Patents Assigned to Systems, LLC
  • Low-cost continuous phase sheet deformable mirror
    Publication number: 20080225370
    Abstract: This continuous phase sheet deformable mirror leverages advances in polymer manufacturing to create a low-cost alternative to the existing microelectromechanical system (MEMS) and bulk (piezoelectric and electrostrictive) deformable mirror technology. These novel mirrors can be used for any form of phase control including but not limited to piston control, beam steering, and higher order adaptive optics. The preferred mirror surface is a pellicle, but any thin polymer high optical quality surface will suffice. The thin polymer phase sheet can be combined with any actuator structure, like those produced by MEMS, to create a higher quality hybrid deformable mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: Active Optical Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Justin Dennis Mansell
  • Variable leverage embossing seal
    Publication number: 20080216679
    Abstract: An embossing seal includes a support frame having an opening at a first end thereof and a die assembly disposed in the opening of the support frame. The embossing seal includes a handle pivotally connected to the frame for moving between an extended position and a compressed position for closing the die assembly, a first link having a trailing end pivotally connected to the frame and a leading end coupled with the die assembly, and a second link having a first end pivotally connected with the handle and a second end pivotally connected with the first link. In operation, when the handle is moved from the extended position to the compressed position, the first and second links close the die. The arrangement of the first and second links provides increased leverage on the die assembly during the later stages of the compression stroke of the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: M&R Marking Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony D. MacNeil, Louis D'Amaro, Thomas Malinowski
  • VACUUM ASSISTED PROSTHETIC SLEEVE AND SOCKET
    Publication number: 20080221705
    Abstract: A prosthetic sleeve and socket system, the sleeve including a flap or skirt concentrically arranged about the sleeve and configured to form a sealed chamber between the sleeve and socket when the sleeve is inserted into the socket. An air permeable material is interposed between the skirt and the sleeve to maintain a continuous interconnected air layer therebetween. An expulsion valve is provided to allow air contained within the sealed chamber to be forced out of the chamber ahead of the sleeve when it is inserted into the socket. A powered vacuum pump is also provided for producing and maintaining a partial vacuum in the sealed chamber for keeping the socket and sleeve joined. The system allows for a substantial reduction in size of known sockets and permits, in some instances, the disposal of bulky suspension straps currently in use to force the socket against a residual limb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: Scussel SBJ Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Rick C. Scussel
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING INTRUSION AT A WEB HOST
    Publication number: 20080222727
    Abstract: A web host intrusion prevention system includes a filter engine [302] and comparison tables [303]. The comparison tables [303] are populated with the set of valid commands that are to be received at a server. The filter engine [302] looks up received commands in the comparison tables [303]. Received commands that are not in the comparison table are rejected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: Federal Network Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Char SAMPLE
  • VACUUM ASSISTED PROSTHETIC SLEEVE AND SOCKET UTILIZING A DOUBLE MEMBRANE LINER
    Publication number: 20080221706
    Abstract: A prosthetic sleeve and socket system, the sleeve including dual flaps or skirts concentrically arranged about the sleeve and configured to form a sealed chamber between the sleeve and socket when the sleeve is inserted into the socket. An air permeable material is interposed between one of the skirts and the sleeve to maintain a continuous interconnected air layer therebetween. An expulsion valve is provided to allow air contained within the sealed chamber to be forced out of the chamber ahead of the sleeve when it is inserted into the socket, and a powered vacuum pump maintains the vacuum thereafter, if needed. The system allows for a substantial reduction in size of known sockets and permits, in some instances, the disposal of bulky suspension straps currently in use to force the socket against a residual limb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: Scussel S.B.J. Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Rick C. Scussel, David Wiley Alford
  • Light scrambling system
    Patent number: 7422354
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a light scrambling system that includes a substrate and a plurality of light pipes. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. Each of the plurality of light pipes includes a first end on the first surface of the substrate, a second end on the second surface of the substrate, and at least one inside surface formed by a refractive index boundary. The light input is received by the first end at a plurality of input angles, and the light output is transmitted at the second end at a plurality of output angles. At least a portion of the input angles are different from at least a portion of the output angles, thereby scrambling the light received by the first ends of the light pipes and transmitted by the second ends of the light pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: SensiTile Systems LLC
    Inventor: Abhinand Lath
