Patents Represented by Attorney DeMont & Breyer, LLC
  • Patent number: 8026714
    Abstract: An accelerometer with improved immunity to sensitivity drift is disclosed. In some embodiments, the accelerometer comprises an actuator that induces a known acceleration on a reference frame. A signal based on this known acceleration is used to calibrate the accelerometer to mitigate the effects due to at least one of sensitivity drift, D.C. bias drift, sense laser wavelength drift, and resonant frequency drift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Symphony Acoustics, Inc.
    Inventor: Dustin Wade Carr
  • Patent number: 8026471
    Abstract: An imaging sensor having sensitivity at the single-photon level is disclosed. The sensor comprises an array of pixels, each of which comprises a negative-feedback avalanche diode and a read-out circuit that includes a counter. The counter keeps track of the number of photons detected by the diode during a given time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Princeton Lightwave, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Allen Itzler
  • Patent number: 8025834
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for multi-shot, liquid-resin-molding of continuous-fiber composite articles is disclosed. The process involves the step-wise fabrication of an article wherein continuity of the fibers is maintained between the multiple workpieces of the finished composite article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Alan K. Miller, Stephen L. Bailey, Theodore Rosario, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8015922
    Abstract: A technique for controlling the pitch of a supercavitating projectile is disclosed. For example, the illustrative embodiment controls the pitch of a supercavitating projectile by shifting its center of gravity. The center of gravity of the projectile is shifted by moving a ferromagnetic mass inside the projectile forward or backward, depending on the desired pitch. In some embodiments of the present invention, the position of the ferromagnetic mass is directed by a controller that has a predetermined trajectory stored in its memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventor: Jyun-Horng Fu
  • Patent number: 8013117
    Abstract: A process for producing a nonapeptide leuprolide and an intermediate N-protected oligopetides, wherein at least one peptide bond of the compound is formed by reacting an activated carboxylic acid and an amine component in a continuous flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Nanokem S.A.
    Inventors: Daniel Kadzimirsz, Gerhard Jas, Volker Autze
  • Patent number: 8011021
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for testing the functionality of a system element to be used inside a control and/or data processing system as well as, in essentially the opposite direction, for designing a system model having at least one transmission function for modeling a control and/or data transmission system with at least one system element. A data-processing device for performing this method is also disclosed, which device comprises a signal unit that can be coupled to a constructed system element for producing a control and/or data transmission system, for reading out, querying or receiving a signal output of the system element in response to a predetermined signal voltage applied at the system element, an evaluation unit for evaluating the signal output as a function of the input signal in order to analyze the system element, and a processing unit for associating the analyzed system element with a transmission function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Johannes Kalhoff, Dietmar Krumsiek, Martin Mueller, Oliver Puls, Willi Hagemeier, Frank Konieczny, Frank Knafla
  • Patent number: 8013785
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to perform positioning at favorable positioning precision and in a favorable positioning time, according to whether a receiver is indoors or outdoors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignees: NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Polaris Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Tarun Kumar Bhattacharya, Hassan Mohamed Ei-Sallabi, Scot Douglas Gordon, Yasuhiro Oda, Jiyun Shen
  • Patent number: 8006337
    Abstract: A crew transfer system for transferring personnel from a vessel to a stationary platform, such as an oil rig, is disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, the system includes a ramp that is coupled to the vessel in such a way as to permit one translational and three rotational degrees of freedom at the vessel-end of the ramp. When the ramp couples to the stationary platform, the coupling permits no translational and only two rotational degrees of freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Lily T. Birmingham, Corey A. Fleischer, Alexander C. Boon, Kevin Quinn
  • Patent number: 8007609
    Abstract: A method for forming a structure comprising multiple parallel surfaces having a precise separation is disclosed. Precise separation and parallelism of the surfaces is achieved through the use of an adhesive mixture that comprises a plurality of spacers having a dimension substantially equal to the desired separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Symphony Acoustics, Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin Wade Carr, Gregory Robert Bogart
  • Patent number: 8006557
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for sensing accelerations directed along multiple directions are provided. An embodiment comprises a sensor array comprising two sensor pairs, each of which provides an output signal based on acceleration along two orthogonal directions. The sensor pairs are so that they collectively provide an output signal for each of three mutually orthogonal directions. In some embodiments, the sensor array is augmented to provide three additional signals, each of which is based on rotation about an axis aligned with one of the three orthogonal directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: IntelliSense Software Corporation
    Inventors: Luzhong Yin, Sandeep Akkaraju, John Gardner Bloomsburgh, Yie He
  • Patent number: 8009404
    Abstract: A system is provided that effectively obviates shortcomings of conventional, diode-ORed, redundant power supply systems by forcing a primary power source to provide power to the system load most the time, even when the primary source provides a lower voltage than that of a secondary power source. This preferential selection of the lower-voltage primary is achieved by interposing a power switching unit between the secondary power source and the ORing diode in front of the load. The power switching unit of the illustrative embodiment comprises a voltage regulator that is regulated at a first voltage level, which is lower than the nominal output voltage level provided by the primary power source. Meanwhile, the primary power source is able to charge the secondary power source, which is a battery in the illustrative embodiment, so that the secondary power source can provide power to the load when the primary power source is either interrupted or falls below the first voltage level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Gennadiy Blinder, Gregory F. Pensero, Long T. Nguyen, William P. Burgess, Joseph J. Sedlak
