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Byron R. Wear, Bloomington, IL US
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20140021118 | Fuel Filtration System, Filter Exchange Module Therefor, And Method Of Replacing Fuel Filters - A fuel filtration system includes an electric pump, a filter assembly, and conduits for fluidly connecting the pump and filter assembly in series with a fuel tank to define a kidney filtration loop. The filter assembly includes a filter assembly head, including attachment openings therethrough, and a filter exchange module, including a mounting plate having externally threaded mounting connectors extending outwardly from one face thereof and internally threaded bores opening through another face thereof. In a mounted configuration, a fuel filter is threaded onto each mounting connector such that the filter is fluidly aligned with a fuel flow opening through the mounting plate, fasteners are positioned through the attachment openings and threadably received within the bores, and fuel flow passages of the filter assembly head define a flow distribution in which one pair of filters is fluidly in parallel and another pair of filters is fluidly in series. | 01-23-2014 |
Daniel G. Wear, East Peoria, IL US
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20150198241 | Spool Valve - A spool valve is associated with a hydraulic system and includes a valve body delineating an inlet port, a relief port, and an actuator port. A spool is movably disposed inside the valve body between relief position, an opened position, and a modulating position. A solenoid can initially urge the spool from the relief position to the opened position to establish fluid communication between the inlet port and the actuator port. As a result, flow forces can further urge the spool to the opened position. When fluid communication between the inlet port and the actuator port ceases, the spool moves to a modulating position. | 07-16-2015 |
Daniel G. Wear, Peoria, IL US
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20150176616 | HEATER SYSTEM FOR PRESSURIZABLE AND FLUID-RETAINING VESSEL - A heater system for a pressurizable and fluid-retaining vessel is disclosed. The heater system includes a frame assembly, a heater element, a temperature controller, and an insulation member. The frame assembly includes a first portion, which is structured and arranged to at least partially overlay the pressurizable and fluid-retaining vessel. The frame assembly includes a second portion, which is structured and arranged to mountably couple to the machine. The heater element is adapted to heat the pressurizable and fluid-retaining vessel. The heater element is supported within the first portion of the frame assembly. The temperature controller is adapted to regulate temperature of the pressurizable and fluid-retaining vessel. The insulation member encloses the pressurizable and fluid-retaining vessel and the heater element. | 06-25-2015 |
Frederick Coleman Wear, St. Louis, MO US
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20160039140 | Automated System and Method for Smoothing Wrinkled Material - A method and apparatus for smoothing a material having wrinkles. The material is positioned on a vacuum table having a group of segments. A smoothing device is moved across a surface of the material to form a substantially smooth section of the material. A vacuum is progressively applied to a portion of the group of segments in the vacuum table corresponding to the substantially smooth section of the material to pull the substantially smooth section of the material against the vacuum table. | 02-11-2016 |
James Wear, Madison, WI US
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20110058649 | TRANSVERSE SCANNING BONE DENSITOMETER AND DETECTOR USED IN SAME - A scanning bone densitometer includes an x-ray source to produce x-rays and an x-ray detector receiving x-rays emitted from the x-ray source. The x-ray detector includes a cadmium tellurium (CdTe) semiconductor. The scanning bone densitometer also includes a controller moving the x-ray source and the x-ray detector along a transverse scanning path to acquire a plurality of scan images of an object of interest. | 03-10-2011 |
James A. Wear, Madison, WI US
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20110158386 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING VISCERAL FAT MASS USING DUAL ENERGY X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY - Methods and system for measuring visceral fat mass are provided. One method includes acquiring dual-energy two-dimensional (2D) scan information from a dual-energy X-ray scan of a body and generating a dual-energy X-ray image of the body using the 2D scan information. The method further includes identifying a region of interest using the dual-energy X-ray image and determining a subcutaneous fat mass for each of a plurality of sections of the region of interest. The method also includes determining a visceral fat mass for the region of interest based on the determined subcutaneous fat mass for each of the plurality of sections. | 06-30-2011 |
