Patents by Inventor David A. Prater
David A. Prater 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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Patent number: 10184484Abstract: A compressor device for a turbocharger. The compressor device includes a compressor housing and a separate snorkel member which are provided separately and then connected together. The compressor housing has two air passages separated by a partition wall, while the snorkel member similarly has two separate air ducts separated in part by a partition wall. The two components have mating fittings to connect them together.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2016Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.Inventor: David A. Prater
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Publication number: 20180357832Abstract: An ultrasonic imaging system produces more diagnostic cardiac images of the left ventricle by plotting the longitudinal medial axis of the chamber between the apex and mitral valve plane as a curved line evenly spaced between the opposite walls of the myocardium. Transverse image planes are positioned orthogonal to the curved medial axis with control points positioned in the short axis view on lines evenly spaced around and emanating from the medial axis. If the short axis view is of an oval shaped chamber the transverse image is stretched to give the heart a more rounded appearance resulting in better positioning of editing control points.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2016Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: SCOTT HOLLAND SETTLEMIER, DAVID PRATER, ROBERT JOSEPH SCHNEIDER
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Patent number: 10123781Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system and method enable the automatic acquisition of standard view planes of the heart in real time, such as the AP4, AP3, and AP2 views. A 3D image of the heart is acquired and the processed in conjunction with a geometrical heart model. The heart model is fitted to the heart in its acquired pose to segment the desired image planes from the 3D image data. During successive image acquisition intervals the image planes are tracked through successive image data as multi-plane system to update a display of the multiple images. The successive image acquisitions can be volume image acquisitions or multi-plane acquisitions of just the tracked image planes during each acquisition interval.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2014Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Robert Joseph Schneider, Mary Kay Bianchi, Robin S. Brooks, Michael Daniel Cardinale, David Prater, Lydia Rivera, V, Ivan Salgo, Scott Holland Settlemier, Jean Margaret Williams
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ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS OF CARDIAC PERFORMANCE USING HEART MODEL CHAMBER SEGMENTATION WITH USER CONTROL
Publication number: 20180161009Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system has a user control by which a user positions the user's selection of a heart chamber border in relation to two myocardial boundaries identified by a deformable heart model. The user's border is positioned by a single degree of freedom control which positions the border as a function of a single user- determined value. This overcomes the vagaries of machine-drawn borders and their mixed acceptance by clinicians, who can now create repeatably-drawn borders and exchange the control value for use by others to obtain the same results.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: IRINA WAECHTER-STEHLE, FRANK MICHAEL WEBER, CHRISTIAN BUERGER, ROBERT JOSEPH SCHNEIDER, DAVID PRATER, SCOTT HOLLAND SETTLEMIER, MICHAEL DANIEL CARDINALE -
Publication number: 20180049718Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system has a user control by which a user positions the user's selection of a heart chamber border in relation to two machine-drawn heart chamber tracings. The user's border is positioned by a single degree of freedom control which positions the border as a function of a single user-determined value. This overcomes the vagaries of machine-drawn borders and their mixed acceptance by clinicians, who can now create repeatably-drawn borders and exchange the control value for use by others to obtain the same results.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2016Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventors: ROBERT JOSEPH SCHNEIDER, DAVID PRATER, SCOTT HOLLAND SETTLEMIER, MICHAEL DANIEL CARDINALE, MARY KAY BIANCHI, LYDIA RIVERA, IVAN SALGO
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Publication number: 20170234325Abstract: A compressor device for a turbocharger. The compressor device includes a compressor housing and a separate snorkel member which are provided separately and then connected together. The compressor housing has two air passages separated by a partition wall, while the snorkel member similarly has two separate air ducts separated in part by a partition wall. The two components have mating fittings to connect them together.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2016Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventor: David A. Prater
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Patent number: 9687210Abstract: A 3D ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system produces 3D cardiac images at a 3D frame rate of display which is equal to the acquisition rate of a 3D image dataset. The volumetric cardiac region being imaged is sparsely sub-sampled by separated scanning beams. Spatial locations between the beams are filled in with interpolated values or interleaved with acquired data values from other 3D scanning intervals depending upon the existence of motion in the image field. A plurality of different beam scanning patterns are used, different ones of which have different spatial locations where beams are located and beams are omitted. A sequence of different beam scanline patterns may be continuously repeated, or the patterns of the sequence synchronized with the cardiac phases such that, over a sequence of N heartbeats, the same respective phase is scanned by N different scanline patterns.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2011Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPES ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: David Prater, Stephen Watkins, William Robert Martin
