Patents by Inventor Craig Nelson
Craig Nelson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20050239917Abstract: Lithium metal powder based inks are provided. The inks are provided in formulations suitable for printing using a variety of printing techniques, including screen printing, offset litho printing, gravure printing, flexographic printing, pad printing and inkjet printing. The inks include lithium metal powder, a polymer binder and optionally electrically conductive materials and/or lithium salts in a solvent. The inks are well suited for use in printing electrodes for use in lithium metal batteries. Batteries made from lithium powder based anodes and electronic applications such as RFID labels, Smart Cards and wearable medical devices are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2005Publication date: October 27, 2005Inventors: Craig Nelson, C. Wensley, Wade Guindy
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Publication number: 20050223797Abstract: This invention involves a new housing for a liquid level detection device. More particularly, the new stillwell apparatus comprises, at least one tubular section, a means for extending the length of the stillwell, a conduit for delivering a cleansing solution to the bottom of the tubular sections, a gas inlet tube for determination of the presence of hazardous gases, and a means for pressure equalization. In addition this invention reveals novel installation, removal and cleansing methods making it possible to install, remove, and cleanse the stillwell from an exterior of a vessel, thereby eliminating the need for highly trained personnel to enter the vessel in order to install, maintain, cleanse, or remove the stillwell.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2004Publication date: October 13, 2005Inventor: Craig Nelson
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Patent number: 6928108Abstract: Updated operating code and parameters can be reprogrammed into a modem system with no disassembly of the modem hardware. The modem system includes a memory chip in which operating code and parameters are stored. Two control programs control the reprogramming of updated operating code. One of the control programs is designed for manufacturing and testing purposes. The other control program allows remote reprogramming of updated operating code or parameters from a remote location such as a customer site. A user can thus remotely upgrade system firmware with updates, bug fixes, enhancements or other new releases of system operating code by downloading the update over a phone line to a host PC and reprogramming the memory chip of the modem over the serial port from the host PC. The user can also remotely upgrade the modem system firmware by directly programming the memory chip of the modem without the assistance of the host PC. The modem system is portable, obtaining power from a standard 9 volt battery.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2001Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: Multi-Tech Systems, Inc.Inventors: Craig A. Nelson, Harinarayana Arimilli, Richard David Johnson
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Publication number: 20050143851Abstract: A system and method for monitoring product through a batch manufacturing plant is provided. The system includes, a parallel flow mode when product flows concurrently from at least two units to a single unit; and a serial flow mode where product flows from one unit to another at a given time, wherein the batch manufacturing plant is modeled based on the parallel and serial flow modes. A lot association is built based on product flow and a parent/child record is created for lot association. The system also includes a data collection system that collects phase information for every unit and a procedure identifier is used to create a batch identifier, where a batch identifier is associated with each lot on each unit through which product is flowing to and/or from at a given time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2004Publication date: June 30, 2005Inventors: Charles Scalfani, Donald Gaudino, Craig Nelson, Steven McCormick, Therese Sonnenfeld, Todd Soutar
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Patent number: 6892728Abstract: The present invention relates to an inhalation device for use with an inhaler (5) comprising a dispersion chamber (18) for fluid communication with the inhaler (5) and a suction chamber (19) in fluid communication with the dispersion chamber (18). The suction chamber (19) is constructed to enable the internal volume of the suction chamber (19) to be increased during use thereby producing a negative pressure in the dispersion chamber (18). In this way, the substance to be inhaled can be drawn from the inhaler into the dispersion chamber (18) for subsequent inhalation.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2001Date of Patent: May 17, 2005Assignee: AstraZeneca ABInventors: Per Helgesson, Douglas Jennings, Craig Nelson
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Publication number: 20050089748Abstract: Fuels cells, electrode assemblies, and electrodes that comprise silicon and/or sol-gel derived support structures, as well as to methods relating thereto, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the invention is directed to an electrode assembly adapted for use with a fuel cell comprises: an anode derived from a first planar silicon substrate; an electrolyte; a cathode derived from a second planar silicon substrate; wherein the anode and the cathode are parallel to each other and separated by an interstitial region comprising the electrolyte. In another embodiment, the invention is directed to electrode adapted for use with a fuel cell, wherein the electrode comprises a silicon substrate that functions as a current conductor, wherein the silicon substrate has a plurality of pores that define pore surfaces, wherein at least a portion of the pore surfaces have a catalyst thereon, wherein the catalyst is derived from one or more metallic precursors chemisorbed onto at least the pore surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2004Publication date: April 28, 2005Inventors: Leroy Ohlsen, Aaron Cooke, Jonathan Mallari, Chung Chan, Craig Nelson
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Publication number: 20050077401Abstract: A docking station module for fluidly connecting a mobile irrigation apparatus to a stationary hydrant water supply valve mounted on a water supply pipe, the module comprising a hydrant valve actuator resiliently suspended from a frame for floating movement in at least three mutually substantially perpendicular directions relative to the hydrant water supply valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2004Publication date: April 14, 2005Applicant: Nelson Irrigation CorporationInventors: Joseph Sinden, Rex Ness, Chad Leinweber, Richard Berrier, Craig Nelson, Barton Nelson
