Patents Represented by Attorney Fletcher Yoder

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  • Means for mechanical registration and mechanical-electrical coupling of a faraday shield to a photodetector and an electrical circuit
    Patent number: 7796403
    Abstract: A spectrophotometric sensor is provided that includes a mating surface upon which electrical and optical components may be secured and a Faraday shield assembly secured to the mating surface enclosing a photodetector. The Faraday shield assembly includes alignment features that may be employed to provide mechanical registration and/or electrical coupling of the Faraday shield assembly. The spectrophotometric sensor may be placed on a patient's finger, toe, ear, and so forth to obtain hemoglobin oxygen saturation using pulse oximetry, or for other physiological measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC
    Inventor: Joseph Coakley
  • Methods of making self-aligned nano-structures
    Patent number: 7795152
    Abstract: A method for creating structures in a semiconductor assembly is provided. The method includes etching apertures into a dielectric layer and applying a polymer layer over the dielectric layer. The polymer layer is applied uniformly and fills the apertures at different rates depending on the geometry of the apertures, or on the presence or absence of growth accelerating material. The polymer creates spacers for the etching of additional structure in between the spacers. The method is capable of achieving structures smaller than current lithography techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Gurtej Sandhu
  • Electrical connector and method of making same
    Patent number: 7789721
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided. The electrical connector includes a socket housing and a plurality of socket contacts disposed within the socket housing. Each of the plurality of socket contacts comprises a body and at least two members extending from the body towards a pin-receiving end and separated by longitudinal slots. Each of the members has a tapered cross-section thicker towards an end adjacent to the body than towards a distal end through which the socket contact receives a mating pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael N. Burdenko, Dennis C. Mackey
  • Expansible and collapsible pre-conditioned air supply hose conduit
    Patent number: 7789109
    Abstract: An expansible and collapsible tubular conduit, which is especially adapted for use in supplying pre-conditioned air to an aircraft while the aircraft is located upon the ground and is being serviced, comprises a plurality of annular fabric membranes which are connected to the opposite sides of a plurality of annular structural dividers or frame members in a continuously repetitive alternating manner. The structural combination or assembly comprising the fabric membranes and the structural dividers or frame members renders the tubular conduit readily expansible and contractible in the form of a spring or accordion so as to be capable of being easily and rapidly deployed and stowed, as well as to be capable of being stored in a relatively compact state or mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Anatoly Gosis, Scott Takayuki Koizumi, Folkert Fred Koch
  • Modular spray gun with replaceable components
    Patent number: 7789327
    Abstract: A system, in certain embodiments, may include a spray coating device leaving a plurality of casings coupled together to define an exterior contour and a hollow interior of the spray coating device. The spray coating device also may include a plurality of modular components disposed in the hollow interior, wherein the plurality of modular components are configured to cooperate with one another output a spray coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Paul R. Micheli, Christine Laub, Nekheel Gajjar
  • Biological microarray line scanning method and system
    Patent number: 7791013
    Abstract: A line scanning arrangement for imaging microarrays includes a line illuminator that converts output from one or more lasers to a radiation line. The laser output passes through a single mode fiber and a module that converts the laser light to the radiation line. The line is confocally directed to sites on the microarray, and retrobeams returned from the sites are collected on an imaging detector. The microarray is moved in the imaging apparatus so as to progressively illuminate an array or matrix of sites for imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Illumina, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Wang, Wenyi Feng, Robert Kain
  • Method and apparatus for determining hemocompatibility
    Patent number: 7790410
    Abstract: Provided herein are techniques for screening materials for hemocompatibility. Hemocompatible materials may be advantageous when incorporated into devices that may come into direct contact with blood or other bodily fluids. Such techniques take advantage of conformational changes in fibrinogen when adsorbed onto certain materials. As a result of conformational changes, the fibrinogen has altered responsiveness to cleavage by thrombin. Accordingly, the products of thrombin cleavage of fibrinogen may be assessed to determine the hemocompatibility of a material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Liming Yu, Aaron Dulgar-Tulloch
  • Laryngeal mask vent clip and method of use
    Patent number: 7784465
    Abstract: A laryngeal mask includes an airway conduit, and a mask connected to the airway conduit, the mask that includes an inflatable portion. An inflation lumen is coupled to the inflatable portion of the mask as well as an inflation valve. The inflation valve includes an exterior housing that has an exit aperture and a stem that is movable between an open position and a closed position. A vent clip is removably coupled to the inflation valve and includes a body portion, an exterior housing interface portion extending from the body portion and a finger extending from the body portion. The exterior housing interface portion includes a gripping surface which is formed to contact at least an approximately 90 degree portion of the inflation valve exterior housing and the finger maintains the inflation valve in an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC
    Inventors: Hongha T. Le, Chih Hua Wang
  • Air intake porting for a two stroke engine
    Patent number: 7784437
    Abstract: A two stroke engine of a particular configuration can have its power output increased by running bigger pistons and using ports in the piston skirt through which to conduct compressed air within the skirt through short passages in the cylinder housing that conduct the air from within the skirt to above the piston. As a result a larger piston can be used for the same spacing and opening size in the block to save the need to redesign the block and the crankshaft. A position adjuster for the piston moves it axially without rotation of the piston ports out of alignment with inlet ports in the housing. The piston rod is held in the crosshead using a flat to prevent rotation while an adjuster nut that is turned creates axial movement in the piston rod with a lock nut securing the final piston position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce M. Chrisman, Randy Coleman
  • Reducing errors in data by dynamically calibrating trigger point thresholds
    Patent number: 7786755
