susan Sloan, Watertown, MA US
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20090041777 | Human antibodies against rabies and uses thereof - Human monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to rabies virus, antigen binding portions thereof, and methods of making and using such antibodies and antigen binding portions thereof for treating rabies virus in a subject, are provided herein. | 02-12-2009 |
20110008360 | HUMAN ANTIBODIES AGAINST RABIES AND USES THEREOF - Human monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to rabies virus, antigen binding portions thereof, and methods of making and using such antibodies and antigen binding portions thereof for treating rabies virus in a subject, are provided herein. | 01-13-2011 |
20120288510 | HUMAN ANTIBODIES AGAINST HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV) AND USES THEREOF - Isolated human monoclonal antibodies which bind to hepatitis C virus (HCV), and related antibody-based compositions and molecules, are disclosed. The human antibodies can be produced in a transfectoma or in a non-human transgenic animal, e.g., a transgenic mouse, capable of producing multiple isotypes of human monoclonal antibodies by undergoing V-D-J recombination and isotype switching. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the human antibodies, non-human transgenic animals, and hybridomas which produce the human antibodies, and therapeutic and diagnostic methods for using the human antibodies. | 11-15-2012 |
20130039926 | HUMAN ANTIBODIES AGAINST RABIES AND USES THEREOF - Human monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to rabies virus, antigen binding portions thereof, and methods of making and using such antibodies and antigen binding portions thereof for treating rabies virus in a subject, are provided herein. | 02-14-2013 |
20140134175 | HUMAN ANTIBODIES AGAINST HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV) AND USES THEREOF - Isolated human monoclonal antibodies which bind to hepatitis C virus (HCV), and related antibody-based compositions and molecules, are disclosed. The human antibodies can be produced in a transfectoma or in a non-human transgenic animal, e.g., a transgenic mouse, capable of producing multiple isotypes of human monoclonal antibodies by undergoing V-D-J recombination and isotype switching. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the human antibodies, non-human transgenic animals, and hybridomas which produce the human antibodies, and therapeutic and diagnostic methods for using the human antibodies. | 05-15-2014 |
Tiffani Darjan Sloan, Silver Spring, MD US
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20120267017 | Convertible And Reversible Handbag - The present invention relates generally to handbags, purses, and similar containers for carrying personal items. More specifically, the invention is a convertible and reversible handbag that can be changed via the use of various magnetic snaps, adjustable leather straps and chain strap to make 14 different styles of handbag all within one bag including a messenger style, drawstring style, tote bag, A-line shape handbag, backpack, clutch, waist bag, etc. Further the handbag can be reversed, thus allowing the wearer to create any of those same styles in an alternate color or fabric. | 10-25-2012 |
Todd Sloan, Medway, MA US
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20080200939 | LAPAROSCOPIC TOURNIQUET - A method for necrosing target tissue within a hollow organ, comprises looping a cinching device around an outer surface of the hollow organ and coupling ends of the cinching device to one another in combination with tightening the cinching device to compress tissue of the hollow organ to occlude at least one artery supplying blood to the hollow organ and maintaining the cinching device around the hollow organ until a period of time selected to necrose the target tissue has elapsed. | 08-21-2008 |
20080243146 | LOCATING AND OCCLUDING VESSELS - A medical device for blood vessel detection and occlusion includes an elongated member, a sensor, and an occluder. The elongated member includes a distal portion configured and dimensioned for accessing anatomical regions. The distal portion includes a recessed area. The sensor of the device can sense a blood vessel disposed in or near the recessed area. The occluder is operatively associated with the distal portion, and it is configured for at least partially stopping the flow of blood through the blood vessel disposed within the recessed area. | 10-02-2008 |
Victor Sloan, Flemington, NJ US
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20100093698 | AMINOTRIAZOLOPYRIDINES, COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, AND METHODS OF TREATMENT THEREWITH - Provided herein are Heteroaryl Compounds of formula (I): | 04-15-2010 |
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Walker Sloan, Berlin, MA US
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Walter W. Sloan, Lake Bluff, IL US
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William Sloan, Maryville, TN US
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20110254328 | Bicycle Fitting Apparatus and Method - An apparatus for fitting a bicycle saddle comprises a mounting rod secured to a bicycle frame, a height adjuster mounted upon the mounting rod, a lateral adjuster mounted upon the height adjuster, a tilt orientation adjuster mounted upon the lateral adjuster, and a clamp securing the saddle to the tilt orientation adjuster. | 10-20-2011 |