Patents Assigned to AMI
  • COMPACT CYLINDRICALLY SYMMETRIC UHF SATCOM ANTENNA
    Publication number: 20140176385
    Abstract: A cylindrically symmetric satellite antenna that provides directional and omnidirectional operating modes in a compact form factor. Feed points located at the top of the cylindrical structure provide increased platform isolation. Combining networks, disposed below or within the cylindrical structure, may be replaced with inexpensive baluns composed of coaxial line sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: AMI Research & Development, LLC
    Inventors: John T. Apostolos, William Mouyos, Brian Molen, Benjamin McMahon
  • OPTIMIZING GEOMETRIC FILL FACTOR IN PRISM-COUPLED WAVEGUIDE-FED SOLAR COLLECTOR
    Publication number: 20140167195
    Abstract: A prism coupled waveguide-fed solar collector array optimized for geometric fill factor. An integrated linear array of prisms is arranged with their input faces in a common plane. The exit faces of the prisms each feds a corresponding optical waveguide and detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: AMI Research & Development, LLC
    Inventors: Patricia Bodan, John T. Apostolos, William Mouyos
  • WIDEBAND COMPACT DIPOLE MANPACK ANTENNA
    Publication number: 20140159975
    Abstract: An compact manpack format antenna operating over a broad bandwidth. In one arrangement, the antenna is formed from a set of five hollow cylindrical conductive elements. Several cylinders provide, for example, a VHF/UHF radiator section and other cylinders form an L-band radiator section. A bottom leg of the L-band section operates as part of the VHF/UHF section via coupling between that lower L-band leg and the VHF/UHF section. This coupling arrangement reduces the required overall physical length of the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: AMI Research & Development, LLC
    Inventors: John T. Apostolos, Brian Molen, Benjamin McMahon, William Mouyos
  • Nut Gatherer and Method of Constructing Same
    Publication number: 20140161574
    Abstract: A nut gatherer device includes a cage formed by a plurality of wires. Each of the wires has a bowed middle segment and two straight end portions. Opposite end portions of the wires are secured within opposed hubs, each hub including first and second annular sets of spaced teeth, with the end portions of the wires secured in the radially-aligned spaces. A retainer affixed to the hub secures the wires between. A compressible washer between the wires and the retainer provides further securement and vibration dampening. An axle aperture in the hubs allows the cage to be rotatably attached to a handle. In use, the wire cage is rolled on the ground into contact with a bulky object, such as a nut, so that the object forces the wires to separate and permit the nut to pass into the cage where it is retained until emptying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: FAULTLESS STARCH - BON AMI COMPANY
    Inventors: Stephen M. Pope, Huang-Mo Hsieh, Huang-Lung Lin
  • NEAR FIELD SUBWAVELENGTH FOCUSING SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR WITH CHEMICAL DETECTION MODE
    Publication number: 20140152486
    Abstract: Detection of objects such as a buried explosive device while operating from a moving platform using a radio frequency emission system having two modes. An electromagnetic wave emission and detection system operates in a first mode to locate objects of interest and in a second mode to determine if an object contains explosive materials. In the first mode, the emission and detection system preferably operates as a subwavelength focusing, wideband, superlens using a near field super gain synthetic aperture continuous wave (CW) swept radar. In the second mode the system preferably enabled after detection of an object in the first mode, uses chemical detection methods such as Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance (NQR).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: AMI Research & Development, LLC
    Inventor: AMI Research & Development, LLC
  • Leaky solar array with spatially separated collectors
    Patent number: 8735719
    Abstract: A leaky travelling wave array of optical elements provide a solar wavelength rectenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: AMI Research & Development, LLC
    Inventors: John T. Apostolos, Judy Feng, William Mouyos
  • System for direct remote access to money-operated amusement device
    Patent number: 8727886
    Abstract: An amusement device communication system for direct remote access to money-operated amusement device includes an amusement device, an internet-based server, and a remote computer device. The amusement device has a memory, a display and a controller. The controller is operatively coupled to the memory, the input device and the display. The memory stores at least one electronic game and a system control program. The controller controls the display based upon the system control program retrieved from the memory and based upon inputs from the input device. The internet-based server is in communication with the amusement device through the internet. The remote computer device is configured to access the amusement device through a secured-communication connection through the internet-based server to allow access and control of the amusement device by the remote computer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: AMI Entertainment Network, LLC
