Patents by Inventor Andrew An

Andrew An 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).

  • COMBINED MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION AND TRAINING MASK
    Publication number: 20140261398
    Abstract: A combined medication and training mask for an animal includes a body, a mask module and a plenum module. A cavity is provided in a terminal end of the mask module. A nebulizer is received in that cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Medical Australia Limited
    Inventors: Morgan David James, John Fitzpatrick, Peter Neil Austen, Garry Andrews
  • SLURRY-BASED COATING RESTORATION
    Publication number: 20140272249
    Abstract: In some examples, a method includes identifying a damaged area in a ceramic matrix composite coating of an in-service component; applying a restoration slurry to the damaged area of the ceramic matrix composite coating, wherein the restoration slurry comprises a liquid carrier and a restoration coating material; drying the restoration slurry to form a dried restoration slurry; and heat treating the dried restoration slurry to form a restored portion of the ceramic matrix composite coating. In some examples, an assembly may include a component including a substrate and a coating on the substrate, where the coating defines a damaged portion; masking around the damaged portion on undamaged portions of the coating; and a restoration slurry in the damaged portion, wherein the restoration slurry comprises a liquid carrier and a restoration coating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Kang N. Lee, Adam Lee Chamberlain, Andrew Joseph Lazur
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AFFINITY CAPTURE, USER FEEDBACK AND AFFINITY ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20140279130
    Abstract: Various affinity systems and methods are provided to enable the capture of unique end-to-end purchase information. In some embodiments, the data collected through affinity systems and methods can be used to develop insights into the purchase making decision processes of users at any point of a shopping experience. The systems can host interaction platforms to facilitate the exchange of information, opinion, and/or suggestions on products, recommendations, and/or opinions. Further embodiments provide analysis of the captured data to derive insights regarding the appeal of products/services and the qualitative opinions of the users about the products/services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Andrew Man-Hon Lau, Joseph Taisup Chung, David Andrew Joy, Kwan Hong Lee, Aatish Dilip Salvi
  • GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC "IN COLUMN" SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20140260535
    Abstract: A chemical detector for rapid, simultaneous detection of multiple chemicals including chemical warfare agents, toxic industrial chemicals, and explosives having one or more gas chromatography columns each with a chemosorbent or a chemo-reactive stationary phase and an infrared-transparent base, a bright infrared light source, a mechanism to direct the light source to any point along any of the columns, and an infrared sensor. Another disclosed detector has one or more gas chromatography columns each on the surface of a substrate having at least one infrared-transparent waveguide pattern, a bright infrared light source, and at least one ring resonator for each column, where each ring resonator is coated with a chemosorbent or a chemo-reactive stationary phase, and where each ring resonator spectroscopically probes the stationary phase. Also disclosed are the related methods for chemical detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: R. Andrew McGill, Robert Furstenberg, Viet K. Nguyen, Chris Kendziora, Michael Papantonakis, Todd H. Stievater
  • INTEGRATED APPARATUS AND METHOD TO COMBINE A WIRELESS FENCE COLLAR WITH GPS TRACKING CAPABILITY
    Publication number: 20140261235
    Abstract: An integrated apparatus and method is provided for a collar that is configured to operate as part of a wireless fence system that contains and monitors the location of a dog within containment; area defined by the wireless fence system and further configured to provide GPS tracking capability when the dog has escaped from the containment area As long as the dog remains in the area defined by the wireless fence, the collar operates solely in a wireless fence mode, communicating with the transmitters used as part of the wireless fence system. The OPS tracking function remains “asleep” and is not activated unless and until the dog escapes. Once GPS mode is activated, fence mode is shut down and operation of the GPS enables the dog owner or other individual to receive SMS messages and/or email with information on the dog's location on a smart-phone, tablet or PC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Woodstream Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher RICH, Andrew BECK, Gary ROULSTON, Andrew ANGELLOTTI
  • GRAPHICAL ELEMENT EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION
    Publication number: 20140282233
    Abstract: A computing device (CD) outputs a graphical user interface (GUI) for display at a display device (DD). The GUI includes a grouping of elements that includes an expandable element (EE) having a first size. While the DD displays a first or a last element of the grouping, the CD receives an indication of a gesture including a linear movement of an input point away from the first or last element, e.g., in a direction in which the EE is expandable, and outputs a modified GUI that includes the EE having a second size. Alternatively, the GUI includes multiple EEs having respective sizes. The CD receives an indication of a gesture including a linear movement of multiple input points across the DD, and, while the input points are located within a region of the DD that displays an EE, outputs a modified GUI that includes the EE having a different size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Daniel Robert Sandler, Michael Andrew Cleron, Gabriel Aaron Cohen, Daniel Marc Gatan Shiplacoff, Christopher Richard Wren, Lee Brandon Keely
