Patents by Inventor Bruce Kerr

Bruce Kerr 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).

  • Dynamic shim approach to correct eddy-currents and concomitant fields in magnetic resonance imaging using local shim coil
    Publication number: 20240369659
    Abstract: A method for magnetic resonance imaging includes performing a pre-scan using a spin-echo diffusion acquisition with a one-time MRI pulse sequence to measure phase differences between diffusion and non-diffusion acquisitions, which correspond to an estimation of eddy-current-induced phase in a diffusion-prepared sequence; and performing a scan using arbitrary waveform shim currents applied to a shim array during the acquisition, wherein the shim currents are determined from the measured phase differences from the pre-scan to create opposite phase maps to compensate eddy-current or system-imperfection-induced phase differences; wherein the scan and pre-scan are performed using an MRI apparatus with a channel integrated receiver and the shim array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Kawin Setsompop, Adam Bruce Kerr, Xiaozhi Cao, Jason Stockmann, Congyu Liao
  • System and related methods for clustering multi-point communication targets
    Patent number: 7299073
    Abstract: A system and related methods for clustering multi-point communication targets is presented. According to one aspect of the invention, a method comprising measuring one or more performance characteristics associated for each of at least a subset of a plurality of targets in a wireless communication system, and selectively building one or more clusters, each cluster including one or more target(s) and sharing a wireless communication channel, based at least in part on the performance characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: ArrayComm, LLC
    Inventors: Sarah Kate Wilson, Todd Henry Chauvin, Adam Bruce Kerr, Christopher Brunner, Mitchell D. Trott, Athanasios A. Kapasi, Erik David Lindskog
  • System and related methods for clustering multi-point communication targets
    Patent number: 6973314
    Abstract: A system and related methods for clustering multi-point communication targets is presented. According to one aspect of the invention, a method comprising measuring one or more performance characteristics associated for each of at least a subset of a plurality of targets in a wireless communication system, and selectively building one or more clusters, each cluster including one or more target(s) and sharing a wireless communication channel, based at least in part on the performance characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: ArrayComm LLC.
    Inventors: Sarah Kate Wilson, Todd Henry Chauvin, Adam Bruce Kerr, Christopher Brunner, Mitchell D. Trott, Athanasios A. Kapasi, Erik David Lindskog
  • Apparatus and methods for shielding high-pressure fluid devices
    Patent number: 6926013
    Abstract: A high-pressure device has a drill stem (242) with a drill head (244) delivering a high-pressure fluid jet. A shield (246) is movably coupled to the device, wherein the drill head (244) is at least partially enclosed by the shield (246) when the drill head (244) is removed from the container (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Fluor Technolgies Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel A. Martin, Leslie P. Antalffy, Bruce A. Kerr, Michael B. Knowles, John W. Oder, George T. West
  • Automated web-based tool to manage legal agreements and projects
    Publication number: 20040220819
    Abstract: An automated system for interfacing a user, such as a project engineer a legal representative of a legal department, and a customer in the generation of legal agreements within a project development process. In some embodiments, the automated system generates reports to assist in the management of legal agreements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Uday Shetty, Daniel Powers, Bruce Kerr, Lyne Lamoureux, Grace-Ann Wu
  • Apparatus and methods for shielding high-pressure fluid devices
    Publication number: 20030213507
    Abstract: A high-pressure device has a drill stem (242) with a drill head (244) delivering a high-pressure fluid jet. A shield (246) is movably coupled to the device, wherein the drill head (244) is at least partially enclosed by the shield (246) when the drill head (244) is removed from the container (23).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventors: Samuel A Martin, Leslie P Antalffy, Bruce A Kerr, Michael B Knowles, John W Oder, George T West
  • System and related methods for clustering multi-point communication targets
    Publication number: 20030064754
    Abstract: A system and related methods for clustering multi-point communication targets is presented. According to one aspect of the invention, a method comprising measuring one or more performance characteristics associated for each of at least a subset of a plurality of targets in a wireless communication system, and selectively building one or more clusters, each cluster including one or more target(s) and sharing a wireless communication channel, based at least in part on the performance characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Sarah Kate Wilson, Todd Henry Chauvin, Adam Bruce Kerr, Christopher Brunner, Mitchell D. Trott, Athanasios A. Kapasi, Erik David Lindskog
  • Coke drum system with movable floor
    Patent number: 6113745
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided which decrease the risk and spillage associated with discharging coke from a coking vessel. The risk to workers is decreased by eliminating the need for workers to be near the coking vessel while the head is being removed. The spillage is decreased by modifying the effective diameter of the coke chute inlet in a manner which allows it to catch any materials discharged from the coking vessel both during and after the opening of the bottom head. The process can enhance drum draining and further eliminate the need for process piping to facilitate the draining of water from the coking vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Fluor Corporation
    Inventors: Charles F. Maitland, Bruce Kerr, Samuel A. Martin, Michael B. Knowles, Leslie P. Antalffy
  • Communications system call complete arrangement
    Patent number: 5835568
    Abstract: A facility is disposed in a telecommunications network to provide an alternative to retrying the placing of a call to a telephone station when a busy signal is encountered. More particularly, if a subscriber places a telephone call to a called station set that is busy with another telephone call, then the facility notes that fact and terminates the subscriber's telephone call. Thereafter, the facility places a telephone call to the called station and, when the call is answered, announces at least the calling subscriber's telephone number and allows the called party to optionally extend the call back to the original calling subscriber. If the call is not answered, then the call back is terminated, and the placement of another call to the called station is rescheduled for a subsequent time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: AT & T Corp
    Inventors: Saundra V. Bass, Donald LeRoy Blosser, Andre K. Crump, David Bruce Kerr, Frank Carl LaPorta, Ted Michael Ricci, William Henry Stenger, Sr.
  • Housing for an electronic device
    Patent number: D1043666
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Brad G. Boozer, Makiko Kawamura Brzezinski, Tyler Scott Bushnell, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Colin Ely, M. Evans Hankey, Phillip M. Hobson, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Eric Steven Jol, Benjamin Jordan Kallman, Duncan Robert Kerr, David Nazzaro, Trevor Jordan Ness, Marc A. Newson, David Pelletier, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Fletcher Rothkopf, Peter Russell-Clarke, Jason Christopher Sauers, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Samuel Bruce Weiss, Christopher M. Werner, Eugene Antony Whang, Michael Benjamin Wittenberg, Stephen Paul Zadesky, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Button for small appliances
    Patent number: D1047562
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: CANADIAN TIRE CORPORATION, LIMITED
    Inventors: Bruce Cooper, David Quan, Jurgis Mikens, Anthony Chimbuya, Patricia Howes, Mike Herbert, Andreas Bell, Helen Kerr, Nigel Smith, Chrysant Jonatan, Zan Chandler, Kelly Kornet, Anna Chau, Chay Lee, Hoki Chan