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Publication number: 20170175808Abstract: A two-piece tilting pad journal bearing (50a) is used to support a rotating assembly of a turbocharger (1). The tilting pad journal bearing (50a) includes a hollow, cylindrical bearing shell (52), and a bearing liner (72) disposed within the bearing shell (52). The bearing liner (72) includes a center portion (74), bearing pads (100), and an axially-extending arm (86) that connects each bearing pad (100) to the center portion (74).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2015Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Daniel Pruitt, EVAN LUCAS, DAVID PRATER
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Publication number: 20160249885Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system and method enable the automatic acquisition of standard view planes of the heart in real time, such as the AP4, AP3, and AP2 views. A 3D image of the heart is acquired and the processed in conjunction with a geometrical heart model. The heart model is fitted to the heart in its acquired pose to segment the desired image planes from the 3D image data. During successive image acquisition intervals the image planes are tracked through successive image data as multi-plane system to update a display of the multiple images. The successive image acquisitions can be volume image acquisitions or multi-plane acquisitions of just the tracked image planes during each acquisition interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2014Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventors: ROBERT JOSEPH SCHNEIDER, MARY KAY BIANCHI, ROBIN S. BROOKS, MICHAEL DANIEL CARDINALE, DAVID PRATER, LYDIA RIVERA, IVAN SALGO, SCOTT HOLLAND SETTLEMIER, JEAN MARGARET WILLIAMS
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Publication number: 20160143614Abstract: An interactive visual guidance tool for an imaging acquisition and display system and configured for user navigation with respect to a blockage of a field of view (216) detects, and spatially defines, the blockage. It also integrates, with the image for joint visualization, an indicium (244) that visually represents the definition. The indicium is moved dynamically according to movement, relative to the blockage, of the field of view. The indicium can be shaped like a line segment, or two indicia (244, 248) can be joined in a “V” shape to frame a region of non-blockage. The defining maybe based on determining whether ultrasound beams in respective directions are blocked. Included, for deriving the image, in some embodiments are imaging channels for receiving image data for which a metric of coherence, i.e., similarity among channel data, is computed. The determination for a direction is based on the metric for locations in that direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2014Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventors: SHENG-WEN HUANG, EMIL GEORGE RADULESCU, RAMON QUIDO ERKAMP, SHOUGANG WANG, KARL ERHARD THIELE, DAVID PRATER
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Publication number: 20160015367Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system is gated to acquire images at different phases of a physiological cycle such as the heartbeat. At each successive heart cycle a trigger actuates the acquisition of a continuous sequence of images, starting at a particular phase of the heart cycle and ending when the next heart cycle begins. Multiple triggers are used, each starting at a different phase of the heart cycle and each acquiring images at uniform temporal spacing. After the first trigger is used a sequence of images has been captured which are temporally evenly spaced over the heart cycle, and as successive triggers are used uniform temporal spacing is maintained as the heart cycle is filled in with additional images for replay of an image loop of phase re-ordered images at a high frame rate of display.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2014Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: ROBERT JOSEPH SCHNEIDER, DAVID PRATER, WILLIAM ROBERT MARTIN, SCOTT WILLIAM DIANIS
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Patent number: 9114693Abstract: A daylight opening system for a vehicle window opening may include a module having a carrier, a trim member and a first seal. The carrier may be adapted to be secured to a door of a vehicle. The trim member may be secured to the carrier and may cooperate with the carrier to define a space in which a window pane is selectively receivable. The first seal member may be integrally formed with the carrier and configured to sealingly engage the window pane.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2013Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: SRG Global, Inc.Inventors: David Prater, Patrick Fenchak
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Patent number: 8978306Abstract: A vehicle sealing system includes an outer sash molding component, an inner sash trim component, a first seal, and first, second and third seal members. The outer sash molding component covers a first portion of a door frame member. The inner sash trim component covers a second portion of the door frame member. The first seal is co-extruded with the outer sash molding component. The first seal member is dual shot molded with the inner sash trim component. The second seal member is co-extruded with the outer sash molding component. An end of the outer sash molding component is embedded in the second seal member. The third seal member forms a cushion between the glass and the door frame member. The seal members are spaced apart from each other and coupled to one of the outer sash molding component and the inner sash trim component separately from each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2010Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventors: David Prater, Troy Belliston
