Patents by Inventor A Bell

A Bell 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).

  • Saturation control of electric machine
    Patent number: 7545056
    Abstract: The invention includes an electric alternator/motor having a rotor, stator and at least one winding in the stator adapted to conduct a current, the machine also having and first and second magnetic circuits, one of which includes a saturable portion in which saturation may be controlled to permit control of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventors: Kevin Allan Dooley, Joshua David Bell
  • CD19 Antibodies And Their uses
    Publication number: 20090142349
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides isolated monoclonal antibodies, particularly human monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to CD19 with high affinity. Nucleic acid molecules encoding such CD19 antibodies, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the CD19 antibodies are also provided. Immunoconjugates, bispecific molecules and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the CD19 antibodies are also provided. Methods for detecting CD19, as well as methods for treating various B cell malignancies, including non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: MEDAREX, INC.
    Inventors: Chetana Rao-Naik, David John King, Jie Liu, Haichun Huang, David B. Passmore, Alasdair Fraser Bell, Josephine M. Cardarelli, Chin Pan, To Uyen Thi Do, Sharline Chen, Dawn M. Tanamachi
  • WATER CHANNELING SYSTEM FOR GUTTERS
    Publication number: 20090139180
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for channeling water flowing off the roof of a structure. In one embodiment, the water channeling system includes a gutter, a gutter cover and a clip. The clip is configured to be positioned substantially within the channel defined by the gutter and to engage an inner surface of the gutter lip and a concave portion of the front wall of the gutter. The clip defines an upwardly directed groove that is configured to receive the front edge of the gutter cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Vincent Kehs, Robert Newswanger, Michael Connelly, Joe Wolf, Terry Hoffman, Drew Samples, Ben Bell
  • Animal Restraint with Snap Hook and Buckle
    Publication number: 20090139464
    Abstract: A animal restraint includes a buckle connected at one end to a leash or the like and its other end to a short tether having a D-ring termination. A snap hook with a latching side is easily connected to the restraint. The buckle has two relatively rotary parts which form a bayonet-type connection. The axis of rotation of the buckle parts is perpendicular to the tension axis, so that tension does not tend to undo the buckle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: ROSE AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sarah Bell, Wayne Becker
  • THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATOR WITH INTERMEDIATE LOOP
    Publication number: 20090139556
    Abstract: A thermoelectric power generator is disclosed for use to generate electrical power from heat, typically waste heat. An intermediate heat transfer loop forms a part of the system to permit added control and adjustability in the system. This allows the thermoelectric power generator to more effectively and efficiently generate power in the face of dynamically varying temperatures and heat flux conditions, such as where the heat source is the exhaust of an automobile, or any other heat source with dynamic temperature and heat flux conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Lon E. Bell, Douglas Todd Crane
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING EXPOSURES PRESENTED BY AN ORCHESTRATED PROCESS
    Publication number: 20090144077
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method to dynamically identify, assemble, or otherwise simulate the availability of resources for an orchestrated service or application, thereby allowing for strategic changes in scheduling, purchasing, hiring, and the like to ensure that the resources needed to deliver the desired outcome during a particular time period are present. In particular, the system includes an orchestration module storing a plurality of resource parameters, correlating a predetermined criterion for one or more resources with an event, and simulating the event, where the simulation includes comparing the stored plurality of parameters with the predetermined criterion. The system further determines whether the stored plurality of parameters satisfy the predetermined criterion, and may store the determination for subsequent evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher HOBBS, John BELL, Raymond B. WALLACE, Laurence A. BEAULIEU
  • Seat belt pretensioner
    Patent number: 7540537
    Abstract: A pretensioning apparatus for seat belt webbing is located in the vicinity of a belt anchor end of a three-point vehicle safety restraint seat belt. The pretensioning apparatus has a fixed member in the form of a tubular member that may be anchored to a vehicle seat at the belt anchor side of the vehicle. A movable member in the form of a piston is connected to the webbing in the region of the belt anchor end. A means is provided for moving the movable member relative to the fixed member in a generally horizontal direction, to move the seat belt webbing in a pretensioning direction in response to a signal from a crash sensor. A webbing guide is fixed to the seat to provide an effective anchorage point spaced from the belt anchor end of the webbing under pretensioning conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Key Safety Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: John Forster Bell
  • Systems and methods for digital processing of satellite communications data
    Patent number: 7542716
