Patents by Inventor Roger Lawrence
Roger Lawrence 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: 20240130082Abstract: Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate are provided herein. For example, an apparatus for processing a substrate comprises a process chamber configured to process a substrate, a substrate support comprising a heat sink configured to cool the substrate support during operation and a water trap panel comprising a pumping ring configured to cool the water trap panel such that the water trap panel condenses water vapor molecules and drops a process chamber pressure during operation, and a chiller operably coupled to the substrate support and configured to supply a cooling fluid to the substrate support via a cooling fluid line that connects to the heat sink and the pumping ring via a serial configuration or a parallel configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Robert Irwin DECOTTIGNIES, Roger Bradford FISH, Steven SZUDARSKI, Shane Lawrence KINTNER
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Patent number: 11760427Abstract: Systems and methods that provide a deployable fairing system to a tractor trailer. The deployable fairing system includes an actuator used to extend the deployable fairing from an unextended configuration to an extended configuration to occupy a portion of a gap area that exists between a tractor and an attached trailer. The deployable fairing includes deployable upper and/or lower horizontal assemblies that are pivotally coupled to a frame attached to the tractor/cab, and two side panels that are pivotally coupled to one or both of the upper and lower horizontal assemblies. The deployable upper and lower horizontal assemblies and the two side panels fold in on one another along multiple hinged axes in the unextended configuration, and extend rearward from the top and sides of the tractor in the extended configuration to cover a portion of the gap. The fairing may advantageously flair from front to the rear.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: TRUCKLABS, INC.Inventors: Daniel Burrows, Burkley Uwe Kladde, Dagan Alec Trnka, Roger Lawrence LeMesurier, Adam Joseph Baumgartner
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Patent number: 11125675Abstract: A fluid suspended particle classifier system detects particles of one or more classes from a predetermined recognized set of classes based on multiple images of groups of particles. An artificial intelligence classifier combines subtle clues in the images including particle morphology, size, spectral response, fluorescence, movement, density, or aggregation. Class-specific concentration estimations have a low limit of detection, and a high dynamic range. There is a tolerance for mixtures of classes of particles having widely differing sizes and concentrations. Selected particle images, histories and analysis are communicated and stored. Consumable use and manual procedures are minimized or avoided, allowing remote, unattended, real-time operation. In remote water quality monitoring, the appearance of particles resembling the Escherichia coli bacterium, an occasional human pathogen, causes an alarm.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Inventor: Roger Lawrence Deran
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Publication number: 20210129923Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a deployable fairing system to a tractor trailer. The deployable fairing system includes an actuator used to extend the deployable fairing from an unextended configuration to an extended configuration to occupy a portion of a gap area that exists between a tractor and an attached trailer. The deployable fairing includes deployable upper and/or lower horizontal assemblies that are pivotally coupled to a frame attached to the tractor/cab, and two side panels that are pivotally coupled to one or both of the upper and lower horizontal assemblies. The deployable upper and lower horizontal assemblies and the two side panels fold in on one another along multiple hinged axes in the unextended configuration, and extend rearward from the top and sides of the tractor in the extended configuration to cover a portion of the gap. The fairing may advantageously flair from front to the rear.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2021Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Daniel Burrows, Burkley Uwe Kladde, Dagan Alec Trnka, Roger Lawrence LeMesurier, Adam Joseph Baumgartner
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Patent number: 10899397Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a deployable fairing system to a tractor trailer. The deployable fairing system includes an actuator used to extend the deployable fairing from an unextended configuration to an extended configuration to occupy a portion of a gap area that exists between a tractor and an attached trailer. The deployable fairing includes deployable upper and/or lower horizontal assemblies that are pivotally coupled to a frame attached to the tractor/cab, and two side panels that are pivotally coupled to one or both of the upper and lower horizontal assemblies. The deployable upper and lower horizontal assemblies and the two side panels fold in on one another along multiple hinged axes in the unextended configuration, and extend rearward from the top and sides of the tractor in the extended configuration to cover a portion of the gap. The fairing may advantageously flair from front to the rear.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: XSTREAM TRUCKING INC.Inventors: Daniel Burrows, Burkley Uwe Kladde, Dagan Alec Trnka, Roger Lawrence LeMesurier, Adam Joseph Baumgartner
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Publication number: 20200096434Abstract: A fluid suspended particle classifier system detects particles of one or more classes from a predetermined recognized set of classes based on multiple images of groups of particles. An artificial intelligence classifier combines subtle clues in the images including particle morphology, size, spectral response, fluorescence, movement, density, or aggregation. Class-specific concentration estimations have a low limit of detection, and a high dynamic range. There is a tolerance for mixtures of classes of particles having widely differing sizes and concentrations. Selected particle images, histories and analysis are communicated and stored. Consumable use and manual procedures are minimized or avoided, allowing remote, unattended, real-time operation. In remote water quality monitoring, the appearance of particles resembling the Escherichia coli bacterium, an occasional human pathogen, causes an alarm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventor: Roger Lawrence Deran
