Patents by Inventor Brian Davies

Brian Davies 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).

  • Publication number: 20060144304
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for the treatment of particulate organic waste material, the apparatus comprising: a hopper means having flow control means for controlling flow rate of the waste material; a pyrolysis unit having (i) a heating means for heating the material, and (ii) a means in the form of a cascade of vanes for controlling rate of flow therethrough; means for removing gaseous products generated in the pyrolysis unit, the gaseous products being recycled; and residual treated waste material collection means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Prigmore, Brian Davies
  • Publication number: 20060039945
    Abstract: Volatile impregnated substrates, such as wicks and mats, that can be used in a dispensing device that uses a heat source or otherwise uses active means to promote the release of the volatile material from the substrate are disclosed. The preferred substrate has a structure including sand particles adhered together by a binder to form a network of pores and passages. The binder is selected from thermoset polymeric materials and mixtures thereof. A volatile material is disposed in the pores before the substrate is installed in the dispensing device. The impregnated substrate is positioned in the dispensing device on or near the heat source of the dispensing device. The heat source is activated thereby elevating the temperature of the substrate such that volatile material is released from the pores. In one embodiment, the sand particles comprise silica sand and the binder is a cured novolac resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Inventors: Brian Davis, Robert Emmrich, Michael Aulozzi, Padma Varanasi, Michael Fryan, Kenneth Welch, Stanley Flashinski, Debra Strasser
  • Publication number: 20050284952
    Abstract: A wick assembly is provided for use in a dispensing device that dispenses volatile material from a wick by heat. Two wick sections of differing material are provided in stacked fashion, with a coupler sleeve that can be used to facilitate attachment of the wick structure to a reservoir. One wick section preferably provides control over the rate of dispensing, where the other provides improved thermal resistance and resistance to clogging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: Brian Davis, Robert Emmrich, Kenneth Welch, Padma Varanasi, Joel Adair
  • Publication number: 20050269141
    Abstract: A vehicle drivetrain (110) includes an engine (122) with a vertical crankshaft (124), a first transmission (126) below the engine and driven by the crankshaft, a second transmission (128) above the first transmission and horizontally adjacent the engine and having an input driven by the first transmission and having an output providing vehicle propulsion. A module pre-assembled unit is ready for drop-in mounting to a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Richard Davis, Eric Davis, Brian Davis
  • Publication number: 20050247892
    Abstract: An ultraviolet light source such as an ultraviolet flashlight 15 is used to locate lost or concealed objects such as a golf ball 11 located in rough ground 20. The method is preferably carried out in darkness or subdued light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventor: Brian Davis
  • Publication number: 20050191010
    Abstract: A network comprising: (a) a plurality of different receptacles for facilitating an electrical connection to different information networks requiring different access authorization, each different receptacle coupled to one and only one different information network, each receptacle having an inner surface with a first geometry, the first geometry comprising at least a slot, a certain number of receptacles having different first geometries in which the slots are in different positions; and (b) a plurality of different plugs for coupling with the different receptacles, each plug having a second geometry, the second geometry comprising at least a key in a certain position, the certain number of plugs having different second geometries in which the keys are in different positions, each different first geometry corresponding to one and only one second geometry such that the plugs and receptacles of corresponding first and second geometries are mating pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Gurreri, Christine Dooley, Brian Davis, James Garrett
  • Publication number: 20050186140
    Abstract: Volatile impregnated substrates, such as wicks and mats, that can be used in a dispensing device that uses a heat source or otherwise uses active means to promote the release of the volatile material from the substrate are disclosed. The preferred substrate has a structure including sand particles adhered together by a binder to form a network of pores and passages. The binder is selected from thermoset polymeric materials and mixtures thereof. A volatile material is disposed in the pores before the substrate is installed in the dispensing device. The impregnated substrate is positioned in the dispensing device on or near the heat source of the dispensing device. The heat source is activated thereby elevating the temperature of the substrate such that volatile material is released from the pores. In one embodiment, the sand particles comprise silica sand and the binder is a cured novolac resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Brian Davis, Robert Emmrich, Michael Aulozzi, Padma Varanasi, Michael Fryan, Kenneth Welch, Stanley Flashinski, Debra Strasser
  • Publication number: 20050177991
