Patents Assigned to Concurrent Technologies Corporation
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Publication number: 20130316196Abstract: A self contained energy generating system that comprises a galvanic battery and a power distribution system. The energy generating system is used to purify water by using a reverse osmosis device that draws in a source of water and transfers electrolytes to the galvanic battery. Upon contact with the electrolyte, the galvanic battery produces energy by an oxidation-reduction reaction of the cathode and anode and transfers energy to the power distribution system, which in turn provides power to the osmosis device. Additionally, the system includes a hydrogen fuel cell to increase the amount of energy generated and a power storage device for storing excess energy generated. The system also includes a controller which is configured to regulate the overall operation of the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: CONCURRENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (CTC)Inventors: Michel J. MCCLUSKEY, Mark BECKER, Michael POLLOCK, Daniel R. MARKIEWICZ
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Patent number: 8532952Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for creation of discrete corrosion defects with a wide range of diameter to depth aspect ratios for painted test standards. Also provided are methods for use of those test standards to characterize the corrosion under paint detection threshold, statistical reliability, and accuracy of NDI and/or NDT techniques including but not limited to flash thermography, ultrasonic testing, eddy current testing, microwave testing, shearography, and infrared testing.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2010Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Concurrent Technologies CorporationInventors: Joseph Pecina, Scott Ryan, John Cargill
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Patent number: 8504979Abstract: The present invention addresses the development of software applications for multiple domains and users. The application framework of the present invention includes a collection of mutually compatible software components, technologies and capabilities that can be assembled using object-oriented techniques to build custom software applications.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2010Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Concurrent Technologies CorporationInventors: Kamal V. Gella, David R. Hockenberry, Donald May, Jeremy Snyder, Natarajan Sridhar, Laurie Waisel, John Wass
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Patent number: 8448490Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for creation of discrete corrosion defects with a wide range of diameter to depth aspect ratios for painted test standards. Also provided are methods for use of those test standards to characterize the corrosion under paint detection threshold, statistical reliability, and accuracy of NDI and/or NDT techniques including but not limited to flash thermography, ultrasonic testing, eddy current testing, microwave testing, shearography, and infrared testing.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2010Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Concurrent Technologies CorporationInventors: Joseph Pecina, Scott Ryan, John Cargill
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Patent number: 8356831Abstract: The adjustable trailer hitch assembly of the present invention is designed for attachment to the head of most commercially available trailers. The adjustable trailer hitch assembly includes a first weldment member pivotally attachable to a head of a trailer, and a second weldment member operably connected to the first weldment member for lateral movement between extended and locked positions. Collapsible extension arms operably connect the first and second weldment members providing movement between the extended and locked positions. The collapsible extension arms are positionable between a first collapsed position with the first and second weldment members adjacent one another defining the locked position, and a second extended position with the first and second weldment members separated from one another defining the extended position.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2009Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Concurrent Technologies CorporationInventors: Michael John Pollock, John E. Gover, Jr., Brian S. Rose, Greg E. Holt
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Publication number: 20120234439Abstract: Aluminum-magnesium alloys are ideal for ship construction; however, these alloys can become sensitized and susceptible to intergranular corrosion when exposed to moderately elevated temperatures. A stabilization treatment has been developed to reverse sensitization and restore corrosion resistance, such that in-service plate can be refurbished rather than replaced. This treatment involves a short exposure to a specific elevated temperature range and can be implemented with portable units onboard a ship.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: CONCURRENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Lawrence S. Kramer, Catherine Wong
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Patent number: 7950113Abstract: A device for retaining splitting forces incurred by a cable stop, tow stop or carriage stop is disclosed that includes a sleeve having a first end, a second end, and a bore extending from the first end to the second end. The bore is sized and configured to retain at least one of the cable stop, tow stop and carriage stop. The sleeve is sized and configured to retain splitting forces transferred from the cable stop, tow stop or carriage stop when the sleeve retains the cable stop, tow stop or carriage stop and is engaged by a cable catch or tow ball.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2007Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Concurrent Technologies CorporationInventors: Park O. Cover, Jr., Thomas C. Kiesling, John Ryan, Ed Peretin