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Publication number: 20140358004Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system scans a volumetric region of a body. A clinician defines a three dimensional region of interest within the volumetric region. The three dimensional region of interest is viewed from two different viewing directions to give the clinician a sense of the structure, makeup, and orientation of the region of interest. The three dimensional region of interest can be viewed from viewing directions in 180° opposition to each other, orthogonal, or at an intermediate angle. Manipulation of one view of the three dimensional region of interest causes both views to change, as if the clinician were manipulating both views simultaneously in the same way.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2013Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: David Prater, Stephen Watkins, David Frank Adams
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Patent number: 8852327Abstract: An air dryer cartridge having an outer shell, an inner shell positioned within the outer shell, and a check valve positioned at least partially between the inner and outer shells. The inner and outer shells each have an inlet and an outlet. The outer shell is preferably operable to removably engage an air dryer. The check valve is operable to regulate the rate of flow of fluid through the outlet of the inner shell. Preferably, the check valve also seals between portions of the inner and outer shells and/or is operable to sealingly engage an air dryer.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Haldex Brake Products CorporationInventors: Andrew W. Adams, David A. Prater, Michael R. Jenkins
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Publication number: 20140260995Abstract: An air dryer cartridge having an outer shell, an inner shell positioned within the outer shell, and a check valve positioned at least partially between the inner and outer shells. The inner and outer shells each have an inlet and an outlet. The outer shell is preferably operable to removably engage an air dryer. The check valve is operable to regulate the rate of flow of fluid through the outlet of the inner shell. Preferably, the check valve also seals between portions of the inner and outer shells and/or is operable to sealingly engage an air dryer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: HALDEX BRAKE PRODUCTS CORPORATIONInventors: Andrew W. Adams, David A. Prater, Michael R. Jenkins
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Patent number: 8699302Abstract: An electromagnetic system having a reaction mass with a field winding embedded therein, a base plate having an inner annular surface and an outer annular surface, and an armature winding coupled to at least a portion of the inner annular surface and at least a portion of the outer annular surface of an upper end portion of the base plate. In operation, directing an electric current in at least one of the field winding and the armature winding causes at least one of the base plate and the reaction mass to move relative to each other. The electromagnetic system can be used for seismic exploration and vibroseis applications, among other uses.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas SystemInventors: Ray Zowarka, John Uglum, Jim Upshaw, Charles Penney, Hsing-Pang Liu, Stephen Manifold, Kent Davey, Bryan Bunkowski, David Prater
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Publication number: 20130292965Abstract: A daylight opening system for a vehicle window opening may include a module having a carrier, a trim member and a first seal. The carrier may be adapted to be secured to a door of a vehicle. The trim member may be secured to the carrier and may cooperate with the carrier to define a space in which a window pane is selectively receivable. The first seal member may be integrally formed with the carrier and configured to sealingly engage the window pane.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: SRG Global, Inc.Inventors: David Prater, Patrick Fenchak
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Publication number: 20130066206Abstract: A 3D ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system produces 3D display images at a 3D frame rate of display which is equal to the acquisition rate of a 3D image dataset. The volumetric region being imaged is sparsely sub-sampled by separated scanning beams. Spatial locations between the beams are filled in with interpolated values or interleaved with acquired data values from other 3D scanning intervals depending upon the existence of motion in the image field. A plurality of different beam scanning patterns are used, different ones of which have different spatial locations where beams are located and beams are omitted. In a preferred embodiment the determination of motion and the consequent decision to use interpolated or interleaved data for display is determined on a pixel-by pixel basis.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: David Prater, Stephen Watkins, William Robert Martin
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Publication number: 20130066207Abstract: A 3D ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system produces 3D cardiac images at a 3D frame rate of display which is equal to the acquisition rate of a 3D image dataset. The volumetric cardiac region being imaged is sparsely sub-sampled by separated scanning beams. Spatial locations between the beams are filled in with interpolated values or interleaved with acquired data values from other 3D scanning intervals depending upon the existence of motion in the image field. A plurality of different beam scanning patterns are used, different ones of which have different spatial locations where beams are located and beams are omitted. A sequence of different beam scanline patterns may be continuously repeated, or the patterns of the sequence synchronized with the cardiac phases such that, over a sequence of N heartbeats, the same respective phase is scanned by N different scanline patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: David Prater, Stephen Watkins, William Robert Martin