    Inventors: Brennan McTernan, Greg Nyce, Matthew Mawson
  • Leaky wave mode solar receiver
    Patent number: 8710360
    Abstract: A leaky travelling wave array of optical elements provide a solar wavelength rectenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: AMI Research & Development, LLC
    Inventors: John T. Apostolos, Judy Feng, William Mouyos
  • Amusement device including provision for tracking a player's top score
    Patent number: 8696468
    Abstract: A method of tracking electronic game score information for a plurality of players participating in an amusement system is disclosed. The amusement system includes at least one amusement device communicating with a central server over a network. The amusement device has a display, a memory storing a plurality of electronic games and a controller. The central server maintains a plurality of player accounts corresponding to the plurality of players. Each of the player accounts includes best score information for at least one of the plurality of electronic games played by the respective player on the amusement device. The central server receives score update information associated with the player accounts from the amusement device and updates the player accounts with the received score update information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: AMI Entertainment Network, LLC
    Inventor: William L. Layne, IV
  • Tunable transversal structures
    Patent number: 8680946
    Abstract: A programmable transversal structure that may serve as a filter, or more generally, a transversal network. A pair of time delay elements are implemented using one or more grating control propagation path structures, multilayer waveguides with configurable gaps, or variable impedance meander lines. Electro active actuators responsive to bandwidth, center frequency, and stop band attenuation control inputs control the delay of such elements. Impedance elements are distributed between the time delay elements to provide the desired transversal response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: AMI Research & Development, LLC
    Inventors: John T. Apostolos, Judy Feng, William Mouyos
  • Process for cleaning wastewaters from melamine plants
    Patent number: 8673158
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for purifying wastewaters of melamine systems. The method is characterized in that triazine-containing wastewater is subjected to a thermal pretreatment stage, whereupon the vapors are condensed from the gas phase of the thermal pretreatment stage, and the liquid phase of the thermal pretreatment stage is subjected to a thermal hydrolysis stage while NH3 is isolated from the obtained liquid phase containing H2O, CO2, and NH3. The inventive method makes it possible to compensate varying wastewater qualities, thus allowing the melamine system and wastewater station to be operated in a constant and safe fashion. Furthermore, the strain on the subsequent thermal hydrolysis stage is relieved with the aid of the thermal pretreatment stage of the inventive method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: AMI Agrolinz Melamine International GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Ruech, Christoph Neumüller, Thomas Wallek
  • Using phase matched filters for NQR detection of continuous Rabi transitions
    Patent number: 8660803
    Abstract: Nuclear quadrupole resonance measurement using two or more wire loop(s) within a space to define a portal, and driving the wire loop(s) with a baseband digital transmitter generating a chirped or stepped signal, to create a corresponding varying electromagnetic field within the portal. Coherent emissions reflected thereby are detected through a directional coupler feeding the transceiver. The detected coherent emissions are processed with a matched filter to determine presence of a target object within the portal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: AMI Research & Development, LLC
    Inventors: John T. Apostolos, Judy Feng, William Mouyos, Benjamin McMahon
  • System for tracking account activity on an amusement device
    Patent number: 8641497
    Abstract: An amusement device system includes a first amusement device, a second amusement device and a central server. The first controller is coupled to the first memory and the first display. The first memory stores an electronic game having a plurality of game content. The first controller is configured to show a first game content of the plurality of game content to an authenticated user. The second controller is coupled to the second memory. The second memory stores the electronic game having the plurality of game content. The central server is configured to store information sufficient to identify the first game content displayed to the authenticated user. The first and second controllers are prevented by the central server from again showing the first game content until a remainder of the plurality of game content has been displayed to the authenticated user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: AMI Entertainment Network, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Karn
