Patents Assigned to 1
  • Patent number: 7938333
    Abstract: Particles conveying a code are incorporated into polymer matrix to form a core document substrate. These particles may be colored to create a distinctive look of the document that makes it unique for a particular document issuer and enables visual authentication. Addition of a covert attribute to the particle, such as a UV pigment or hidden layer of material, allows a covert, forensic characteristic and it also allows a mathematical description to be calculated describing the random distribution of a specific area on a document and then captured on it (e.g., in the bar code or magnetic stripe or digital watermark on an ID document).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: L-1 Secure Credentialing, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert L. Jones
  • Patent number: 7939465
    Abstract: An image destruct material comprises a release layer positioned between an image receiving layer and a base layer. The adhesion between the release layer and the base layer is greater than adhesion between the release layer and the image receiving layer. The release layer material can be used in secure documents that have an image receiving layer. After information is printed on the image receiving layer, an overlaminate is applied over it. Removal of the overlaminate destroys the printed image on the receiving layer because of the relative adhesive properties of the image receiving layer, overlaminate and release layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: L-1 Secure Credentialing
    Inventors: Daoshen Bi, Tung-Feng Yeh, Robert L. Jones, Brian C. LaBrec
  • Patent number: 7930867
    Abstract: Low-speed inerting elements for depleting a receptacle of oxygen, include at least one hollow duct (2232), with walls (2233) of the hollow duct (2232) that are directed towards the receptacle (31) being made of a material including pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: 1/4 VIN
    Inventors: Pascal Carvin, Christian Mura
  • Patent number: 7927685
    Abstract: The invention provides a composition having laser engraving properties, comprising a host material and an effective amount of a laser enhancing additive. The laser enhancing additive comprises a first quantity of least one of copper potassium iodide (CuKI3) or Copper Iodide (CuI), and a second quantity at least one substance selected from the group consisting of zinc sulfide (ZnS), barium sulfide (BaS), alkyl sulfonate, and thioester. The composition can be engraved with grayscale images by an Nd:Yag laser and can be added to laminates or coatings. The composition can be used during the manufacture of many articles of manufacture, including identification documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: L-1 Secure Credentialing, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian LaBrec, Robert L. Jones
  • Publication number: 20110083534
    Abstract: An extension shaft for holding a tool for rotary motion of the tool includes a first end adapted to cooperate with a chuck of a handheld instrument and a second end including a tool holder for holding the tool for rotary driven motion thereof. The tool holder includes a base portion operatively connected to the extension shaft and a swivel portion capable of holding the tool. The swivel portion is pivotly coupled to the base portion through a pivot assembly, wherein the tool is capable of being rotated about an angle with respect to an axis of the chuck through rotation of the extension shaft in response to rotation of the chuck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: Combined Products Co. #1 Inc.
    Inventors: Burton Kozak, Ira Kozak
  • Patent number: 7921574
    Abstract: A tool for aiding marking or cutting is described. A V-shaped member having an edge formed at an exterior apex of the V for guiding a marker or cutting tool. The exterior surfaces of the V-shaped member may have a material applied having a higher coefficient of friction than that of the V-shaped member. The edge at the apex of the V may have two substantially planar surfaces, each of which forms a complimentary angle with the interior apex angle of the V, or a thin metal portion formed in the exterior apex of the V so that an edge thereof protrudes sloping towards a surface on which the tool is laid. A graduated scale may be applied to an exterior surface of the tool at a location near the apex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Square 1 Product Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikael Bäckström, Keith D. Alsberg
  • Publication number: 20110076107
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a dual technology relief tap, and more specifically, to a relief tap where a segment on the threaded portion has a first type of relief and the remainder of the threads have a second type of relief or a concentric thread to limit tilt and loosening and ultimately to prevent overfeed or underfeed. In some embodiments, a neutral, negative, positive, convex, or other type of relief is applied generally to most of the threaded portion with or without concentric threads, and a second type of relief of any type, such as a neutral, a negative, a positive, a convex, or other relief, is applied to some selected threads. In another embodiment, the second type of relief is applied to the first threads after the chamfer or are spaced regularly over the threaded surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: YG-1 CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Young Bae Lee
  • Publication number: 20110078792
    Abstract: A method includes receiving an indication of at least one detected security issue at a network device. The indication is received from a security agent at a security manager processor. The method includes polling, via the security manager processor, at least one other network device in response to the indication in order to retrieve additional information when the security manager processor determines that the additional information is needed. The method includes selecting, via the security manager processor, at least one executable security object responsive to the indication and the additional information. The method also includes initiating communication of the at least one executable security object to the network device via the security manager processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 1,LP.
