Patents by Inventor A. Morgan

A. Morgan 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).

  • Multi-element filter with multiple pleat channel height
    Patent number: 7323106
    Abstract: A filter has multiple pleated filter elements having axially extending channels having a transverse pleat channel height and a lateral channel width. The pleated filter elements have different channel heights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Fleetguard, Inc.
    Inventors: Tadeusz Jaroszczyk, Mark A. Terres, Scott W. Schwartz, Eric A. Janikowski, Jeffrey S. Morgan, Barry M. Verdegan, Scott P. Heckel, Caryn J. Christianson, Jerald J. Moy, Murray R. Schukar
  • Optical seat belt tension sensor
    Patent number: 7324191
    Abstract: A belt tension sensor includes an armature that is displaced in relation to belt tension and an optical sensing mechanism that detects armature displacement as a measure of belt tension. In a first mechanization, a lens element is mounted on the armature for movement therewith, and light emitted by a light source passes through the lens element before impinging on a light responsive element; the lens element variably diffuses the emitted light in relation to the belt tension, and the light impinging on the light responsive element provides a measure of the belt tension. In a second mechanization, the armature includes a protuberance that abuts and variably collapses a compressible optical waveguide to vary its optical transmissivity in relation to the armature displacement, and the optical transmissivity of the optical waveguide provides a measure of the belt tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Morgan D. Murphy, Henry M. Sanftleben, Pamela A. Roe
  • Farnesyl transferase inhibitors
    Patent number: 7323484
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of the formula wherein the variables are as defined in the specification. The compounds are useful for inhibiting farnesyl transferase and for the treatment of tumors and restenosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Societe de Conseils de Recherches et d'Applications Scientifiques, S.A.S.
    Inventors: Thomas D. Gordon, Barry A. Morgan
  • Method for polishing a substrate surface
    Patent number: 7323414
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, an improved process for preparing a surface of substrate is provided wherein the surface of the substrate is prepared for a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process, the CMP process is performed on the surface of the substrate, and the surface of the substrate is finished to clear the substrate surface of any active ingredients from the CMP process. Also, an improved substrate produced by the method is provided. According to one aspect of the invention, particular polishing materials and procedures may be used that allow for increased quality of AlN substrate surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignees: Crystal IS, Inc., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: Leo J. Schowalter, Javier Martinez Lopez, Juan Carlos Rojo, Kenneth Morgan
  • Reversible earring jewelry
    Publication number: 20080016911
    Abstract: A reversible earring comprising a post and an ornament. The ornament is spherically connected to the post and has more than one ornamental face, and the spherical connection comprises a ball member and a cradle. The cradle partially encloses the ball member, permitting the ornament to be reversed by swiveling the ornament about the spherical connection on axes of rotation that pass through the ball member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventor: David Morgan
  • Braze Alloy And The Use Of Said Braze Alloy
    Publication number: 20080017694
    Abstract: The invention relates to an oxidation and corrosion resistant braze alloy consisting of (wt.-%) 10-15% Cr, 4.5-6% Al, 0.17-0.3% Y, 8-12% Co, 0-4% W, 2.5-5% Ta, 2.0-3.5% B with Cr+Al>15%, Cr/Al?3 and Al+Ta>7.5%, remainder Nickel and unavoidable impurities and to the use of this alloy for brazing onto a Nickel based or a Cobalt based superalloy article. The braze alloy can either be used in pure form as a paste or a foil or as a blend in a blend braze paste, in a braze tape or in a pre-sintered braze sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Alexander Schnell, Erol Morgan, Alexander Stankowski
  • Sigma-Delta Modulator
    Publication number: 20080018509
    Abstract: A sigma-delta modulator for forming a digital output signal representative of the magnitude of an analog input signal, the modulator comprising a modulation unit comprising: a summation unit for summing the analog input signal with an adjustment signal to form a summation output signal; an integrator arranged to receive the summation output signal and form an integrator output signal dependent thereon; and a quantizer arranged to receive the integrator output signal and form the digital output signal dependent thereon; the sigma-delta modulator further comprising a feedback loop for generating the adjustment signal and comprising a selection circuit arranged to form the adjustment signal by selecting between one of two boundary values for the adjustment signal, the selection being performed in dependence on the digital output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventor: Morgan Colmer
  • Methods and apparatus for planar extension of electrical conductors beyond the edges of a substrate
    Publication number: 20080018341
    Abstract: Concurrent electrical access to the pads of integrated circuits on a wafer is provided by an edge-extended wafer translator that carries signals from one or more pads on one or more integrated circuits to contact terminals on the inquiry-side of the edge-extended wafer translator, including portions of the inquiry-side that are superjacent the wafer when the wafer and the edge-extended wafer translator are in a removably attached state, and portions of the inquiry side that reside outside a region defined by the intersection of the wafer and the edge-extended wafer translator. In a further aspect of the present invention, access to the pads of integrated circuits on a wafer is additionally provided by contact terminals in a second inquiry area located on the wafer-side of the edge-extended wafer translator in a region thereof bounded by its outer circumference and the circumference of the attached wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventor: Morgan Johnson
  • Compounds, compositions, and methods
    Publication number: 20080021050
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods useful for treating cellular proliferative diseases and disorders, for example, by modulating the activity of KSP, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Gustave Bergnes, Whitney Smith, Bing Yao, David Morgans, Andrew McDonald
  • Methods for applying a liquid to a web
    Patent number: 7320814
    Abstract: A method of spraying patterns on a web that includes directing at least one intermittent spray of liquid onto the web to form a pattern on the web; sensing a position of a leading edge of at least one of the spray and the pattern relative to one or more references on the web; generating a first correction signal when the leading edge is out of position; and adjusting the spray of liquid in response to the first correction signal to correctly position a leading edge of a subsequent pattern. The method further includes sensing a position of a trailing edge of at least one of the spray and the pattern relative to one or more references on the web; generating a second correction signal when the trailing edge is out of position; and adjusting the spray of liquid in response to the second correction signal to correctly position a trailing edge of subsequent patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory M. Blincoe, Kent A. Franklin, Scott Delzer, Arch Morgan
  • Print device and program product for supporting print by reference methods
    Patent number: 7321443
    Abstract: A print device for printing data for a client comprises a wireless communications port for receiving a reference communicated from the client, with the reference comprising at least a location for print content. The print device further comprises a network communications port for communicating with the location to obtain the print content. The invention further comprises a program product embodiment for causing a print device to receive a reference from a client and to obtain print content from a location indicated by the reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alan C. Berkema, Jeff Morgan, Pat Stoltz, Todd Fischer
  • Model toy train track
    Patent number: 7320435
    Abstract: A model toy train track segment in accordance with the present invention comprises an elongate roadbed having a first and a second end and a first and a second side. The said first and second ends of the track segment are configured for attachment to adjacent track segments. A track segment in accordance with the present invention further includes a side member configured to be detachably coupled to at least one of the first and second sides of the roadbed. A track segment in accordance with the present invention still further includes a first and a second elongate rail segment connected to the roadbed. Each of the first and second rail segments having a first end proximate to the first roadbed end and a second end proximate to the second roadbed end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Lionel L.L.C.