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Patent number: 6844831Abstract: A decode unit is coupled to receive instruction bytes and to dispatch instructions to an execution subsystem. The decode unit comprises circuitry divided into a pipeline including a plurality of pipeline stages, wherein the circuitry is configured to concurrently initiate decode of a plurality of instructions and to dispatch at least an initial instruction of the plurality of instructions from a first pipeline stage of the plurality of pipeline stages. Furthermore, the circuitry is configured to dispatch at least one remaining instruction of the plurality of instructions from a second pipeline stage of the plurality of pipeline stages. The second pipeline stage is subsequent to the first pipeline stage in the pipeline.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2003Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.Inventor: S. Craig Nelson
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Publication number: 20050007204Abstract: A high spectral purity microwave oscillator is provided. The Oscillator uses an air-dielectric cavity and employs the known carrier-suppression technique. In one embodiment, the oscillator employs a high-Q cavity to self-sustain an oscillating signal formed by feeding back into its input a power-amplified output signal of the cavity in which residual phase noise in the amplifier stages is suppressed. A bandpass filter selects the cavity mode. FIG. 1 illustrates this embodiment. Another embodiment suppresses the noise of a voltage-controlled oscillator whose frequency and power-amplified output interrogates the cavity mode. FIG. 2 illustrates this embodiment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2004Publication date: January 13, 2005Applicants: as represented by the Secretary of CommerceInventors: David Howe, Amitava Gupta, Craig Nelson, Fred Walls
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Publication number: 20030075175Abstract: The present invention relates to an inhalation device for use with an inhaler (5) comprising a dispersion chamber (18) for fluid communication with the inhaler (5) and a suction chamber (19) in fluid communication with the dispersion chamber (18). The suction chamber (19) is constructed to enable the internal volume of the suction chamber (19) to be increased during use thereby producing a negative pressure in the dispersion chamber (18). In this way, the substance to be inhaled can be drawn from the inhaler into the dispersion chamber (18) for subsequent inhalation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Per Helgesson, Douglas Jennings, Craig Nelson
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Patent number: 6526092Abstract: Updated opening code and parameters can be reprogrammed into a modem system with no disassembly of the modem hardware. The modem system includes a memory chip in which operating code and parameters are stored. Two control programs control the reprogramming of updated operating code. One of the control programs is designed for manufacturing and testing purposes. The other control program allows remote reprogramming of updated operating code or parameters from a remote location such as a customer site. A user can thus remotely upgrade system firmware with updates, bug fixes, enhancements or other new releases of system operating code by downloading the update over a phone line to a host PC and reprogramming the memory chip of the modem over the serial port from the host PC. The user can also remotely upgrade the modem system firmware by directly programing the memory chip of the modem without the assistance of the host PC. The modem system is portable, obtaining power from a standard 9 volt battery.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2000Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Assignee: Multi-Tech Systems, Inc.Inventors: Craig A. Nelson, Harinarayana Arimilli, Richard David Johnson
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Publication number: 20020114384Abstract: Updated operating code and parameters can be reprogrammed into a modem system with no disassembly of the modem hardware. The modem system includes a memory chip in which operating code and parameters are stored. Two control programs control the reprogramming of updated operating code. One of the control programs is designed for manufacturing and testing purposes. The other control program allows remote reprogramming of updated operating code or parameters from a remote location such as a customer site. A user can thus remotely upgrade system firmware with updates, bug fixes, enhancements or other new releases of system operating code by downloading the update over a phone line to a host PC and reprogramming the memory chip of the modem over the serial port from the host PC. The user can also remotely upgrade the modem system firmware by directly programming the memory chip of the modem without the assistance of the host PC. The modem system is portable, obtaining power from a standard 9 volt battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2001Publication date: August 22, 2002Applicant: Multi-Tech Systems, Inc.Inventors: Craig A. Nelson, Harinarayana Arimilli, Richard David Johnson
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Publication number: 20020007552Abstract: A battery cell manufacturing apparatus comprises a vacuum indexing conveyor for vertically suspending an anode material web, wherein a die punch is used to form a discrete anode from the anode material web. A pick and place mechanism is operable with the die punch for positioning the discrete anode between first and second separator webs for subsequent lamination. A laminator vertically receives the separator webs suspended for longitudinally extending them a force of gravity for smoothing out web surfaces adjacent the discrete anode carried therebetween prior to lamination of the separator webs to the discrete anode. A cathode assembly section includes a vacuum conveyor for guiding cathode material webs and vertically suspending them for die punching discrete cathodes which are then placed onto exposed outside surfaces of the vertically suspended separator webs in alignment with the anode laminated therewith.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2001Publication date: January 24, 2002Inventors: Robert W. Singleton, Craig Nelson
