Patents by Inventor Duncan

Duncan 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).

  • Gas Delivery Device And System
    Publication number: 20150165156
    Abstract: A gas delivery system including a gas delivery device, a control module and a gas delivery mechanism is described. An exemplary gas delivery device includes a valve assembly with a valve and circuit including a memory, a processor and a transceiver in communication with the memory. The memory may include gas data such as gas identification, gas expiration and gas concentration. The transceiver on the circuit of the valve assembly may send wireless optical line-of-sight signals to communicate the gas data to a control module. Exemplary gas delivery mechanisms include a ventilator and a breathing circuit. Methods of administering gas are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Duncan P. Bathe, John Klaus, David Christensen
  • DOWNHOLE APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150167431
    Abstract: A downhole tool (32) comprises a tool housing (34) defining a central bore (35) and including a fluid port (20), and a valve member (40) mounted within the housing (34) and being moveable from a closed position in which the fluid port (20) is blocked to an open position in which the fluid port (20) is opened. The tool (32) further comprises a catching arrangement (41) mounted within the housing (34) and comprising one or more radially moveable seat members (106), and being configurable from a free configuration in which the seat members (106) permit an object (48) to pass through the tool (32), to a catching configuration in which the seat members (106) catch an object (48) passing through the tool (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel George Purkis, Oliver Webster, Damien Gerard Patton, Matthew Manning, Steve Corbett, Ian Duncan, Santiago Galvez Porta
  • Computer Light Adjustment
    Publication number: 20150173155
    Abstract: A computing device is disclosed. The computing device includes a light source configured to output light. The computing device also includes a light sensor configured to measure the level of light surrounding the computing device. The computing device further includes a control mechanism operatively coupled to the light source and light sensor and configured to adjust the level of output light based on the measured level of light surrounding the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Duncan Kerr, Bas Ording, Greg Christie, Imran Chaudhri, Marcel van Os, Nick King
  • DOWNHOLE APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150167429
    Abstract: A downhole actuator (30) comprises a tubular housing (34) which includes an indexing profile (42) on an inner surface thereof, and an indexing sleeve (46) mounted within the housing (34). The indexing sleeve (46) comprises an engaging arrangement including first and second axially spaced engagement members (52, 54) which cooperate with the indexing profile (42) of the housing (34) to be sequentially engaged by an actuation object (48) passing through a central bore (50) of the indexing sleeve (46) to drive the indexing sleeve (46) one discrete step of movement through the housing (34) towards an actuation site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel George Purkis, Oliver Webster, Damien Gerard Patton, Matthew Manning, Steve Corbett, Ian Duncan, Santiago Galvez Porta
  • Monitoring and control systems for continuous circulating drilling operations
    Patent number: 9057235
    Abstract: An apparatus for continuously flowing drilling fluid along a drill string includes a continuous circulation device having at least a first fluid path in fluid communication with a top drive and a second fluid path in communication with a diverter. The diverter is in selective fluid communication with a pipe stand associated with the drills string. The apparatus also includes at least one sensor that estimates at least one operating parameter associated with the continuous circulation device. A related method includes using a continuous circulation device as described to manipulate the drill string and controlling the continuous circulation device using at least one sensor configured to estimate at least one operating parameter associated with the continuous circulation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: D. Duncan Blue, Charles A. Brecher, John D. Macpherson, Volker Krueger
  • Intruder deterrent system
    Patent number: 9058730
    Abstract: This invention relates to portable area denial systems and to related methods. We describe an intruder deterrent system, the system comprising a plurality of nodes, each said node having a strobe light, and at least one of said nodes having an intruder-detecting sensor, wherein the system is configured to flash at least one of said strobe lights on detection of an intruder by said sensor to deter said intruder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Applied Concepts Limited
    Inventors: Robert Clive Mullins, Duncan Edward Willis, Denis Skvortsov
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REPORTING REAL-TIME HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS
    Publication number: 20150161893
    Abstract: A vehicle may include a monitoring unit configured to determine a time-varying handling characteristic of the vehicle. The time-varying handling characteristic may include a characteristic of vehicle performance in executing maneuvers, a status of a vehicle component (e.g., tires, brakes, drivetrain, etc.), and/or the like. The time-varying handling characteristic may be transmitted to one or more nearby vehicles to improve the ability of manual operators and/or automatic-driving software of the nearby vehicles to predict the performance of the vehicle in executing maneuvers, to be aware of a failure (or likely failure) of a vehicle component, and/or the like. Record of the transmission of the time-varying handling characteristic and/or of any acknowledgements of receipt of the time-varying handling characteristic by the nearby vehicles may be logged to a persistent storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: William David Duncan, Roderick A. Hyde, Jordin T. Kare, Robert C. Petroski, Lowell L. Wood
  • ANASTOMOTIC CONNECTORS
    Publication number: 20150157324
    Abstract: An anastomotic connector includes a tubular shell and a porous biocompatible liner configured to connect two or more natural and/or artificial lumens, such as blood vessels and/or grafts. The tubular shell may be bioabsorbable, ultimately dissolving in the body, while the biocompatible liner can remain in the body and connected to the lumens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan, James L. Goepfrich
  • TAPERED IMPLANTABLE DEVICE AND METHODS FOR MAKING SUCH DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150157444
    Abstract: A tapered implantable device includes an ePTFE tubular member having a tapered length portion. The tapered length portion provides rapid recovery properties. The tapered length portion can feature a microstructure that includes a multiplicity of bent fibrils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan, Marc A. Schlaud, Arthur R. Studley, IV
  • TOUCH PAD WITH FORCE SENSORS AND ACTUATOR FEEDBACK