20140061482 | ENHANCED RESPONSE OF SOLID STATE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TO SCINTILLATOR LIGHT BY USE OF WAVELENGTH SHIFTERS - A wavelength shifting material is optically coupled to one of a scintillator and a solid-state photomultiplier and transmits photons along and about a straight linear path. The wavelength shifting material enhances photon sensing performance of the solid state photomultiplier. | 03-06-2014 |
20140064446 | X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY USING SOLID-STATE PHOTOMULTIPLIERS - An x-ray absorptiometry apparatus and method utilize a radiation source having a beam opening angle of less than or equal to 30 milliradians in at least one dimension, an array of scintillator units to receive radiation from the radiation source with the beam angle after the radiation has passed through a body being imaged and at least one solid-state photomultiplier to receive photons from the array of scintillator units and to produce electrical signal based on the photons. In one implementation, an optical area transmission passage modifier is employed in a dual energy x-ray absorptiometry system. In one implementation, the array of scintillator units are arranged in staggered rows. In yet another implementation, the solid-state photomultiplier includes a plurality of solid-state photomultipliers arranged in rows. In one implementation, a single solid-state photomultiplier receive photons from a plurality of scintillators of the array. | 03-06-2014 |
Jeffrey W. Wear, Portland, OR US
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20130075289 | Golf Bag or Other Shoulder-Borne Device Having Double Strap to Single Strap Convertibility - Golf bags and other shoulder borne devices have strapping systems capable of converting between a single strap configuration and a double strap configuration. The strapping system includes two main straps. In the double strap configuration, the first strap member has three ends, each of which is attached to a location on the golf bag (or other structure), and the second strap member has one free end attached to the golf bag (or other structure) and one free end attached to a central area of the first strap member. When converting to the single strap configuration, the first strap member is removed from the golf bag (or other structure) completely, and the free end of the second strap member that was attached to the first strap member is removed therefrom and engaged with the golf bag (or other structure). | 03-28-2013 |
20130092573 | Lightweight Modular Golf Bag Having External Frame - A modular golf bag having an external frame is provided. A plurality of poles connect a frame top capable of receiving golf clubs to a frame bottom. A pliable bag body internal to the plurality of poles extends between the frame top and the frame bottom such that a cavity capable of receiving golf clubs through the frame top is formed. A plurality of pole sleeves are attached to the pliable bag body. Each pole sleeve surrounds at least a portion of the length of a pole such that each pole runs through at least one pole sleeve. The plurality of pole sleeves provide structure to the pliable bag body by securing the pliable bag body to the plurality of poles in an extended position. At least one additional storage compartment may be detachably connected between at least two of the plurality of poles. | 04-18-2013 |
20130092574 | Lightweight Modular Golf Bag With Frame - A modular golf bag having an external frame is provided. Poles connect a frame top capable of receiving golf clubs to a frame bottom. A pliable bag body extends between the frame top and the frame bottom such that a cavity capable of receiving golf clubs through the frame top is formed. Poles may be affixed to the pliable bag body using internally positioned pole sleeves, one or more slits in the pliable bag body, or a combination thereof. Also, storage compartments may be detachably connected between the poles. | 04-18-2013 |
20130306504 | STRAP ASSEMBLY FOR CARRYING A BAG - A strap member includes a first primary strap including a first notch formed along its inner edge and a second primary strap includes a second notch formed along its inner edge, the first notch and second notch defining a recess in the strap member. An intersection point positioned within the recess is at an intersection of lines being one of collinear and tangential with portions of the inner edges of the first and second primary straps. An elastic member extends between the first primary strap and the second primary strap. | 11-21-2013 |
20150083618 | Lightweight Modular Golf Bag With Frame - A modular golf bag having an external frame is provided. Poles connect a frame top capable of receiving golf clubs to a frame bottom. A pliable bag body extends between the frame top and the frame bottom such that a cavity capable of receiving golf clubs through the frame top is formed. Poles may be affixed to the pliable bag body using internally positioned pole sleeves, one or more slits in the pliable bag body, or a combination thereof. Also, storage compartments may be detachably connected between the poles. | 03-26-2015 |
