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Charles Keith Sword, North Huntingdon, PA US
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20150300991 | MANUALLY OPERATED SMALL ENVELOPE SCANNER SYSTEM - A scanner system and method for acquisition of position-based ultrasonic inspection data are described. The scanner system includes an inspection probe and a first non-contact linear encoder having a first sensor and a first scale to track inspection probe position. The first sensor is positioned to maintain a continuous non-contact Interface between the first sensor and the first scale and to maintain a continuous alignment of the first sensor with the inspection probe. The scanner system may be used to acquire two-dimensional inspection probe position data by including a second non-contact linear encoder having a second sensor and a second scale, the second sensor positioned to maintain a continuous non-contact interface between the second sensor and the second scale and to maintain a continuous alignment of the second sensor with the first sensor. | 10-22-2015 |
Gregory A. Sword, College Station, TX US
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20150126365 | Fungal Endophytes for Improved Crop Yields and Protection from Pests - The invention provides a synthetic combination of a crop and at least one fungal endophyte, wherein the crop is a host plant of the endophyte. Provided are also methods and compositions for producing such synthetic combinations. The endophyte reproduces and enhances the agronomic characteristics of the crop. Methods for inoculating the host plant with the endophyte, for propagating the host-endophyte combination, and for detecting the presence of the endophyte and of its metabolites within a host plant are also described. | 05-07-2015 |
Lee Sword, Hollis, NH US
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20140138168 | High Travel Suspension for Small Ground Mobile Robots - A lightweight mobile robot includes a chassis less than 500 pounds and two independent tracked drives including a drive wheel assembly, four or more independently suspended bogie assemblies, an idler wheel assembly, a compliant front shoe fixedly coupled to an independently suspended bogie assembly positioned adjacent the idler wheel assembly, and a compliant elastomer track entraining the drive wheel, road wheels, idler wheel assembly and compliant front shoe. The bogie assembly includes a serpentine suspension arm having a corresponding road wheel rotatably mounted at a distal end thereof, the bogie arm swingable through a range entirely beneath the chassis. The serpentine suspension arm provides clearance for adjacent road wheels to swing past one another without making contact with any portion of the adjacent bogie assembly. The compliant elastomer track has center guides and peripheral drive features protruding therefrom for engaging the drive wheel, road wheels, and idler wheel. | 05-22-2014 |
Le Marious Sword, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20130156530 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING CONTAMINATION OF SUBSTRATE - An aligner, chuck, and end effector for substrate processing are provided. The aligner includes a rotatable substrate support having a surface for supporting the substrate. The rotatable substrate support has a diameter less than a diameter of the substrate and surfaces of the rotatable substrate support are coated with a coating consisting essentially of a poly(p-xylylene) polymer. The chuck includes a flat platform that supports the substrate during processing. The chuck is larger than the substrate and may include holes though which lift pins can pass assist the loading/unloading of the substrate. The end effector includes an arm supporting a first extension and a second extension, wherein the arm, the first extension and the second extension are coated with a coating consisting essentially of a poly(p-xylylene) polymer. | 06-20-2013 |
Michael D. Sword, Concord, CA US
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20150221974 | BATTERY REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITE SMART STRUCTURE - A battery having a laminate structure of alternating layers of polymer matrix material and solid-state battery elements is fabricated. Individual solid-state battery elements are created in a deposition apparatus, each battery element having successive solid-state thin films concentrically formed over a conductive wire substrate to define anode, electrolyte and cathode active layers sandwiched between inner and outer current collectors. Inner current collectors are electrically coupled to each other (and likewise the outer current collectors) such that battery elements are connected in a specified series and parallel arrangement. Sets of the individual battery elements are laid upon cloth layers such that outer current collectors of the battery elements physically contact the cloth and the cloth layers are impregnated with selected thermoplastic or thermosetting resin, the impregnated cloth layers and their respective contacting battery elements are stacked to form a composite laminate. The laminate is compacted and cured, and the battery elements of the various layers are coupled to external electrodes. The battery elements double as load components for the laminate structure. | 08-06-2015 |
Shannon Marie Sword, Deerfield, IL US
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20150278474 | MANAGING HEALTHCARE SERVICES - A system for facilitating a medical order/prescription of a prescription product is provided. The system includes a memory device having stored therein a plurality of predefined forms, a receiver configured to receive (i) prescription product information from a healthcare provider (HCP) computing device, (ii) patient intake information, and (iii) a benefits summary in response to a benefits verification request, and a processor configured to generate the benefits verification request for the patient based on the patient intake information, select one of the predefined forms, populate the selected predefined form, generate a patient history based on at least one of the benefits summary and the populated form, and cause the patient history to be displayed on the HCP computing device, the displayed patient history including at least one of a date associated with receipt of the benefits summary by the HCP computing device and an expiration date of the populated form. | 10-01-2015 |
Shannon Marie Sword, Gurnee, IL US
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20130096938 | MANAGING HEALTHCARE SERVICES - System and method for facilitating a medical order/prescription of a prescription product, including a memory device to store predefined forms for the prescription product corresponding to a plurality of providers. A receiver receives prescription product information for the prescription product, patient intake information for the patient, including provider information for the patient, and a benefits summary related to the patient. A transmitter transmits the benefits verification request. A processor can be configured to generate the benefits verification request for the patient based on the patient intake information, select one of the predefined forms based on at least the patient provider information, populate at least one field of the selected predefined form based on the user intake information, and release the populated predefined form to facilitate a medical order/prescription of the prescription product to the patient. | 04-18-2013 |
20140180705 | MANAGING HEALTHCARE SERVICES - System and method for facilitating a medical order/prescription of a prescription product, including a memory device to store predefined forms for the prescription product corresponding to a plurality of providers. A receiver receives prescription product information for the prescription product, patient intake information for the patient, including provider information for the patient, and a benefits summary related to the patient. A transmitter transmits the benefits verification request. A processor can be configured to generate the benefits verification request for the patient based on the patient intake information, select one of the predefined forms based on at least the patient provider information, populate at least one field of the selected predefined form based on the user intake information, and release the populated predefined form to facilitate a medical order/prescription of the prescription product to the patient. | 06-26-2014 |