Patents by Inventor Allen Berger
Allen Berger 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: 7840774Abstract: Various embodiments of a computer-implemented method, system and computer program product maintain a logical page having a predetermined size. Data is added to an uncompressed area of the logical page. The uncompressed area of the logical page is associated with an uncompressed area of a physical page. The logical page also has a compressed area associated with a compressed area of a physical page. In response to exhausting the uncompressed area, data in the uncompressed area is included in the compressed area. The uncompressed area is adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2005Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jeffrey Allen Berger, You-Chin Fuh, Sauraj Goswami, Balakrishna Raghavendra Iyer, Michael R. Shadduck, James Zu-Chia Teng, Stephen Walter Turnbaugh
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Patent number: 7464743Abstract: A mechanism for guiding roll up doors made from a foldable sheet. A longitudinally extending wall of the foldable sheet is secured to a fixed structure and two longitudinally extending lateral walls extend perpendicularly to form another two reversible folds resulting in two longitudinally extending inner walls at a spaced apart and parallel relationship with the two lateral walls. From one of these inner walls, a longitudinal wind bar extends at a predetermined cooperative angle. Upon the application of a wind load to the door slats, the load is transmitted to the foldable sheet guiding assembly from the slats directly and through the wind lock assembly through at least four contact points. The laterally articulated door slats include longitudinal hook portions or wind lock assemblies that slidably coact with the wind bar to keep the slat in place.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2005Date of Patent: December 16, 2008Inventor: Allen Berger, Jr.
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Patent number: 7437856Abstract: A window assembly for garage doors having an opening with cooperative dimensions to receive a transparent panel with a reduced surface on one side and a peripheral flange making the outer surface larger than the internal surface. The underside of the peripheral flange member comes in abutting contact with the panel's external surface to which it is glued. An external frame member is mounted over the peripheral edge of the external side of the transparent panel. An internal frame member is mounted over the peripheral edge of internal surface. Fastening members are used to keep the transparent panel member in place.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2003Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Inventor: Allen Berger, Jr.
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Patent number: 6993629Abstract: Disclosed is a method, system, and program for prestaging data into cache from a storage system in preparation for data transfer operations. A first processing unit communicates data transfer operations to a second processing unit that controls access to the storage system. The first processing unit determines addressable locations in the storage system of data to prestage into cache and generates a data structure capable of indicating contiguous and non-contiguous addressable locations addressable locations in the storage system including the data to prestage into the cache. The first processing unit transmits a prestage command to the second processing unit. The prestage command causes the second processing unit to prestage into cache the data at the addressable locations indicated in the data structure. The first processing unit then requests data at the addressable locations indicated in the data structure. In response, the second processing unit returns the requested data from the cache.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2002Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brent Cameron Beardsley, Jeffrey Allen Berger
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Publication number: 20050257901Abstract: An improvement for reinforced garage doors that includes using horizontally disposed reinforcement runner members with a longitudinal complementary shape that conform to the longitudinal complementary joints of the panel ends, such as the tongue and groove type or the shiplap type, or equivalent. The reinforcement runner members are made with roll forming processes by creating several longitudinal folds. The reinforcement runner members extends, uninterrupted, the entire width of the panels and enhance the articulation of the panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2004Publication date: November 24, 2005Inventor: Allen Berger
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Publication number: 20050257454Abstract: A window assembly for garage doors having an opening with cooperative dimensions to receive a transparent panel with a reduced surface on one side and a peripheral flange making the outer surface larger than the internal surface. The underside of the peripheral flange member comes in abutting contact with the panel's external surface to which it is glued. An external frame member is mounted over the peripheral edge of the external side of the transparent panel. An internal frame member is mounted over the peripheral edge of internal surface. Fastening members are used to keep the transparent panel member in place.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2003Publication date: November 24, 2005Inventor: Allen Berger
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Patent number: 6862850Abstract: A window assembly for garage door panels. The assembly includes an outer frame assembly that overlaps the panel opening to be protected and it is mounted thereon. An inner frame assembly co-axially extends from the outer frame assembly and jointly define a window area. A longitudinal slot along one of the elongated members defining the inner frame assembly permits a user to removably mount a transparent member therein. Ornamental frame assemblies can be optionally mounted over the present invention to enhance the aesthetics of the resulting structure. An alternate embodiment includes a second transparent member positioned within the outer frame assembly through another elongated slot in one of the elongated frame members. Internal channels in the frame members bite into the edges of the transparent members.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2004Date of Patent: March 8, 2005Assignee: DAB Door Company, Inc.Inventor: Allen Berger, Jr.
