Patents Represented by Attorney Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

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  • Apparatus and method for monitoring objects in a network and automatically validating events relating to the objects
    Patent number: 7469287
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and program for monitoring an object of a system and validating the status of the object are provided. The invention can be implemented in numerous ways, including as a system (including a computer processing system), a method (including a computerized method), an apparatus, a computer readable medium, a computer program product, or a data structure tangibly fixed in a computer readable memory. Specifically, the invention provides methods and code devices for automated event processing to validate the status of an event of a monitored object in a network without manual operator intervention, including validation and remediation features based on event class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Luis A. Castillo, Paul D. Mahaffey, Jr., Jeff P. Bascle
  • Computerized method and system for obtaining, storing and accessing medical records
    Patent number: 7464043
    Abstract: Computerized method and system for managing respective health records of a plurality of patients are provided. The method allows for uploading a progress note of a respective patient. The progress note includes data relative to an encounter between a respective physician and the respective patient. The method further allows for identifying on the progress note respective parameters selectable by the respective physician. A storing step allows for storing the progress note with the identified parameters in a database accessible to a plurality of authorized users. A populating step allows for populating the database with respective progress notes resulting from further encounters between the respective patient and any respective physician so as to create a historical set of progress notes for that respective patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Inventor: Evan E. Dussia
  • Device for supporting a plant on a gravesite memorial
    Patent number: 7448161
    Abstract: A device for supporting a plant or other items on a cemetery memorial having a vase secured thereon, the device including a staff inserted into the vase and the staff having an support member having a cross-sectional dimension that is slightly less than a diameter of the vase so an outer edge of the support member wedges against an inside surface of the vase supporting the staff in an upright position, and the staff having a hooked top end for attaching the plant and/or other item elevated above the memorial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Inventor: Detlef Taylor
  • Floatable plant cultivation system
    Patent number: 7448163
    Abstract: A floatable plant cultivation system that comprises a plurality of buoyant bases secured together and float on a water surface. One or more of the bases includes means for supporting one or more plants. The bases have side edges that abut one another and are secured together. In a preferred embodiment, the bases are rectangular mats fabricated from a closed-cell foam plastic material. Each of the bases has at least one side edge wherein a plurality of indentations are spaced apart along the side edge forming a plurality of protrusions and each indentation is positioned between consecutively spaced protrusions. The side edges of respective bases are joined together such that the protrusions on one base are positioned in mating relationship with the indentations of another base. In addition, or alternatively, the bases can be secured together by clips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Inventors: Stephen Edward Beeman, Forest Mathew Beeman
  • Printing
    Patent number: 7446788
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transferring an image of predetermined length onto a substrate by selective energisation of a row of printing elements in a printhead of a printing apparatus. The printing apparatus may be arranged with a print ribbon located between the printhead and the substrate such that ink is selectively transferred from the ribbon to the substrate as a result of energisations of the printing elements. The image to be printed is rendered in memory as a series of rows of pixels and the apparatus is set up to download the rendered rows of pixels to the printhead successively. The relative positioning of successively printed rows of pixels on the substrate is determined by relative displacement between the printhead and the substrate. The apparatus is set up to control the positioning of the rows of pixels by controlling the delay between successive energisations of the printing elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Zipher Limited
    Inventor: Philip Hart
  • Multiple engine hybrid locomotive
    Patent number: 7444944
