Patents by Inventor Philip C. Black
Philip C. Black 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: 11940147Abstract: A blown air heating system has a housing having an upstream air inlet and a downstream air outlet and a forced-air device configured to draw air into the housing via the air inlet and force the air out of the housing via the air outlet, wherein the air follows an airflow path from the air inlet to the air outlet. A gas burner is configured to heat the air as it passes through the housing. A gas valve is configured to provide a fuel gas to the gas burner, and the gas valve is located between the air inlet and the air outlet and in the airflow path. A baffle is in the airflow path, and the baffle is configured to divert the flow of air away from at least part of the gas valve.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Brunswick CorporationInventors: Stuart C. Black, David M. Hopley, Philip Eadie
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Publication number: 20210045865Abstract: An ocular prosthesis includes a display device visible at an anterior portion of the ocular prosthesis. The display device is configured to present a changeable image that represents a natural appearance and movement for a visible portion of an eyeball of a subject. A system includes, besides the ocular prosthesis, an implant marker configured to move with an orbital implant disposed in an eye socket of a subject. A method includes determining a change in orientation of an orbital implant in a subject and determining an update to a natural appearance for a visible portion of an eyeball for the subject based on the change in orientation of the orbital implant. The method also includes rendering an update to an image of the natural appearance for a display device disposed in an ocular prosthesis configured to be inserted in the subject anterior to the orbital implant.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: David Abramson, George C. Bohle, III, Paul Frisch, Brian P. Marr, Paul Booth, Philip C. Black, Alan B. Katze, James G. Moore
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Patent number: 10820986Abstract: An ocular prosthesis includes a display device visible at an anterior portion of the ocular prosthesis. The display device is configured to present a changeable image that represents a natural appearance and movement for a visible portion of an eyeball of a subject. A system includes, besides the ocular prosthesis, an implant marker configured to move with an orbital implant disposed in an eye socket of a subject. A method includes determining a change in orientation of an orbital implant in a subject and determining an update to a natural appearance for a visible portion of an eyeball for the subject based on the change in orientation of the orbital implant. The method also includes rendering an update to an image of the natural appearance for a display device disposed in an ocular prosthesis configured to be inserted in the subject anterior to the orbital implant.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2014Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer ResearchInventors: David Abramson, George C. Bohle, III, Paul Frisch, Brian P. Marr, Paul Booth, Philip C. Black, Alan B. Katze, James G. Moore
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Patent number: 9820406Abstract: An enclosure and a method for dispersing heat generated by an electrical component within the enclosure is provided and includes associating the electrical component with a conductive via/trace such that the conductive via/trace absorbs the heat generated by the electrical component, wherein the conductive via/trace is constructed from a heat conducting material; directing heat generated by the electrical component away from the electrical component by associating the conductive via/trace with a column having a column wall that defines a column cavity communicated with a column first opening and a column second opening, wherein the column wall is thermally conductive to receive heat flowing into the at least one of the plurality of columns; and allowing an airflow to flow through the column first opening into the column cavity and out of the column second opening, such that the airflow contacts the column wall within the column cavity.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2013Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Inventors: Andrew Errato, Jr., Tyrone Mellon, Philip C. Black
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Publication number: 20150342723Abstract: An ocular prosthesis includes a display device visible at an anterior portion of the ocular prosthesis. The display device is configured to present a changeable image that represents a natural appearance and movement for a visible portion of an eyeball of a subject. A system includes, besides the ocular prosthesis, an implant marker configured to move with an orbital implant disposed in an eye socket of a subject. A method includes determining a change in orientation of an orbital implant in a subject and determining an update to a natural appearance for a visible portion of an eyeball for the subject based on the change in orientation of the orbital implant. The method also includes rendering an update to an image of the natural appearance for a display device disposed in an ocular prosthesis configured to be inserted in the subject anterior to the orbital implant.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2014Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer ResearchInventors: David ABRAMSON, George C. BOHLE, III, Paul FRISCH, Brian P. MARR, Paul BOOTH, Philip C. BLACK, Alan B. KATZE, James G. MOORE
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Patent number: 7746515Abstract: A circuit for detecting a phase error between a clock signal and a beam position includes a beam generator, sensor, and phase detector. The beam generator directs a beam toward a beam sweeper in response to a clock signal. The sensor, which is disposed at a mid line of a region that the beam sweeper scans, detects the beam from the beam sweeper, and the phase detector detects an error in the clock phase from the detected beam. Such a circuit can automatically detect the phase error in the pixel clock and correct this error, thus eliminating the need for a manual phase-error corrector.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2005Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Microvision, Inc.Inventors: Scott Straka, Jari Honkanen, Philip C. Black, James G. Moore
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Patent number: 7612737Abstract: A scanned beam display is operable to compensate for variations in apparent pixel brightness arising from variations in beam scanning velocity and/or pixel dwell times. A compensation circuit modifies pixel values according to their scanning velocity and/or dwell time.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2006Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Microvision, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Scott Bright, Scott W. Straka, Philip C. Black, James G. Moore, John R. Lewis, Hakan Urey, Clarence T. Tegreene
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Patent number: 7061450Abstract: A scanning control circuit generates a clock signal corresponding to an expected scan timing of a resonant scanner. In one approach, the control circuit uses a pair of direct digital synthesis (DDS) integrated circuits. A first DDS chip provides a system clock that is synchronized to the monitored period of the scanner. A second DDS chip generates a frequency chirped signal that has a frequency profile corresponding to a desired pixel clock timing. To control phase precisely, four complementary clock signals are weighted and mixed at light source drivers to produce relative phase shifts for different light sources.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2002Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Assignee: Microvision, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Scott Bright, Scott W. Straka, Philip C. Black, James G. Moore, John R. Lewis, Hakan Urey, Clarence T. Tegreene
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Publication number: 20020158814Abstract: A scanning control circuit generates a clock signal corresponding to an expected scan timing of a resonant scanner. In one approach, the control circuit uses a pair of direct digital synthesis (DDS) integrated circuits. A first DDS chip provides a system clock that is synchronized to the monitored period of the scanner. A second DDS chip generates a frequency chirped signal that has a frequency profile corresponding to a desired pixel clock timing. To control phase precisely, four complementary clock signals are weighted and mixed at light source drivers to produce relative phase shifts for different light sources.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2002Publication date: October 31, 2002Inventors: Gregory Scott Bright, Scott W. Straka, Philip C. Black, James G. Moore, John R. Lewis, Hakan Urey, Clarence T. Tegreene
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Patent number: 5145443Abstract: A hoop type toy is provided having a sound generating system for generating a tone, a steady simple beat, a rhythmic beat, or a tune. In certain embodiments, sound generation only occurs when the hoop is in motion. In other embodiments, the rate, pitch, speed, and/or loudness of the tone, beat or tune varies with the rate of rotation of the hoop. In the preferred embodiments, the sound generating system includes a speaker and a circuit board having an IC chip and integral motion detector. In this way, ruggedness, low cost, and small size are achieved.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 1991Date of Patent: September 8, 1992Assignees: Cygnet, Inc., Link Group InternationalInventors: Gintaras A. Vaisnys, Philip C. Black, Barry Y. Piels, Robert S. McDarren