  • SPACER AND/OR SPACER DAMPER
    Publication number: 20140263870
    Abstract: Among other things, a spacer unit for spacing apart a bundle of cables is provided. The spacer unit comprises two or more spacer assemblies which are adjustable to provide for various sized bundle configurations and/or to provide for various degrees of spacing. Respective spacer assemblies comprise a housing apparatus and a modular frame. The housing apparatus couples to a clamping arm that clamps to a cable. The modular frame allows the spacer assembly to be coupled to other spacer assemblies to vary a configuration of a spacing unit, and is configured for selective rotation relative to the housing apparatus to facilitate altering a shape of the spacer assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Preformed Line Products
    Inventor: Andrew Smith
  • Mitigation of NOx in Integrated Power Production
    Publication number: 20140272635
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for capturing CO2 from a combustion source using molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFCs). The fuel cells are operated to have a reduced anode fuel utilization. Optionally, at least a portion of the anode exhaust is recycled for use as a fuel for the combustion source. Optionally, a second portion of the anode exhaust is recycled for use as part of an anode input stream. This can allow for a reduction in the amount of fuel cell area required for separating CO2 from the combustion source exhaust and/or modifications in how the fuel cells are operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul J. Berlowitz, Timothy Andrew Barckholtz, Frank H. Hershkowitz, Alessandro Faldi, S. Allen Erickson
  • Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Free-Standing Wireless Temperature Sensors
    Publication number: 20140277306
    Abstract: A control circuit wirelessly couples to at least one free-standing wireless temperature sensor that the control circuit employs to monitor a temperature corresponding to a patient and thereby provide monitored-temperature information that the control circuit then uses to control personal warming of the patient. By one approach the control circuit can also wirelessly couple to one or more non-free-standing wireless temperature sensors the control circuit can also use to provide additional monitored-temperature information regarding the patient, which additional monitored-temperature information the control circuit can further use when controlling personal warming of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Andrew Giles
  • Forensic Mapping Instrument
    Publication number: 20140259710
    Abstract: A device relating to a standalone laser target system which has the capacity to employ gravity to achieve a position plumb with the ground and to be easily operated at night or in low light conditions. The laser target is retro-reflective and is self-plumbing from the target frame. The target frame also has a detachable handle, which is used for positioning the target. The target frame further has an internal power source to illuminate the target. The device is designed to be easily packed in a protective carrying case to facilitate transport of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Andrew P. Thierwechter
  • DIGITALLY CONTROLLED CORROSION PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20140262823
    Abstract: At least one corrosion protection unit is located adjacent to a region of a structure immersed in an electrolyte. Each corrosion protection unit includes a circuit for applying rectified alternating current voltage between the structure and electrodes in the electrolyte. Each corrosion protection unit includes Reference Cells to produce direct current voltage between the Reference Cells and the structure, a measuring circuit coupled to the Reference Cells for measuring the potential between the Reference Cells and the structure, and a control circuit for controlling the level of the rectified alternating current voltage in accordance with the measured potential levels. Corrosion protection units are independent of one another, so that independently established rectified alternating current voltages are applied between different regions of the structure and e first and second corrosion protection units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Jonathan Paul Freeman, Edward Alyn Long, Adam Spencer Freeman, Jon Andrew Freeman
  • Method and Apparatus for Electrochemical Bromide Removal
    Publication number: 20140263094
    Abstract: The present invention provides apparatuses, systems and methods for the controllable oxidation of bromide into bromine either directly through electrochemical (EC) anodes or indirectly through electrochemically generated oxidants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Andrew Quicksall, Xiaofei Cui
  • SLIDING TABLE ASSEMBLY FOR A SAW MACHINE
    Publication number: 20140265102
    Abstract: A sliding table assembly for a main table of a saw machine includes a sliding table member having a planar upper surface, a miter slot, and a rail structure, and a bracket structure configured to be attached to a mounting structure on the main table of the table saw. The bracket structure is configured to squeeze the rail structure to provide zero clearance support for slidably retaining the sliding table member. Vertical and horizontal position adjustment mechanisms are operably connected to the bracket structure and configured to move at least a portion of the bracket structure horizontally as well as vertically with respect to the mounting structure to align the upper surface of the sliding table member in plane with the upper surface of the main table and to align the miter slot parallel to a blade of the saw machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: Robert Bosch GmbH, Robert Bosch Tool Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew Frolov
  • REPLACING EQUIVALENT CONTENT ITEMS
    Publication number: 20140280303
