Patents Represented by Attorney Fletcher Yoder
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Patent number: 8352203Abstract: Methods and systems for tracking an electronic signal corresponding to an operating frequency of an electronic component are provided. A method may include sampling the signal to determine previous and current time samples of the signal. A frequency of interest in the signal may also be pre-warped to decrease adverse warping effects resulting from processing signals having relatively higher operating frequencies. The previous and current time samples of the signals, along with the pre-warped frequency of interest, may be input into a digital tracking filter. The digital tracking filter may be configured to execute one or more algorithms on the previous and current time samples and the pre-warped frequency of interest to estimate a current operating frequency.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Brian J. Seibel, Russel J. Kerkman, Carlos Daniel Rodriguez-Valdez
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Patent number: 8347631Abstract: In an embodiment, a system includes an end cover and a liquid cartridge. The liquid cartridge is configured to mount in a fuel nozzle of a turbine engine, wherein the liquid cartridge comprises a one piece flange configured to couple to the end cover, wherein the flange comprises a water inlet, an air inlet, and a fuel inlet.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Donald Mark Bailey, Scott R Simmons, Gregory Allen Boardman, Xiomara Irizarry-Rosado
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Patent number: 8349056Abstract: A system includes a direct contact absorber configured to circulate a flow of a liquid desiccant solution for absorbing moisture from a gas stream flowing through the direct contact absorber.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Robert Warren Taylor
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Patent number: 8352009Abstract: A sensor may be adapted to provide output to indicate when the sensor experiences abnormal forces or pressure. The forces may be outside forces, or the forces may be generated by patient motion. A sensor system as provided may also be adapted to correct for such forces when calculating measurements related to a physiological characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Carine Hoarau, Li Li
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Patent number: 8352004Abstract: In an embodiment, a sensor may be adapted to provide information related to its position on a patient's tissue. postioned adjacenta sensor may be provided with tissue contact sensors which may relay a signal related to the proper placement of the sensor relative to the tissue of a patient. Such a sensor may be useful for providing information to a clinician regarding the location of the sensor in relation to the skin of a patient in order to provide improved measurements.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2007Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Paul D. Mannheimer, Bruce R. Bowman, Lee M. Middleman, Clark R. Baker, Jr.
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Patent number: 8352865Abstract: Techniques for displaying object animations on a slide are disclosed. In accordance with these techniques, objects on a slide may be assigned actions when generating or editing the slide. The effects of the actions on the slide are depicted using one or more respective representations which represent the slide as it will appear after implementation of one or more corresponding actions.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2008Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Paul Bradford Vaughan, James Eric Tilton, Christopher Morgan Connors, Ralph Lynn Melton, Jay Christopher Capela, Ted Stephen Boda
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Patent number: 8352010Abstract: A sensor assembly is provided that includes a frame upon which electrical and optical components may be disposed and a covering, such as an overmold coating, provided about the frame. The frame may be moved between an open and a closed configuration, such as during the manufacture of the sensor assembly. The sensor assembly includes a retaining component configured to hold the sensor in the closed configuration when engaged. In one embodiment, the sensor may be placed on a patient's finger, toe, ear, and so forth to obtain pulse oximetry or other physiological measurements.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Covidien LPInventor: George L. Matlock
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Patent number: 8347916Abstract: A chemical injection line connector includes first and second couplings configured to automatically seal shut when the members are disengaged. A method for blocking contamination or pressure transfer of chemical injection lines includes securing first and second couplings to corresponding ends of a chemical injection line and automatically sealing the couplings shut when the couplings are disengaged.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2008Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Cameron International CorporationInventor: David R. June
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Patent number: 8347966Abstract: A system in some embodiments includes a system, having a seal assembly, including an inner energizing ring, an outer energizing ring, a load ring disposed between the inner energizing ring and the outer energizing ring, a sealing element, and a lock ring. Further other embodiments provide a method of sealing, including rotating an inner energizing ring in a direction to move the inner energizing ring in a first axial direction to seat a seal, rotating an outer energizing ring in the direction to wedgingly engage and set a lock ring in a radial direction, and rotating a load ring in the direction to move the load ring in a second axial direction to set the lock ring.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2008Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Cameron International CorporationInventors: Dennis P. Nguyen, Thomas E. Taylor
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Patent number: 8352394Abstract: The present invention provides novel techniques for validating laboratory data values for properties of interest of products produced by a process system. In particular, samples of the product may be sent to a laboratory testing facility, where laboratory testing procedures may be used to obtain the laboratory data values for the property of interest. The laboratory data values may be sent to a control system which includes a laboratory data validation module. The laboratory data validation module may be capable of validating the laboratory data values of the property of interest by comparing the laboratory data values of the property of interest with predicted values generated by a model. The model may be created using inputs such as laboratory and measured data values of the property of interest as well as laboratory and measured data values of other properties of the product.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2008Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Brian Kent Stephenson, David G. Hoch, L. Paul Collete, III
