Patents Represented by Attorney Cantor Colburn
  • Patent number: 8113292
    Abstract: A strokable liner hanger includes a liner hanger; one of a slide seal and a casing seal sub disposed adjacent the liner hanger and the other of the slide seal and the casing seal sub disposed adjacent the one of the slide seal and the casing seal sub. A method for completing a wellbore is included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Kirk J. Huber, Terry R. Bussear
  • Patent number: 8115041
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for pretreating a zeolite catalyst, specifically a zeolite which has been modified with phosphorus. The catalyst may be used in a process for alkylation of aromatics, specifically toluene methylation. The pretreatment is first to contact the catalyst with the process reactants used in a process for alkylation of aromatics for at least two hours at conditions to produce an alkylated aromatic product and then with a gaseous stream containing oxygen at a temperature and for a time until there is no oxygen consumption. The zeolite may be a MFI zeolite. This pretreatment procedure for a phosphorus-modified zeolite catalyst produces a catalyst which has increased run time, i.e., decreased deactivation rate, compared to a fresh catalyst, even after successive regenerations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Ashim Kumar Ghosh, Mohammad Shafiei, Manuel Castelan, Pamela Harvey, Neeta Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 8117347
    Abstract: An computer program product, apparatus, and method for facilitating input/output (I/O) processing for an I/O operation at a host computer system configured for communication with a control unit. The computer program product includes a tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method. The method includes the host computer system obtaining a transport command word (TCW) for an I/O operation. The TCW specifies a location of one or more I/O commands and a flag. The flag is set to indicate that the location is an indirect address. The host computer system extracts the location of the one or more I/O commands and the flag from the TCW. The host computer system gathers the one or more I/O commands responsive to the location specified by the TCW and the flag, and then forwards the one or more I/O commands to the control unit for execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John R. Flanagan, Daniel F. Casper, Matthew J. Kalos, Dale F. Riedy, Gustav E. Sittmann, Ugochukwu C. Njoku, Catherine C. Huang
  • Patent number: 8117567
    Abstract: A design structure embodied in a machine readable medium used in a design process includes computational memory device having an array of memory cells arranged in rows and columns, and a pair of read word lines associated with each row of the array. The array is configured to implement, for a given cycle, either a read operation of data contained in a single selected row, or one of a plurality of different bit wise logical operations on data contained in multiple selected rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Igor Arsovski
  • Patent number: 8117403
    Abstract: A computing system uses specialized “Set Associative Transaction Tables” and additional “Summary Transaction Tables” to speed the processing of common transactional memory conflict cases and those which employ assist threads using an Address History Table and processes memory transactions with a Transaction Table in memory for parallel processing of multiple threads of execution by support of which an application need not be aware. Special instructions may mark the boundaries of a transaction and identify memory locations applicable to a transaction. A ‘private to transaction’ (PTRAN) tag, directly addressable as part of the main data storage memory location, enables a quick detection of potential conflicts with other transactions that are concurrently executing on another thread of said computing system. The tag indicates whether (or not) a data entry in memory is part of a speculative memory state of an uncommitted transaction that is currently active in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas J. Heller, Jr., Hung Qui Le
  • Patent number: 8113053
    Abstract: Substantially hemispherical concave first and second surfaces of substantially equal radius and surface area face each other about a proof mass supported for movement between the surfaces. The surfaces and proof mass have electrically conductive portions allowing assessment of differential capacitance for measurement of acceleration. Electrically conductive portions are connected to a conditioning circuit in an embodiment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Dan Tho Lu
  • Patent number: 8113081
    Abstract: A universal shifter system that is adaptable to any of a variety of locations in a vehicle has a shift assembly with a frame supporting a shaft for rotation about a primary axis. An end of the shaft is exposed axially through the frame for circumferentially indexed attachment of either a shift arm or a cam device of the system dependent upon the selected system location in the vehicle. A side mount feature has a secondary axis that traverses the primary axis. The cam device rotates about both axes when selected. A shifter mechanism is supported by the frame and is constructed and arranged to rotate the shaft between park and drive positions. Preferably, a flexible park lock cable interfaces between the shifter mechanism and a start device of the vehicle to prevent the shaft from rotating from the park and into the drive position if the start device is not in a predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Inventors: Tamara Reppuhn, Michael C. Vermeersch