  • Asymmetric packet switch and a method of use
    Patent number: 7424018
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a packet switch and a packet switching method. An example embodiment of the present invention comprises at least three network ports, at least one instrument port, a mux-switch, a packet switch fabric, and an address table. The embodiment updates the address table to include the source address of each ingress packet of each network port and associate the source address with that network port. The mux-switch routes the ingress packet traffic of each network port according to the identity of the network port so that at least a copy of the packet traffic of one of the network ports is routed to an instrument port. The packet switch fabric routes the packets from the instrument ports to the network ports according the destination address of the packet and the identity of the network port that is associated with the destination address as recorded in the address table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Gigamon Systems LLC
    Inventors: Tom Gallatin, Denny K. Miu, King L. Won, Patrick Pak Tak Leong, Ted Ho
  • System and method for remotely controlling devices
    Patent number: 7422432
    Abstract: A system and a method for remotely controlling devices are provided. The system includes a foot pedal unit having a moveable member. The system further includes a transmitter operatively associated with the moveable member. The transmitter transmits a first signal in response to at least partial displacement of the moveable member when a first device is selected. The transmitter transmits a second signal in response to at least partial displacement of the moveable member when a second device is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Warner Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas P. Warner
  • Hearing aid system
    Patent number: 7421086
    Abstract: An exemplary hearing aid system includes a receiver unit configured and positioned within the user's ear canal so as to minimize insertion loss and/or occlusion effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Vivatone Hearing Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Natan Bauman, Oleg Shikhman, Ralph Campagna
  • Optical fiber ribbon splitting tool
    Patent number: 7418180
    Abstract: An optical fiber ribbon splitting tool for selectively separating optical fibers of an optical fiber ribbon into one or more subsets of optical fibers. The ribbon splitting tool comprises a housing, a shearing device movably mounted within the housing, and an actuator for actuating the shearing device such that a subset of optical fibers is separated from the optical fiber ribbon. The shearing device may comprise a plunger having at least one shearing edge profile and a platen. A ribbon splitting tool for use at a cable access point of a fiber optic cable in which at least one optical fiber ribbon is accessible for splitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Corning Cable Systems LLC
    Inventors: Craig M. Conrad, Carl M. Whisnant, Jr., Joseph T. Cody
  • Controller for bridging a host computer and networked laundry machines
    Patent number: 7418521
    Abstract: A laundry system has a plurality of laundry machines networked together and a remotely located host computer for collecting operation data and audit data from the laundry machines and to program the laundry machines with operation parameters. A bridging controller is provided to bridge the host computer with the network of laundry machines, and communicates with the host computer through a wired or wireless network connection. The host computer may command the bridging controller to collect data from the laundry machines and may send programming data to the laundry machines through the bridging controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Alliance Laundry Systems LLC
    Inventors: Paul Donald Schroeder, William Joseph Quandt
  • Method and apparatus for growing plants
    Patent number: 7415796
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for growing plants includes an enclosed vessel having a growth medium containing a plant seed or seedling in the upper part thereof and a free space below into which plant roots can enter, a mechanism to feed water and nutrients to the vessel to saturate the growth medium, a mechanism to remove excess water and nutrients after reaching saturation, and a mechanism to regulate the amounts, intervals and rates of water and nutrients being fed for optimum plant growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Terrasphere Systems LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas Gordon Brusatore
  • Apparatus and method for simultaneous usage of multiple die casting tools
    Patent number: 7416015
    Abstract: The preferred embodiment of the present invention is a die casting apparatus and method evidencing increased apparatus output including the ability of using multiple die tools. The invention includes an indexing assembly removably engaged with at least one die block assembly for transporting between four stations, including an injection station, a cooling station, an ejection station, and a recovery station. The injection station includes a frame, a clamp assembly attached to the frame for clamping and releasing the die block assembly, a shot sleeve assembly engaged with the die block assembly for receiving molten material, such as metal, from a furnace means and injecting the molten material into the die block assembly, and a shot cylinder releasably coupled with the shot sleeve assembly for controlling the injection of molten material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Efficient Manufacturing Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Dave L Graves, Gerard M Hellebusch, Patrick Robert Meyer, John A Yegge, Sr., Todd Rio
