Patents by Inventor Alan Walter
Alan Walter 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).
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Patent number: 9839417Abstract: A deployment instrument for deploying a closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway, the deployment instrument including a carrier assembly, wherein the carrier assembly is configured to hold the closure device in a pre-deployment state, and a tensioner assembly, wherein the filament is fixedly attached to the tensioner assembly, wherein the deployment instrument is configured to increase the tension in the filament upon linear movement of the deployment instrument away from the wall of the body passageway when the closure device is anchored to the wall via the anchor such that the tension is gradually increased as the deployment instrument is moved between a first linear distance and a second linear distance greater than the first linear distance from the wall of the body passageway.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventor: Greg Alan Walters
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Publication number: 20170333015Abstract: The present technology relates generally to a method and device for closing percutaneous punctures, and more particularly to a multi-lumen tamper for such a device. A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway is disclosed, the closure device including a plug configured to engage a surface of the puncture; a toggle configured to engage an internal surface of the body passageway; an elongate filament configured to associate the plug with the toggle; a locking member configured to engage the plug; and a tamper comprising at least two lumens, wherein a first lumen of the at least two lumens is configured to deliver a pharmaceutical agent to the plug.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: Greg Alan Walters, Samuel Nardone
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Publication number: 20170274956Abstract: A blow molded toy cycle has a female bearing area with tapered and recess sections. A fork has a corresponding male bearing area that includes a tapered section and an annular protrusion section. A protrusion spaced at a distance from the annular protrusion extends from the shaft and has a surface to contact a top surface of the body to secure the fork when the male and female bearing areas are in contact. The fork has integrally formed tabs that to bend around an axle to form a bearing area for the axle that allows the axle to rotate within the fork. A blow molded pedal attaches to a section of the axle and has a series of ribs disposed between side sections to form a bearing area that allows the pedal to rotate around the axle. Two rear and one front wheels attach to the body and fork respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2017Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Anderson, Andrew James McDonnough, Pamela Jo Naeve, Duane David Franzen, JR., Alan Walter Knapper, Michael Grinnall
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Patent number: 9757104Abstract: The present technology relates generally to a method and device for closing percutaneous punctures, and more particularly to a multi-lumen tamper for such a device. A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway is disclosed, the closure device including a plug configured to engage a surface of the puncture; a toggle configured to engage an internal surface of the body passageway; an elongate filament configured to associate the plug with the toggle; a locking member configured to engage the plug; and a tamper comprising at least two lumens, wherein a first lumen of the at least two lumens is configured to deliver a pharmaceutical agent to the plug.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2013Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventors: Greg Alan Walters, Samuel Nardone
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Patent number: 9682739Abstract: A blow molded toy cycle has a female bearing area with tapered and recess sections. A fork has a corresponding male bearing area that includes a tapered section and an annular protrusion section. A protrusion spaced at a distance from the annular protrusion extends from the shaft and has a surface to contact a top surface of the body to secure the fork when the male and female bearing areas are in contact. The fork has integrally formed tabs that to bend around an axle to form a bearing area for the axle that allows the axle to rotate within the fork. A blow molded pedal attaches to a section of the axle and has a series of ribs disposed between side sections to form a bearing area that allows the pedal to rotate around the axle. Two rear and one front wheels attach to the body and fork respectively.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Custom-Pak, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Anderson, Andrew James McDonnough, Pamela Jo Naeve, Duane David Franzen, Jr., Alan Walter Knapper, Michael Grinnall
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Publication number: 20160258310Abstract: A turbine secondary air system seal arrangement (62). The arrangement comprises a first seal land (70) facing radially inwardly; a second seal land (80) facing radially outwardly; and first labyrinth seal teeth (76) directed radially outwardly to seal against the first seal land (70). Also second labyrinth seal teeth (78) directed radially inwardly to seal against the second seal land (80). The first seal land (70) is configured to move radially relative to the second seal land (80) or the first seal teeth (76) are configured to move radially relatively to the second seal teeth (78) to accommodate differential movement of the lands (70, 80) and teeth (76, 78) during use of the seal arrangement (62).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLCInventors: Lynne Helen TURNER, Alan Robert MAGUIRE, Sean Alan WALTERS, Matthew Kieran DUNK
