Patents by Inventor John D. Howard
John D. Howard 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: 6623550Abstract: A robust, relatively simple air quality control system that can control the air quality in buildings during both the heating and cooling seasons. In one illustrative embodiment, a first air stream is directed through an air treatment module and back into the inside space. A desiccant in the air treatment module adsorbs water, volatile organic compounds and/or particulate material from the first air stream. A second air stream is then directed through the air treatment module to a location outside of the inside space. The second air stream is preferably heated relative to the first air stream so that at least a portion of the adsorbed water, volatile organic compounds and/or particulate material are desorbed from the desiccant into the second air stream. The second air stream carries the desorbed water, volatile organic compounds and/or particulate material to a location outside the inside space.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2002Date of Patent: September 23, 2003Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Dipak I. Shah, Chin-Hsiung Chang, John D. Howard, III, Ronald P. Rohrbach, Peter D. Unger, Stephen F. Yates, Brian C. Krafthefer, Russel W. Johnson
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Publication number: 20030019359Abstract: A robust, relatively simple air quality control system that can control the air quality in buildings during both the heating and cooling seasons. In one illustrative embodiment, a first air stream is directed through an air treatment module and back into the inside space. A desiccant in the air treatment module adsorbs water, volatile organic compounds and/or particulate material from the first air stream. A second air stream is then directed through the air treatment module to a location outside of the inside space. The second air stream is preferably heated relative to the first air stream so that at least a portion of the adsorbed water, volatile organic compounds and/or particulate material are desorbed from the desiccant into the second air stream. The second air stream carries the desorbed water, volatile organic compounds and/or particulate material to a location outside the inside space.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2002Publication date: January 30, 2003Inventors: Dipak J. Shah, Chin-Hsiung Chang, John D. Howard, Ronald P. Rohrbach, Peter D. Unger, Stephen F. Yates, Brian C. Krafthefer, Russell W. Johnson
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Publication number: 20020124726Abstract: A robust, relatively simple air quality control system that can control the air quality in buildings during both the heating and cooling seasons. In one illustrative embodiment, a first air stream is directed through an air treatment module and back into the inside space. A desiccant in the air treatment module adsorbs water, volatile organic compounds and/or particulate material from the first air stream. A second air stream is then directed through the air treatment module to a location outside of the inside space. The second air stream is preferably heated relative to the first air stream so that at least a portion of the adsorbed water, volatile organic compounds and/or particulate material are desorbed from the desiccant into the second air stream. The second air stream carries the desorbed water, volatile organic compounds and/or particulate material to a location outside the inside space.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2000Publication date: September 12, 2002Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Dipak J. Shah, Chin-Hsiung Chang, John D. Howard, Ronald P. Rohrbach, Peter D. Unger, Stephen F. Yates, Brian C. Krafthefer, Russell W. Johnson
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Patent number: 6428608Abstract: A robust, relatively simple air quality control system that can control the air quality in buildings during both the heating and cooling seasons. In one illustrative embodiment, a first air stream is directed through an air treatment module and back into the inside space. A desiccant in the air treatment module adsorbs water, volatile organic compounds and/or particulate material from the first air stream. A second air stream is then directed through the air treatment module to a location outside of the inside space. The second air stream is preferably heated relative to the first air stream so that at least a portion of the adsorbed water, volatile organic compounds and/or particulate material are desorbed from the desiccant into the second air stream. The second air stream carries the desorbed water, volatile organic compounds and/or particulate material to a location outside the inside space.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2000Date of Patent: August 6, 2002Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Dipak J. Shah, Chin-Hsiung Chang, John D. Howard, III, Ronald P. Rohrbach, Peter D. Unger, Stephen F. Yates, Brian C. Krafthefer, Russell W. Johnson
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Patent number: 6217441Abstract: A system for sealing a building air duct in response to a chemical or biological attack to prevent the building HVAC system from delivering the chemical or biological agent throughout the building. The system can include an inflatable bladder for disposition within an air duct, a source of gas for expanding the bladder, an initiator for initiating the gas expansion, and a detector for detecting the agent. One bladder is formed of a resilient material suitable for extending into duct corners. Another bladder is larger than the duct to be sealed and is formed of a non-resilient material capable of inflating and bunching into duct corners. One source of gas is a gas canister while another source of gas is a chemical composition capable of reacting and forming the gas. One bladder includes a foaming agent which can expand and solidify within the bladder. One initiator utilizes an electronic signal to initiate the gas expansion. Another initiator includes use of an RF signal to initiate the gas expansion.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 1999Date of Patent: April 17, 2001Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: A. Noel J. Pearman, John D. Howard, III, Thomas B. Cunningham
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Patent number: 5907326Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method of changing a cultural profile of a program, or application, while the program is executing in an information handling system. The system and method of the present invention enable programs to be globalized/localized to support many different countries and cultures. A user may dynamically change a program's cultural profile to a different cultural profile without having to reboot the system. The profile change may be accomplished through the use of a drag and drop interface. Different aspects, or windows, within a program may utilize different cultural profiles, and a cultural profile change to one aspect, or window, of the program does not affect the other aspects of the program. The present invention allows programs to be customized to support any culture or combination of cultures. This is accomplished through the use of a drag and drop interface, where cultural profiles, referred to as locale objects, are dropped onto windows within a program.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 1997Date of Patent: May 25, 1999Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Steven Edward Atkin, Kenneth Wayne Borgendale, John D. Howard
