Patents by Inventor Theo Mann

Theo Mann 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).

  • Publication number: 20120031470
    Abstract: The invention provides solar panel systems, which may be applied to surfaces such as residential rooftops. The invention also provides methods of installing solar panel systems. A solar panel system may comprise one or more module, which may comprise one or more solar panels and a rack. A solar panel may comprise a polymer, and may not comprise glass or a metal frame. The rack may include three footings and a plurality of adjustable fasteners that may enable the module to reside on an uneven surface. The rack may also include integrated electronic components and a microinverter. A module may yield a desired power output, and may generate performance monitoring data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Dmitry Dimov, Julian Sweet, Mark Goldman, Theo Mann, Christine M. Kurjan, Anne Elizabeth
  • Patent number: 7289315
    Abstract: A computer-controlled display device. In one embodiment, the display device includes a flat panel display coupled to one end of a moveable assembly. A base containing computer components is coupled to an opposite end of the moveable assembly. Power and data cables linking the flat panel display to one or more of the computer components are positioned within an interior portion of the moveable assembly. In one embodiment, the moveable assembly includes a first arm coupled to a second arm and provides movement in two or more dimensions simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Hillman, Frank Tsai, Michael D. McBroom, Daniel L. McBroom, Brian T. Sudderth, Bartley K. Andre, Christopher Stringer, Daniel Riccio, Clifford Jue, Theo Mann, Opher Doron Yom-Tov, Jesse Arnold Fourt, Ben Tarbell, Tony Lawson
  • Patent number: 7142415
    Abstract: The present invention is a computer controlled display device. In one embodiment, the display device includes a flat panel display having an input for receiving display data. Additionally, a moveable assembly may be coupled to the display. The moveable assembly may provide at least three degrees of freedom of movement for the flat panel display device. Additionally, the moveable assembly may have a cross-sectional area, which is substantially less than a cross-sectional area of a display structure of the flat panel display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Hillman, Frank Tsai, Michael D. McBroom, Daniel L. McBroom, Brian T. Sudderth, Bartley K. Andre, Christopher Stringer, Daniel Riccio, Theo Mann
  • Publication number: 20060176655
    Abstract: A computer-controlled display device. In one embodiment, the display device includes a flat panel display coupled to one end of a moveable assembly. A base containing computer components is coupled to an opposite end of the moveable assembly. Power and data cables linking the flat panel display to one or more of the computer components are positioned within an interior portion of the moveable assembly. In one embodiment, the moveable assembly includes a first arm coupled to a second arm and provides movement in two or more dimensions simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Hillman, Frank Tsai, Michael McBroom, Daniel McBroom, Brian Sudderth, Bartley Andre, Christopher Stringer, Daniel Riccio, Clifford Jue, Theo Mann, Opher Yom-Tov, Jesse Fourt, Ben Tarbell, Tony Lawson
  • Publication number: 20060106334
    Abstract: A system and for discreetly expressing milk from a woman's breast and storing the milk in a container to the side or underneath the breast. The system contains an expression mechanism including various mechanisms for massaging the breast, thereby stimulating the breast to aid in lactation. Both of the user's hands are free during operation of the system allowing the user to perform other tasks during expression or pumping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Alan Jordan, Stephen Beal, Christine Kurjan, Theo Mann, Bryan White, Gretchen Barnes, Jennifer Davis
  • Publication number: 20040218352
    Abstract: The present invention is a computer controlled display device. In one embodiment, the display device includes a flat panel display having an input for receiving display data. Additionally, a moveable assembly may be coupled to the display. The moveable assembly may provide at least three degrees of freedom of movement for the flat panel display device. Additionally, the moveable assembly may have a cross-sectional area, which is substantially less than a cross-sectional area of a display structure of the flat panel display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Michael D. Hillman, Frank Tsai, Michael D. McBroom, Daniel L. McBroom, Brian T. Sudderth, Bartley K. Andre, Christopher Stringer, Daniel Riccio, Theo Mann
  • Patent number: 4681851
    Abstract: Waste water and/or outgoing air are purified by contact with a polyurethane hydrogel containing surface active coal, a polymer having cationic groups and cells having enzymatic activity and being capable of growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1987
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jorg Baumgarten, Werner Frommer, Theo Mann, Imre Pascik, Hans-Georg Rast, Dietmar Schapel
  • Patent number: 4634672
    Abstract: A biologically active composition is prepared comprising a polyurethane hydrogel containing surface active coal, a polymer having cationic groups and cells having enzymatic activity and being capable of growth. The composition is used for purifying waste water and outgoing air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1987
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jorg Baumgarten, Werner Frommer, Theo Mann, Imre Pascik, Hans-Georg Rast, Dietmar Schapel
  • Patent number: 4166790
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for the continuous introduction of air or oxygen-containing gases into an effluent containing activated sludge, the oxygen-containing gas largely being consumed by the effluent containing activated sludge in a single absorption stage, comprising introducing through a plurality of gas inlets an oxygen-containing gas into an effluent containing activated sludge which is in a basin under its own hydrostatic pressure of at least about 0.9 bar, the gas pressure of the gas introduced being about 0.01 to 0.5 bar above the hydrostatic pressure prevailing at the gas inlet, each gas inlet having a gas-swept cross-sectional area of at least about 0.01 m.sup.2 which is loaded by at least about 100 effective cubic meters of gas per square meter of cross-sectional area per hour, and the individual gas inlets being separated by a distance of at least about 0.5 meter, as measured from the middle point of a gas inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1979
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marko Zlokarnik, Hans Guth, Theo Mann
  • Patent number: D600200
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Armageddon Energy Inc.
    Inventors: Dmitry Dimov, Julian Sweet, Mark Goldman, Theo Mann, Jon H. Lefors, Timothy J. Prachar, David Coale, Artit Wangperawong