    Abstract: A hybrid power locomotive system has a plurality of combustion engines for driving a plurality of electric power generators that supply electric power to at least one traction battery. The battery is connected to supply power to a plurality of electric traction motors coupled in driving relationship to respective ones of a plurality of wheel-axle sets of the locomotive. At least one traction motor drive is connected for controlling power to the electric traction motors. An electric power controller is arranged for coupling electric power from the power generators to the battery and senses the available energy in the battery and the power demand from the traction drives for activating selected ones of the plurality of combustion engines for charging the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Robert D. King, Chi-Houng Eddie Lu, Leonard Michael Hill
  • Microwave detection system and method
    Patent number: 7439876
    Abstract: A microwave detection system includes a transmitter configured to transmit a signal along a path to detect an intruder to a monitored zone and a modulating reflector configured to receive the transmitted signal to generate a modulated signal having a characteristic introduced by said modulating reflector, the modulating reflector being configured to transmit the modulated signal. The system also includes a receiver located to receive the modulated signal and an adaptive threshold adjustment unit configured for providing a variable detection threshold responsive to a change in a gain of the system. The system further includes a processor configured for processing the modulated signal provided by the receiver and configured for measuring a characteristic in the processed modulated signal with respect to the variable detection threshold provided by the adaptive threshold adjustment unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Moreno Pieralli, Paolo Torassa, Masoud M. Zadeh
  • Ultra-wide band monopole antenna
    Patent number: 7436360
    Abstract: A wide band antenna. The antenna comprises a radiating element in a corner region of a substrate, spaced apart from a ground plane occupying a substantial portion of a remaining area of the substrate. Series and shunt impedance matching elements are connected to the radiating element to control the antenna operating parameters. The radiating element is connected to a signal feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: SkyCross, Inc.
    Inventors: Li Chen, Paul A. Tornatta, Jr., Frank M. Caimi
  • System and method for controlling locomotive smoke emissions and noise during a transient operation
    Patent number: 7426917
    Abstract: A system and/or method of controlling smoke or noise emanating from a diesel engine wherein a throttle is drivingly coupled to the diesel engine, and wherein an operator of the engine changes a throttle position. The system may comprise a high pressure fuel pump in fluid communication with a fuel reservoir, a fuel accumulator, in fluid communication with the high pressure fuel pump, one or more injectors that are in fluid communication with the fuel accumulator and each of the fuel injectors. A main controller transmits a signal in response to a change in the throttle position. A fuel injection controller, in electrical communication with the main controller, in response to one or more signals relative to a transient operation, transmits one or more signals relative to fuel injection parameters of a fuel injection made during the transient operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Shawn Michael Gallagher
  • Bottle opener and bottle cap collecting and disposing device
    Patent number: 7409892
    Abstract: A bottle opener for removing bottle caps and for capturing and storing the removed bottle caps. The housing of the opener includes an opening for the insertion of the sealed bottle top and cap. A cap opening device is affixed within the housing opposed the housing opening for receiving the bottle top and cap and for removing the cap from the bottle top. The housing opening is at least partially obstructed by a swiping member, such as an elastomeric material, that permits entry and withdrawal of the bottle top but that prevents the exit of the removed bottle cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Inventor: James K. Monk
  • Method of servicing an electro-dynamic apparatus
    Patent number: 7410674
    Abstract: A method of servicing an electro-dynamic apparatus (10) such as a traction motor of a locomotive wherein a degraded surface (52) of electrical insulation (50) in the interior of the apparatus is spray coated with a layer of a sealing material (56). The service is provide without the necessity for removing or disassembling the apparatus by inserting a nozzle (64) of a spraying device (60) through an access opening (42) in the frame head (20) of the apparatus. The sealing material is delivered to the nozzle through a flexible delivery tube (66) having an inner tube (80) defining a passageway (82) for the sealing material and a concentric outer tube (84) defining an annular passageway (86) for compressed air for propelling the sealing material from the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Lee Rosenquest, Rihong Mo
  • Method and apparatus for controlling desiccant regeneration in air dryer equipment for a locomotive
    Patent number: 7400952
