Patents by Inventor David A. Harris

David A. Harris 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).

  • PROTECTIVE SLEEVE FABRICATED WITH HYBRID YARD, HYBRID YARN, AND METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20100084179
    Abstract: A hybrid yarn filament and sleeve constructed therefrom for protecting elongate members against at least one of EMI, RFI or ESD is provided, along with methods of constructing the hybrid yarn filament and sleeves. The hybrid yarn filament has a nonconductive filament and at least one conductive wire filament overlying an outer surface of the nonconductive filament. The hybrid yarn filament is arranged in electrical communication with itself or other hybrid yarn filaments during construction of the sleeve to provide uniform shielding against EMI, RFI, and and/or ESD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: David Harris, Michael Piotrowski, Cassie M. Malloy, Ming-Ming Chen
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATED HEALTH PROMOTION, INJURY PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20100063944
    Abstract: One embodiment includes a system and method to integrate a participant's medical, physical, behavioral and psychological risk factors, historical morbidity and injury profile and the resultant health-care costs allowing for specifically targeted strategies to be developed for highly effective individual and corporate/organizational health promotion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Troy Grogan, David Harris, Chris Peres
  • ANTI-REFLECTIVE COATING FOR OPTICAL WINDOWS AND ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20100060979
    Abstract: Multilayer anti-reflective coatings having four or more layers are disclosed. In one aspect, the multilayer anti-reflective coating comprises a first layer having a refractive index n1, where n1<1.4, and an optical thickness of (0.25±5%) ?o nm; a second layer adjacent to the first layer, the second layer having a refractive index n2, where n2?1.8, and an optical thickness of (0.5±5%) ?o nm; a third layer adjacent to the second layer, the third layer having a refractive index n3, where 1.4?n3<1.6, and an optical thickness of (0.1±5%) ?o nm; and a fourth layer adjacent to the third layer, the fourth layer having a refractive index n4, where n4?1.8, and an optical thickness of (0.05±10%) ?o nm; where ?o is a wavelength in the visible light range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Michael David Harris, Christopher Morton Lee, Lawrence George Mann, Mike Xu Ouyang
  • SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ELECTRICAL ENERGY FROM AMBIENT ENERGY
    Publication number: 20100045119
    Abstract: A system for generating electrical energy from ambient energy such as the energy of ambient motion and acoustic vibrations. The system has at least two stages, a resonating electrical generator and a kinetic energy conversion system. The stages have differing resonant frequencies to enable harvesting energy from lower frequency ambient motion and converting the energy to higher frequency resonant oscillation for efficiently generating electrical energy. A multiaxial system having a plurality of systems for generating electrical energy from ambient motion each oriented to be responsive to motion along a different axis. An embodiment of a system for generating electrical energy from ambient motion for which the resonating electrical generator is at least part of a driving mass of the kinetic energy conversion system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Ronald Scott Jackson, John F. Gardner, David Harris
  • PRESENTING INSTANT ANSWERS TO INTERNET QUERIES
    Publication number: 20090319495
    Abstract: Methods are described for utilizing user-submitted data to provide a response to a query request. User-submitted data are received and referenced upon receiving a query request from an unregistered requester, a potential response is automatically identified from the user-submitted data, the potential response is extracted, and presented in response to the query request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER W. ANDERSON, EDWARD DAVID HARRIS, RAVI ARINGUNRAM, PAUL MILLER, AJAY NAIR, VISHAL SINGH
  • NON-WOVEN, SELF-WRAPPING THERMAL SLEEVE
    Publication number: 20090311456
    Abstract: A self-wrapping, non-woven sleeve for routing and protecting elongate members includes a non-woven elongate wall having an outer surface with opposite sides extending along a longitudinal axis of the sleeve. The sides self-wrap about the longitudinal axis to provide a tubular cavity in absence of an externally applied force. The sides are extendable away from one another under an externally applied force to expose the cavity for insertion of the elongate members, wherein the sides return to their self-wrapped configuration upon removal of the externally applied force. Further, an outer reflective layer is attached to the outer surface of the self-wrapping wall to provide enhanced thermal protection to the elongate members in the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventor: David A. Harris
  • SCREW DRIVER
    Publication number: 20090272238
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a structure for an improved screw driver having a torquing member. The screw driver having a handle end and a working end. The working end is adapted to turn screws. The handle end having openings adapted to receive the torquing member. The opening being generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. In one embodiment, the torquing member has an elongated member extending from the handle through the opening and having a second end. A secondary handle member is attached to the second end for assisting to apply torque to the screw driver while turning screws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventor: David Harris
  • Method and apparatus for assessing or predicting the characteristics of wood
    Patent number: 7603904