    Inventors: Zesen Chen, Yongdong Zhao, Peter Chou, Brian A. Gonsalves, Michael Taylor
  • Patent number: 7913940
    Abstract: The asphalt roofing material is delivered into a treatment chamber of a processor. Hot oil is passed through a jacket surrounding the treatment chamber. Heated asphalt forms a hot solid and/or a liquefied slurry. The hot solid and/or the liquefied slurry is then removed from the treatment chamber. The asphalt roofing material in the treatment chamber can be agitated to promote mixing. The asphalt is heated to a temperature in the range from 200 degrees Fahrenheit to 650 degrees Fahrenheit within the treatment chamber. The solid and/or liquefied slurry is milled after it has been removed from the treatment chamber. The solid and/or the liquefied slurry is cooled after it exits the treatment chamber, preferably to a temperature in the range of approximately 90 degrees Fahrenheit to 110 degrees Fahrenheit. The hot solid and/or the liquefied slurry is passed through a hammer mill after the hot solid and/or the liquefied slurry exits the treatment chamber to reduce the particle size of the solid particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: GRO 1, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas B. Harmon
  • Publication number: 20110063180
    Abstract: A dual-loop antenna includes a grounding unit, a shorting unit, a feeding unit, a first loop radiating unit and a second loop radiating unit. The shorting unit has at least one shorting pin disposed on the grounding unit. The feeding unit has at least one feeding pin separated from the shorting pin by a predetermined distance and suspended above the grounding unit at a predetermined distance. The first loop radiating unit is disposed above the grounding unit at a predetermined distance. The first loop radiating unit has two ends respectively electrically connected to the shorting unit and the feeding unit. The second loop radiating unit is disposed above the grounding unit at a predetermined distance and around the first loop radiating unit. The second loop radiating unit has two ends respectively electrically connected to the shorting unit and the feeding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicants: (1) SILITEK ELECTRONIC (GUANGZHOU) CO., LTD., (2) LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Saou-Wen SU
  • Patent number: 7905164
    Abstract: A tool for removing conventional one way fasteners that includes, generally, a member, a collar, and, a shaft that can be removably received by the collar, wherein in the shaft is configured to engage regions of the fastener head. The collar is adjustable to fit fastener heads of different sizes. The member can be configured to correspond to a threaded portion of the outer surface of the collar. The collar may also have a bottom portion that includes multiple splines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Combined Products Co. #1 Inc.
    Inventors: Burton Kozak, Ira Kozak
  • Patent number: 7905341
    Abstract: A handling system for multiple workpieces is provided for repeatedly lifting rows of multiple workpieces on a lift assembly from a collection of workpieces in a hopper and selectively delivering one or more rows of orientated workpieces to an exit conveyor. Any disoriented workpieces on the exit conveyor can be discarded from the exit conveyor and returned to the collection of workpieces in the hopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Alpha 1 Induction Service Center, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank C. Veno, Visvaldas Joseph Grabauskas
  • Publication number: 20110057040
    Abstract: The invention relates to identification documents, and in particular to providing optically variable personalized data to identification documents. In one implementation, we provide an identification document comprising a document layer and a first indicium. The document layer comprises a material capable of being printed by a thermally transferable optically variable ink. The first indicium is printed on the document layer and comprises personalized data and printed to the document layer by a thermally transferred optically variable ink. The first indicium may be printed to the document layer by disposing a thermally transferable optically variable ink in a mass transfer panel of a printer ribbon adapted for use in a dye diffusion thermal transfer printer, and printing the first indicium as part of a mass transfer printing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: L-1 Secure Credentialing, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Jones, Daoshen Bi, Charles F. Duggan, Nelson T. Schneck
  • Publication number: 20110050620
    Abstract: Some embodiments include apparatus and methods to test a device having a driving layer and a sensing layer. A test signal is applied to electrodes of the driving layer in a capacitive load state, with a capacitive load applied, and in an ambient state, without a capacitive load applied. Measured values are obtained at the sensing layer for each state. The measured values are compared with threshold values. A report is generated when a measured value violates a threshold. In one embodiment, the driving layer and the sensing layer form multiple capacitive electrodes within a touch sensor. The measured values are related to mutual capacitance values of the touch sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: QRG LIMITED LEVEL 1
    Inventor: Luben Hristov
  • Publication number: 20110049413
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new intermetallic compounds having a crystalline structure of Ni3Sn2 type for the magnetic refrigeration, their use and a process for preparing the same. The present invention further relates to new magnetocaloric compositions for the magnetic refrigeration and their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: UNIVERSITE HENRI POINCARE NANCY 1
    Inventor: Thomas Mazet
  • Publication number: 20110052340
    Abstract: A hole saw cup member includes a tubular saw cup member having a closed end arranged to be coupled to a rotary power source and an open end arranged to detachably secure an annular cutting ring member. The invention may include at least one saw cup extension member positioned between the saw cup member and the annular cutting ring member to lengthen the saw cup member to facilitate cutting of substrates having variable thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: COMBINED PRODUCTS CO. #1 INC.
    Inventor: Ira Kozak
  • Patent number: 7896037
    Abstract: A water cooler caddy device for use in conjunction with a water cooler or other beverage dispenser. The water cooler caddy has an arcuate inner surface as an interface with the water bottle and is sized such that it may be placed over the water bottle and slid down so that it either rests on an upper surface of the water cooler, or is supported by the side of the water bottle. The water cooler caddy may have a gap in the circumference so that the radius of the inner surface may be temporarily increased to facilitate installation. Partitions are used to form compartments to contain service items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Square 1 Product Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith D. Alsberg, Mikael Bäckström, Matthew A. Cowen
  • Patent number: D637734
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Young Dental Manufacturing Company 1, LLC
    Inventors: Roger Madry, Jeanette Gail Vargo
  • Patent number: D637735
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Young Dental Manufacturing Company 1, LLC
    Inventors: Roger Madry, Jeanette Gail Vargo
  • Patent number: D637736
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Young Dental Manufacturing Company 1, LLC
    Inventors: Roger Madry, Jeanette Gail Vargo