  • Patent number: 8006022
    Abstract: The invention relates to a data transmission device for transmitting data between a first bus system and a second bus system with a copy table (103) for providing an output sequence of data of the first bus system and a transmission device (101) for transmitting data between the first bus system and the second bus system according to the output sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Michael Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 8002442
    Abstract: A color filter (1) for illumination purposes, such as, for example, for stage illumination is proposed, which comprises a full-surface antireflection layer (3) and an additional, multilayered structured interference filter layer (4) arranged on it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Andree Mehrtens, Lutz Zogg
  • Patent number: 8005199
    Abstract: An interactive voice response (IVR) system is disclosed that can intelligently resume delivery of interrupted media streams. The IVR system determines if any prior portions of an interrupted media stream should be re-transmitted after the interruption has ceased, based on one or more of (i) the contents of the interrupted stream, (ii) the duration of the interruption, and (iii) the state of a software application of the interactive voice response (IVR) system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: George William Erhart, Valentine C. Matula, David Joseph Skiba
  • Patent number: 8000002
    Abstract: The invention is based on the object of providing UV interference filters having improved long-term stability. For this purpose, a method for producing a dielectric transmission interference filter is provided, in which an alternating layer system having the constituents magnesium fluoride, lead fluoride and antimony oxide is produced on a substrate by co-evaporation. After deposition, the substrate is subjected to heat treatment and irradiated with UV light in order to stabilize the layer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Ulf Brauneck, Ulrich Jeschkowski, Thomas Strohmaier, Wolfgang Erbach
  • Patent number: 8000483
    Abstract: Embodiments of an electrostatic loudspeaker utilize first and second stators and a diaphragm disposed therebetween, each of the stators and the diaphragm having an electrically conductive portion, wherein the conductive portions of the first stators are electrically coupled to each other; the conductive portions of the second stators are electrically coupled to each other; and the conductive portions of the diaphragms are electrically isolated from each other. The first stators and the second stators may be realized by common first and second stators may be mounted obliquely with respect to one another, so as to achieve differentially greater spacing between stators of the first one of the speaker elements than between stators of the second one of the speaker elements. Protective circuitry is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Transparent Sound Technology B.V.
    Inventors: Hidde de Haan, James Tuomy, Ronald Buining, Gaston Bastiaens, Ton Hoogstraaten
  • Patent number: 7999642
    Abstract: The present invention provides a switch suitable for efficient microfabrication. The switch elements are disposed in several layers. Various embodiments provide various switching capabilities and operational characteristics. The switches can be protected by suitable packaging, and can be efficiently fabricated in groups or arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: HT MicroAnalytical, Inc.
    Inventor: Todd Christenson
  • Patent number: 7996942
    Abstract: A crew transfer system for transferring personnel from a vessel to a stationary platform, such as an oil rig, is disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, the system includes a ramp that is coupled to the vessel and an interface that is attached to the stationary platform. The ramp is coupled to the vessel in such a way as to permit one translational and three rotational degrees of freedom at the vessel-end of the ramp. The ramp is coupled to the interface in such a way as to permit no translational and at least one rotational degree-of-freedom at the rig-end of the ramp with respect to the interface. The interface is rotatably coupled to the stationary platform in such a way as to permit a rotation of the interface about the yaw axis. Permitted rotation of the interface enables a range of acceptable angles of orientation between the vessel and the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Corey A. Fleischer, Matthew Kapelanczyk, Greg W. Klein
  • Patent number: 8001262
    Abstract: A technique for lessening the likelihood of congestion in a congestible node is disclosed. In accordance with the illustrative embodiments of the present invention, one node—a proxy node—drops protocol data units to lessen the likelihood of congestion in the congestible node. In some embodiments of the present invention, the proxy node receives a metric of a queue at a congestible node and, based on the metric, decides whether to drop protocol data units en route to the congestible node. In some other embodiments of the present invention, the proxy node estimates a metric of a queue at a congestible node and, based on the metric, decides whether to drop protocol data units en route to the congestible node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Sachin Garg, Martin Kappes
  • Patent number: 7991143
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods are disclosed for use by organizations that have PBXs at a plurality of sites. The invention pertains to cell phone calls from an affiliated terminal to her “home” private branch exchange. For example, an employee who works at the Chicago branch office might call the Chicago office's PBX to invoke a feature such as setting up call forwarding, retrieving voice mail, etc. Such calls might be automatically and transparently directed to another PBX when it is advantageous to do so. In the illustrative embodiment, the need or desirability to redirect such calls to another PBX is ascertained while the caller is still in the process of entering all of the required calling information. The effect of assessing whether to redirect the call in parallel with the caller entering the information is to reduce the delays otherwise experienced by the caller when placing calls outside of the enterprise area served by the home private branch exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Sandra R. Abramson, Stephen M. Milton