    Abstract: Method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for controlling desiccant regeneration in air dryer equipment for a railroad locomotive. The method allows calculating an amount of air conditioned by the air dryer equipment over a period of time. The method further allows storing predefined criteria for initiating desiccant regeneration in the air dryer equipment. The calculated amount of air conditioned by the air dryer equipment is correlated relative to the predefined criteria, and upon the calculated amount of air conditioned by the air dryer equipment meeting the predefined criteria, desiccant regeneration is initiated in the air dryer equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Muhammad Pervaiz
  • Method, computer software code, and system for restoration of master and articulating rods
    Patent number: 7373916
    Abstract: A method for restoring a length of at least one of a master rod and an articulating rod, the method including determining a length of the rod, if the rod is within an acceptable length, cleaning the rod, applying a masking material to a part of the rod to be protected, grit blasting the part of the rod not protected by the masking material, and applying a thermal spray to the part of the rod not protected by the masking material to increase the length of the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alistair Jeffrey Smith, Wayne Alan Demo, Ronald Lance Galley, Stephen Joseph Ferrigno, Brian Robert Graham
  • Pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions comprising plgf-1
    Patent number: 7364722
    Abstract: The invention relates to the preparation of placental growth factor (PLGF)-comprising therapeutic and cosmetic compositions capable of increasing angiogenesis of the cutaneous, subcutaneous and internal organ connective tissue. Such compositions are suitable for the treatment of pathological or natural states benefiting from the formation or regeneration of new vessels of the cutaneous compartment, such as scleroderma, its various manifestations, skin aging or loss of hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Geymonat S.p.A.
    Inventors: Domenico Maglione, Mauro Battisti, Ettore Conti, Giuseppe Salvia, Marina Tucci
  • Toy airboat
    Patent number: 7364484
    Abstract: A toy airboat (10) having a negative trim element (38) and an adjustable positive trim element (44) for selectively controlling the performance of the craft in varying environmental conditions such as wind speeds and wave heights. The negative trim element may be smoothly curved protrusions (40) formed integral to the hull (12) in order to avoid snagging debris in water and to allow operation over land without damage to the hull. The protrusions may be symmetrically located on opposed sides of a centerline (CL) of the craft approximately midway between the centerline and a perimeter (16) of the hull. The adjustable positive trim element may be a bolt (46) threaded into a nut (48) affixed to a deck (14) of the craft. The nut extends to make contact with the hull to impart a desired degree of convex curvature to the otherwise generally flat bottom of the hull.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Inventor: Robert E. Sanger, II
  • Method for forming elements with reduced variation
    Patent number: 7358809
    Abstract: The performance of precision analog integrated electronic circuits is directly related to the degree of matching between electrical circuit elements. Any residual mismatch of circuit elements after manufacturing must be calibrated out using numerous techniques such as adjusting potentiometers, trimming capacitors, modifying binary-weighted resistor strings, etc. Prior art matching techniques entail the use of large area circuit elements or a large number of elements arranged in a prescribed manner on the surface of a silicon die to minimize the residual calibration. The present invention utilizes a multiplicity of circuit elements that are interconnected in distinct groups to achieve a higher degree of element matching and the ensuing benefits thereof. The elements are interconnected to yield a prescribed minimum mismatch error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Inventor: J. Scott Elder
  • Method for reorienting a horizontal shaft diesel engine to vertical operation
    Patent number: 7357112
    Abstract: A method for modifying a small diesel engine from a horizontal drive or crankshaft orientation into a vertical crankshaft orientation incorporates blocking of existing oil flow paths to rocker arms of the engine and replacement with pressurized low volume oil flow. In one form, tubing is added to direct oil from an oil pump onto the rocker arm mechanism. Additional tubing is then added to provide for oil drainage from the valve area to the oil reservoir in the engine crankcase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Hugr Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: J. P. Patten
  • Portable hand-held test instrument
    Patent number: D570718
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Hach Company
    Inventors: David Alexander Nathaniel Morris, Teresa Lynn Swanson
  • Food temperature collection, storage and retrieval system
    Patent number: D579800
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Inventor: Jason Mobley
  • Guide conduit device
    Patent number: D582542
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Spinal Integration, LLC
    Inventor: Fred H. Geisler