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Patent number: 8347970Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that may include employing a lockscrew to provide radial and axial force in connecting tubular members in a mineral extraction system. The lockscrew may be angled relative to the tubular members, at an angle that is greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees. Further, the lockscrew may have an end portion which mates with a slot in a locking segment, and the lockscrew and locking segment may be moved from an unlocked to a locked position. In a locked position, the lockscrew exerts force axially downward and radially inward to push the locking segment against a tubular member, locking the member in place. The interconnection between the lockscrew and the locking segment may enable easier installation and may utilize parts which may be easier to manufacture. Furthermore, the angle of the lockscrew may provide improved support for tubular members.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Cameron International CorporationInventors: Delbert Edwin Vanderford, Kenneth Melvin Reed
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Patent number: 8352833Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for operating a NAND memory device. The NAND memory device is operated by transmitting serial peripheral interface signals from a host to a NAND memory device, whereby the signals are communicated to a NAND memory in the NAND memory device without modifying the signals into a standard NAND memory format. Similarly, a method and system is disclosed for receiving signals from the NAND memory device without modifying the signals from a standard NAND format into a serial format. The system also incorporates error detection and correction techniques to detect and correct errors in data stored in the NAND memory device.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2012Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Theodore T. Pekny, Victor Y. Tsai, Peter S. Feeley
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Patent number: 8343608Abstract: The present disclosure relates to optical media and the formation and use of such media. In certain embodiments the optical media or a composition suitable for such media includes a polymeric matrix or substrate. A dye, such as an energy transfer dye is chemically appended to the polymeric matrix or substrate, such as by one or more covalent bonds.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2010Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Arunkumar Natarajan, Evgenia Mikhailovna Kim, Vicki Herzl Watkins, Julia Lam Lee, Patrick Joseph McCloskey, Kwok Pong Chan, Matthew Jeremiah Misner, Victor Petrovich Ostroverkhov
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Patent number: 8342794Abstract: A system includes a compressor and a control system. The control system includes a processor and associated memory. The control system is configured to receive feedback comprising a thermodynamic characteristic or a mechanical characteristic of the compressor. Also, the control system is configured to generate an indication of a surge event or a stall event in the compressor based on the feedback.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Serge Staroselsky, William Charles Jost, Mel Gabriel Maalouf, Andriy Andreyev, Michael Tolmatsky
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Patent number: 8343243Abstract: A method may include preparing a coke slurry, preparing a lignite slurry separate from the coke slurry, and combining the coke slurry with the lignite slurry to form a coke/lignite slurry.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Jaleh Khorami Ghani
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Patent number: 8342150Abstract: A load control system, in certain aspects, may be configured to decrease the amount of noise pollution of a prime mover (e.g., engine) of a service pack in that it may not require the prime mover to operate at higher discrete operating speeds to deliver small amounts of air from the air compressor. The load control system may also only increase the speed of the prime mover to a minimum discrete speed required, keeping noise at a minimum. The load control system may also maximize fuel efficiency by not operating the prime mover at the highest discrete speed at all times. More specifically, the lower operating speeds may lead to less fuel consumption.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Illinois Tool Works IncInventor: Ross Renner
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Patent number: 8345991Abstract: A technique for selecting portions of a multi-resolution medical image data set to be stored and the portions of the multi-resolution medical image data set to be discarded in order to reduce the overall amount of image data that is stored for each image data set. The selection is based on the clinical purpose for obtaining the medical image data. The clinical purpose for obtaining the medical image is used to select a segmentation algorithm to segment the image data into several regions based on their relevance to the purpose for obtaining the image data. A mask is created from the segmented data. The mask is used to assign data compression quality factors to corresponding regions in the image data. The image data in each region is compressed based on their assigned quality factor. The image data that is highly relevant is compressed with lossless data compression. The image data in regions of lesser relevance are compressed with lossy data compression.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2007Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: David Thomas Gering, John David Hoford, David Matthew Deaven, Gopal Biligeri Avinash
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Patent number: 8346203Abstract: Various techniques that relate to prolonging the battery life on a portable electronic device during the buffering and playback of audio broadcast data are provided. In accordance with disclosed embodiments, upon detecting a low power state, the device may implement one or more low power actions, including starting, continuing, or stopping one or more audio broadcast functions, such as buffering or playing back audio broadcast data, to reduce overall power consumption, and thus prolong battery life. In one embodiment, a user may specify one or more low power actions that are to be implemented during a low power state by configuring user settings stored on the device. In another embodiment, the device, upon detecting a low power state, may prompt the user to make a selection from a listing of selectable low power action options and perform the selected low power action.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Aram Lindahl, Richard Michael Powell, Joseph M. Williams
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Patent number: 8345177Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) is provided having transistors disposed within via holes having elongated (e.g., rectangular or oval) contact areas. The use of via holes having elongated contact areas allows an opaque mask defining an aperture for light transmission to be lengthened, thereby increasing the overall area of the aperture. The increase in the area of the aperture may increase the amount of light that can pass through the aperture.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Inventors: Shih Chang Chang, Shawn Robert Gettemy, Ming Xu, Cheng Chen, Mingxia Gu, John Z Zhong
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Patent number: 8346328Abstract: Embodiments disclosed may include a sensor which may be adapted to provide information related to its position on a patient's tissue. A sensor may be provided with tissue contact sensors which may relay a signal related to the sensor's proper placement adjacent a patient's tissue. Such a sensor may be useful for providing information to a clinician about the status of a sensor, such as if a sensor may be located more closely to the tissue in order to provide improved measurements.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2007Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Paul D. Mannheimer, Bruce R. Bowman, Lee M. Middleman, Clark R. Baker, Jr.