  • Patent number: 8113968
    Abstract: A screen apparatus for use in sports training or sports skills development, the screen apparatus including a plurality of screen members and a support means for supporting the screen members in a use condition, each of the screen members at least temporarily attached relative to the support means such that in use, the screen members define a screen until struck by an object at which time at least one of the screen members is at least partially dislodged to allow passage of the object in a substantially uninhibited manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Inventor: Marshall Fittler
  • Patent number: 8115221
    Abstract: A light-emitting device is provided with a substrate decomposition prevention layer using as a matrix at least one selected from the group consisting of boron nitride (B—N), silicon carbide (Si—C), and silicon carbon nitride (Si—C—N), and patterned into a predetermined shape; an n-type nitride clad layer formed on the substrate decomposition prevention layer; a nitride active layer formed on the n-type nitride clad layer; a p-type nitride clad layer formed on the nitride active layer; a p-type ohmic contact layer formed on the p-type nitride clad layer; a p-type electrode pad formed on the p-type ohmic contact layer; an n-type ohmic contact layer electrically connected to the n-type nitride clad layer by means of a patterned region of the substrate decomposition prevention layer; and an n-type electrode pad formed beneath the n-type ohmic contact layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: June O Song
  • Patent number: 8113270
    Abstract: An inlet header (22) of a microchannel heat pump heat exchanger has a tube (34) disposed therein and extending substantially the length of the inlet header (22), with the tube (34) having a plurality of openings (36) therein. During cooling mode operation, refrigerant is caused to flow into an open end of the tube (34) and along its length to thereby flow from the plurality of openings (36) into the inlet header (22) prior to entering the microchannels (24) to thereby provide a uniform flow of two-phase refrigerant thereto. A bi-flow expansion device (41) placed at the inlet end of the tube (34) allows for the expansion of liquid refrigerant into the tube (34) during periods in which the heat exchanger operates as an evaporator and allows the refrigerant to flow directly from the header (22) and around the tube (34) during periods in which the heat exchanger operates as a condenser coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Arturo Rios, Allen C. Kirkwood
  • Patent number: 8114929
    Abstract: A composition comprising a clear thermoplastic blend comprising: (a) a polycarbonate component; and (b) a polyester component comprising (i) a polyester based substantially on 1,4 cyclohexane dimethanol and terephthalic acid monomer units, (ii) copolymers polyester based substantially on 1,4 cyclohexane dimethanol and terephthalic acid monomer units and modified with up to 25 mol % of copolymerizable acid and/or diol monomers, and (iii) combinations thereof. The polycarbonate component and the polyester component are present in sufficient proportions to form a molding composition capable of being molded into an article that exhibits transparency and structural integrity after the article is exposed to a caustic aqueous environment for at least 70 hours. The invention also relates to articles made from the composition, methods for making the compositions, and methods for using articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Parminder Agarwal, Rodney W. Fonseca
  • Patent number: 8116126
    Abstract: A memory system includes a memory cell configured to represent at least two binary values, a bit line coupled to the memory cell, and first and second comparators coupled to the bit line that, respectively, compare a first and second reference value to a value of a parameter of the bit-line. The system also includes a first and second timers configured to measures a time for the parameter of the bit line to decay. The system also includes a logic unit coupled to the first and second timers that selects the time for the parameter of the bit line to decay from to a first value or a second value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew J. Breitwisch, Chung H. Lam, Bipin Rajendran
  • Patent number: 8114952
    Abstract: A composition comprises a blend of 50 to 90 wt. % of a polycarbonate copolymer, 10 to 50 wt. % of a polyester wherein the weight percent of the polycarbonate copolymer and the polyester are each based on the total weight of the polycarbonate copolymer and the polyester. A molded sample of the composition having a thickness of 2.5 mm has a luminous transmittance of greater than 80% and a haze of less than 20% when measured in accordance with ASTM D 1003.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Nina P. Vaze, Tieb M. B. Aouraghe, Johannes Hubertus G. M. Lohmeijer, Shreyas Chakravarti
  • Patent number: 8115490
