Patents by Inventor A. Andrews

A. Andrews has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Process for forming integrated circuits with both split gate and common gate FinFET transistors
    Patent number: 7888192
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for forming an integrated circuit including a common gate FinFET device and a split gate FinFET device. Taller fins and shorter fins of different heights are formed in a semiconductor surface. Layers of gate dielectric material and gate electrode material are formed over tops and sides of the fins. The gate electrode material layer is planarized using chemical-mechanical polishing to remove the gate electrode material from the tops of the taller fins, leaving the gate electrode material over the tops of the shorter fins. The planarized material is patterned to form split (dual) gate structures on the sides of the taller fins and common gate structures on the tops and sides of the shorter fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrew Marshall, Theodore Warren Houston
  • Organic compounds
    Patent number: 7888383
    Abstract: There are provided according to the invention compounds of formula (I) in free or salt form, wherein R1, R2, R4, R5, R6, D, X, W, m and n are as described in the specification, process for preparing them, and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventor: David Andrew Sandham
  • Rotor structures for motor
    Patent number: 7888831
    Abstract: A rotor structure for a motor comprising a rotor having an end surface; a shaft extending from the end surface; an encoder member attached to the end surface of the rotor; and a coupler coupled to the shaft adjacent to the encoder member for coupling a further member to the shaft, in which the coupler surrounds the shaft and has a lip associated therewith, the lip extending from the coupler towards the encoder member so as to define a void between the coupler and the encoder member. The void defined by the rotor structure may act to contain matters such as swarf that is ejected from the rotor when the encoder member is fixed to the rotor. The rotor may be used in a motor of an electric power assisted steering (EPAS) system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: TRW Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Lee Court, Jeffrey Ronald Coles
  • Flexible light guide for membrane switch
    Patent number: 7888613
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a membrane switch may include a flexible light guide having a first refractive index. The flexible light guide may include a first wall, an opposing second wall, and one or more additional walls. One or more of the first wall, the second wall and the additional walls may be disposed adjacent to a substance including a second refractive index that is lower than the first refractive index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: CoActive Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Andrew Jeffery, Jason Tsi-Tsun Lin
  • Power supply particularly for a meter-bus
    Patent number: 7889471
    Abstract: A power supply providing current interruption based on the energy from the supply over a sliding window of time is disclosed. The output current from the supply is periodically reestablished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Echelon Corporation
    Inventors: Gilles vanRuymbeke, Andrew Robinson
  • Rotor for a generator
    Patent number: 7888837
    Abstract: A rotor for a generator includes a cylindrical rotor body with axial winding slots which are arranged in a distributed manner over the circumference and in which are arranged conductor elements which extend in the axial direction. A cooling medium from a sub-slot which is arranged at the bottom of the winding slot is fed along the axis in periodic intervals to the conductor elements. Beneath the conductor elements provision is made for ripple springs which in each case press the conductor elements of a winding slot against a slot wedge which closes off the winding slot at the top. With such a rotor, an adequate spring force is achieved by the ripple springs being arranged at the bottom of the sub-slot and, via an axial profile which is arranged in the sub-slot, acting by their spring force upon the conductor elements which lie above them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd
    Inventors: John Lindh, Andrew John Holmes, Benjamin Gugerli
  • System and method for enabling call originations using SMS and hotline capabilities
    Patent number: 7890096
    Abstract: A method for handling call originations is provided. The method includes sending origination information from a mobile device to an application server in an enterprise network using Short Message Service (SMS) and determining whether a hotline feature is present in a subscriber profile associated with the mobile device. Data is then routed from the mobile device to a predetermined destination based on the hotline feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Tango Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Silver
  • Methods of sequestering CO
    Patent number: 7887694
    Abstract: Methods of sequestering carbon dioxide (CO2) are provided. Aspects of the methods include precipitating a storage stable carbon dioxide sequestering product from an alkaline-earth-metal-containing water and then disposing of the product, e.g., by placing the product in a disposal location or using the product as a component of a manufactured composition. Also provided are systems for practicing methods of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Calera Corporation
    Inventors: Brent R. Constantz, Andrew Youngs, Philip Brian Tuet, Sidney Omelon, Kasra Farsad, Ryan J. Gilliam, Valentin Decker, Donald W. Kirk, J. Douglas Way, Allen J. Bard, Robert Danziger, Miguel Fernandez, Cecily Ryan
  • Child restraint including adjustable base
    Patent number: 7887128
    Abstract: A child restraint includes an infant carrier and a base for supporting the infant carrier. The base is configure to be tethered to a passenger seat in a vehicle. The base can be adjusted to tilt the infant carrier relative to the passenger seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul T. Zink, Andrew B. Mendenhall, Todd C. Midkiff
  • System and method for managing an electronic storage volume
    Patent number: 7890710
    Abstract: A system and method for managing an electronic storage volume is described. The method includes assigning a threshold to a constrained storage space to define a first state in which an amount of data stored in the constrained storage space exceeds the threshold and a second state in which the amount of data stored in the confined storage space does not exceed the threshold. The method also includes comparing the amount of data to be stored in the constrained storage space and the threshold, and performing a predefined action if the comparison indicates that the amount data to be in the confined storage space would cause a transition between the first state and the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ruthie D. Lyle, Fonda Daniels, Andrew L. Schirmer
  • System and method for providing information on a received communication for an electronic communication device
    Patent number: 7890589
