Patents by Inventor Allan Richards
Allan Richards 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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Publication number: 20160242398Abstract: A system for attracting fish by means of incorporating the metals of a lure, hook or fishing accessory along with anode metals to create a corrosion cell. The corrosion cell, also known as an electrochemical cell, when immersed in an electrolyte of fresh or salt water, will generate a fish attracting, positive (+) voltage field which radiates from the lure, hook or fishing accessory.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2015Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventor: Allan Richard Dampier
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Publication number: 20160021368Abstract: Various arrangements for monitoring and mitigating infrared (IR) interference from a display device are presented. IR emissions from a display device are measured the IR signaling characteristics may be adjusted to mitigate interference from the emissions. Calibration methods may be used determine display emission characteristics by displaying test patterns and video clips. Characteristics of the display patterns and video clips may be correlated to high IR emissions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2014Publication date: January 21, 2016Applicant: Echostar Technologies, LLCInventor: Allan Richard Bly, JR.
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Patent number: 9191008Abstract: An integrated circuit comprises a control input providing a connection to a capacitor. A delay circuit generates a delayed enable signal responsive to a provided enable signal. A second circuit performs a control function. A switching circuit responsive to the delayed enable signal connects the control input to the delay circuit in a first mode of operation and connects the control input to the second circuit in a second mode of operation.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2009Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Intersil Americas LLCInventors: Allan Richard Warrington, Andy LeFevre
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Publication number: 20150296334Abstract: An electronic monitoring system and method for monitoring one or more transport services, wherein for each one of one or more portable electronic devices, data of the portable electronic device indicative of the location of the portable electronic device is monitored and the location data stored in a memory of the portable electronic device. Each device monitors for a boarding trigger event indicative of a user carrying the portable electronic device boarding a transport service, and upon a boarding trigger event occurring, communicates monitoring data to a remote monitoring system, the monitoring data including at least time data of the boarding trigger event and data indicative of the location of the portable electronic device. The remote monitoring system monitors one or more transport services using data communicated by the portable electronic devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2013Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventors: Martin Smyrk, Allan Richards
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Publication number: 20150244480Abstract: Systems and methods for aiding emergency responders are described. An exemplary system may include a primary device and a secondary device. The primary device may be configured to provide audio communication between the primary device and one or more of the plurality of secondary devices along a wireless communication path. The primary device may be configured to compress audio communication for transmission over a low bitrate band. The plurality of secondary devices may be configured as a network where each of the devices is configured to communicate with at least two other secondary devices. The secondary devices may also be configured to receive audio communication from the primary device and automatically transmit the received audio communication to one or more other of the secondary devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Inventor: Allan Richard Bly, JR.
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Patent number: 8789096Abstract: Systems and methods are operable to transmit at least a portion of a media content event. An exemplary embodiment receives a request from a first media device, wherein the request identifies a media content event of interest; identifies a first media content stream with a concluding portion of the media content event of interest currently transmitting to a second media device; concurrently transmits the concluding portion of the media content event of interest to the first media device; and transmits a second media stream containing an initial portion of the media content event to the first media device.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Inventor: Allan Richard Bly, Jr.
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Patent number: 8499326Abstract: Described herein are techniques for facilitating the testing of cable television receivers during manufacturing and remanufacturing. More particularly, described herein techniques for simulating a conditional access module and/or cable television communication network/head-end for use during a testing process. The simulated conditional access module allows for the testing of a cable television receiver without the use of a head-end and/or fully functional conditional access module to verify all communication paths through the cable television receiver.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2010Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Inventors: Allan Richard Bly, Jr., William Sean Mahan, Lisa Marie Moder, Keith Hans Ohlson
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Patent number: 8421364Abstract: A circuit for generating an output voltage to a top node of a plurality of LED strings. The circuit includes an inductor having a load current flowing therethrough and a switching transistor responsive to a switching control signal. An integrator generates a compensation voltage responsive to a voltage at a bottom node of the LED string and a reference voltage. Circuitry for combining an offset with the compensation voltage is responsive to the compensation voltage and the load current through the inductor. The offset is generated only during a step load change of the load current and substantially reduces voltage transients from the compensation voltage and the output voltage. A summation circuit sums the compensation voltage including the offset with at least the voltage at the bottom node of the LED string to generate a first control signal. A latch generates the switching control signal responsive to the first control signal and a leading edge blanking signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2009Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Intersil Americas Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Ian Archibald, Allan Richard Warrington
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Publication number: 20120278835Abstract: Systems and methods are operable to transmit at least a portion of a media content event. An exemplary embodiment receives a request from a first media device, wherein the request identifies a media content event of interest; identifies a first media content stream with a concluding portion of the media content event of interest currently transmitting to a second media device; concurrently transmits the concluding portion of the media content event of interest to the first media device; and transmits a second media stream containing an initial portion of the media content event to the first media device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2011Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.Inventor: Allan Richard Bly, JR.