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Patent number: 6837011Abstract: A window assembly for garage doors with hingedly mounted panels. The assembly includes resilient male and female frame members that are brought towards each other to sandwich the borders of the door panel defining the window opening and the cooperatively dimensioned transparent panel. The male frame member includes, adjacent to its peripheral inner end, a peripherally extending leg member that is lockingly received within a cooperative channel notch on the transparent panel. The engagement of the leg member to the channel member permits certain deformation to be transmitter to the resilient male and female frame members. Fastening members are used to keep the male and female frame members securely against each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2002Date of Patent: January 4, 2005Assignee: DAB Door Company, Inc.Inventor: Allen Berger, Jr.
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Publication number: 20040211133Abstract: A window assembly for garage door panels. The assembly includes an outer frame assembly that overlaps the panel opening to be protected and it is mounted thereon. An inner frame assembly co-axially extends from the outer frame assembly and jointly define a window area. A longitudinal slot along one of the elongated members defining the inner frame assembly permits a user to removably mount a transparent member therein. Ornamental frame assemblies can be optionally mounted over the present invention to enhance the aesthetics of the resulting structure. An alternate embodiment includes a second transparent member positioned within the outer frame assembly through another elongated slot in one of the elongated frame members. Internal channels in the frame members bite into the edges of the transparent members.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2004Publication date: October 28, 2004Inventor: Allen Berger,
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Patent number: 6772561Abstract: A trim assembly (20) having a longitudinally extending housing (21) that is mounted against a structure or wall (W) adjacent to a movable garage door (D). The housing includes a longitudinal bay (22) in a first longittudinally extending wall (27). A longitudinally extending sealing member (30) is removably mounted to the bay (22) at one longitudinally extending side (32) thereof and the distal longitudinal side (34) of the sealing member coacts with the garage door (D) to provide a sealing slidable engagement thereon. The sending member (30) is made out of resilient material such as rubber. A longitudinal slot (28) is provided on a second wall (23) of the housing (21) opposite the first wall. The first wall including cooperating through openings (26) aligned with the slot to permit fastening members (40) to go through.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2002Date of Patent: August 10, 2004Inventor: Allen Berger, Jr.
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Patent number: 6763638Abstract: A window assembly for garage door panels. The assembly includes an outer frame assembly that overlaps the panel opening to be protected and it is mounted thereon. An inner frame assembly co-axially extends from the outer frame assembly and jointly define a window area. A longitudinal slot along one of the elongated members defining the inner frame assembly permits a user to removably mount a transparent member therein. Ornamental frame assemblies can be optionally mounted over the present invention to enhance the aesthetics of the resulting structure. An alternate embodiment includes a second transparent member positioned within the outer frame assembly through another elongated slot in one of the elongated frame members. Internal channels in the frame members bite into the edges of the transparent members.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2002Date of Patent: July 20, 2004Inventor: Allen Berger, Jr.
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Patent number: 6718595Abstract: A hinge assembly for garage doors with relatively loose tolerance for the leaf assemblies and the central supporting member. A sleeve is rotably mounted over the supporting member and a folded portion of the leaf assembly journals the sleeve for a substantially frictionless linkage. The sleeve is made of a self-lubricating plastic material to reduce noise.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2002Date of Patent: April 13, 2004Inventor: Allen Berger, Jr.
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Patent number: 6718445Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for dynamic management of buffers by the buffer manager for a hierarchical file system. A system according to the present invention includes a buffer pool which is comprised of both fixed and virtual storage. The buffer pool is logically partitioned into three states, fixed, pageable and released, wherein each of the plurality of buffers in the buffer pool exists in one of these states. The system further comprises the buffer manager, which dynamically manages the buffers in the system by moving them between these three states in a non-disruptive manner based on a comparison between the actual usage of fixed and virtual storage compared with target usage values for the fixed and virtual storage.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 1999Date of Patent: April 6, 2004Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Cecilia Carranza Lewis, Jeffrey Allen Berger, David Levish, W. James Kincaid
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Patent number: 6711861Abstract: A window frame for an opening closure having an outer and an inner frame assembly that sandwich a transparent member and a skin or panel with an opening. The outer and inner frame assemblies include each two vertical frame members are kept at a spaced apart and parallel relationship with respect to each other and two horizontal perpendicularly mounted to the vertical frame members. The outer frame members include longitudinal internal channels with a T-shape cross-section defining a wider innermost portion cavity and a narrower neck portion. The innermost portion slidably receives nuts that cooperate with a fastening member to securely mount the outer frame members, transparent member, panel and inner frame members, with fastening members therethrough. None of the hardware is visible from outside the closure.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2002Date of Patent: March 30, 2004Inventor: Allen Berger, Jr.
