Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Merchant & Gould P.C.
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Patent number: 8292660Abstract: A consolidation point enclosure for a telecommunications network, including a base member for supporting the consolidation point on a mounting surface; and first and second bracket parts coupled to opposite end sections of a generally planar connection section of the base member, wherein the bracket parts are adapted to couple opposite ends sections of a patch panel to the base member so that a common insertion direction of modular jacks of the patch panel is substantially parallel to the generally planar connection section of the base member.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2010Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: ADC GmbHInventor: Brent David Allwood
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Patent number: 8292478Abstract: A signaling system for mounting to an exterior surface of an emergency vehicle is provided. The signaling system includes a light bar and a pair of mounting feet. The light bar can include a plurality of signaling devices supported on and distributed along a base member and enclosed by a cover. The light bar can be secured to the mounting feet via a plurality of fasteners. The mounting feet can be connected to the emergency vehicle via roof straps. Each mounting foot can include a base, which can have a support portion, a contoured portion, and a pair of compartments; a pair of seals associated with each compartment; a pair of covers, which can be translucent, removably mounted to the base to enclose the compartments; and a roof strap secured to the base. Each compartment can house a signaling device, such as a lamp assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2007Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Federal Signal CorporationInventors: Joseph F. Bader, Jan C. Mol, Sigmund S. Urbanski, Charles P. Meyer, Robert A. Czajkowski
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Patent number: 8296824Abstract: A domain controller hierarchy includes one or more hub domain controllers in communication with one or more local domain controllers, such as local domain controllers at a branch office. The hub domain controller(s) is writable, while the local domain controller(s) is typically read-only. Non-secure and secure information is partitioned to specific local domain controllers at the one or more hub domain controllers. The non-secure and secure information is then passed from the hub domain controller only to the local domain controller associated with the given partition at the hub domain controller on request. For example, a user requests a logon at a client computer system at a local branch office, and the logon is passed from the local domain controller to the hub domain controller. If authenticated, the user logon account is passed to the local domain controller, where it can be cached to authenticate subsequent requests.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2005Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Gregory C. Johnson, Nathan Daniel Muggli, William Birkin Lees, William S. Jack, III
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Patent number: 8291934Abstract: A valve assembly includes a valve housing defining a service passage, a first bore in fluid communication with the service passage, a first passage, a second bore in communication with the service passage and a second passage. The first bore has an inlet portion, a first service portion in communication with the service passage, and a first load holding portion. The first passage is in communication with the first load holding portion and the service passage. The second bore has a return portion, a second service portion in fluid communication with the first service passage, and a second load holding portion. The second passage is in selective communication with the second load holding portion of the second bore and the return passage. A valve is disposed in the second passage. The valve allows fluid to flow only in a direction from the second load holding portion to the return passage.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2010Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Eaton CorporationInventors: Wade Leo Gehlhoff, Chris William Schottler
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Patent number: 8292984Abstract: An air cleaner assembly is described and shown which includes a housing having an air flow inlet, an air flow outlet and a housing body and access cover. A serviceable filter cartridge is positioned within the housing. A projection/receiver arrangement providing for engagement between the cartridge and the access cover is provided. The projection/receiver arrangement can be configured in a manner that inhibits both cantilevered motion and rotational motion of the cartridge, once installed. An example projection/receiver arrangement is provided, which includes a serpentine receiving groove on the access cover and a serpentine projection on the filter cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2008Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.Inventors: Michel Baseotto, Roberto Merckx, Julien Dils, Paul Coulonvaux
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Patent number: 8292605Abstract: A method for controlling a rotary fluid device includes providing a rotary fluid device having a fluid displacement assembly and a plurality of control valves. The fluid displacement assembly includes a first member and a second member. The first and second members have relative movement and define a plurality of volume chambers. The plurality of control valves is in fluid communication with the plurality of volume chambers. A desired displacement is received. A relative position of the first and second members is determined. An optimal displacement family is selected from a plurality of displacement families that is based on peak displacements of a plurality of displacement curves. A phase shift angle for the optimal displacement family is selected so that an actual displacement of the fluid displacement assembly approaches the desired displacement. The control valves of the rotary fluid device are actuated in accordance with the phase shift angle.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2009Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Eaton CorporationInventors: QingHui Yuan, Brian S. R. Armstrong