  • MULTI-REGION INTERACTIVE DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20130314301
    Abstract: A multi-region interactive display is provided. In some embodiments, a multi-region interactive display includes a display including a plurality of display regions, the display configured to provide content in at least a first display region and a second display region; a processor configured to select content for display in at least one of the display regions; and a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions, in which the first display region and second display region are configured so that when a first user interacts with the first display region, a second user's view of the second display region is at least partially visible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: AMI ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. FEEHAN, David S. SCHMIDT, Howard L. SPIELMAN
  • Correction wedge for leaky solar array
    Patent number: 8582935
    Abstract: A leaky travelling wave array of optical elements provide a solar wavelength rectenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: AMI Research & Development, LLC
    Inventors: John T. Apostolos, Judy Feng, William Mouyos
  • Photonic Antenna
    Publication number: 20130266319
    Abstract: A photonic antenna uses a traveling wave fed, surface wave excited, dielectric waveguide. One or more antenna elements are arranged in a line or other array. An optical interconnect is provide by depositing the waveguide structure on the system of antenna elements, and the photodiode detectors on the waveguide, or wafer bonded to the waveguide core. Optical sources are butt coupled to the edge of the waveguide via wafer bonding or as part of a deposition process. The device acts as a free-space optical transceiver embodied in an integrated photonic antenna and waveguide structure, and provides high speed, spectrally broadband response; it also inherently includes an open architecture for implementing Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: AMI Research & Development, LLC
    Inventors: Patricia Bodan, John T. Apostolos, William Mouyos, Benjamin McMahon
  • MULTI-REGION INTERACTIVE DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20130254676
    Abstract: A multi-region interactive display is provided. In some embodiments, a multi-region interactive display includes a display including a plurality of display regions, the display configured to provide content in at least a first display region and a second display region; a processor configured to select content for display in at least one of the display regions; and a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions, in which the first display region and second display region are configured so that when a first user interacts with the first display region, a second user's view of the second display region is at least partially visible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: AMI ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. FEEHAN, David S. SCHMIDT, Howard L. SPIELMAN
  • INTERCONNECT MEMBER FOR FUEL CELLS
    Publication number: 20130236806
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a plurality of fuel cell tubes, each fuel cell tube being configured to input fuel at an inlet opening and output exhaust at an exhaust opening. The fuel cell system further includes a current collecting, system comprising an interconnect member disposed through the exhaust opening. The interconnect member electrically connects an inner electrode of a first fuel cell tube to an electrode of a second fuel cell tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: ULTRA ELECTRONICS, AMI
    Inventors: Aaron Crumm, Timothy LaBreche
  • Colored yarn object, process for producing the same, and fishing line
    Patent number: 8522473
    Abstract: A yarn object which, even though made of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene, can be satisfactorily prevented from color fading caused by contact with other objects or the like, can be produced easily at low cast, and can maintain high strength. The yarn object is colored with a colorant. The yarn object includes a core yarn 2 colored with a predetermined colorant and an outer-layer yarn 3 disposed on the periphery of the core yarn. The outer-layer yarn 3 is disposed in such a manner that the core yarn 2 is prevented from contacting with other objects. The outer-layer yarn 3 includes a transparent filament and a space 4 is formed between the outer-layer yarns 3. The color applied to the core yarn 2 is externally visible through the transparent outer-layer yarn 3 and the space therebetween 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Yoz-Ami Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeru Nakanishi
  • STACKED BOW TIE ARRAY WITH REFLECTOR
    Publication number: 20130222199
    Abstract: A stacked bow tie antenna array structure is placed within, for example a rectangular reflector. Spaces between the bow tie elements and the reflector are filled with close spaced conductive plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: AMI RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, LLC
    Inventor: AMI Research & Development, LLC