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Patent number: 6708458Abstract: A window assembly for garage doors with hingedly mounted panels. The assembly includes resilient male and female frame members that are brought towards each other to sandwich the borders of the door panel defining the window opening and the cooperatively dimensioned transparent panel. The male frame member includes, adjacent to its peripheral inner end, a peripherally extending leg member that is lockingly received within a cooperative channel notch on the transparent panel. The engagement of the leg member to the channel member permits certain deformation to be transmitter to the resilient male and female frame members. Fastening members are used to keep the male and female frame members securely against each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2001Date of Patent: March 23, 2004Inventor: Allen Berger, Jr.
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Patent number: 6698145Abstract: A window assembly for garage doors having an opening with cooperative dimensions to receive a transparent panel with a reduced surface on one side and a peripheral flange making the outer surface larger than the internal surface. The underside of the peripheral flange member comes in abutting contact with the panel's external surface to which it is glued. An external frame member is mounted over the peripheral edge of the external side of the transparent panel. An internal frame member is mounted over the peripheral edge of internal surface. Fastening members are used to keep the transparent panel member in place.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2002Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Inventor: Allen Berger, Jr.
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Publication number: 20040016189Abstract: A window assembly for garage doors having an opening with cooperative dimensions to receive a transparent panel with a reduced surface on one side and a peripheral flange making the outer surface larger than the internal surface. The underside of the peripheral flange member comes in abutting contact with the panel's external surface to which it is glued. An external frame member is mounted over the peripheral edge of the external side of the transparent panel. An internal frame member is mounted over the peripheral edge of internal surface. Fastening members are used to keep the transparent panel member in place.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2002Publication date: January 29, 2004Inventor: Allen Berger
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Publication number: 20040016188Abstract: A window frame for an opening closure having an outer and an inner frame assembly that sandwich a transparent member and a skin or panel with an opening. The outer and inner frame assemblies include each two vertical frame members are kept at a spaced apart and parallel relationship with respect to each other and two horizontal perpendicularly mounted to the vertical frame members. The outer frame members include longitudinal internal channels with a T-shape cross-section defining a wider innermost portion cavity and a narrower neck portion. The innermost portion slidably receives nuts that cooperate with a fastening member to securely mount the outer frame members, transparent member, panel and inner frame members, with fastening members therethrough. None of the hardware is visible from outside the closure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2002Publication date: January 29, 2004Inventor: Allen Berger
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Patent number: 6647677Abstract: A window assembly that includes an outer end inner frame assemblies. The outer frame assembly has two horizontal frame members and two vertical frame members. The inner frame assembly includes two horizontal inner members that are slidably mounted to the horizontal frame members. The inner frame assembly also includes two vertical inner members that are mountable on the vertical frame members with fastener members. The outer frame assembly and the vertical and horizontal inner members sandwich or entrap a garage panel with an aperture and a transparent panel to define a window. The outer frame assembly includes a longitudinally and peripherally extending rib member with longitudinal cut-outs. The horizontal inner frame members include longitudinal slots that receive the rib member. Fasteners are used to mount the two vertical inner members to the two vertical frame members keeping the garage panel and the transparent panel sandwiched in place.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2002Date of Patent: November 18, 2003Inventor: Allen Berger, Jr.
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Publication number: 20030000164Abstract: A window assembly for garage doors with hingedly mounted panels. The assembly includes resilient male and female frame members that are brought towards each other to sandwich the borders of the door panel defining the window opening and the cooperatively dimensioned transparent panel. The male frame member includes, adjacent to its peripheral inner end, a peripherally extending leg member that is lockingly received within a cooperative channel notch on the transparent panel. The engagement of the leg member to the channel member permits certain deformation to be transmitter to the resilient male and female frame members. Fastening members are used to keep the male and female frame members securely against each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2002Publication date: January 2, 2003Inventor: Allen Berger