Patents by Inventor Christopher Farrow

Christopher Farrow 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).

  • Patent number: 8921783
    Abstract: A method of using electron diffraction to obtain PDFs from crystalline, nanocrystalline, and amorphous inorganic, organic, and organometallic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Simon Billinge, Christopher Farrow, Tatiana E. Gorelik, Mercouri Kanatzidis, Martin U. Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20140306108
    Abstract: A method of using electron diffraction to obtain PDFs from crystalline, nanocrystalline, and amorphous inorganic, organic, and organometallic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Simon Billinge, Christopher Farrow, Tatiana E. Gorelik, Mercouri Kanatzidis, Martin U. Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20140114602
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates, inter alia, to improved devices, systems and methods for processing raw data collected from X-ray total scattering analysis of a material, which may be solid, liquid, in suspension, or in solution. This devices, systems and methods described are advantageous because they drastically reduce the amount of user interaction required to compute a PDF from diffraction data, reduce the computing time necessary to compute the PDF, and allows for automated, on-the-fly computation of PDFs without significant degradation of the PDF quality and little input from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Simon Billinge, Christopher Farrow, Timur Dykhne, Pavol Juhas
  • Patent number: 6015959
    Abstract: Molded case electric power switches such as circuit breakers, disconnects and transfer switches have an energy storage spring which rotates a cam assembly to close and initiate opening of the switch contacts. The cam assembly includes a drive cam with a cam lobe which engages a drive cam follower on the moving contact assembly. Due to space limitations, the cam assembly is positioned so that the drive cam follower initially moves toward the cam assembly during closing. To accommodate for this, the cam lobe has a generally radial leading edge to prevent binding of the drive cam follower. A single latch mechanism latches the cam assembly in a spring charged position and in a closed position. A Y-shaped latch member has one leg which is engaged by a latch, a second leg which engages stops on the drive cam at the charged position and the closed position, and a third leg which sequentially engages the stops to reset the latch mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Michael Slepian, William Christopher Farrow, Michael Thomas Little, H. Richard Beck, William George Eberts, David Curtis Turner