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Patent number: 8293103Abstract: A spin-on filter cartridge includes a housing, a filter element operably oriented in the housing, a baffle plate, and a seal arrangement. The baffle plate is operably oriented over the housing open end and defines a central flow aperture. The baffle plate also defines a continuous groove immediately adjacent to and circumscribing the central flow aperture. The seal arrangement is secured to the baffle plate and spaced from and circumscribing the continuous groove. A filter assembly including the spin-on filter cartridge and a filter head is also disclosed wherein the filter cartridge is removably mountable on the filter head. When the spin-on filter cartridge is oriented on the filter head, a seal member is received within the continuous groove and the seal arrangement forms a seal between and against the baffle plate and the filter head. The seal can be radial or axial or have both axial and radial components.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2006Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.Inventors: Philip E. Johnson, Claudio Formica, Enrico Greco, Michael L. Brown, John R. Hacker
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Patent number: 8293138Abstract: A partially sulfonated polybenzimidazole based polymer for fuel cell membrane is prepared by copolymerizing monomers of 3,3?-diaminobenzidine, isophthalic acid and 5-sulfoisophthalic acid to obtain a partially sulfonated polybenzimidazole, and doping the partially sulfonated polybenzimidazole with inorganic acid.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2007Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Hyoung-Juhn Kim, Jeung Woo Lee, Tae-Hoon Lim, Suk Woo Nam, Seong-Ahn Hong, In-Hwan Oh, Hyung Chul Ham, Sang-Yeop Lee
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Patent number: 8295664Abstract: A system and method directed to an integrated fiber optic splitter assembly having at least two fused splitters disposed in a common substrate. An integrated optical splitter assembly includes a plurality of input fibers, a plurality of output fibers, and a plurality of splitters disposed on a single substrate to either split or couple optical signals between the input and output optical fibers.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2008Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.Inventors: James J. Henschel, David W. Stowe
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Patent number: 8295814Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate to a method and system of integrating a user's voice mail onto a single voice messaging service, e.g., a Unified Messaging (UM) service, such that a client may access this single source for voice mail retrieval, even where such voice mails are from a variety of sources, e.g., work, mobile phone, etc. A user, or the user's mobile operator, need only agree to accept the service, and the registration and configuration requirements for providing the service and forwarding calls to the service are automatically configured. The user's existing “speed dial” key or other setting for retrieving voice mail may also be automatically configured to the access number(s) for the service. Configurations may monitor the status of the service and update access and/or forwarding numbers. Voice mail forwarding and settings may also be automatically reverted back to the user's original service.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2008Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Juan V. Esteve Balducci, Michael Higashi, Selvaraj Nalliah, David Paul Limont, John Allen Atwood, Chris J. Hinman, Imran Masud
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Patent number: 8291659Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel sustainable building, the outer enclosures, roofs and foundations of which form an envelope that is formed, with the exception of doors, windows and chimneys, by a central core (5) with a high heat storage capacity, by an inner liner or membrane (4) with a high thermal conductivity and which is in close contact with the central core, and by an outer thermally insulated and mechanically resistant surface (6).Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2009Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Edificios Sostenibles Getech, S.L.Inventor: Feliciano Garcia Fernandez
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Patent number: 8288143Abstract: A novel cold-active beta-galactosidase is enzyme specific for lactose. The enzyme is thus useful in e.g. the food industry for catalyzing at low temperatures the hydrolysis of lactose disaccharide into its constituent monosaccharides, glucose and galactose. A method produces the cold-active beta-galactosidase by recombinant DNA technology.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2010Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Kobenhavns UniversitetInventors: Peter Stougaard, Mariane Schmidt
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Patent number: 8290329Abstract: A fiber access terminal includes a drop cable side and a distribution cable side. The sides are separated by a frame to which a variety of cable management and cable connections components may be mounted. Optical fibers are routed from drop and distribution cables through a plurality of routing paths to splice trays for connection to other optical fibers. The terminal includes a base and a dome cover mounted to the base defining an enclosed interior. Passageways between the base and the dome cover are closed by removable covers to limit moisture and animals from accessing an interior of the dome cover. A tether connects the removable covers to the frame.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.Inventors: Scott Kowalczyk, Ray Hagen