    Abstract: Methods, systems, computer readable media and means for reducing errors in data caused by noise are provided. In some embodiments of the present invention, circuitry of the device receives timing data from one or more other circuitries and identifies noiseless periods from the timing data. The circuitry then actively adjusts the trigger point threshold of data being transmitted to and/or from the circuitry only during the noiseless periods. The circuitry subsequently monitors the timing data to identify noise periods. In response to identifying a noise period, the device ceases to adjust the trigger point threshold until the noise period is over.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Yao, Wei Chen, Kapil Sakariya
  • Induction heating system having multiple temperature input control
    Patent number: 7786415
    Abstract: A system and method for inductively heating a work piece. The induction heating system is coupleable to a plurality of temperature feedback devices operable to provide a signal representative of work piece temperature. The induction heating system is operable to control the output of the induction heating system based on the plurality of signals representative of work piece temperature received from the plurality of temperature feedback devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Thomas, Randall G. Baxter, Paul D. Verhagen, Edward G. Beistle
  • Techniques for packaging multiple device components
    Patent number: 7781875
    Abstract: Techniques for fabricating multiple device components. Specifically, techniques for fabricating a stacked package comprising at least one I/C module and a multi-chip package. The multi-chip package includes a plurality of integrated circuit dices coupled to a carrier. The dice are encapsulated such that conductive elements are exposed through the encapsulant. The conductive elements are electrically coupled to the chips. The I/C module comprises an interposer having a plurality of integrated circuit dice disposed thereon. The dice of the I/C module are electrically coupled to the interposer via bondwires. The interposer is configured such that vias are aligned with the conductive elements on the multi-chip package. The multi-chip package and I/C module may be fabricated separately and subsequently coupled together to form a stacked package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd O. Bolken, Chad A. Cobbley
  • Method and apparatus for providing mammographic image metrics to a clinician
    Patent number: 7783089
    Abstract: At least one metric for a mammographic image is computed by a workstation, and provided on a workstation display along with the mammographic image. A clinician can select one or more different metrics to be computed for an image, as well as where they are to be shown and the manner in which they are to be shown on the display. Speech (may also be an audible sound which is not speech) may also be used in the workstation to audibly provide metrics information to the clinician.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John P. Kaufhold, Bernhard E. H. Claus, Jeffrey W. Eberhard
  • Plasma torch with post flow control
    Patent number: 7781699
    Abstract: A system for the efficient utilization of plasma torch post arc cooling gas includes a controller configured to automatically determine a post arc gas flow duration. The controller monitors a plasma arc parameter associated with a temperature of the plasma torch at arc termination. The controller dynamically determines the duration of post arc gas flow through the torch from the plasma arc parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph C. Schneider
  • Electromagnetic tracking method and system
    Patent number: 7782046
    Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic coil arrangement comprising a set of electromagnetic sensors at fixed locations with respect to each other, each of the electromagnetic sensors comprising a planar coil coupled to a conductive layer, the planar coil comprising non-concentric rings. Further, provided is an electromagnetic tracking system, comprising an electromagnetic coil arrangement, at least one complementary electromagnetic sensor and a processor configured to process a signal comprising data indicative of a mutual inductance between the at least one complementary electromagnetic sensor and each of the set of the electromagnetic sensors of the electromagnetic coil arrangement. Also, provided are a method of tracking and a method of manufacturing an electromagnetic coil arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Peter Traneus Anderson
  • Digital radiograph patient positioning system and method
    Patent number: 7783008
    Abstract: A technique is disclosed for placing markers on digital radiographic images, such as projection X-ray and tomosynthesis images. A tag encoding data is disposed on or near a component of a radiographic imaging system, such as on a digital detector. The tag is read during an imaging session, and human readable indicia for the marker is generated that can be permanently included in the resulting images or displayed when desired, such as in an overlay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Kadri Nizar Jabri
  • Arc resistant baffle for reducing arc-flash energy in an electrical enclosure
    Patent number: 7778013
    Abstract: A venting system is described for use with electrical enclosures in which hot gasses may be generated by certain types of fault. The venting assembly may be mounted to a surface of the enclosure, such as adjacent to an aperture formed in the enclosure door. The vent assembly includes a series of louvers that divert all gasses flowing from the enclosure and provide no direct path for gas. The vent assembly thus provides unimpeded flow of hot gasses during a fault event to divert and cool the gasses before exiting the enclosure. The vent assembly may be configured as a cartridge-type insert mounted either inside or outside the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary P. Bruski, Chester Malkowski, Jr.
  • Monovinylarene conjugated diene copolymer compositions for acrylate blends
    Patent number: 7776965
    Abstract: The present invention relates to monovinylarene-conjugated diene copolymer compositions adapted for blendability with acrylate polymers. In some embodiments, such compositions are provided that are particularly resistant to blocking when stored in pellet form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, LP
    Inventors: John D. Wilkey, Carleton E. Stouffer, Steven D Bridges
  • System and method for driving a monopile for supporting an offshore wind turbine
    Patent number: 7775774
    Abstract: A method for installing an offshore wind turbine system includes driving a cylindrical annular monopile or a substructure into the soil. The monopile includes a flanged portion configured to support a wind turbine tower or a superstructure. The flanged portion extends radially from a peripheral surface of the monopile. The method further includes mounting a wind turbine tower directly on to the monopile, wherein the wind turbine is supported by the flanged portion of the monopile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Vasanth Srinivasa Kothnur, David Deloyd Anderson, Danian Zheng, Mohamed Ahmed Ali, Kenneth Bradley Leland
  • Tape trim
    Patent number: D622523
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Gregg Ronald Laframboise, Mary J. Lumbard, Michael J. Thomas