    Inventors: Richard Webster, Bradley Salminen, Morgan Wireman
  • Sealing arrangement
    Patent number: 7320468
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for sealing a leakage gap between relatively moveable parts in a flow path between a region of high fluid pressure and a region of low fluid pressure comprises a sealing member having an upstream surface, a downstream surface, a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface, the sealing member being in communication with a housing via a resilient element. The resilient element is fixedly joined to the upstream surface of the sealing member such that during operation both the radial force induced on the sealing member by fluid flowing axially into and circumferentially over the radially inner surface and the axial force induced on the sealing member because of a pressure difference across the sealing member is resisted by the resilient element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce PLC
    Inventor: Jonathan J. Morgan
  • Controlled expansion of rock bolt
    Patent number: 7320560
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for manual installation of rock bolts expandable by means of a pressure media comprising manual coupling of a pressure source to a rock bolt to be expanded. The method comprises the steps of an operator starting a sequence whereby the rock bolt is pressurized to a predetermined pressure, and it being ensured that the predetermined pressure is kept for a predetermined period of time. The present invention is also related to such a control system, and an apparatus comprising such a control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Atlas Copco Rock Drills AB
    Inventors: Tommy Persson, Morgan Kanflod, Fredrik Öberg, Tapio Toivonen, Niclas Örjas, Hans Gustavsson, Göran Sjöstedt
  • Tuckable cover for a document storage device
    Patent number: 7320554
    Abstract: A document storage device configured to receive a title sheet. The document storage device including a cover having a cover lip and a cover sheet coupled to the cover. The cover sheet is movable between an open position and a closed position such that when the cover sheet is in the closed position, at least a portion of a first edge engages the cover lip and defines a title sheet space between the cover and the cover sheet that is configured to receive the title sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: ACCO Brands USA LLC
    Inventors: Jack B. Hough, Sue Y. Kim, Stephen P. Corr, Timothy P. Grady, Marilyn J. Morgan, Philip E. Hague, Jason C. Campbell
  • CLIENT APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH KEY MANAGER
    Publication number: 20080016337
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus comprises a certificate store to store a current certificate associated with a key pair including a current public key and a current private key; a policy decision point (PDP) module to monitor the certificate store and to ascertain whether the current certificate has expired or is expiring; and a key manager, based at least in part on the PDP module determining that the current certificate has expired or is expiring, being adapted to identify encrypted information encrypted with an encrypting key of the key pair and to decrypt the encrypted information with a decrypting key of the key pair to obtain unencrypted information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Dennis Morgan, Alan D. Ross
  • Silanol containing photoconductors
    Publication number: 20080014517
    Abstract: A photoconductor containing an optional supporting substrate, a silanol containing photogenerating layer, and at least one charge transport layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Jin Wu, John S. Chambers, Satchidanand Mishra, Michael A. Morgan, Liang-Bih Lin
  • SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DEALER INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20080015954
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods are disclosed that manage transactions and communication between car dealers and lenders. In one embodiment, the system lessens risks for lenders and makes relationships with dealers safer and easier to administer. In one embodiment, a dealer may utilize the system to manage its inventory, obtain and manage credit history information about potential customers, help customers apply for credit, transact credit applications and credit approvals with various lenders, submit applications to multiple lenders, select from among the accepting lenders, and manage forms used to complete a transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicant: FINANCE EXPRESS, LLC
    Inventors: David Huber, Frederick Morgan, James McCurry, Jeffrey McCurry, David Moderi
  • Low suction vacuum detector
    Publication number: 20080010983
    Abstract: A circuit inhibits power to a motor driving a pump when a vacuum condition is detected by a vacuum switch associated with the pump. The circuit is only responsive to an actuator for selectively supplying power to the motor after inhibiting power to the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicant: EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
    Inventors: Donald E. Morgan, David M. Lyle
  • Method for Selecting Printers Based On Paper Availability Or Paper Congestion
    Publication number: 20080013109
    Abstract: A printer or computer receives a user request to print. The printer measures a paper tray of the printer to form a measurement of an amount of paper in the paper tray. The printer transmits the measurement to a client computer in response to the user request to print.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Yen-Fu Chen, John Hans Handy-Bosma, Fabian F. Morgan, Keith Raymond Walker