Jeffrey W. Wear, Lake Oswego, OR US
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20100301086 | Golf Bag or Other Shoulder-Borne Device Having Double Strap to Single Strap Convertibility - Golf bags and other shoulder borne devices have strapping systems capable of converting between a single strap configuration and a double strap configuration. The strapping system includes two main straps. In the double strap configuration, the first strap member has three ends, each of which is attached to a location on the golf bag (or other structure), and the second strap member has one free end attached to the golf bag (or other structure) and one free end attached to a central area of the first strap member. When converting to the single strap configuration, the first strap member is removed from the golf bag (or other structure) completely, and the free end of the second strap member that was attached to the first strap member is removed therefrom and engaged with the golf bag (or other structure). | 12-02-2010 |
20120325699 | Golf Bags Having a Flip Pocket and/or a Symmetric Club Separator - Golf bags may include a main compartment for holding golf clubs and a flip pocket attached with the golf bag body but movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position. The bag may further include: (a) a releasable connector system for releasably holding the flip pocket at the engaged position; (b) an anti-slip element for preventing movement of the golf bag body with respect to a securing strap; and/or (c) a divider to help keep the golf clubs separated from one another when stored in the main compartment. Optionally, an outer perimeter of the divider may be symmetric about a first axis extending in a front-to-rear direction, symmetric about a second axis extending in a side-to-side direction, and/or symmetric about a third axis extending in a top-to-bottom direction (when the golf bag is oriented in an upright manner). Methods of making and using such golf bags also are described. | 12-27-2012 |
20120325700 | Golf Bags Having a Flip Pocket and/or a Symmetric Club Separator - Golf bags may include a main compartment for holding golf clubs and a flip pocket attached with the golf bag body but movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position. The bag may further include: (a) a releasable connector system for releasably holding the flip pocket at the engaged position; (b) an anti-slip element for preventing movement of the golf bag body with respect to a securing strap; and/or (c) a divider to help keep the golf clubs separated from one another when stored in the main compartment. Optionally, an outer perimeter of the divider may be symmetric about a first axis extending in a front-to-rear direction, symmetric about a second axis extending in a side-to-side direction, and/or symmetric about a third axis extending in a top-to-bottom direction (when the golf bag is oriented in an upright manner). Methods of making and using such golf bags also are described. | 12-27-2012 |
20140346066 | Golf Bags Having a Flip Pocket and/or a Symmetric Club Separator - Golf bags may include a main compartment for holding golf clubs and a flip pocket attached with the golf bag body but movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position. The bag may further include: (a) a releasable connector system for releasably holding the flip pocket at the engaged position; (b) an anti-slip element for preventing movement of the golf bag body with respect to a securing strap; and/or (c) a divider to help keep the golf clubs separated from one another when stored in the main compartment. Optionally, an outer perimeter of the divider may be symmetric about a first axis extending in a front-to-rear direction, symmetric about a second axis extending in a side-to-side direction, and/or symmetric about a third axis extending in a top-to-bottom direction (when the golf bag is oriented in an upright manner). Methods of making and using such golf bags also are described. | 11-27-2014 |
Jeffrey W. Wear, Beaverton, OR US
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20150257516 | Strap Assembly for Carrying a Bag - A strap member includes a first primary strap including a first notch formed along its inner edge and a second primary strap includes a second notch formed along its inner edge, the first notch and second notch defining a recess in the strap member. An intersection point positioned within the recess is at an intersection of lines being one of collinear and tangential with portions of the inner edges of the first and second primary straps. An elastic member extends between the first primary strap and the second primary strap. | 09-17-2015 |
Justin Wear, Philadelphia, PA US