  • Fiber optic cables and assemblies for fiber to the subscriber applications
    Patent number: 7415181
    Abstract: A fiber optic cable has at least one optical fiber, at least one strength member having a major strength member dimension, and a cable jacket. The cable jacket has two major surfaces that are generally flat and includes a cavity with a cavity minor dimension generally orientated with a minor dimension of the fiber optic cable, wherein the at least one optical fiber is disposed within the cavity. In one embodiment, the cavity minor dimension of the fiber optic cable is about the same size or larger than the strength member dimension that is generally aligned with a minor dimension of the cable, thereby allowing access to the cavity when the fiber optic cable is entered while inhibiting damage to the at least one optical fiber. Fiber optic cables of the present invention are also suitable as a portion of a cable assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Corning Cable Systems LLC
    Inventors: Jody L. Greenwood, David L. Dean, Jr., Kenneth D. Temple, Jr., Keith H. Lail
  • Environmental seal for network interface device
    Patent number: 7414190
    Abstract: A NID includes a base defining an interior cavity and a protective outer cover attached to the base for movement between an opened position and a closed position. At least one of the base and the outer cover has one or more channels formed therein and the other of the base and the outer cover has one or more lips that depend outwardly therefrom. Each lip is received within a corresponding channel formed on the other of the base and the outer cover. The lip and the channel have side portions that engage at multiple contact points to form an environmental seal that prevents contaminants, such as wind-driven dust, sand and moisture, from entering the interior cavity when the outer cover is in the closed position, thereby protecting communications equipment within the NID without the use of an elastomeric gel, seal or gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Corning Cable Systems LLC
    Inventor: Chanh C. Vo
  • Control module for single 3/2 solenoid controlled relay valve
    Patent number: 7415341
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a vehicle braking system, for delivering pressurized air to a brake chamber to achieve a desired braking response, includes an air-pressure controlled relay valve for delivering the pressurized air to the brake chamber. A solenoid receives a variable control input pressure and delivers the control input pressure to the relay valve as a function of a state of the solenoid. An ECU controls the solenoid according to a control model for delivering the pressurized air to the brake chamber and achieving the desired braking response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventors: Hermann J. Goebels, Christopher M. Knaack
  • Golf course turf conditioning control system and method
    Patent number: 7413380
    Abstract: A system and method for conditioning turf at of one or more golf course areas includes an aeration subsystem having subsurface aeration conduits for aerating the area, and an air blower unit in fluid communication with the aeration conduits configured to provide one of a vacuum in a vacuum mode and air under pressure in a pressure mode in the conduits. A control module is provided which responds to a directive for controlling operation of the aeration subsystem in response to sensing environmental parameters. The control module operates the blower in repetitive cycles of intermittent operation in one of the vacuum mode and pressure mode wherein each cycles includes a blower-on and blower-off mode. The blower-on mode operates the blower units for a first time interval and the blower-off mode ceases operation of the blower units for a second time interval during each cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: SubAir Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Michael E. Corwon, Michael K. Crowe, Robert F. Bishop, Jr.
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING A SEARCH ENGINE WITH REWARD COMPONENTS AND PAYMENT COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20080195492
    Abstract: A system and method for implementation of product searches via a search engine over a networked computer system such as the Internet. In particular, a user may execute a search for product offers that are accompanied with reward components (e.g. reward points, rebates, coupons, etc.) and/or those that allow payment in whole or in part with payment components (e.g. reward points, rebates, coupons, etc.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: Signature Systems LLC
    Inventor: Richard Postrel
  • World wide web registration information processing system
    Patent number: 7412434
    Abstract: A World Wide Web registration processing system is disclosed for assisting World Wide Web users in registering at World Wide Web web sites. For each such user, the registration processing system includes a long term repository for the user's web site registration information so that this information can be automatically transferred to a plurality of web sites to which the user may at time to time request to be registered. Further, the registration processing system provides the user with the capability to have a common user identification that may be used for accessing services at a plurality of web sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Registrar Systems LLC
    Inventors: John R. Klug, Thad D. Peterson
  • Ballistic projectile resistant tile
    Patent number: D575416
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Defbar Systems LLC
    Inventors: Richard L. LaBrash, Jeffrey D. Percival