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system, method and device for providing information relating to a received communication for a device. For the method, it comprises: while the device is composing an outbound communication, monitoring for receipt of an inbound communication; if the inbound communication is directed to the device, evaluating the inbound communication to determine whether it is related to the outbound communication; and if the inbound communication is related to the outbound communication, providing a message to the device indicating receipt of the inbound communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventors: Arun Munje, Andrew Turcotte, David Vanden Heuvel
  • Device and method for maintaining optical energy density on a medium
    Patent number: 7889220
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for maintaining optical energy density on a defined area of a medium markable by optical energy. The method includes the operation of directing a light beam from a light source to an optical system. The light beam can pass through at least one optical component in the optical system, where the optical system has astigmatic properties selected to maintain desired irradiance within the defined area of the medium through a range of working distances between the optical system and the defined area. A further operation is guiding the light beam by the optical system onto the marking area of the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew L. Van Brocklin, Kuohua (Angus) Wu
  • Multi-speed transmission
    Patent number: 7887457
    Abstract: A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices may include clutches and brakes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Scott H. Wittkopp, Andrew W. Phillips, James M. Hart, Clinton E. Carey, Madhusudan Raghavan
  • Client-side callbacks to server events
    Patent number: 7890604
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for client-side callbacks to server events in which a Web server receives a message indicating a client-side event. The client-side event is associated with a specific component of a client resource, the specific component being one of multiple static components of the client resource. A server-side component generates a response to the received message and implements at least a subset of logic of the specific component. In generating the response to the message, server-side logic corresponding to other static components that are different than the specific component are not used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corproation
    Inventors: Bradley D. Millington, Andrew Cheng-Min Lin, Nikhil Kothari
  • Electrosurgical system
    Patent number: 7887534
    Abstract: An electrosurgical system comprising, among other things, a control console to which detachably connects one or more electrosurgical probes capable of coagulating and ablating tissue. The control console generates a selectively variable power signal having a duty cycle that is dynamically modulated so as to maintain an average power level of a probe that is lower than a predefined maximum power level. The system can also incorporate both an impedance monitoring system and a current monitoring system as means to detect potentially dangerous situations, as well as a monitoring system for detecting impedance at relatively low power levels upon first activation of the probe. The probe can also incorporate non-volatile memory for storing probe-specific operating parameter data, probe usage data, data restricting probe use, error codes, and control console updates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Hamel, Michael Baycura, Chris Earley, David Hoffman, Alexandr Ikriannikov
  • Real-time notification of device events
    Patent number: 7890622
    Abstract: Real-time notification is provided of an event which has occurred in a computer-related device. Upon the occurrence of an event, a record of the event is stored in a buffer, such as a Really Simple Syndication buffer, associated with the device. The buffer is updated based on indications and other events noted by a CIM agent in the device. One of a series of regular requests is received from an open browser window on a user computer, the request inquiring about any record of the event stored in the buffer. In response to the request, the record of the event is transmitted to an HTML event element in a page of the browser window whereby the record of the event is inserted into the HTML element and displayed in the browser window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dinesh C. Coca, James B. Engle, Melissa J. Garcia, Kevan D. Holdaway, Andrew G. Hourselt, Ashaki A. Ricketts
  • Multi-speed transmission
    Patent number: 7887454
    Abstract: A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices are clutches and brakes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Andrew W. Phillips, Scott H. Wittkopp, James M. Hart, Clinton E. Carey
  • Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing media content analysis, distribution, and re-allocation services
    Patent number: 7890552
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for implementing media content analysis, distribution, and re-allocation services across a network are provided. The method includes analyzing factors that impact access to, and quality of, the media content provided over the network. The method also includes identifying a current storage location of the media content, creating decision criteria and metrics for re-allocating selected media content to an alternate storage location in response to the analyzing, and re-allocating the selected media content to the alternate storage location. The method further includes updating an inventory database to reflect the alternate storage of the selected media content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Andrew Reichman
  • Socket connector having protursions for positioning IC package
    Patent number: 7887356
    Abstract: A socket connector includes a socket body, a plurality of contact terminals received in the socket body. The socket body includes an upper surface, a plurality of sidewalls extending upwardly from the upper surface. The upper surface and the sidewalls jointly define a cavity for receiving an IC package therein. A plurality of protrusions extend upwardly from the upper surface and formed separately from the sidewall. The protrusions being discretely distributed at periphery of the IC package and thereby positioning the IC package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew Cheng, Hu-Guang Luo, Chia-Wei Fan, Chih-Pi Cheng
  • Methods and apparatus providing security within a network
    Patent number: 7891001
    Abstract: An in-network security provider applies security event identification, analysis and processing to a customer's data communications traffic in the form of a “security in the cloud” solution. This method of network defense is achieved when customers pass all of their outbound data communications traffic through the security provider before that data communications traffic reaches the public Internet. Additionally, all inbound data communications traffic is passed through the security provider before it is delivered to the customer. The security provider receives the inbound and outbound sequence of data packets and segregates the sequence of data packets into respective packet flows based on data packet types (HTML, SMTP, FTP, etc.). For individual respective packet flows, the system applies security processing that is appropriate to those packet flows based on that packet flow's data packet type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Perimeter Internetworking Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Ivar Greenawalt, Joel Michael Nimety, Ronald Charles Fritz, II