Patents by Inventor John W. Dyer

John W. Dyer 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).

  • Patent number: 8928487
    Abstract: An adjustable occupancy sensor capable of being secured to a light fixture includes a housing having a side and a bottom, a sensor assembly attached to the housing at the bottom of the housing, and an adjustable mounting assembly provided on the side of the housing. The adjustable mounting assembly includes a slot defined in the side of the housing and a track having a plurality of segments extending along the length of the track. The track is configured to be releasably secured to the side of the housing within the slot, the plurality of segments being configured to be breakable from the track to adjust a length of the track. The adjustable mounting assembly further includes a connector molded or otherwise secured to the track to connect the housing of the adjustable occupancy sensor to the light fixture. Other embodiments and methods are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventors: John W. Dyer, James V. Olson
  • Patent number: 8908355
    Abstract: A combination emergency panelboard includes a relay section and a circuit-breaker section. The relay section includes automatic load control relays and the circuit-breaker section includes emergency circuit breakers. A dielectric barrier is positioned between the relay and circuit-breaker sections to separate them. A busbar is positioned in the circuit-breaker section for distributing a phase of emergency current to a plurality of emergency circuit breakers coupled thereto. A plurality of automatic load control relays is positioned in the relay section. Each of the relays is electrically connected to a respective one of the plurality of emergency circuit breakers for distributing the phase of emergency current to a respective load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Heath L. Martin, Scott Jordan, John W. Dyer
  • Patent number: 8713048
    Abstract: Queries targeting various data sources are processed in a query processing pipeline that parses the query into a set of operations (e.g., an expression tree or a translated SQL query) using a set of query operators, each handling a particular type of operation. The query operators are often designed in an unspecialized manner, such that each query operator handles one query operation in an atomic, generic manner (e.g., sorting generic data items for an ORDER BY clause.) More efficient queries may be devised by including specialized queries that operate in common but special cases, such as a sorting of a particular data type (e.g., a floating-point number sort) or a sequence of two or more operations that are often performed together (e.g., a WHERE test of an attribute followed by a SELECT of the same attribute.) The use of specialized operators may result in the formulation of more efficient queries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Erik Meijer, Mads Torgersen, Anders Hejlsberg, Matthew J. Warren, John W. Dyer
  • Publication number: 20140063695
    Abstract: A combination emergency panelboard includes a relay section and a circuit-breaker section. The relay section includes automatic load control relays and the circuit-breaker section includes emergency circuit breakers. A dielectric barrier is positioned between the relay and circuit-breaker sections to separate them. A busbar is positioned in the circuit-breaker section for distributing a phase of emergency current to a plurality of emergency circuit breakers coupled thereto. A plurality of automatic load control relays is positioned in the relay section. Each of the relays is electrically connected to a respective one of the plurality of emergency circuit breakers for distributing the phase of emergency current to a respective load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Heath L. Martin, Scott Jordan, John W. Dyer
  • Patent number: 8364750
    Abstract: The utilization of data services (such as web services) may involve the invocation of services, which may reduce performance and overburden the server. In some scenarios, the invocation may be specified in a language that does not support batch invocation, but it may not be feasible to re-code the invocations in a language that supports batching. Instead, the service invocations may be automatically translated into a batch logic specified in a batch-capable language and sent to the service as a batch. For example, a local proxy may receive a language-integrated query having two or more service invocations, compile the query into an expression tree including the two or more invocations, and send the expression tree to the service host to achieve the batch processing of the service invocations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Luca Bolognese, Lucas James Hoban, Erik Meijer, Anders Hejlsberg, Matthew J. Warren, Dinesh Chandrakant Kulkarni, Mads Torgersen, John W. Dyer
  • Publication number: 20120169507
    Abstract: An adjustable occupancy sensor capable of being secured to a light fixture includes a housing having a side and a bottom, a sensor assembly attached to the housing at the bottom of the housing, and an adjustable mounting assembly provided on the side of the housing. The adjustable mounting assembly includes a slot defined in the side of the housing and a track having a plurality of segments extending along the length of the track. The track is configured to be releasably secured to the side of the housing within the slot, the plurality of segments being configured to be breakable from the track to adjust a length of the track. The adjustable mounting assembly further includes a connector molded or otherwise secured to the track to connect the housing of the adjustable occupancy sensor to the light fixture. Other embodiments and methods are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.
    Inventors: John W. Dyer, James V. Olson
  • Publication number: 20090319499
    Abstract: Queries targeting various data sources are processed in a query processing pipeline that parses the query into a set of operations (e.g., an expression tree or a translated SQL query) using a set of query operators, each handling a particular type of operation. The query operators are often designed in an unspecialized manner, such that each query operator handles one query operation in an atomic, generic manner (e.g., sorting generic data items for an ORDER BY clause.) More efficient queries may be devised by including specialized queries that operate in common but special cases, such as a sorting of a particular data type (e.g., a floating-point number sort) or a sequence of two or more operations that are often performed together (e.g., a WHERE test of an attribute followed by a SELECT of the same attribute.) The use of specialized operators may result in the formulation of more efficient queries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Erik Meijer, Mads Torgersen, Anders Hejlsberg, Matthew J. Warren, John W. Dyer
  • Publication number: 20090319497
    Abstract: The utilization of data services (such as web services) may involve the invocation of services, which may reduce performance and overburden the server. In some scenarios, the invocation may be specified in a language that does not support batch invocation, but it may not be feasible to re-code the invocations in a language that supports batching. Instead, the service invocations may be automatically translated into a batch logic specified in a batch-capable language and sent to the service as a batch. For example, a local proxy may receive a language-integrated query having two or more service invocations, compile the query into an expression tree including the two or more invocations, and send the expression tree to the service host to achieve the batch processing of the service invocations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Luca Bolognese, Lucas James Hoban, Erik Meijer, Anders Hejlsberg, Matthew J. Warren, Dinesh Chandrakant Kulkarni, Mads Torgersen, John W. Dyer
  • Patent number: 6904226
    Abstract: A method of preparing a coated optical fiber for coupling to a face of an optical device includes placing the coated fiber so that it extends through a stripping station, a cleaning station and a cleaving station. A stripper at the stripping station is brought into engagement with the fiber and relative motion between the fiber and the stripping station, the cleaning station and the cleaving station is effected lengthwise of the fiber, whereby the coating is stripped from a medial length segment of the fiber as the cleaning device at the cleaning station is activated for cleaning fragments of coating material from the medial length segment of the fiber as the medial length segment passes through the cleaning station and the cleaning device is deactivated and stripping is discontinued.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Inventors: David A. Kritler, Warren R. Hill, Frederic Campbell Schildmeyer, Christiaan Johannes Brokke, Francis Martin Ernest Sladen, Damien Slevin, John W. Dyer
  • Publication number: 20020145731
    Abstract: A method of preparing a coated optical fiber for coupling to a face of an optical device includes placing the coated fiber so that it extends through a stripping station, a cleaning station and a cleaving station. A stripper at the stripping station is brought into engagement with the fiber and relative motion between the fiber and the stripping station, the cleaning station and the cleaving station is effected lengthwise of the fiber, whereby the coating is stripped from a medial length segment of the fiber as the cleaning device at the cleaning station is activated for cleaning fragments of coating material from the medial length segment of the fiber as the medial length segment passes through the cleaning station and the cleaning device is deactivated and stripping is discontinued.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: David A. Kritler, Warren R. Hill, Frederic Campbell Schildmeyer, Christiaan Johannes Brokke, Francis Martin Ernest Sladen, Damien Slevin, John W. Dyer
  • Patent number: 5352454
    Abstract: A coating composition to prevent cribbing by a horse includes a solvent, a carrier, a non volatile chemical and a pigment. The solvent comprises a combination of a higher aromatic solvent having a boiling point above 170.degree. Centigrade (380.degree. Fahrenheit), and crystals thereof combined with a carrier therefor. Further, non-volatile chemicals which would assist in penetration of a wood surface and in enhancing residual properties of the composition can be added to the base combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1994
    Assignee: Dyco Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: John W. Dyer, Sr.
  • Patent number: RE35660
    Abstract: A coating composition to prevent cribbing by a horse includes a solvent, a carrier, a non volatile chemical and a pigment .Iadd.if required.Iaddend.. The solvent comprises a combination of a higher aromatic solvent having a boiling point above 170.degree. Centigrade .?.(380.degree. Fahrenheit).!., and crystals thereof combined with a carrier therefor. Further, non-volatile chemicals which would assist in penetration of a wood surface and in enhancing residual properties of the composition can be added to the base combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: Dyco Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: John W. Dyer, Sr.
  • Patent number: D656047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventor: John W. Dyer