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining a characteristic, such as the stiffness, of a portion of a wood specimen characterised by the steps of a) producing an acoustic signal in the wood specimen part way along the length of the wood specimen, and b) sensing a response in the wood specimen part way along the length of the wood specimen including a reverberation from a first end of the wood specimen, and c) calculating a characteristic of a portion of the wood specimen from analysis of the sensed response. A related method and apparatus may be used to determine a characteristic of a portion of a tree stem during harvesting of a tree and the characteristic used to optimise the value of a log cut from the stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Waratah NZ Limited
    Inventors: Paul David Harris, Alex James Stevenson, Paul Gamble, Russell John Petherick, Eberhard Juergen Deuss, Eugene Stytsenko, Frederic Lecarpentier, Michael Kenneth Andrews
  • LOW-PROFILE SOLAR TRACKING MODULE
    Publication number: 20090250095
    Abstract: An apparatus for distribution of light across a target area has at least one non-shadowing lens. The non-shadowing lens has a plurality of prisms wherein each prism provides an approximately uniform distribution of light across a defined area of the target area to reduce a shadowing effect. The apparatus may further have a tracking mechanism attached to the at least one non-shadowing lens for orienting the at least one non-shadowing lens towards a source of the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Brent Perry Thorley, Gregory David Thorley, David Harris Thorley
  • WATER-RESPONSIVE MECHANICAL ELEMENT AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH AN ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20090233043
    Abstract: This invention relates to flexible structures (401) that respond to the application of an agent. Upon application of the agent, the flexible structure bends (402) in a predetermined fashion. The flexible structure is formed from a polymer liquid crystal that is orientated to define an upper surface layer and a lower surface layer having an essentially different molecule orientation, and the polymer liquid crystal is such that a length/width ration is changed upon application of the agent. Thereby, the upper and lower surface layers respond differently to the application of the agent, resulting in bending or un-bending of the flexible structure (401).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventors: Kenneth David Harris, Cornelis Wilhelmus Maria Bastiaansen, Dirk Jan Broer
  • Multilayer Protective Textile Sleeve and Method of Construction
    Publication number: 20090226653
    Abstract: A multilayer textile sleeve and method of construction thereof is provided. The sleeve has an outer layer constructed at least in part from a first warp yarn extending along a length direction of the sleeve and a weft yarn extending transversely to the length direction. The sleeve further includes an inner layer constructed at least in part from a second warp yarn extending along the length direction and a weft yarn extending transversely to the length direction, with the second warp yarn being a different type of yarn than the first warp yarn. The outer layer and inner layer are connected to one another by interlinking the weft yarn of the outer layer with at least some of the second warp yarns of the inner layer and by interlinking the weft yarn of the inner layer with at least some of the first warp yarns of the outer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: David A. Harris, G. Christopher Thierolf, Danny Winters
  • Combination Vegetation trimmer and edger
    Publication number: 20090188354
    Abstract: A dual handled, single throttle trigger trimmer comprising rotating handles and a rotating trimmer head. The rotating handles allow the use of the trimmer in a trimming mode and an edging mode. The device may be readily converted between the two modes and the lawn care worker must not remove either hand from the device while doing so. The conversion is accomplished by rotating the trimmer upper handle about an axis perpendicular to the trimmer driveshaft while simultaneously rotating the trimmer middle handle about an axis parallel to the trimmer driveshaft. The middle handle has a slide fit around the trimmer driveshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventor: David Harris
  • Structure for Storing Perishable Liquid
    Publication number: 20090159615
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a structure for storing and preserving perishable liquids, including a container having a central opening and a plunger, sized and shaped to fit within the central opening. The plunger having means to seal the container and the plunger being slidable thereto. The container having a bottom defining a detent extending toward the central opening. And, the plunger having a bottom end zone with a similar detent. The plunger having a central internal passageway and a cap for sealing one of the passageway. The plunger inducing pressure on the liquid and the cap maintaining the pressure for preserving the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventor: DAVID HARRIS
  • Air freshener
    Patent number: D595829
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Drucker, David Harris, Vicki Hofmann, Eric MacLean, Heather A. Schneider, Nancy Miiller
  • Air freshener
    Patent number: D597192
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Drucker, David Harris, Vicki Hofmann, Eric MacLean, Heather A. Schneider, Nancy Miiller
  • Charger
    Patent number: D606934
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Eric Beare Associates Limited
    Inventors: Randi Taggart, David Harris, Wing Kit Lui
  • Air freshener
    Patent number: D608436
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Drucker, David Harris, Vicki Hofmann, Eric MacLean, Heather A. Schneider, Nancy Miiller
  • Universal dialyzer cap
    Patent number: D612513
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell Hendricks, Scott Christofferson, Jayme Patterson, David Harris
  • Facial care appliance
    Patent number: D612612
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Headwaters R & D, Inc
    Inventors: David Harris, Ross Cowie, Rudy Vandenbelt
  • Room air cleaner
    Patent number: D614276
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Headwaters R & D Inc
    Inventors: David Harris, Rudy A Vandenbelt, Matthew T R Bailey