Patents by Inventor Peter Crane
Peter Crane 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: 20240140899Abstract: Systems and methods for enriching an organic acid from a fermentation broth containing residual color, salts, and carbohydrates using simulated moving bed (“SMB”) chromatography to produce a high purity organic acid extract is disclosed. One embodiment of the method purifies citric acid from a fermentation broth into two product streams: a first product stream rich in salt, color, and carbohydrate impurities, and a second product stream comprising an extract enriched in organic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: AMALGAMATED RESEARCH LLCInventors: Lily Crane, Peter V. Ferrero
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Publication number: 20240084639Abstract: In one aspect, a movable barrier operator includes a housing and a motor. The movable barrier operator further includes a camera mount that is connected to the housing and that supports a camera. The camera mount is configured to facilitate movement of the camera between a storage position wherein at least a portion of the camera is inside the housing and an operative position wherein the at least a portion of the camera is outside of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Matthew James Baer, Jimmy Bedolla, Matthew Peter Crane, Corey Lyn Herrboldt, Sapta Gireesh Pudipeddi
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Patent number: 11851938Abstract: In one aspect, a movable barrier operator includes a housing and a motor. The movable barrier operator further includes a camera mount that is connected to the housing and that supports a camera. The camera mount is configured to facilitate movement of the camera between a storage position wherein at least a portion of the camera is inside the housing and an operative position wherein the at least a portion of the camera is outside of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: The Chamberlain Group LLCInventors: Matthew James Baer, Jimmy Bedolla, Matthew Peter Crane, Corey Lyn Herrboldt, Sapta Gireesh Pudipeddi
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Publication number: 20210381299Abstract: In one aspect, a movable barrier operator includes a housing and a motor. The movable barrier operator further includes a camera mount that is connected to the housing and that supports a camera. The camera mount is configured to facilitate movement of the camera between a storage position wherein at least a portion of the camera is inside the housing and an operative position wherein the at least a portion of the camera is outside of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Matthew James Baer, Jimmy Bedolla, Matthew Peter Crane, Corey Lyn Herrboldt, Sapta Gireesh Pudipeddi
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Patent number: 11111714Abstract: In one aspect, a movable barrier operator includes a housing and a motor. The movable barrier operator further includes a camera mount that is connected to the housing and that supports a camera. The camera mount is configured to facilitate movement of the camera between a storage position wherein at least a portion of the camera is inside the housing and an operative position wherein the at least a portion of the camera is outside of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: The Chamberlain Group, Inc.Inventors: Matthew James Baer, Jimmy Bedolla, Matthew Peter Crane, Corey Lyn Herrboldt, Sapta Gireesh Pudipeddi
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Publication number: 20200291714Abstract: In one aspect, a movable barrier operator includes a housing and a motor. The movable barrier operator further includes a camera mount that is connected to the housing and that supports a camera. The camera mount is configured to facilitate movement of the camera between a storage position wherein at least a portion of the camera is inside the housing and an operative position wherein the at least a portion of the camera is outside of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Matthew James Baer, Jimmy Bedolla, Matthew Peter Crane, Corey Lyn Herrboldt, Sapta Gireesh Pudipeddi
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Patent number: 10092277Abstract: An aspiration apparatus includes a barrel having a needle receiving end and a piston receiving end. The barrel has an inner diameter and an outer diameter. The piston receiving end of the barrel has substantially the same inner diameter as the inner diameter of the barrel. The barrel has an opening therein through a sidewall of the barrel. The opening is between the needle receiving end and the piston receiving end. The opening is distant from the needle receiving end. The aspiration apparatus also includes a needle sealingly attached to the needle receiving end of the barrel, and a piston having an end which substantially seals to the inner diameter of the barrel. The piston is capable of a number of positions including a first position near the needle receiving end, a third position past the opening in the barrel.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: GREER MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Peter Crane
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Patent number: 9546916Abstract: Device and Method for measuring and processing one or more conditions of a container. The device includes one or more microcontrollers, one or more temperature sensors, and one or more humidity sensors. The one or more temperature sensors are configured to measure one or more temperatures of a container, inside the container, or outside the container, generate one or more temperature signals associated with one or more temperature data representing the measured one or more temperatures, and output the one or more temperature signals to the one or more microcontrollers. The one or more humidity sensors are configured to measure one or more humidity levels outside the container, generate one or more humidity signals associated with one or more humidity data representing the measured one or more humidity levels, and output the one or more humidity signals to the one or more microcontrollers.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: BOTTLETECH, LLCInventors: Steven Peter Crane, Robert James Zeches
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Publication number: 20160249895Abstract: An aspiration apparatus includes a barrel having a needle receiving end and a piston receiving end. The barrel has an inner diameter and an outer diameter. The piston receiving end of the barrel has substantially the same inner diameter as the inner diameter of the barrel. The barrel has an opening therein through a sidewall of the barrel. The opening is between the needle receiving end and the piston receiving end. The opening is distant from the needle receiving end. The aspiration apparatus also includes a needle sealingly attached to the needle receiving end of the barrel, and a piston having an end which substantially seals to the inner diameter of the barrel. The piston is capable of a number of positions including a first position near the needle receiving end, a third position past the opening in the barrel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2016Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventors: Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Peter Crane
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Patent number: 9332972Abstract: An aspiration apparatus includes a barrel having a needle receiving end and a piston receiving end. The barrel has an inner diameter and an outer diameter. The piston receiving end of the barrel has substantially the same inner diameter as the inner diameter of the barrel. The barrel has an opening therein through a sidewall of the barrel. The opening is between the needle receiving end and the piston receiving end. The opening is distant from the needle receiving end. The aspiration apparatus also includes a needle sealingly attached to the needle receiving end of the barrel, and a piston having an end which substantially seals to the inner diameter of the barrel. The piston is capable of a number of positions including a first position near the needle receiving end, a third position past the opening in the barrel.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: GREER MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Peter Crane