    Abstract: A gap setting tool for setting a gap between a pair of panels includes a first body portion, a second body portion, and a pin having a predetermined diameter. The first body portion, the second body portion, and the pin are movable relative to one another. One of the panels is fixed and the other panel is movably mounted adjacent thereto. The body portions are operable to be attached to respective ones of the pair of panels, such as by vacuum cups or the like, and drawn toward one another with the pin in the gap until the panels contact the pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: James Cole, Brian Davis
  • Publication number: 20050181002
    Abstract: Volatile impregnated substrates, such as wicks and mats, that can be used in a dispensing device that uses a heat source or otherwise uses active means to promote the release of the volatile material from the substrate are disclosed. The preferred substrate has a structure including sand particles adhered together by a binder to form a network of pores and passages. The binder is selected from thermoset polymeric materials and mixtures thereof. A volatile material is disposed in the pores before the substrate is installed in the dispensing device. The impregnated substrate is positioned in the dispensing device on or near the heat source of the dispensing device. The heat source is activated thereby elevating the temperature of the substrate such that volatile material is released from the pores. In one embodiment, the sand particles comprise silica sand and the binder is a cured novolac resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Brian Davis, Robert Emmrich, Michael Aulozzi, Padma Varanasi, Michael Fryan, Kenneth Welch, Stanley Flashinski, Debra Strasser
  • Publication number: 20050174235
    Abstract: A tracking system (10) for tracking movable assets (16) and a method for using the system are provided. The tracking system includes a monitoring device (22), a tracking information network (20), a data communication network (18), a tracker tag (12), and a tracking information server (14). The tracker tag operates independent from the asset and uses GPS technology. The tracking information server provides tracking information and related information to a subscriber. The method is for tracking the movable asset and providing tracking information to the subscriber. In one embodiment, the tracker tag is in communication with an Iridium satellite constellation (28) and the tracking information is displayed to the subscriber when the asset is substantially anywhere in the world.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Brian Davis, Gary Kochis, E Miller
  • Publication number: 20050171456
    Abstract: A foot pressure and shear visualization system employs a deformed mesh technique to visualize horizontal shear and color mapping to visualize vertical pressure on a skin surface, e.g. the plantar surface of a foot. Additional cues, such as scaled, directed arrows may be used to enhance the visualization. This system includes a set of sensor hardware interface modules to acquire foot visualization data sets, a data base manager that allows host applications to store and retrieve the data files in a data base, a graphical user interface that performs the display and control aspect, as well as maintains the data files, and a visualization and analysis engine that performs all data set rendering and analysis. The graphical user interface controls a main user interface window, while the visualization and analysis engine controls a rendering window for the combined shear and pressure visualization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Gordon Hirschman, Brian Davis
  • Publication number: 20050123514
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improvements in the ability to transduce a retroviral vector borne nucleic acid into cells expressing ABC transporters by use of a substrate and/or inhibitor of said transporter. Compositions and kits relating to the practice of the methods are also disclosed. Methods to determine the level of increased transduction provided by a substrate and/or inhibitor compound are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Brian Davis, Laurent Humeau, Boro Dropulic
  • Patent number: 6900383
    Abstract: An electrically continuous, grounded conformal EMI protective shield and methods for applying same directly to the surfaces of a printed circuit board. The EMI shield adheres and conforms to the surface of the components and printed wiring board. The shield takes the shape of the covered surfaces while adding little to the dimensions of the surfaces. The EMI shield includes low viscosity, high adherence conductive and dielectric coatings each of which can be applied in one or more layers using conventional spray techniques. The conductive coating prevents substantially all electromagnetic emissions generated by the shielded components from emanating beyond the conformal coating. The dielectric coating is initially applied to selected locations of the printed circuit board so as to be interposed between the conductive coating and the printed circuit board, preventing the conductive coating from electrically contacting selected components and printed wiring board regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Samuel M. Babb, Lowell E Kolb, Brian Davis, Jonathan P Mankin, Kristina L Mann, Paul H Mazurkiewicz, Marvin Wahlen
  • Publication number: 20050113677
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for the position of a surgical robot, prior to its use for computer-aided surgery, has a probe (37) on the end of a robot, allowing the location of the robot to be registered with respect to a bone (33) to be cut. Prior to the procedure, the location of the robot is also registered with respect to a bone clamp (10) by touching the end of the probe (37) into depressions (15) formed in the clamp surface. If the robot needs to be moved, with respect to the bone, its position can be accurately re-registered by touching the probe tip back into some of the depressions (15) in the clamp. The system allows easy re-registration without the need either for expensive tracking systems or the use of fiducial markers inserted into the patient's bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Brian Davies, Simon Harris, Matjaz Jakopec, Ferdinando Baena