    Abstract: A digital payload for processing a sub-band spectrum received on an uplink beam at a communications satellite includes a digital channelizer, a digital switch matrix and a digital combiner. The digital channelizer divides the sub-band spectrum into a plurality of frequency slices that can be routed by the digital switch matrix to any of a number of receiving ports. A digital combiner receives the frequency slices and re-assembles them to form one or more output sub-bands for transmission on an output beam of the communications satellite. The digital payload may also include an embeddable digital regeneration module configured to demodulate some or all of the sub-band spectrum to extract a digital bitstream therefrom. The digital bitstream may be processed to implement code-based multiplexing, switching, access control, and other features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Douglas T. Bell, Brian A. Clebowicz
  • Processor and data processing system employing a variable store gather window
    Patent number: 7543120
    Abstract: A processor includes at least one instruction execution unit that executes store instructions to obtain store operations and a store queue coupled to the instruction execution unit. The store queue includes a queue entry in which the store queue gathers multiple store operations during a store gathering window to obtain a data portion of a write transaction directed to lower level memory. In addition, the store queue includes dispatch logic that varies a size of the store gathering window to optimize store performance for different store behaviors and workloads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert H. Bell, Jr., Hugh Shen, Jeffrey Adam Stuecheli, Derek Edward Williams
  • System and method for caching data in a blade server complex
    Patent number: 7543109
    Abstract: A method for caching data in a blade computing complex includes providing a storage blade that includes a disk operative to store pages of data and a cache memory operative to store at least one of the pages. A processor blade is provided that includes a first memory area to store at least one of the pages and a second memory area configured to store an address of each of the pages and a hint value that is assigned to each of the pages. An address of each of the pages is stored in the second memory area, and a hint is assigned to each of the pages, where the hint is one of: likely to be accessed, may be accessed, and unlikely to be accessed. The page is then stored in storage blade cache memory based on the hint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert H. Bell, Jr., Jose R. Escalera, Octavian F. Herescu, Vernon W. Miller, Michael D. Roll
  • Method for securely and automatically configuring access points
    Patent number: 7542572
    Abstract: The present invention is contemplates an automatic, secure AP configuration protocol. Public/private keys and public key (PK) methods are used to automatically establish a mutual trust relationship and a secure channel between an AP and at least one configuration server. An AP automatically forwards a location identifier to the configuration server, and the configuration server delivers common, AP specific, and location specific configuration parameters to the AP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Inventors: Robert C. Meier, Nancy Cam Winget, Robert Bell
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER REPAIR
    Publication number: 20090138093
    Abstract: An arcuate nitinol splint with a rounded cross-section has two ends facing each other and spaced from each other. The splint is advanced through the mouth into the esophagus by an introducer device. By means of the device the splint is implanted completely into the wall of the esophageal sphincter to strengthen the sphincter. Materials other than Nitinol may be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: STEPHEN GRAHAM BELL, Wayne A. Noda
  • Power-aware line intervention for a multiprocessor directory-based coherency protocol
    Publication number: 20090138220
    Abstract: A directory-based coherency method, system and program are provided for intervening a requested cache line from a plurality of candidate memory sources in a multiprocessor system on the basis of the sensed temperature or power dissipation value at each memory source. By providing temperature or power dissipation sensors in each of the candidate memory sources (e.g., at cores, cache memories, memory controller, etc.) that share a requested cache line, control logic may be used to determine which memory source should source the cache line by using the power sensor signals to signal only the memory source with acceptable power dissipation to provide the cache line to the requester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Robert H. Bell, JR., Louis B. Capps, JR., Thomas E. Cook, Michael J. Shapiro, Naresh Nayar
  • Dynamic instruction execution based on transaction priority tagging
    Publication number: 20090138682
    Abstract: A method, system and program are provided for dynamically assigning priority values to instruction threads in a computer system based on one or more predetermined thread performance tests, and using the assigned instruction priorities to determine how resources are used in the system. By storing the assigning priority values for each thread as a tag in the thread's instructions, tagged instructions from different threads that are dispatched through the system are allocated system resources based on the tagged priority values assigned to the respective instruction threads. Priority values for individual threads may be updated with control software which tests thread performance and uses the test results to apply predetermined adjustment policies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Louis B. Capps, JR., Robert H. Bell, JR.