    Abstract: A method of estimating a property of an earth formation penetrated by a borehole includes: disposing into the borehole a sensor having a plurality of return electrodes and at least one transmitter electrode disposed in a concentric arrangement; injecting a first current of a first frequency into the formation by applying an alternating current voltage between first selected ones of the plurality of return electrodes and the at least one transmitter electrode; injecting a second current of a second frequency into the formation by applying an alternating current voltage between second selected ones of the plurality of return electrodes and the at least one transmitter electrode; measuring effective impedance for each of the currents; and estimating the property using the measurements of the effective impedance for each of the currents; wherein the estimating compensates for an influence of standoff distances of the sensor on the measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Matthias Gorek, Gregory B. Itskovich, Alexandre N. Bespalov
  • Patent number: 8113928
    Abstract: A blower wheel housing for an air conditioning system is formed of a single molded element having a base section and a nozzle section with included vanes having complex shapes. This is accomplished by employing a pair of mold core elements which together form a cavity into which a plastic material is injected to form the cover with its integral nozzle and vanes, and the mold core elements are then withdrawn in opposite directions but at an angle to the direction normal to the two mold core elements to thereby accommodate the complex shapes of the vanes. In one embodiment, the top wall of the nozzle is disposed at an acute angle to the longitudinal plane of the cover, and the mold core elements are also withdrawn in a plane that is parallel to this wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Shafi N. Khan, Robert S. Simeone
  • Patent number: 8117000
    Abstract: A method for measuring the quantum state of a resonator includes, exciting an input port of a circuit with signal, measuring a phase shift of the signal at an output port of the circuit, wherein the resonator is coupled to the input and the output ports, and calculating a quantum state of the resonator as a function of the measured phase shift of the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David DiVincenzo, George A. Keefe, Shwetank Kumar, Matthias Steffen
  • Patent number: 8114536
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a frame member including an upper frame member having one major surface to which a protection circuit module (PCM) is mounted, and a lower frame member coupled with the upper frame member, the upper and lower frame members being provided at opposite major surfaces thereof with semi-cylindrical battery receiving parts corresponding to outer surfaces of the cylindrical unit cells mounted between the upper and lower frame members, a spacer provided at opposite major surfaces of a rectangular frame with pluralities of semi-cylindrical battery receiving parts corresponding to outer surfaces of the cylindrical batteries, the battery receiving parts being partially open such that the battery receiving parts communicate with neighboring battery receiving parts on the same plane, and a battery pack including the frame member and the spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongha Kang, SungGeun Yoon, Jaesik Chung
  • Patent number: 8116944
    Abstract: A method for controlling a steering system, the method including, receiving a first signal including a position of a component in the steering system, receiving a second signal including a disturbance signal operative to indicate an effect of a first torque disturbance in the steering system, calculating a first counter acting torque command signal operative to minimize the first torque disturbance as a function of the position of the component and the disturbance signal, and sending the first counter acting torque command signal to a motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Inventors: Michael K. Hales, William H. Wittig, Anthony J. Champagne
  • Patent number: 8113708
    Abstract: Cloud point monitoring systems for determining a cloud point temperature value for diesel fuel are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a cloud point monitoring system receives diesel fuel in the tubular conduit and propagates a sound wave through the diesel fuel. The cloud point monitoring system further determines a cloud point temperature value indicative of a cloud point of the diesel fuel based on a phase shift of the sound wave propagating through the diesel fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: William C. Albertson
  • Patent number: 8117263
    Abstract: A method for displaying content of a time-sensitive e-mail message to a recipient, wherein the content displayed is based on when the recipient opens the time-sensitive e-mail message. A sender of the time-sensitive email message establishes content and a rule set for delivering the e-mail message. The rule set contains a predefined time limit for allowing the recipient of the time-sensitive e-mail message to open it. If the recipient opens the time-sensitive e-mail message within the predefined time limit, the content within the e-mail is delivered to the recipient. If, however, the recipient fails to open the time-sensitive e-mail message within the predefined time limit, then the time-sensitive e-mail message is either deleted from the recipient's mailbox or an alternative message is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Dale W. Malik