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Patent number: 8395864Abstract: The present application is directed to a slider supporting apparatus for flying a slider of a hard disk drive in the manufacturing process to provide electrical performance characteristics. The present invention discloses an integrated design including the electrical interconnect, the gimballing mechanism, the preload mechanism and the slider supporting mechanism integrated into a single supporting structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2011Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Xyratex Technology LimitedInventors: Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Peter Crane, Peter R. Goglia
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Patent number: 8379348Abstract: The present application is directed to a slider supporting apparatus for flying a slider of a hard disk drive in the manufacturing process to provide electrical performance characteristics. The present invention discloses an integrated design including the electrical interconnect, the gimballing mechanism, the preload mechanism and the slider supporting mechanism integrated into a single supporting structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2010Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Xyratex Technology LimitedInventors: Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Peter Crane, Peter R. Goglia
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Patent number: 8300361Abstract: The present application is directed to a slider supporting apparatus for flying a slider of a hard disk drive in the manufacturing process to provide electrical performance characteristics. The present invention discloses an integrated design including the electrical interconnect, the gimballing mechanism, the preload mechanism and the slider supporting mechanism integrated into a single supporting structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2011Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Xyratex Technology LimitedInventors: Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Peter Crane, Peter R. Goglia
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Publication number: 20120253225Abstract: An aspiration apparatus includes a barrel having a needle receiving end and a piston receiving end. The barrel has an inner diameter and an outer diameter. The piston receiving end of the barrel has substantially the same inner diameter as the inner diameter of the barrel. The barrel has an opening therein through a sidewall of the barrel. The opening is between the needle receiving end and the piston receiving end. The opening is distant from the needle receiving end. The aspiration apparatus also includes a needle sealingly attached to the needle receiving end of the barrel, and a piston having an end which substantially seals to the inner diameter of the barrel. The piston is capable of a number of positions including a first position near the needle receiving end, a third position past the opening in the barrel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventors: Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Peter Crane
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Patent number: 8236580Abstract: A method of monitoring copper contamination. The method includes method, comprising: (a) ion-implanting an N-type dopant into a region of single-crystal silicon substrate, the region abutting a top surface of the substrate; (c) activating the N-type dopant by annealing the substrate at a temperature of 500° C. or higher in an inert atmosphere; (c) submerging, for a present duration of time, the substrate into an aqueous solution, the aqueous solution to be monitored for copper contamination; and (d) determining an amount of copper adsorbed from the aqueous solution by the region of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2010Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jay Sanford Burnham, Joseph Kerry Vaughn Comeau, Leslie Peter Crane, James Randall Elliott, Scott Alan Estes, James Spiros Nakos, Eric Jeffrey White
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Publication number: 20120033318Abstract: The present application is directed to a slider supporting apparatus for flying a slider of a hard disk drive in the manufacturing process to provide electrical performance characteristics. The present invention discloses an integrated design including the electrical interconnect, the gimballing mechanism, the preload mechanism and the slider supporting mechanism integrated into a single supporting structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Inventors: Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Peter Crane, Peter R. Goglia
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Publication number: 20120008226Abstract: The present application is directed to a slider supporting apparatus for flying a slider of a hard disk drive in the manufacturing process to provide electrical performance characteristics. The present invention discloses an integrated design including the electrical interconnect, the gimballing mechanism, the preload mechanism and the slider supporting mechanism integrated into a single supporting structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Inventors: Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Peter Crane, Peter R. Goglia
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Publication number: 20120008225Abstract: The present application is directed to a slider supporting apparatus for flying a slider of a hard disk drive in the manufacturing process to provide electrical performance characteristics. The present invention discloses an integrated design including the electrical interconnect, the gimballing mechanism, the preload mechanism and the slider supporting mechanism integrated into a single supporting structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2010Publication date: January 12, 2012Inventors: Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Peter Crane, Peter R. Goglia
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Patent number: 7957917Abstract: A computer system. The computer system including a processor and memory unit coupled to the processor, the memory unit containing instructions that when executed by the processor implement a method for monitoring a solution in a tank used to fabricate integrated circuits, the method comprising the computer implemented steps of: (a) collecting data indicating of an amount of copper in a region of a substrate of a monitor, the monitor comprising an N-type region in a silicon substrate, the region abutting a top surface of the substrate, the monitor having been submerged in the solution for a preset time; (b) comparing the data to a specification for copper content of the solution; (c) if the data indicates a copper content exceeds a limit of the specification for copper, indicating a corrective action is required to prevent copper contamination of the integrated circuits; and (d) repeating steps (a) through (c) periodically.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2007Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jay Sanford Burnham, Joseph Kerry Vaughn Comeau, Leslie Peter Crane, James Randall Elliott, Scott Alan Estes, James Spiros Nakos, Eric Jeffrey White
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Publication number: 20110086442Abstract: A method of monitoring copper contamination. The method includes method, comprising: (a) ion-implanting an N-type dopant into a region of single-crystal silicon substrate, the region abutting a top surface of the substrate; (c) activating the N-type dopant by annealing the substrate at a temperature of 500° C. or higher in an inert atmosphere; (c) submerging, for a present duration of time, the substrate into an aqueous solution, the aqueous solution to be monitored for copper contamination; and (d) determining an amount of copper adsorbed from the aqueous solution by the region of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2010Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Jay Sanford Burnham, Joseph Kerry Vaughn Comeau, Leslie Peter Crane, James Randall Elliott, Scott Alan Estes, James Spiros Nakos, Eric Jeffrey White