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Patent number: 10583874Abstract: Systems and methods provide a deployable fairing system to a tractor trailer. The deployable fairing system includes an actuator used to extend the deployable fairing from an unextended configuration to an extended configuration to occupy a portion of a gap area that exists between a tractor and an attached trailer. The deployable fairing includes deployable upper and/or lower horizontal assemblies that are pivotally coupled to a frame attached to the tractor/cab, and two side panels that are pivotally coupled to one or both of the upper and lower horizontal assemblies. The deployable upper and lower horizontal assemblies and the two side panels fold in on one another along multiple hinged axes in the unextended configuration, and extend rearward from the top and sides of the tractor in the extended configuration to cover a portion of the gap. The fairing may advantageously flair from front to the rear.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: XSTREAM TRUCKING INC.Inventors: Daniel Burrows, Burkley Uwe Kladde, Dagan Alec Trnka, Roger Lawrence LeMesurier, Adam Joseph Baumgartner
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Patent number: 10417209Abstract: A hierarchical data storage and retrieval index uses copy-on-write of a block ancestor path to allow concurrent multi-version read access and single writers, while providing a garbage collector that allows quick recycling of the copied blocks. A further layered tree index uses a copy-on-write concurrent multi-version meta tree above a layer of lock-protected blocks to provide multi-reader multi-writer access. Both indexes are efficient with multiple cores.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Inventor: Roger Lawrence Deran
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Publication number: 20190071139Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a deployable fairing system to a tractor trailer. The deployable fairing system includes an actuator used to extend the deployable fairing from an unextended configuration to an extended configuration to occupy a portion of a gap area that exists between a tractor and an attached trailer. The deployable fairing includes deployable upper and/or lower horizontal assemblies that are pivotally coupled to a frame attached to the tractor/cab, and two side panels that are pivotally coupled to one or both of the upper and lower horizontal assemblies. The deployable upper and lower horizontal assemblies and the two side panels fold in on one another along multiple hinged axes in the unextended configuration, and extend rearward from the top and sides of the tractor in the extended configuration to cover a portion of the gap. The fairing may advantageously flair from front to the rear.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Daniel Burrows, Burkley Uwe Kladde, Dagan Alec Trnka, Roger Lawrence LeMesurier, Adam Joseph Baumgartner
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Publication number: 20190071138Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a deployable fairing system to a tractor trailer. The deployable fairing system includes an actuator used to extend the deployable fairing from an unextended configuration to an extended configuration to occupy a portion of a gap area that exists between a tractor and an attached trailer. The deployable fairing includes deployable upper and/or lower horizontal assemblies that are pivotally coupled to a frame attached to the tractor/cab, and two side panels that are pivotally coupled to one or both of the upper and lower horizontal assemblies. The deployable upper and lower horizontal assemblies and the two side panels fold in on one another along multiple hinged axes in the unextended configuration, and extend rearward from the top and sides of the tractor in the extended configuration to cover a portion of the gap. The fairing may advantageously flair from front to the rear.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Daniel Burrows, Burkley Uwe Kladde, Dagan Alec Trnka, Roger Lawrence LeMesurier, Adam Joseph Baumgartner
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Patent number: 10137945Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a deployable fairing system to a tractor trailer. The deployable fairing system includes an actuator used to extend the deployable fairing from an unextended configuration to an extended configuration to occupy a portion of a gap area that exists between a tractor and an attached trailer. The deployable fairing includes deployable upper and/or lower horizontal assemblies that are pivotally coupled to a frame attached to the tractor/cab, and two side panels that are pivotally coupled to one or both of the upper and lower horizontal assemblies. The deployable upper and lower horizontal assemblies and the two side panels fold in on one another along multiple hinged axes in the unextended configuration, and extend rearward from the top and sides of the tractor in the extended configuration to cover a portion of the gap. The fairing may advantageously flair from front to the rear.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: XStream Trucking Inc.Inventors: Daniel Burrows, Burkley Uwe Kladde, Dagan Alec Trnka, Roger Lawrence LeMesurier, Adam Joseph Baumgartner