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Patent number: 9378360Abstract: Hostile attacks against a computer program are prevented when the program is executed in a computing environment that is controlled by the attacker. A preposition is run in a secure computing environment instead of the original call site, i.e. the IF antecedent, which has a TRUE consequence and a FALSE consequence are run in a secure computing environment. Embodiments of the invention also allow an insecure call site to detect modifications by a hostile attacker surreptitiously. In embodiments of the invention, a script is generated by a script generator from the IF antecedent and TRUE and FALSE consequence source code, for example relative to a call site. The original source code is modified to call the script engine, rather than the preposition. At run-time a script engine executes this script.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: FLEXERA SOFTWARE LLCInventor: Alan Walter Stiemens
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Publication number: 20150371037Abstract: Hostile attacks against a computer program are prevented when the program is executed in a computing environment that is controlled by the attacker. A preposition is run in a secure computing environment instead of the original call site, i.e. the IF antecedent, which has a TRUE consequence and a FALSE consequence are run in a secure computing environment. Embodiments of the invention also allow an insecure call site to detect modifications by a hostile attacker surreptitiously. In embodiments of the invention, a script is generated by a script generator from the IF antecedent and TRUE and FALSE consequence source code, for example relative to a call site. The original source code is modified to call the script engine, rather than the preposition. At run-time a script engine executes this script.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2014Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventor: Alan Walter STIEMENS
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Publication number: 20150068009Abstract: A deployment instrument for deploying a closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway, the deployment instrument including a carrier assembly, wherein the carrier assembly is configured to hold the closure device in a pre-deployment state, and a tensioner assembly, wherein the filament is fixedly attached to the tensioner assembly, wherein the deployment instrument is configured to increase the tension in the filament upon linear movement of the deployment instrument away from the wall of the body passageway when the closure device is anchored to the wall via the anchor such that the tension is gradually increased as the deployment instrument is moved between a first linear distance and a second linear distance greater than the first linear distance from the wall of the body passageway.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventor: Greg Alan Walters
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Publication number: 20140312591Abstract: A blow molded toy cycle has a female bearing area with tapered and recess sections. A fork has a corresponding male bearing area that includes a tapered section and an annular protrusion section. A protrusion spaced at a distance from the annular protrusion extends from the shaft and has a surface to contact a top surface of the body to secure the fork when the male and female bearing areas are in contact. The fork has integrally formed tabs that to bend around an axle to form a bearing area for the axle that allows the axle to rotate within the fork. A blow molded pedal attaches to a section of the axle and has a series of ribs disposed between side sections to form a bearing area that allows the pedal to rotate around the axle. Two rear and one front wheels attach to the body and fork respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Anderson, Andrew James McDonnough, Pamela Jo Naeve, Duane David Franzen, JR., Alan Walter Knapper, Michael Grinnall
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Patent number: 8685059Abstract: A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway of a living being. In an exemplary embodiment, the closure device includes an anchor configured to be brought into engagement with an interior of the body passageway, a plug including a proximal portion and a distal portion, a filament coupled to the anchor and the plug. The filament may include a first extending section. The closure device further includes a lock attached to the first extending section, wherein the collar is positioned between the lock and the anchor, wherein the lock frictionally engages the first extending section of the filament so that the lock is movable along the filament only in response to application of a force on the lock that overcomes the frictional engagement.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Essential Medical LLCInventor: Greg Alan Walters
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Publication number: 20140025021Abstract: The present technology relates generally to a method and device for closing percutaneous punctures, and more particularly to a multi-lumen tamper for such a device. A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway is disclosed, the closure device including a plug configured to engage a surface of the puncture; a toggle configured to engage an internal surface of the body passageway; an elongate filament configured to associate the plug with the toggle; a locking member configured to engage the plug; and a tamper comprising at least two lumens, wherein a first lumen of the at least two lumens is configured to deliver a pharmaceutical agent to the plug.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: ESSENTIAL MEDICAL, LLC.Inventors: Greg Alan Walters, Sam Nardone
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Patent number: 8539459Abstract: An individual security program is randomly chosen by way of a respective key and is then packaged with a games program to provide an executable program file which is applied to a storage media, such as an optical disc. Whenever the security program is running, the object code it produces is obfuscated to make it difficult to overcome the protection by identifying and removing the security program. The obfuscated object code is produced by substituting a variable in source code with a function of the variable. When the source code is compiled to produce the object code, the function causes the variable to be presented in the compiled object code as a series of operations.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2004Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Rovi Europe LimitedInventors: Alan Walter Stiemens, Martin Clive Gray, Christopher Edward Sulley