    Abstract: Systems and methods for updating user play lists in a content provider service. A computer system may receive indications of a plurality of content items to be removed from a digital content library of the content provider service. The computer system may query a user database to identify a plurality of user play lists comprising a reference to a first content item selected from the plurality of content items. Each of the plurality of user play lists may be associated with a user of the content provider service. The computer system may identify a second content item that is equivalent to the first content item. The computer system may update at least one user play list selected from the plurality of user play lists to replace references to the first content item with references to the second content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: RHAPSODY INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Nishant Jain, Andrew Craig Wood
  • ROOFING, CLADDING OR SIDING PRODUCT, ITS MANUFACTURE AND ITS USE AS PART OF A SOLAR ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140260000
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a roofing, cladding or siding product which is light weight, easy to install, durable and resistant to environmental wear. One embodiment relates to a module that can be used to form a weatherproof covering over top of a building surface. Another embodiment is a module which can, in additional to forming a weatherproof covering, be used as part of a thermal energy recovery or removal system. Yet another embodiment is a module which can, in addition to forming a weatherproof covering, and optionally in addition to being useful as part of a thermal energy recovery system, bears an array of solar cells to generate electrical energy. Assemblies, systems, uses, and methods of manufacture are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Zinniatek Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Leo Haynes, Ashton Cyril Partridge, John Wason McKee, Christopher Charles Morrow, Samuel Gwynn Buckingham, Johan Miros Kvasnicka, Gabriel Ioan Giurgiu
  • PIE-SHAPED FOOD SLICE STORAGE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140262920
    Abstract: Inventive embodiments disclosed herein include a storage container for food slices. The storage container includes a main body having a pie slice configuration, the main body having a top portion, a base portion with a top surface defining two or more bubbles, and opposing sidewalls tapering outwardly from the base portion, the sidewalls defining at least one ledge. One or more shelves are removably positionable within the main body, each shelf resting on the at least one ledge, each shelf having a surface defining two or more bubbles, the shelves separated from the sidewalls by a space sized to permit movement by a human finger. The storage container also includes a cover reversibly positionable over the top portion of the main body, parallel to the base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: The Slice Saver, LLC
    Inventors: Peirce E. Andrews, Steven Maher
  • INTEGRATED POWER GENERATION AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTION USING FUEL CELLS AT A REDUCED ELECTRICAL EFFICIENCY
    Publication number: 20140272626
    Abstract: In various aspects, systems and methods are provided for operating a molten carbonate fuel cell at conditions that can improve or optimize the combined electrical efficiency and chemical efficiency of the fuel cell. Instead of selecting conventional conditions for maximizing the electrical efficiency of a fuel cell, the operating conditions can allow for output of excess synthesis gas and/or hydrogen in the anode exhaust of the fuel cell. The synthesis gas and/or hydrogen can then be used in a variety of applications, including chemical synthesis processes and collection of hydrogen for use as a fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul J. Berlowitz, Timothy Andrew Barckholtz, Frank H. Hershkowitz
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF EXECUTING MULTIPLE HYPERVISORS
    Publication number: 20140282508
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a primary hypervisor that is executable on a first set of processors and a secondary hypervisor that is executable on a second set of processors. The primary hypervisor may define settings of a resource and the secondary hypervisor may use the resource based on the settings defined by the primary hypervisor. For example, the primary hypervisor may program memory address translation mappings for the secondary hypervisor. The primary hypervisor and the secondary hypervisor may include their own schedulers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Erich James Plondke, Lucian Codrescu, Christopher Edward Koob, Piyush Patel, Thomas Andrew Sartorius
  • INTEGRATED OPERATION OF MOLTEN CARBONATE FUEL CELLS
    Publication number: 20140272625
    Abstract: In various aspects, systems and methods are provided for operating a molten carbonate fuel cell assembly at increased power density. This can be accomplished in part by performing an effective amount of an endothermic reaction within the fuel cell stack in an integrated manner. This can allow for increased power density while still maintaining a desired temperature differential within the fuel cell assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul J. Berlowitz, Timothy Andrew Barckholtz, Frank H. Hershkowitz
  • MOLECULES HAVING CERTAIN PESTICIDAL UTILITIES, AND INTERMEDIATES, COMPOSITIONS, AND PROCESSES RELATED THERETO
    Publication number: 20140275524
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of molecules having pesticidal utility against pests in phyla Nematoda, Arthropoda, and/or Mollusca, processes to produce such molecules and intermediates used in such processes, compositions containing such molecules, and processes of using such molecules against such pests. These molecules may be used, for example, as nematicides, acaricides, insecticides, miticides, and/or molluscicides. This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Lindsey G. Fischer, Andrew L. Ward, Ronald Ross, JR., Natalie C. Giampietro, Carl DeAmicis, Yan Hao, Gary D. Crouse, Thomas C. Sparks, Erich W. Baum, Jeff Petkus