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Patent number: 8290320Abstract: An example fiber optic cable includes an outer jacket having an elongated transverse cross-sectional profile defining a major axis and a minor axis. The transverse cross-sectional profile has a maximum width that extends along the major axis and a maximum thickness that extends along the minor axis. The maximum width of the transverse cross-sectional profile is longer than the maximum thickness of the transverse cross-sectional profile. The outer jacket also defines first and second separate passages that extend through the outer jacket along a lengthwise axis of the outer jacket. The second passage has a transverse cross-sectional profile that is elongated in an orientation extending along the major axis of the outer jacket. The fiber optic cable also includes a plurality of optical fibers positioned within the first passage a tensile strength member positioned within the second passage.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2011Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.Inventor: Wayne M. Kachmar
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Patent number: 8286341Abstract: A method for manufacturing a wiring board, comprising the steps of mounting at least one structural aid on each side of a planar temporary bonding means, arranging a slot from the at least one structural aid on each side of the planar temporary bonding means, embedding the electrical component in the slot, such that the terminals of the electrical component face away from the planar temporary bonding means, mounting at least one electrical component on a component foil, such that the terminals of the electrical component face the component foil, mounting the component foil at least partially on the at least one structural aid, on each side of the planar temporary bonding means.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2009Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Imbera Electronics OyInventors: Petteri Palm, Arni Kujala
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Patent number: 8290687Abstract: A method for determining a fuel mass of a single injection that has been injected into at least one combustion chamber of a combustion engine with at least one injection under high pressure. The method includes determining a correction variable for the single injection with the aid of a comparison of a measure for the actual amount of the injected fuel of at least one test injection, which takes place due to a measure for a default nominal amount of a desired single injection, and a measure for the nominal amount of the test injection. The method additionally includes executing a plurality of timely directly successive test injections.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2009Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Stephan Olbrich, Wolfgang Beuer, Andreas Sommerer, Steffen Meyer-Salfeld
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Patent number: 8291224Abstract: An administrator installs a key management agent on a previously approved client machine. The agent is started on the client machine, which posts requests for keys to a central key management service. The central key management service logs requests posted to it by clients, and checks for existing pre-approval records. If none are found, a message is typically sent to an approver for the requesting client machine. When a request is verified as approved, the request is flagged for further processing. The supported systems continuously or periodically look for records flagged for processing, use requests to generate keys and other appropriate elements for the requesting client machine, and post keys and other elements to the key management database. The key management agent polls the central key management service periodically until finding the expected key file, which it downloads and installs into a protected file location on the client machine.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2005Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Douglas Pelton, Waeed Sherzai, Catherine Li, Ruven Schwartz
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Patent number: 8291097Abstract: Including support for advanced protocols in propagation information transferred between applications. Transaction managers associated with the applications communicate with each other to complete a transaction. Rather than communicating using a standard protocol, embodiments of the invention enable a first transaction manager to identify advanced protocols supported by the first transaction manager to a second transaction manager using existing propagation tokens. The second transaction manager selects one of the supported protocols to communicate with the first transaction manager to complete the transaction.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2007Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Max Feingold, Jim Johnson
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Patent number: 8288487Abstract: The present invention provides a polymerization process utilizing a dual metallocene catalyst system for the production of broad or bimodal molecular weight distribution polymers, generally, in the absence of added hydrogen. Polymers produced from the polymerization process are also provided, and these polymers can have a Mn in a range from about 9,000 to about 30,000 g/mol, and a short chain branch content that decreases as molecular weight increases.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2010Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LPInventors: Qing Yang, Max P. McDaniel, Tony R. Crain, Youlu Yu
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Patent number: RE43762Abstract: A fiber access terminal for mounting to the end of a fiber distribution cable and configured to be extended through a buried conduit. The fiber distribution cable may include a plurality of optical fibers and enters a housing of the terminal through a base. The terminal also includes a plurality of fiber optic connectors or adapters extending through the housing in generally the same direction as the fiber distribution cable for connecting to optical fiber customer drop cables. The terminal includes a cover and the housing defining an interior and the interior includes a cable slack storage arrangement providing bend radius protection for the optical fiber cables within the interior. A method of assembling a fiber access terminal. A fiber access terminal assembly including a pedestal mounting arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2008Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.Inventors: Trevor D. Smith, Matthew D. Ferris