  • Publication number: 20050103558
    Abstract: A vehicle drivetrain (110) includes an engine (122) with a vertical crankshaft (124), a first transmission (126) below the engine and driven by the crankshaft, a second transmission (128) above the first transmission and horizontally adjacent the engine and having an input driven by the first transmission and having an output providing vehicle propulsion. A module pre-assembled unit is ready for drop-in mounting to a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Richard Davis, Eric Davis, Brian Davis
  • Publication number: 20050107801
    Abstract: An apparatus for surgical instrument location comprises a generally cylindrical tube (10,12,14) one end of which preferably includes teeth (20) for securing the tube to an area of bone to be prepared for an implant. An insert (60) fits within the tube and has a longitudinal aperture (64) the lateral edges of which define an operational area for an instrument inserted through the aperture. Means are provided for selectively positioning the aperture at a desired longitudinal and rotational position within the tube. An outer end (66) of the aperture is shaped, and forms a camming surface which, in co-operation with a cam follower on the surgical instrument, varies the longitudinal position of the instrument within the tube as the instrument is moved laterally across the operational area. Different sizes and shapes of tube may be provided, along with different inserts for each tube, allowing the surgeon to select an appropriate combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Brian Davies, Justin Cobb
  • Patent number: 6880298
    Abstract: A building structure (10 or 10?) has a wall (16) including a plurality of wall elements (12 or 12?). Each wall element is connected to a plurality of other wall elements so as to form the wall. Each wall element includes a connecting means for connecting the adjacent wall elements together to form the wall. The wall is formed at least three consecutively connected rings (15 or 15 and 17) of interlocking wall elements. Each of the wall elements in each ring being of the same size. Each of the wall elements in a first ring of the consecutively connecting rings being larger than the wall elements of a second ring of the consecutively connected rings and each of the elements in the second ring being larger than the wall elements of a third ring of the consecutively connected rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Brian Investment Pty. Ltd.
    Inventor: Brian Davies
  • Patent number: 6839767
    Abstract: An admission controller and its method of operation for controlling admission of data flows into an aggregate data flow are described. Admitted data flows are aggregated into an aggregate data flow for transmission by a router, for example, over a data network. The aggregate data flow typically follows a pre-established path through the network; for example a multi-protocol label switched (MPLS) path. The path has minimum and maximum bandwidth limits assigned to it. The admission controller controls admission of new data flows into the aggregate data flow by granting or denying new session requests for the new data flows. Congestion notifications received from the network and bandwidth limits of the path are considered in determining whether to grant or deny a new session request. In this way, the admission controller provides elastic sharing of network bandwidth among data flows without exacerbating network congestion and while remaining within the path's bandwidth limits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Elwyn Brian Davies, Alan S. Chapman
  • Publication number: 20040062756
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods, as well as compositions related thereto, for the efficient transduction of cells using viral vectors. The efficiency of transduction is increased by contacting the cell to be transduced with one or more molecules that bind the cell surface. Contact with a cell surface binding molecule may occur before, after, or simultaneously with contact between the viral vector and the cell. The transduced vectors may be constructed to express a gene of interest, permitting the transduced cells to be used as therapeutic and prophylactic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Laurent Humeau, Wei Han, Xiaobin Lu, Vladimir Slepushkin, Mechelle Lesher, Brian Davis, Yung-Nien Chang, Boro Dropulic
  • Publication number: 20040055770
    Abstract: An electrically continuous, grounded conformal EMI protective shield and methods for applying same directly to the surfaces of a printed circuit board. The EMI shield adheres and conforms to the surface of the components and printed wiring board. The shield takes the shape of the covered surfaces while adding little to the dimensions of the surfaces. The EMI shield includes low viscosity, high adherence conductive and dielectric coatings each of which can be applied in one or more layers using conventional spray techniques. The conductive coating prevents substantially all electromagnetic emissions generated by the shielded components from emanating beyond the conformal coating. The dielectric coating is initially applied to selected locations of the printed circuit board so as to be interposed between the conductive coating and the printed circuit board, preventing the conductive coating from electrically contacting selected components and printed wiring board regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Samuel M. Babb, Lowell E. Kolb, Brian Davis, Jonathan P. Mankin, Kristina L. Mann, Paul H. Mazurkiewicz, Marvin Wahlen