    Publication number: 20150160773
    Abstract: Electronic devices may use touch pads that have touch sensor arrays, force sensors, and actuators for providing tactile feedback. A touch pad may be mounted in a computer housing. The touch pad may have a rectangular planar touch pad member that has a glass layer covered with ink and contains a capacitive touch sensor array. Force sensors may be mounted under each of the four corners of the rectangular planar touch pad member. The force sensors may be used to measure how much force is applied to the surface of the planar touch pad member by a user. Processed force sensor signals may indicate the presence of button activity such as press and release events. In response to detected button activity or other activity in the device, actuator drive signals may be generated for controlling the actuator. The user may supply settings to adjust signal processing and tactile feedback parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, Avi Cieplinski, Brett W. Degner, Duncan Kerr, Patrick Kessler, Paul Puskarich, Marcelo H. Coelho, Aleksandar Pance
  • DOWNHOLE APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150159469
    Abstract: A downhole tool (32) comprises a tool housing (34) defining a central bore (35) and including a fluid port (20), and a valve member (40) mounted within the housing (34) and being moveable from a closed position in which the fluid port (20) is blocked to an open position in which the fluid port (20) is opened. The tool (32) further comprises a catching arrangement (41) mounted within the housing (34) and comprising one or more radially moveable seat members (106), and being configurable from a free configuration in which the seat members (106) permit an object (48) to pass through the tool (32), to a catching configuration in which the seat members (106) catch an object (48) passing through the tool (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel George Purkis, Oliver Webster, Damien Gerard Patton, Matthew Manning, Steve Corbett, Ian Duncan, Santiago Galvez Porta
  • ADENOVIRAL VECTOR-BASED MALARIA VACCINE
    Publication number: 20150157700
    Abstract: The invention provides an adenovirus or adenoviral vector characterized by comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding one or more Plasmodium antigens and one or more particular nucleic acid sequences or one or more particular amino acid sequences, or portions thereof, pertaining to, for example, an adenoviral pIX protein, DNA polymerase protein, penton protein, hexon protein, and/or fiber protein, as well as a method of inducing an immune response against Plasmodium falciparum in a mammal by administering the adenovirus or adenoviral vector to the mammal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Joseph T. Bruder, Jason G.D. Gall, Duncan McVey, Douglas E. Brough
  • BEVERAGE MANUFACTURE, PROCESSING, PACKAGING AND DISPENSING USING ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVATED WATER
    Publication number: 20150158055
    Abstract: A system and method for manufacturing, processing, packaging, and dispensing beverages wherein electrochemically-activated water is used to neutralize residual amounts of incompatible flavor ingredients, color ingredients, and alcohol ingredients when transitioning from the processing of one beverage to another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Radical Waters International, Ltd.
    Inventor: Robin Duncan Kirkpatrick
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REPORTING CHARACTERISTICS OF AUTOMATIC-DRIVING SOFTWARE
    Publication number: 20150161894
    Abstract: A vehicle may include a monitoring unit configured to determine a characteristic of an automatic-driving software program operating on the vehicle. The characteristic may include an identification of the automatic-driving software program, adjustable parameters, internal variables/dynamic decisions of the automatic-driving software program, performance of one or more sensors, whether an automatic collision avoidance maneuver has been triggered, and/or the like. The characteristic may be transmitted to one or more nearby vehicles to improve the ability of manual operators and/or automatic-driving software of the nearby vehicles to predict the maneuvers by the vehicle and/or behavior of the vehicle. Record of the transmission of the characteristic and/or of any acknowledgements of receipt of the characteristic by the nearby vehicles may be logged to a persistent storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: William David Duncan, Roderick A. Hyde, Jordin T. Kare, Robert C. Petroski, Lowell L. Wood
  • NEEDLE GUIDE AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20150157787
    Abstract: Illustrative embodiments of the present disclosure comprise devices, systems and methods for improved dialysis cannulation. Embodiments of the present disclosure can provide for a consistent cannulation entry site, entry angle and/or depth. Embodiments of the present disclosure can also be configured to maintain a drug at the cannulation entry site and/or maintain pressure at the cannulation entry site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan, James L. Goepfrich
  • LENGTH EXTENSIBLE IMPLANTABLE DEVICE AND METHODS FOR MAKING SUCH DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150157770
    Abstract: A length extensible implantable device includes a porous member and a longitudinal constraining member. The longitudinal constraining member can constrain at least a portion, up to the entire length of, the porous member in the longitudinal direction. The length of the longitudinally constrained portion can be expanded by applying force to the porous member. The porous member may be a porous tubular member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan
  • CONNECTION ARCHITECTURE FOR A MOBILE NETWORK
    Publication number: 20150163180
    Abstract: A mobile device for accessing content stored on a remote server over a mobile network is provided. The mobile device includes a processor configured to direct the mobile device to receive at least a portion of a list initiated by the remote server, the list identifying folders or files stored on the remote server, process a selection to identify one of the folders or files on the list having the content on the remote server, and send a request directing a management server to initiate a transaction including an identifier indicating the one of the folders or files having the content on the remote server that is to be sent as the attachment to the destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Trevor A. Fiatal, Lee R. Boynton, Scott M Burke, Brian D. Gustafson, Binu Raj, William Alvarado, Juan Benitez, Fred J. Duncan
  • Earphone
    Patent number: D732008
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Handheld portable computing device
    Patent number: D732018
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bartley K. Andre, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Steven P. Jobs, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Douglas B. Satzger, Calvin Q. Seid, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Connector
    Patent number: D732035
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer