Patents by Inventor Michael D. Fox
Michael D. Fox 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: 20140083101Abstract: A gas turbine engine preswirler (470) includes an outer ring (471) and an inner ring (472). The inner ring (472) includes a plurality of angled holes (490). Each angled hole (490) follows a vector which is angled in at least one plane. A component of the vector is located on a plane perpendicular a radial from an axis of the preswirler (470). The component of the angle is angled relative to an axial direction of the preswirler (470).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: SOLAR TURBINES INCORPORATEDInventors: Hongzhou Xu, Michael D. Fox, Scott L. Stafford, Edward T. Ramirez
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Publication number: 20140076503Abstract: A curtain assembly comprises a rotatable drive element wherein at least one helical guide structure is formed on, or into, the outer surface of the drive element. A drive attachment element having a structure that communicates with the helical guide structure to move the drive attachment element axially along the drive element when the drive element is rotated. Specific embodiments incorporate either a manual or motor-driven rotation assembly for rotating the drive element. Further specific embodiments involve a helical guide structure that comprises a helical groove and a structure that comprises a tooth that engages with the helical groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: QMOTION INCORPORATEDInventors: WILLIS JAY MULLET, DANIEL T. MATTHEWS, MICHAEL D. FOX
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Publication number: 20140076505Abstract: A curtain assembly comprises a rotatable drive element wherein at least one helical guide structure is formed on, or into, the outer surface of the drive element. A drive attachment element having a structure that communicates with the helical guide structure to move the drive attachment element axially along the drive element when the drive element is rotated. Specific embodiments incorporate either a manual or motor-driven rotation assembly for rotating the drive element. Further specific embodiments involve a helical guide structure that comprises a helical groove and a structure that comprises a tooth that engages with the helical groove. Further specific embodiments relate to a system with linked horizontal drapery panels having varying characteristics that are moved independently by a common drive system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: HOMERUN HOLDINGS CORPORATIONInventors: WILLIS JAY MULLET, Michael D. Fox, Daniel T. Matthews
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Publication number: 20140076508Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relates to a motorized system for moving vertical blinds, curtains, draperies, or other window coverings. Specific embodiments can, optionally, also be manually operated. When motorized, the power supply can be batteries stored or housed in a tube or portion of a shaft, with a spring biased mechanism to assist during removal and/or loading of the batteries. In a specific embodiment, the stop can be triggered by the user to remove one battery at a time, and can allow the user to load batteries in a manner in which the battery or batteries already loaded in the chamber are held in the chamber. A specific embodiment incorporates a drapery tube with a hollow interior, or drapery shaft with one or more hollow portions, to form an enclosure that can house the motor and the power supply, such as batteries. If desired, the motor controls and an optional RF receiver for the motor can also be housed within the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: HOMERUN HOLDINGS CORPORATIONInventors: WILLIS JAY MULLET, MICHAEL D. FOX
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Publication number: 20130214492Abstract: A system for forming a barrier between a lubrication oil region and an air region of a gas turbine engine comprising a lubrication oil return path, a centrifugal oil slinger on a rotating member fixed to a spool of the gas turbine engine, a spiral groove configured to directs lubrication oil toward an oil return path, a labyrinth seal, and a cavity configured to form a non-contacting seal with the spiral groove and the labyrinth seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2012Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: Solar Turbines IncorporatedInventors: Engward William Nielsen, Michael D. Fox
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Patent number: 7975487Abstract: A combustor liner assembly includes a liner assembly, including a hot dome, a hot wall, and an impingement shield. The liner assembly further includes a convector assembly. The combustor liner assembly further includes an impingement dome assembly, including a ring-shaped portion defining a plurality of apertures configured to receive a plurality of fuel injectors, and a face. The ring-shaped portion and the face define an annular passage, and the face defines a plurality of apertures and a plurality of orifices. The convector assembly and the impingement dome assembly are operably coupled to one another, and the plurality of orifices of the face are configured such that the hot dome is exposed to air flowing in the annular passage of the impingement dome assembly. The combustor liner assembly is configured to provide flow communication between the annular passage of the impingement dome assembly and the plurality of fuel injectors.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2007Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Solar Turbines Inc.Inventors: John F. Lockyer, Stuart A. Greenwood, Partha X. Dutta, Ted E. Groocock, Michael D. Fox
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Publication number: 20090292210Abstract: A method for utilizing an optical system for mapping brain function includes determining a time series of light intensity measurements for spatially distributed source and detector pairs, receiving light measurements over a period of time, and producing at least one map of a respective strength of each of a plurality of temporal correlations, wherein the temporal correlations are based on the time series of the spatially distributed source and detector pairs and the light measurements.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2009Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicant: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUISInventors: Joseph P. Culver, Brian R. White, Bradley L. Schlaggar, Abraham Z. Snyder, Marcus E. Raichle, Michael D. Fox, Justin L. Vincent
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Patent number: 7424478Abstract: The present invention provides a method for displaying information from the Internet. In one embodiment, the invention generates a plurality of content modules, each content module comprising a subset of the content of at least one web site. The content modules are then stored in a content module data directory. When a query is received from a user, the query is assigned to at least one content module. The results of the query are displayed on two regions of the user's screen. On a first region of the user's display screen a list of information relating to the plurality of retrieved web sites is displayed. On a second region of said display screen, information from said at least one content module associated with the query is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2004Date of Patent: September 9, 2008Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Roberto Licon, Andrew Bensky, Erik Swan, Paul Ingram, Naga Pappireddi, Michael D. Fox
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Patent number: 7069608Abstract: A medical chair provides a radiolucent backrest pivotally secured to a seat section. A pivoting push bar on the backrest pivots between an operative position, where it can be used to maneuver the chair, and a storage position where it does not compromise the radiolucent property of the backrest. The chair includes a leg support section, and the backrest and leg support section pivot between a chair structure and a stretcher structure. The pivoting of the backrest and legs support section are controlled by actuators that are positioned so as not to interfere with the radiolucent property of the backrest. A foot platform on the leg support section is connected to remain substantially parallel to the seat section as the leg support section is pivoted. A remote control allows for adjusting the configuration of the chair from points distant from the medical chair.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2003Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: TransMotion Medical, Inc.Inventors: Raymond A. Failor, Michael D. Fox
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Publication number: 20040172381Abstract: The present invention provides a method for displaying information from the Internet. In one embodiment, the invention generates a plurality of content modules, each content module comprising a subset of the content of at least one web site. The content modules are then stored in a content module data directory. When a query is received from a user, the query is assigned to at least one content module. The results of the query are displayed on two regions of the user's screen. On a first region of the user's display screen a list of information relating to the plurality of retrieved web sites is displayed. On a second region of said display screen, information from said at least one content module associated with the query is displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2004Publication date: September 2, 2004Inventors: Roberto Licon, Andrew Bensky, Erik Swan, Paul Ingram, Naga Pappireddi, Michael D. Fox
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Publication number: 20040157980Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating composition particularly useful as a clear coating used over a pigmented base coat that has improved cure, which provides increased out of oven hardness, as well as improved mar and scratch resistance, and increased environmental chemical resistance. The composition is comprised of 40-70% by weight of film forming binder and 30-60% by weight of a volatile liquid carrier for the binder; wherein the binder contains a 25-98.5% by weight, based on the weight of the binder, of a silane polymer, 1-40% by weight, based on the weight of the binder, of an alkylated melamine crosslinking agent, 0.5-5% by weight, based upon the weight of the binder, of an aryl or alkyl acid phosphate curing agent, and 0-30% by weight, based upon the weight of the binder, of a non aqueous dispersed polymer, a urethane polymer, a polyester resin, an acrylic polyol resin, or any mixture thereof. The composition may be used, in particular, as a finish for automobiles and light trucks.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2003Publication date: August 12, 2004Inventors: Michael D. Fox, Walter C. Meyer, George T. Schumacher
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Patent number: 6728705Abstract: The present invention provides a method for displaying information from the Internet. In one embodiment, the invention generates a plurality of content modules, each content module comprising a subset of the content of at least one web site. The content modules are then stored in a content module data directory. When a query is received from a user, the query is assigned to at least one content module. The results of the query are displayed on two regions of the user's screen. On a first region of the user's display screen a list of information relating to the plurality of retrieved web sites is displayed. On a second region of said display screen, information from said at least one content module associated with the query is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2001Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Roberto Licon, Andrew Bensky, Erik Swan, Paul Ingram, Naga Pappireddi, Michael D. Fox
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Publication number: 20030035000Abstract: The present invention provides a method for displaying information from the Internet. In one embodiment, the invention generates a plurality of content modules, each content module comprising a subset of the content of at least one web site. The content modules are then stored in a content module data directory. When a query is received from a user, the query is assigned to at least one content module. The results of the query are displayed on two regions of the user's screen. On a first region of the user's display screen a list of information relating to the plurality of retrieved web sites is displayed. On a second region of said display screen, information from said at least one content module associated with the query is displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2001Publication date: February 20, 2003Inventors: Roberto Licon, Andrew Bensky, Erik Swan, Paul Ingram, Naga Pappireddi, Michael D. Fox
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Patent number: 6374438Abstract: A mobile patient stretcher is provided and particularly adapted for additional use as a pain clinic treatment table designed to accommodate a C-arm of a fluoroscopic or like imaging apparatus. The stretcher litter top or patient support surface is radiolucent and includes selectively removable lateral side rail sections so that the litter top can be selectively converted into an hourglass shape without side rails as required for treatment procedures and/or C-arm access and imaging. On the other hand, with the lateral side rail sections in place, the stretcher includes a full-width patient support surface, and also includes a radiolucent fowler back rest, selectively deployable side rails, and a hydraulically or otherwise controlled conventional wheeled stretcher base that is adapted to place the patient support surface in a raised, lowered, Trendelenburg, or reverse Trendelenburg orientation.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2000Date of Patent: April 23, 2002Assignee: Steris INCInventors: Michael D. Fox, Raymond A. Failor, Daniel J. Radden
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Patent number: 6350526Abstract: A coating composition containing about 40-90% by weight of film forming binder and 10-60% by weight of an organic liquid carrier; wherein the binder contains about (a) about 50-90% by weight of an acrylosilane polymer containing about 30-95% by weight based, based on the weight of the acrylosilane polymer, of polymerized monomers of styrene, alkyl (meth)acrylates having 1-12 carbon atoms in the alkyl group and hydroxy alkyl (meth)acrylates having 1-4 carbon atoms in the alkyl group and any mixtures thereof and 5-70% by weight, based on the weight of the polymer, of polymerized ethylenically unsaturated monomers containing reactive silane groups and the polymer has a weight average molecular weight of about 1,000-30,000; (b) about 5-25% by weight of a non-aqueous dispersed polymer of (i) a macromolecular core having a weight average molecular weight of about 50,000-500,000, and (ii) attached to the macromolecular core, a plurality of macromonomer chains having a weight average molecular weight of about 1,Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2000Date of Patent: February 26, 2002Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Jeffrey W. Johnson, Michael D. Fox
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Patent number: 5759012Abstract: The invention disclosed and taught herein teaches method and apparatus for restricting the ingress of hot combustion gases into the turbine disc plenum of a gas turbine engine as the hot gases flow from a turbine nozzle assembly and into the turbine blades. A jet of engine cooling air is injected into the wake region immediately behind and down stream of the nozzle assembly's stator vanes thereby reducing the static pressure recovery otherwise occurring within the wake region. Thus, a lessor amount of buffering air is required within the turbine disc plenum to prevent the ingress of hot gases thereby resulting in an increased efficiency of the engine's cooling air delivery system and over all engine performance.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 1996Date of Patent: June 2, 1998Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Boris Glezer, Michael D. Fox