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Patent number: 6341143Abstract: Updated operating code and parameters can be reprogrammed into a modem system with no disassembly of the modem hardware. The modem system includes a memory chip in which operating code and parameters are stored. Two control programs control the reprogramming of updated operating code. One of the control programs is designed for manufacturing and testing purposes. The other control program allows remote reprogramming of updated operating code or parameters from a remote location such as a customer site. A user can thus remotely upgrade system firmware with updates, bug fixes, enhancements or other new releases of system operating code by downloading the update over a phone line to a host PC and reprogramming the memory chip of the modem over the serial port from the host PC. The user can also remotely upgrade the modem system firmware by directly programming the memory chip of the modem without the assistance of the host PC. The modem system is portable, obtaining power from a standard 9 volt battery.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 1995Date of Patent: January 22, 2002Assignee: Multi-Tech Systems, Inc.Inventors: Craig A. Nelson, Harinarayana Arimilli, Richard David Johnson
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Patent number: 6257352Abstract: A device for breaking rocks comprising a substantially vertical guide column which houses a weight for delivering an impact to a tool held within a cushioned tool holding structure that is itself supported from the guide column by a resilient recoil assembly is herein disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1999Date of Patent: July 10, 2001Inventor: Craig Nelson
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Patent number: 5928362Abstract: Authentication mechanism for interactive home entertainment systems using plug-in cards which do contain software as well as cards which do not contain software. A security bit stream is generated by circuitry on the card and checked by the base system while the system is operating, but only a single signal line of the interface is used for the bit stream. The card also includes a ROM which contains data to be downloaded to the base system. The ROM data is downloaded to the base system via the same signal line of the interface as the serial bit stream. The signal line is used for ROM data download while the base system asserts a "reset" signal, and is used to carry the serial bit stream for authentication purposes whenever the reset signal is negated.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1997Date of Patent: July 27, 1999Assignee: CagEnt Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Louis A. Cardillo, Sandro H. Pintz, Craig A. Nelson, Landau F. Edouard
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Patent number: 5809006Abstract: Copy-protected optical disk format, optical disk recording apparatus for creating disks having such formats and optical disk reading apparatus for reading disks having such formats and for determining whether the disks are authentic. In one aspect, an authentic optical disk has data bit indications along a spiral centerline of the disk, and these data bit indications define a radial wobble which has substantially greater energy at a predefined frequency f.sub.CPW (such as f.sub.CC /392) than at a frequency of f.sub.CC /196, where f.sub.CC is the spatial channel clock frequency. In another aspect, an authorized optical disk has data bit indications along a substantially spiral centerline of the disk, according to a channel clock whose frequency varies across the disk. The disk further has stored thereon an indication of the number of such channel clock cycles which occur along a predetermined test segment of the centerline, optionally together with a pointer to the test segment.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 1996Date of Patent: September 15, 1998Assignee: Cagent Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hedley C. Davis, Craig A. Nelson, Glenn J. Keller
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Patent number: 5568632Abstract: The present invention is an improved method and apparatus for selecting and replacing a block of a set of cache memory. The present invention provides for the weighted random replacement of blocks of cache memory by assigning indices to the memory blocks of a given set of cache memory. One of the assigned indices is then randomly selected by the present invention. The memory block of the given set to which the randomly selected index is assigned is replaced. The indices are assigned such that one or more blocks of the given set of cache memory have a high probability of replacement, whereas the other blocks of the given set of cache memory have significantly lower probabilities of replacement.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1993Date of Patent: October 22, 1996Assignee: LSI Logic CorporationInventor: S. Craig Nelson
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Patent number: 5293693Abstract: A method for determining the size of the open area of a vacuum valve for use in a die casting operation is disclosed. The invention determines the size primarily as a function of the total length of the exterior parting lines of the die. Apparatus for producing die castings is disclosed which has a vacuum valve with a specified open flow area.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 1992Date of Patent: March 15, 1994Assignee: Outboard Marine CorporationInventors: Craig A. Nelson, Russell J. VanRens
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Patent number: 5113511Abstract: A system (60) for predicting CPU addresses includes a CPU (34) connected by bus (62) to page mode address predicting circuit (64). The page mode address predicting circuit (64) is connected to memory arbitration circuits (66) by bus (68). The memory arbitration circuits (66) are connected to RAM (42) by address, data and control busses (44), (46) and (48). The CPU (34), page mode address predicting circuit (64) and the memory arbitration circuits 66 are contained in a microprocessor integrated circuit (32). The page mode predicting circuit 64 examines signals from the CPU (34) to be supplied to the data bus (46) at the time of a SYNC pulse. This operation results in examination of the first byte of a CPU instruction to determine how many of the following memory accesses will be able to be carried out in high speed mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1989Date of Patent: May 12, 1992Assignee: Atari CorporationInventors: Craig Nelson, Javier Solis, David L. Needle