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Publication number: 20180148107Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a deployable fairing system to a tractor trailer. The deployable fairing system includes an actuator used to extend the deployable fairing from an unextended configuration to an extended configuration to occupy a portion of a gap area that exists between a tractor and an attached trailer. The deployable fairing includes deployable upper and/or lower horizontal assemblies that are pivotally coupled to a frame attached to the tractor/cab, and two side panels that are pivotally coupled to one or both of the upper and lower horizontal assemblies. The deployable upper and lower horizontal assemblies and the two side panels fold in on one another along multiple hinged axes in the unextended configuration, and extend rearward from the top and sides of the tractor in the extended configuration to cover a portion of the gap. The fairing may advantageously flair from front to the rear.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Daniel Burrows, Burkley Uwe Kladde, Dagan Alec Trnka, Roger Lawrence LeMesurier, Adam Joseph Baumgartner
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Patent number: 8135690Abstract: A method of automatically classifying a concurrency object includes intercepting a call that is configured to create the concurrency object. Concurrency type information for the concurrency object is identified based on the call. The type information indicates whether the concurrency object is a lock object or a synchronization object. The concurrency type information is associated with the concurrency object.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2009Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Carol Eidt, Roger Lawrence
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Publication number: 20100174711Abstract: A method of automatically classifying a concurrency object includes intercepting a call that is configured to create the concurrency object. Concurrency type information for the concurrency object is identified based on the call. The type information indicates whether the concurrency object is a lock object or a synchronization object. The concurrency type information is associated with the concurrency object.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2009Publication date: July 8, 2010Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Carol Eidt, Roger Lawrence
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Two Stage Hydrocracking Process Using Beta Zeolite for Production of LPG and Distillate Hydrocarbons
Publication number: 20070084751Abstract: Increased yields of LPG and middle distillate products are obtained in a two stage hydrocracking process by the use of a catalyst containing a beta zeolite. In embodiments, the beta zeolite has not been hydrothermally treated or has been hydrothermally treated at a relatively low temperature. In another embodiment, the catalyst contains a relatively low amount of beta zeolite.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2006Publication date: April 19, 2007Inventors: Li Wang, Hemant Gala, Christopher Anderle, Roger Lawrence -
Patent number: 6764391Abstract: A powder, such as an abrasive powder, is delivered from a pressure vessel having an outlet in the floor communicating with a flow of pressurized gas. A container of the particulate material is located within the pressure vessel and has an outlet to dispense small portions of the particulate material. The material in the container is at substantially the same pressure as that in the pressure vessel itself.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2002Date of Patent: July 20, 2004Assignee: Medivance Instruments LimitedInventors: Sidney Grant, Roger Lawrence Beale, Raghuvir Ishwarbhai Patel, Frederick James Garod Bowler
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Patent number: 6344698Abstract: Robust alignment marks which are substantially resistant to degradation caused by semiconductor device fabrication steps are disclosed. The new alignment marks use a series of geometrical shapes that are staggered in respect to each other to achieve more left and right edges providing a checkerboard alignment mark. The geometrical shapes have a size that is selected so as to be within the resolving capability of the exposure tool, yet smaller than the resolving capability of the alignment system. The small staggered geometrical shapes provide a more symmetrical signal which is more resistant to variability in prior processing steps than the standard mark design.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1999Date of Patent: February 5, 2002Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Roger Lawrence Barr, Robert Truman Froebel, Paul Sonntag
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Publication number: 20020003310Abstract: Robust alignment marks which are substantially resistant to degradation caused by semiconductor device fabrication steps are disclosed. The new alignment marks use a series of geometrical shapes that are staggered in respect to each other to achieve more left and right edges providing a checkerboard alignment mark. The geometrical shapes have a size that is selected so as to be within the resolving capability of the exposure tool, yet smaller than the resolving capability of the alignment system. The small staggered geometrical shapes provide a more symmetrical signal which is more resistant to variability in prior processing steps than the standard mark design.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 1999Publication date: January 10, 2002Inventors: ROGER LAWRENCE BARR, ROBERT TRUMAN FROEBEL, PAUL SONNTAG
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Patent number: 5976024Abstract: The golf swing enhancer apparatus for use with a golf club comprises a collar which is engagingly connected to the golf club at a position immediately adjacent the grip of the club; and two L-shaped arms each connected to the collar at a first end and extending outwardly from the collar and upwardly towards the top of the club and each having a curved member at a second end. The curved members engaging with the forearms of the golfer at certain positions in a full swing of the golf club when the full swing is correctly executed by the golfer.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 1998Date of Patent: November 2, 1999Inventor: Roger Lawrence Marshall, Jr.
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Patent number: D558021Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2003Date of Patent: December 25, 2007Inventor: Roger Lawrence