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20140281973 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RECTIFYING THE LENGTHS OF MEDIA PLAYLISTS BASED ON TIME CRITERIA - Methods and systems are described for generating and updating media playlists in response to playback alteration operations performed by a user. For example, a media guidance application may generate a media playlist accessible during a set time period (e.g., from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM), which has a one hour play length. If a playback alteration operation (e.g., a pause or fast-forward operation) occurs during the playback of the media playlist, the media guidance application updates (e.g., by adding or removing content) the media playlist such that the media playlist has a play length that concludes by the end of the set time period (e.g., 8:00 PM). | 09-18-2014 |
20140282061 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CUSTOMIZING USER INPUT INTERFACES - Methods and systems are provided for determining a suitable user input interface type based on a particular user. Specifically, a media guidance application determines a demographic category of a user, and based on that demographic category of the user, automatically selects a user input interface for manipulating media objects that is suitable for the user. | 09-18-2014 |
Mark E. Wear, Greensboro, NC US
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20080205790 | ITERATIVE REGION-BASED AUTOMATED CONTROL POINT GENERATION - The present invention presents a technique for use in registering two images. In a first aspect, the invention includes a computer-implemented method for use in registering a first image to a second image, comprising: generating a base transform between the first and second image; generating a plurality of candidate control points from the first and second images; generating a plurality of meshed regions from the base control points and the actual control points from which the first image may be mapped to the second image. In other aspects, the includes a program storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computing device, will perform the method; a computing apparatus programmed to perform the method; a data product produced by the method; a program storage medium encoded with a data product produced by the method; and a computing apparatus on which resides a data product produced by the above method. | 08-28-2008 |
Sherri Wear, Orlando, FL US
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20140284353 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPERSING CHIA SEEDS - An apparatus and method are disclosed for dispersing, measuring, and regulating chia seeds. The chia seeds are configured to provide a Mila blend of chia seeds, containing high nutrient and vitamin counts. The chia seeds are loaded into a container configured to hold and disperse the chia seeds. A base supports the container, while a dispersion end provides a surface for dispersing the chia seeds. A plurality of apertures allows the chia seeds to at least partially pass through. Each aperture can be sized and dimensioned differently to allow different sizes of chia seed to pass, and to measure the amount of chia seeds dispersed. A barrier rotates on the dispersion end to regulate access to the plurality of apertures. An access aperture positioned on the dispersion end provides a space sufficiently sized for loading/unloading the chia seeds. | 09-25-2014 |
Stuart C.w. Wear, Minnetonka, MN US
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20100001164 | POSTER CLASP - A poster clasp for suspending a poster therefrom, includes a clasp assembly being formed integrally, unitarily, the clasp assembly having a support member and a hinged gripping member, the support member having a cam point formed integral with a backplate, and the hinged gripping member being rotatable between an open disposition and a closed disposition, the hinged gripping member being formed integral with a hinge, the hinge being formed of a relatively flexible material wherein the hinge and the cam point are each formed of a material having a durometer number, the durometer number of the hinge and of the cam point being substantially the same, said durometer being less than a durometer number of the backplate; and the hinged gripping member having a first leg, the first leg presenting a rounded knuckle proximate a distal end of the hinged gripping member. | 01-07-2010 |
Trevor J. Wear, Cambridgeshire GB
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20080317960 | Dispersant for Reducing Viscosity of Solids - The invention provides a dispersant for an aqueous dispersion of negatively charged or chargeable solid particulates which comprises a compound having an anchoring moiety linked to a polymeric hydrophilic moiety, the anchoring moiety containing at least one basic group and having an overall basicity and the polymeric moiety having a lower affinity for the particulate surface than the anchoring moiety. The invention also provides a coating composition containing the dispersant, an inkjet recording element containing the dispersant and methods of coating or reducing viscosity using the dispersant. | 12-25-2008 |
Trevor J. Wear, Ely Cambridgeshire GB