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Patent number: 8286896Abstract: A fuel injector is provided with a fuel inlet, a fuel outlet, and a fuel passage for communicating fuel from the inlet to the outlet. A valve and valve seat assembly is provided for selectively preventing and permitting fuel to pass from the fuel inlet to the fuel outlet. The valve seat is defined by a tubular body and a valve seat that traverses an inside wall surface of the tubular body. An upstream face of the valve seat is downstream of an upstream end of the tubular body and a downstream face of the valve seat is upstream of a downstream end of the tubular body. At least one passage is provided through the tubular body beginning downstream of the downstream face of the valve seat and upstream of the downstream end of the tubular body. A cover may be disposed at the downstream end of the tubular body.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2010Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mahoro M. Fujita, Allan Richard Wells
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Patent number: 8278830Abstract: An LED driver controller comprises a voltage regulator for controlling an output voltage to a top of a plurality of LED strings responsive to at least a reference voltage. A plurality of first circuitries each associated with a node at a bottom of each of the plurality of LED strings compares a voltage at the bottom of each of the plurality of LED strings with a high reference voltage and a low reference voltage. Control logic generates a first control signal when the voltage at the bottom of each node of the plurality of LED strings exceeds the high reference voltage and generates a second control signal when the voltage at least one of node of the plurality of LED strings falls below the low reference voltage. Second circuitry responsive to the first control signal and the second control signal generates the reference voltage.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2009Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Intersil Americas Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Ian Archibald, Allan Richard Warrington
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Publication number: 20120050544Abstract: Described herein are techniques for facilitating the testing of cable television receivers during manufacturing and remanufacturing. More particularly, described herein techniques for simulating a conditional access module and/or cable television communication network/head-end for use during a testing process. The simulated conditional access module allows for the testing of a cable television receiver without the use of a head-end and/or fully functional conditional access module to verify all communication paths through the cable television receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: Echostar Technologies L.L.C.Inventors: Allan Richard Bly, JR., William Sean Mahan, Lisa Marie Moder, Keith Hans Ohlson
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Publication number: 20110233311Abstract: A fuel injector is provided with a fuel inlet, a fuel outlet, and a fuel passage for communicating fuel from the inlet to the outlet. A valve and valve seat assembly is provided for selectively preventing and permitting fuel to pass from the fuel inlet to the fuel outlet. The valve seat is defined by a tubular body and a valve seat that traverses an inside wall surface of the tubular body. An upstream face of the valve seat is downstream of an upstream end of the tubular body and a downstream face of the valve seat is upstream of a downstream end of the tubular body. At least one passage is provided through the tubular body beginning downstream of the downstream face of the valve seat and upstream of the downstream end of the tubular body. A cover may be disposed at the downstream end of the tubular body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2010Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Mahoro M. Fujita, Allan Richard Wells
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Patent number: 7989678Abstract: The present invention relates “disarmed” strain variants of Agrobacterium strain K599 (NCPPB 2659), “disarmed” plasmid variants of the Ri-plasmid pRi2659, and derivatives thereof, and methods employing these strains and plasmids in plant transformation.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2005Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbHInventors: Luke Mankin, Dwight-Steven Hill, Paula Olhoft, Effie Toren, Jeffrey A. Brown, Liqun Xing, Huihua Fu, Lesley Ireland, Hongmei Jia, Hee-Sook Song, Allan Richard Wenck, Larry Nea