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Patent number: 5900871Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for dynamically managing cultural profiles within an information handling system. Cultural profiles may be created, modified, or deleted without having to reboot the information handling system. The cultural profile changes are immediately effective in the system. A user may dynamically change a program's cultural profile to a new or modified cultural profile without having to reboot the system. The system and method of the present invention enable programs to be globalized/localized to support many different countries and cultures. A user may define a new program profile based on an existing profile. This allows for substantial reuse of code, and saves time for the user because new cultural profiles do not have to be completely created from scratch. In addition, a user may modify or delete a currently existing program profile.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 1997Date of Patent: May 4, 1999Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Steven Edward Atkin, Kenneth Wayne Borgendale, John D Howard
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Patent number: 5725124Abstract: A system is provided for vending food products such as individually packaged beverages from a storage unit to a remote location such as a service counter or the service island of a gasoline service facility. Preferably, a pneumatic tube conveyor moves the product from storage to a dispensing unit at the remote location in response to product selection made by a customer at the remote location. Preferably, payment for the sale of the product item is coordinated with information from another vending or accounting system such as a gasoline charge system that includes a credit card reader associated with a fully automated self-service gasoline pump. The product is moved through the conveyor in a reusable carrier or in its own product packaging container that serves as a carrier. The carrier is formed with one or more annular seals to facilitate maintenance of pressure across the carrier and movement around curved sections of the tube.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 1995Date of Patent: March 10, 1998Assignee: L&P Property Management CompanyInventors: Rafael T. Bustos, John D. Howard
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Patent number: 5611442Abstract: A gondola rack stocking system that includes a rack having a base, a plurality of vertical standards spaced along the base and configured to support gondola shelves on gondola shelf brackets thereon is combined with a high density subassembly that includes a pair of horizontal rails connectable to the standards uprights, preferably in fixed lengths corresponding to the spacing of the standards. Vertical rectangular frame uprights connect at any of a plurality of positions along the rails and also at their bottoms to the foot of the rack base. Variable width shelf sets are connectable at vertically spaced positions on the uprights and at the top of the uprights. Conventional gondola rack shelving supplements the shelves to optimize the flexibility of the system configuration. Maximum packout is thereby provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1995Date of Patent: March 18, 1997Assignee: L&P Property Management CompanyInventor: John D. Howard
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Patent number: 5477971Abstract: A gondola rack stocking system that includes a rack having a base, a plurality of vertical standards spaced along the base and configured to support gondola shelves on gondola shelf brackets thereon is combined with a high density subassembly that includes a pair of horizontal rails connectable to the standards, preferably in fixed lengths corresponding to the spacing of the standards. Vertical rectangular frame uprights connect at any of a plurality of positions along the rails and also at their bottoms to the foot of the rack base. Variable width shelf sets are connectable at vertically spaced positions on the uprights and at the top of the uprights. Conventional gondola rack shelving supplements the shelves to optimize the flexibility of the system configuration. Maximum packout is thereby provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1994Date of Patent: December 26, 1995Assignee: L&P Property Management CompanyInventor: John D. Howard
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Patent number: 4924401Abstract: The invention comprises an aircraft ground collision avoidance system which utilizes a flight control computer for monitoring aircraft flight states and calculating preferred aircraft flyup altitudes at which automatic aircraft flyups should be initiated. The flyup altitude is determined by calculating aircraft altitude to be lost during a recovery maneuver from a current aircraft flight state. The invention also comprises an aircraft autopilot for monitoring aircraft flight states and initiating an automatic aircraft flyup when so directed by the flight control computer. The monitored aircraft states include aircraft airspeed, angle of attack, bank angle and velocity. Sensor lag, aircraft load factor and engine throttle position are also considered in determining when to conduct an automatic aircraft flyup.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 1987Date of Patent: May 8, 1990Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air ForceInventors: Gregory W. Bice, Mark A. Skoog, John D. Howard
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Patent number: D285356Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 1983Date of Patent: August 26, 1986Assignee: Duracell Inc.Inventors: John F. Schosser, Roger F. Gleason, Charles M. Dole, Max Us, John D. Howard, Peter D. Spaine
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Patent number: D298530Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 1985Date of Patent: November 15, 1988Assignee: Mosler Inc.Inventors: Victor J. Vogel, John D. Howard
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Patent number: D365947Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1994Date of Patent: January 9, 1996Assignee: L&P Property Management CompanyInventor: John D. Howard
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Patent number: D409101Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 1998Date of Patent: May 4, 1999Assignee: The Stanley WorksInventors: John D. Howard, Joseph R. Martone, John M. Staton, Gary E. Van Deursen
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Patent number: D412857Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 1998Date of Patent: August 17, 1999Assignee: The Stanley WorksInventors: John D. Howard, Joseph R. Martone, John M. Staton, Gary E. Van Deursen
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Patent number: D415007Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 1998Date of Patent: October 12, 1999Assignee: The Stanley WorksInventors: Eduardo J. Jimenez, John D. Howard, John Staton, Joseph R. Martone
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Patent number: D416179Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 1998Date of Patent: November 9, 1999Assignee: The Stanley WorksInventors: John Staton, John D. Howard
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Patent number: D420972Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 1998Date of Patent: February 22, 2000Assignee: The Stanley WorksInventors: Matias Brecher, John D. Howard, Joseph Martone