  • Dynamic instruction execution using distributed transaction priority registers
    Publication number: 20090138683
    Abstract: A method, system and program are provided for dynamically assigning priority values to instruction threads in a computer system based on one or more predetermined thread performance tests, and using the assigned instruction priorities to determine how resources are used in the system. By storing the assigning priority values in thread priority registers distributed throughout the computer system, instructions from different threads that are dispatched through the system are allocated system resources based on the priority values assigned to the respective instruction threads. Priority values for individual threads may be updated with control software which tests thread performance and uses the test results to apply predetermined adjustment policies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Louis B. Capps, JR., Robert H. Bell, JR.
  • MULTI-CHAMBER CONTAINER AND CAP THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20090133366
    Abstract: A dispenser comprises a housing that has a removable tamper proof protective cap and tamper proof ring and is threaded to a container. The container, which is the main package, holds the supplemental component. The housing holds the first component into a plunger type chamber in a fully retracted position and is sealed from the supplemental component. The chamber has a delivery end that is closed before use. When pushed all the way in, the chamber's delivery end becomes open and delivers the first component into the main package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: VIZ ENTERPRISES, LLC.
    Inventors: Jerry Cronin, Stephen McMennamy, Richard Bell, Vlad Molse, Russell J. Kroll, Suzuko Hisata, Phil Palermo, Robert Henshaw
  • Coin Dispensing Apparatus
    Publication number: 20090135426
    Abstract: A coin dispensing apparatus, which ejects coins by squeezing them substantially chordally between an element on a rotor and an ejector, has a variable height rotor (3), an improved two-part coin ejector (10a, 10b). A optical sensor for detecting coins being ejected positive detects both the presence and absence of coins in a coin path. Also, a payout device comprising a first coin dispensing device (61) including a dispensed coin type detector and a second coin dispensing device (62). The first coin dispensing device (61) is used to store coins of plurality of large denominations and is used initially for paying out an amount. The second coin dispensing device (62) is used for a single low denomination coin type and coins are dispensed from the second coin dispensing device (62) after the first coin dispensing device has been used as much as possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Malcolm Reginald Hallas Bell, Phil Richardson, Peter Crossan, David F. Ellwood
  • Recessed hinge
    Publication number: 20090137292
    Abstract: An apparatus including a first housing section having a first one-piece housing member; a second housing section having a second one-piece housing member; and a hinge rotatably connecting the first and second housing sections to each other. The hinge includes the first housing member forming a first hinge section at a first end of the first housing section which is pivotably connected to a second hinge section formed by the second housing member at a second end of the second housing member. The first and second hinge sections form opposite outer lateral ends of the hinge. The first and second hinge sections are spaced from outer lateral sides of the first and second housing sections. An axis of rotation of the hinge extends generally between the outer lateral sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Gary Bell, Jukka Kallio, Justin Lyles, Jonathan Dry
  • Windows registry modification verification
    Publication number: 20090138967
    Abstract: A method and system is provided by which unauthorized changes to the registry may be detected and that provides the capability to verify whether registry, or other system configuration data, changes that occur on a computer system are undesirable or related to possible malware attack before the changes become effective or are saved on the system. A method for verifying changes to system configuration data in a computer system comprises generating an identifier representing an entry in the system configuration data, packaging the identifier, and sending the packaged identifier to a client for verification. The identifier may be generated by hashing the first portion of the entry and the second portion of the entry to generate the identifier, or by filtering the first portion of the entry and hashing the filtered first portion of the entry and the second portion of the entry to generate the identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Alessandro Faieta, Jameson Beach, Douglas Bell
  • Power-aware line intervention for a multiprocessor snoop coherency protocol
    Publication number: 20090138660
    Abstract: A snoop coherency method, system and program are provided for intervening a requested cache line from a plurality of candidate memory sources in a multiprocessor system on the basis of the sensed temperature or power dissipation value at each memory source. By providing temperature or power dissipation sensors in each of the candidate memory sources (e.g., at cores, cache memories, memory controller, etc.) that share a requested cache line, control logic may be used to determine which memory source should source the cache line by using the power sensor signals to signal only the memory source with acceptable power dissipation to provide the cache line to the requester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Robert H. Bell, JR., Louis B. Capps, JR., Thomas E. Cook, Michael J. Shapiro, Naresh Nayar