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Publication number: 20100167255Abstract: An interactive visually-based educational system and method that provides improved teacher-student, parent-teacher and teacher-teacher communication and collaboration. A plurality of data, such as video files, audio files, image files, document files, lesson templates, animations and the like, are received from a teacher, a supervisor, and the like, via a computer network. The received data is stored in a dynamic digital image library. The dynamic digital image library includes means for organizing the received data into easily identifiable and searchable curriculum categories. The received data is further used for generating visually-based lessons corresponding to the plurality of categories associated therewith, which lessons are stored in a digital interactive visual lesson library. The stored visually-based lessons are customized using personalized and other additional data and stored.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2008Publication date: July 1, 2010Inventors: Howard Shane, Terence Michael Murphy, Paul Michael Allen, Lauren Michelle Stafford, Jeffrey Allan Richards, Douglas Martin Pierce
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Publication number: 20100013412Abstract: A circuit for generating an output voltage to a top node of a plurality of LED strings. The circuit includes an inductor having a load current flowing therethrough and a switching transistor responsive to a switching control signal. An integrator generates a compensation voltage responsive to a voltage at a bottom node of the LED string and a reference voltage. Circuitry for combining an offset with the compensation voltage is responsive to the compensation voltage and the load current through the inductor. The offset is generated only during a step load change of the load current and substantially reduces voltage transients from the compensation voltage and the output voltage. A summation circuit sums the compensation voltage including the offset with at least the voltage at the bottom node of the LED string to generate a first control signal. A latch generates the switching control signal responsive to the first control signal and a leading edge blanking signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2009Publication date: January 21, 2010Applicant: INTERSIL AMERICAS INCInventors: NICHOLAS IAN ARCHIBALD, ALLAN RICHARD WARRINGTON
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Publication number: 20100013395Abstract: An LED driver controller comprises a voltage regulator for controlling an output voltage to a top of a plurality of LED strings responsive to at least a reference voltage. A plurality of first circuitries each associated with a node at a bottom of each of the plurality of LED strings compares a voltage at the bottom of each of the plurality of LED strings with a high reference voltage and a low reference voltage. Control logic generates a first control signal when the voltage at the bottom of each node of the plurality of LED strings exceeds the high reference voltage and generates a second control signal when the voltage at least one of node of the plurality of LED strings falls below the low reference voltage. Second circuitry responsive to the first control signal and the second control signal generates the reference voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2009Publication date: January 21, 2010Applicant: INTERSIL AMERICAS, INCInventors: NICHOLAS IAN ARCHIBALD, ALLAN RICHARD WARRINGTON
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Publication number: 20090322306Abstract: An integrated circuit comprises a control input providing a connection to a capacitor. A delay circuit generates a delayed enable signal responsive to a provided enable signal. A second circuit performs a control function. A switching circuit responsive to the delayed enable signal connects the control input to the delay circuit in a first mode of operation and connects the control input to the second circuit in a second mode of operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2009Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: INTERSIL AMERICAS INC.Inventors: ALLAN RICHARD WARRINGTON, ANDY LeFEVRE
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Publication number: 20090307841Abstract: Apparatus for turning a patient including a mobile support (11) having an overhanging portion defining a pair of spaced locations, a roller (32, 34) mounted at each location such that the rollers (32, 34) extend generally parallel to each other, the rollers (32, 34) together being for supporting a dependent sling (48) therebetween, and means for rotating the rollers (32, 34) whereby the sling (48) can be moved laterally relative to the patient to turn the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2005Publication date: December 17, 2009Inventors: Allan Richard James, Joyce Irene James
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Patent number: 7623360Abstract: According to various aspects of the present disclosure, exemplary embodiments are of assemblies capable of providing board level EMI shielding and heat dissipation of one or more electrical components. Other aspects relate to components of such assemblies. Further aspects relate to methods of using EMI shielding and thermal management assemblies. Additional aspects relate to methods of making EMI shielding and thermal management assemblies, and methods of making the components thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2006Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Laird Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Gerald Robert English, Allan Richard Zuehlsdorf