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Patent number: 8516469Abstract: The present invention provides a process for generating a shared function binding arrangement comprising a first module and a shared module which includes a plurality of functions and having means for binding a function shared between the first module and the shared module. The process comprises a linking phase for creating the first module and the shared module, a preparation phase for preparing the first module for calling the shared module without exposing details of the call, and a loading phase for loading the modules and linking the first module to a respective function in the shared module without exposing details of the call. The invention also provides a method and system for binding a function shared between a first module and a shared module by means of a linking arrangement a linking arrangement that enables the first module to call a respective function in the shared module without exposing details of the call.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2005Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Flexera Software LLCInventors: Mark Richard Holloway, Martin Clive Gray, Alan Walter Stiemens, David Christopher Wyles
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Patent number: 8240620Abstract: The present invention provides an assembly for routing and retaining wires or cables in an electronic assembly or the like, including: an elongate member; and a plurality of annular structures disposed in a spaced apart relationship about the elongate member, wherein each of the plurality of annular structures defines a plurality of channels about its circumference, wherein each of the plurality of channels is configured to receive and retain a wire or cable.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2009Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Ciena CorporationInventor: Thomas Alan Walter
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Patent number: 8104616Abstract: A clamshell package is provided for holding and displaying a consumer product that comprises a bottle and a cap. The clamshell package comprises a first clamshell side and a second clamshell side, wherein at least a portion of the first and second clamshell sides are affixed together to hold the consumer product between the first and second clamshell sides. The clamshell package further comprises an aperture through which at least a portion of the cap of the consumer product extends from the clamshell package. The clamshell package is therefore able to hold and display the consumer product, while allowing a consumer to access the cap of the product in order to smell or to sample the product. A clamshell package is further provided for holding and displaying a consumer product comprising liquid composition contained in a tottle.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2007Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gregory Peter Dalea, Gary Allen Wessling, Gregory Alan Walters, Kent David Johnson
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Publication number: 20110301638Abstract: A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway of a living being. In an exemplary embodiment, the closure device includes an anchor configured to be brought into engagement with an interior of the body passageway, a plug including a proximal portion and a distal portion, a filament coupled to the anchor and the plug. The filament may include a first extending section. The closure device further includes a lock attached to the first extending section, wherein the collar is positioned between the lock and the anchor, wherein the lock frictionally engages the first extending section of the filament so that the lock is movable along the filament only in response to application of a force on the lock that overcomes the frictional engagement.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: ESSENTIAL MEDICAL, LLCInventor: Greg Alan Walters
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Publication number: 20110042529Abstract: The present invention provides an assembly for routing and retaining wires or cables in an electronic assembly or the like, including: an elongate member; and a plurality of annular structures disposed in a spaced apart relationship about the elongate member, wherein each of the plurality of annular structures defines a plurality of channels about its circumference, wherein each of the plurality of channels is configured to receive and retain a wire or cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2009Publication date: February 24, 2011Inventor: Thomas Alan WALTER
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Patent number: 7814179Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an event-based configuration interface between a service supporting mobile connectivity and device drivers exposing WWAN data services. Object identifiers (OIDs) are passed between the service and the device drivers. Asynchronous communication is enabled. Methods and systems for using OIDs to negotiate configuration, including PINs, SIMs and signal strength, of WWAN devices such as GSM and CDMA-based devices are provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2003Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Alan Walter Shen, Hao Zhuang, Dan A. Knudson, Warren V. Barkley, Nagampalli S. S. Narasimha Rao, Taroon Mandhana
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Patent number: D700096Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2013Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Custom-Pak, Inc.Inventors: Cristopher Alejandro Leon Cortez, Alan Walter Knapper, Mark M. Rutenbeck, Alberto Gutierrez