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Patent number: 7865875Abstract: A robust toolkit that can be configured and assembled in an object-oriented manner to develop a custom case management software application. The toolkit provides a set of software components that serve as a framework for integration with off-the-shelf components. The software components are organized in a vertical layered architecture, with each layer depending upon the layers below it. The toolkit includes a top enterprise application layer, a middle case management application layer, and a bottom customized application layer. The toolkit allows developer to focus on meeting the specific case management needs of a target business/organization, instead of developing case management business logic and application logic from the ground up.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2006Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Concurrent Technologies CorporationInventors: David R. Hockenberry, Donald Gene May, Jr., Natarajan Sridhar, Kamal V. Gella
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Publication number: 20100229149Abstract: The present invention addresses the development of software applications for multiple domains and users. The application framework of the present invention includes a collection of mutually compatible software components, technologies and capabilities that can be assembled using object-oriented techniques to build custom software applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2010Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicant: CONCURRENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Kamal V. Gella, David R. Hockenberry, Donald May, Jeremy Snyder, Natarajan Sridhar, Laurie Waisel, John Wass
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Patent number: 7776606Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for creation of discrete corrosion defects with a wide range of diameter to depth aspect ratios for painted test standards. Also provided are methods for use of those test standards to characterize the corrosion under paint detection threshold, statistical reliability, and accuracy of NDI and/or NDT techniques including but not limited to flash thermography, ultrasonic testing, eddy current testing, microwave testing, shearography, and infrared testing.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2007Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Concurrent Technologies CorporationInventors: Joseph Pecina, Scott Ryan, John Cargill, Paul William Galbraith, Wayne Powell
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Publication number: 20100013189Abstract: The adjustable trailer hitch assembly of the present invention is designed for attachment to the head of most commercially available trailers. The adjustable trailer hitch assembly includes a first weldment member pivotally attachable to a head of a trailer, and a second weldment member operably connected to the first weldment member for lateral movement between extended and locked positions. Collapsible extension arms operably connect the first and second weldment members providing movement between the extended and locked positions. The collapsible extension arms are positionable between a first collapsed position with the first and second weldment members adjacent one another defining the locked position, and a second extended position with the first and second weldment members separated from one another defining the extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2009Publication date: January 21, 2010Applicant: Concurrent Technologies CorporationInventors: Michael John Pollock, John E. Gover, JR., Brian S. Rose, Greg E. Holt
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Publication number: 20090236577Abstract: The dual mode jack foot of the present invention is designed for attachment to the base of most commercially available trailer jacks. The inventive jack foot includes a housing pivotally attached to an end of a trailer jack, and first and second types of trailer support mechanisms attached to the housing approximately 90-degrees apart. The housing is pivotable between a first position wherein the first type of trailer support mechanism is deployed for use, and a second position wherein the second type of trailer support mechanism is deployed for use.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2009Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicant: Concurrent Technologies CorporationInventors: Michael John Pollock, Vaughan Gordon Stevenson, John Ellsworth Gover, JR., David Shawn Rose
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Patent number: 7589902Abstract: A wearable display system, such as a Head Mounted Display, having a display engine producing light, preferably linearly polarized light, which defines a synthetic image that is relayed to a wire grid polarizing combiner which overlays the synthetic image onto a real image of an object of the outside world, and wherein the real image is contemporaneously viewed through the wire grid polarizing combiner by the wearer of the system. The wire grid polarizing combiner can be curved in at least one axis, and preferably two axis such that optical power is added to the wire grid polarizing combiner.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2007Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Concurrent Technologies CorporationInventors: John Garoutte, David Bajorins, Chris Gnehm