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20100184910 | THERMALLY-RESPONSIVE DISPERSANTS FOR MEDIA FORMULATIONS - A thermally-responsive dispersant for an aqueous dispersion of positively- or negatively-charged or chargeable solid or liquid particulate, comprises a compound having an anchoring moiety linked to a thermally-responsive polymeric stabilizing moiety, other than a polyalkylene oxide, the polymeric moiety having a lower affinity for the surface than the anchoring group below the thermal transition temperature, the particulates being positively-charged or chargeable when the anchoring moiety contains an acid and/or hydroxy group and has a net acidity or neutrality and the particulates being negatively-charged or chargeable when the anchoring moiety has a basic group and has a net basicity, wherein the dispersion exhibits a change in sign from negative to positive and an increase in magnitude of a rheological property (viscosity at low shear and/or complex modulus at low amplitude oscillatory shear), on increasing the temperature from below to above the thermal transition temperature. | 07-22-2010 |
Trevor J. Wear, Ely GB
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20090322811 | INKJET PRINTING SYSTEM - An inkjet printing system comprising a plurality of static inkjet printing units each comprising at least one inkjet printing head; an ink-receiving element comprising a poorly-absorbing or impermeable substrate; an aqueous inkjet composition which comprises a polymeric compound comprising discrete particles responsive to an external stimulus, and a functional material, which may be incorporated as part of the polymeric particles, the composition having a first rheological state and a different second rheological state in response to a stimulated change in conditions, the first state being associated with a first lower viscosity of the composition, wherein the particles have a first lower volume, and the second state being associated with a second higher viscosity of the composition, wherein the particles have a second higher volume, and of drying the aqueous ink composition only positioned downstream of the plurality of the printing units. | 12-31-2009 |
Trevor John Wear, Cambridgeshire GB
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20120046407 | METHOD OF PREPARING STIMULUS-RESPONSIVE POLYMERIC PARTICLES - A method of making a polymeric compound, comprising discrete particles responsive to an external stimulus, that is resistant to aggregation in high-shear fields, which includes the addition of a polymerization initiator to a reaction mixture comprising a monomer corresponding to the polymeric compound, wherein the method comprises the portion-wise addition of aliquots of a cross-linking agent to the reaction mixture, wherein an aliquot of the cross-linking agent is added to the reaction mixture both before the addition of the polymerization initiator and after the polymerization has progressed substantially to completion. The polymer particles are largely immune to the effects of transient shear rates at least as high as 10 | 02-23-2012 |
Trevor John Wear, Swavesey GB
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20110245400 | STIMULUS-RESPONSIVE POLYMERIC PARTICLES - A stimulus-responsive polymer particulate composition, comprising a first monomer, such as an aqueous microgel derived, for example, from N-isopropylacrylamide, may be rendered less susceptible to aggregation at high shear (e.g. at least as high as 10 | 10-06-2011 |
Tyler Byron Wear, San Diego, CA US
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20160036768 | Technique to Delegate Prefixes To Wi-Fi Clients Connected To Mobile Access Point Routers - Methods, devices, systems, and non-transitory process-readable storage media of the various embodiments enable a software-enabled access point mobile computing device to delegate prefixes to already connected local area network (LAN) client devices upon establishment or re-establishment of a data connection. The various embodiments may enable a mobile computing device configured to operate as a mobile router (i.e., a softAP mobile computing device) to support prefix delegation by providing unique IPv6 prefixes to connected LAN client devices. | 02-04-2016 |
20160036772 | Technique to Prevent IPv6 Address Exhaustion in Prefix Delegation Mode for Mobile Access Point Routers - Methods, devices, systems, and non-transitory process-readable storage media include methods for preventing IPv6 address exhaustion in prefix delegation mode by a software-enabled access point (“softAP”) mobile computing device providing an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) wide area network (WAN) connection to a plurality of client devices. A processor of a softAP mobile computing device may include assigning an unassigned prefix of a pool of available prefixes to a client device connected to a local area network (LAN) established by the softAP mobile computing device. The processor may determine whether the client device is disconnected from the LAN based on receiving an indication that the client device has disconnected. The processor may perform a cache look-up to obtain a link-local address of the client device when the client device is disconnected from the LAN, and unassign the prefix associated with the link-local address of the client device. | 02-04-2016 |