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Patent number: 7545571Abstract: A wearable display system, such as a Head Mounted Display, having a display engine producing light, preferably linearly polarized light, which defines a synthetic image that is relayed to a wire grid polarizing combiner which overlays the synthetic image onto a real image of an object of the outside world, and wherein the real image is contemporaneously viewed through the wire grid polarizing combiner by the wearer of the system. The wire grid polarizing combiner can be curved in at least one axis, and preferably two axis such that optical power is added to the wire grid polarizing combiner.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2005Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Concurrent Technologies CorporationInventors: John Garoutte, David Bajorins, Chris Gnehm
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Publication number: 20080013185Abstract: A wearable display system, such as a Head Mounted Display, having a display engine producing light, preferably linearly polarized light, which defines a synthetic image that is relayed to a wire grid polarizing combiner which overlays the synthetic image onto a real image of an object of the outside world, and wherein the real image is contemporaneously viewed through the wire grid polarizing combiner by the wearer of the system. The wire grid polarizing combiner can be curved in at least one axis, and preferably two axis such that optical power is added to the wire grid polarizing combiner.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2007Publication date: January 17, 2008Applicant: Concurrent Technologies CorporationInventors: John Garoutte, David Bajorins, Chris Gnehm
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Patent number: 7267543Abstract: A feed shoe having at least one feed chamber with an open bottom portion and an open front portion whereat a gate is provided. The gate can be vertically adjustable and can have a lower edge defining a leading edge of the feed chamber, wherein the leading edge can have a flat, serrated, or rounded profile depending upon the type of feed material used. The gate, or a separate main gate adjacent the gate, can have a flat, curved, or V-shaped inner surface facing the feed chamber, wherein a lower portion of the inner surface can have a stepped profile which shears the material in the feed chamber in separate planes. The feed shoe can further include an attachment portion adapted for adjustably retaining an end of at least one material feed delivery member in communication with said at least one feed chamber.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2004Date of Patent: September 11, 2007Assignee: Concurrent Technologies CorporationInventors: Timothy G. Freidhoff, Alan William Baum
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Publication number: 20070174810Abstract: A robust toolkit that can be configured and assembled in an object-oriented manner to develop a custom case management software application. The toolkit provides a set of software components that serve as a framework for integration with off-the-shelf components. The software components are organized in a vertical layered architecture, with each layer depending upon the layers below it. The toolkit includes a top enterprise application layer, a middle case management application layer, and a bottom customized application layer. The toolkit allows developer to focus on meeting the specific case management needs of a target business/organization, instead of developing case management business logic and application logic from the ground up.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2006Publication date: July 26, 2007Applicant: Concurrent Technologies CorporationInventors: David Hockenberry, Donald May, Jr., Natarajan Sridhar, Kamal Gella
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Patent number: 6669786Abstract: Disclosed are processes and compositions of solutions for chromate-replacement coatings for aluminum and aluminum alloys. A preferred method includes forming a boehmite coating layer that includes Al (III) ions on an aluminum surface, and applying an ionic conversion coating solution to the coating layer. The ionic conversion coating solution comprises hexavalent and trivalent ions. The trivalent ions are selected from the group consisting of Ce, Ga, Mn, Sc, Ti, Te and V. The hexavalent ions are selected from the group consisting of Mn, Mo, Se and W. It is contended that the resulting coatings provide corrosion resistance and self-healing effect in any defects present in the coatings.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2001Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: Concurrent Technologies CorporationInventor: Krishnaswamy Sampath
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Patent number: 6669075Abstract: A friction stir welding tool is provided for joining together workpieces utilizing friction stir welding processes. The inventive tool includes a support body rotatable about a first axis and having a distal end defining a shoulder. A rotatable pin extends from the distal end of the support body downward and away from the shoulder. The shoulder of the support body includes at least one section that is tapered, with the taper extending downward toward the pin.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2002Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: Concurrent Technologies CorporationInventor: Kevin Colligan
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Patent number: 6457512Abstract: Fully dense long ingots are produced by the bottom pouring method and apparatus of the present invention. A solidification sequence is achieved which is conducive to eliminating solidification shrinkage and piping. The set-up of the bottom poured ingot molds facilitates a solidification sequence starting from the top and then down the ingot mold and then up the down pour pipe.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 1998Date of Patent: October 1, 2002Assignee: Concurrent Technologies CorporationInventors: Kuang-O Yu, Alex Simkovich