Patents by Inventor Elizabeth Wayman
Elizabeth Wayman 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).
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Patent number: 8793942Abstract: A PV assembly including framework, PV laminate(s), and a stiffening device. The framework includes a perimeter frame at least 10 feet in length and at least 5 feet in width. The PV laminate(s) are assembled to the perimeter frame to define a receiving zone having a depth of not more than 8 inches. The stiffening device is associated with the framework and is configured to provide a first state and a second state. In the first state, an entirety of the stiffening device is maintained within the receiving zone. In the second state, at least a portion of the stiffening device projects from the receiving zone. The stiffening device enhances a stiffness of the PV assembly in a plane of the perimeter frame, and can include rods defining truss structures.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2013Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: SunPower CorporationInventors: Charles Almy, Matt Campbell, Reuben Sandler, Brian Wares, Elizabeth Wayman
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Publication number: 20130263913Abstract: A PV assembly including framework, PV laminate(s), and a stiffening device. The framework includes a perimeter frame at least 10 feet in length and at least 5 feet in width. The PV laminate(s) are assembled to the perimeter frame to define a receiving zone having a depth of not more than 8 inches. The stiffening device is associated with the framework and is configured to provide a first state and a second state. In the first state, an entirety of the stiffening device is maintained within the receiving zone. In the second state, at least a portion of the stiffening device projects from the receiving zone. The stiffening device enhances a stiffness of the PV assembly in a plane of the perimeter frame, and can include rods defining truss structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Inventors: Charles Almy, Matt Campbell, Reuben Sandler, Brian Wares, Elizabeth Wayman
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Patent number: 8534007Abstract: A PV assembly including framework, PV laminate(s), and a stiffening device. The framework includes a perimeter frame at least 10 feet in length and at least 5 feet in width. The PV laminate(s) are assembled to the perimeter frame to define a receiving zone having a depth of not more than 8 inches. The stiffening device is associated with the framework and is configured to provide a first state and a second state. In the first state, an entirety of the stiffening device is maintained within the receiving zone. In the second state, at least a portion of the stiffening device projects from the receiving zone. The stiffening device enhances a stiffness of the PV assembly in a plane of the perimeter frame, and can include rods defining truss structures.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2009Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: SunPower CorporationInventors: Charles Almy, Matt Campbell, Reuben Sandler, Brian Wares, Elizabeth Wayman
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Patent number: 8132409Abstract: Systems and methods for collecting solar energy and converting it to heat, mechanical work, or electricity on a small scale and utilizing one or more system components originally adapted for use in a non-solar-power-generation application are described. Solar energy is used to heat a fluid that is part of a solar energy collector. This fluid transfers heat to the working fluid of thermodynamic engine, which converts some of the heat into mechanical work or electricity. One or more system parameters are monitored and controlled to enable improved efficiency under variable environmental conditions.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2008Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Solar Turbine Group, InternationalInventors: Matt Orosz, Amy Mueller, Elizabeth Wayman, Headley Jacobus, Bryan Urban
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Publication number: 20110114153Abstract: A photovoltaic sun tracking system including a photovoltaic assembly, a first mounting structure, and a second mounting structure. The photovoltaic assembly includes at least one PV cell maintained by framework defining a PV plane. The first and second mounting structures are mounted to a support surface and rotatably maintain the framework at first and second pivot points, respectively, to establish a tracking axis passing through the pivot points. The tracking axis is non-parallel with the PV plane. The photovoltaic assembly can be rocked along the tracking axis to follow motion of the sun relative to the earth. One or both of the mounting structures can be relatively small, and the off-parallel tracking axis promotes increased efficiency over the course of a year.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: SUNPOWER CORPORATIONInventors: Charles Almy, Stephen Barsun, Reuben Sandler, Brian Wares, Elizabeth Wayman
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Publication number: 20100212715Abstract: A PV assembly including framework, PV laminate(s), and a stiffening device. The framework includes a perimeter frame at least 10 feet in length and at least 5 feet in width. The PV laminate(s) are assembled to the perimeter frame to define a receiving zone having a depth of not more than 8 inches. The stiffening device is associated with the framework and is configured to provide a first state and a second state. In the first state, an entirety of the stiffening device is maintained within the receiving zone. In the second state, at least a portion of the stiffening device projects from the receiving zone. The stiffening device enhances a stiffness of the PV assembly in a plane of the perimeter frame, and can include rods defining truss structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2009Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: SunPower CorporationInventors: Charles Almy, Matt Campbell, Reuben Sandler, Brian Wares, Elizabeth Wayman
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Publication number: 20080289334Abstract: Systems and methods for collecting solar energy and converting it to heat, mechanical work, or electricity on a small scale and utilizing one or more system components originally adapted for use in a non-solar-power-generation application are described. Solar energy is used to heat a fluid that is part of a solar energy collector. This fluid transfers heat to the working fluid of thermodynamic engine, which converts some of the heat into mechanical work or electricity. One or more system parameters are monitored and controlled to enable improved efficiency under variable environmental conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2008Publication date: November 27, 2008Inventors: Matt Orosz, Amy Mueller, Elizabeth Wayman, Headley Jacobus, Bryan Urban
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Publication number: 20070150494Abstract: A method determines structures and features of an original document to make style decisions. The extensible markup language of the original document is analyzed to produce instance mapping. The document type definitions of the original document are analyzed to produce document type definitions mapping. Lastly, the instance schema of the original document is analyzed to produce schema mapping. A transform is generated from the produced instance mapping, document type definitions mapping, and schema mapping. The transform is applied to the original document to generate an instance in an intermediate format. A stylesheet is selected and applied to the intermediate format to produce a styled document.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2006Publication date: June 28, 2007Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Steven J. Harrington, Elizabeth Wayman
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Publication number: 20070139694Abstract: A method and apparatus include user interface and processing techniques that provide a solution for configuring an image processing path, and associated image processing module parameters, with minimal user input. The solution consists of two key components—a set of easily understood categories that describe the desired device output, and a system for mapping those categories to parameterized image processing paths. A method for processing a document comprises accepting a selection of a purpose for which a document is to be used, determining processing to be performed on the document based on the selection by loading rules controlling processing of the document based on the selection, wherein the rules comprises at least one script, scanning the document, determining a content of at least a portion of the document, applying the loaded rules to determine at least one technology to be used to process the document, and processing the document using the determined technology.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2005Publication date: June 21, 2007Inventors: Jeffrey Kingsley, Elizabeth Wayman, Michael Branciforte, Michael Campanelli
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Publication number: 20060048042Abstract: A system and methodology is provided herein employing automated search, filtering, and automated document layout technologies conjoined with various delivery options to provide an end-to-end information push service. As such, it enables complete personalized custom report documents to be automatically created, thereby reducing cost in existing personalized document workflows, as well as enabling documents to be created that increase consumer satisfaction and knowledge worker productivity. The user satisfaction and productivity is enhanced by tracking the user's actual usage of the report document and feeding that usage back into the user profile. One example deployment manifestation of the teachings provided yields a personal newspaper embodiment which monitors the user usage and provides feedback of that usage to the system methodology thus dynamically altering any subsequently delivered custom report documents.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2004Publication date: March 2, 2006Inventors: Neil Sembower, Weiwen Lai, Alan Cote, Lisa Purvis, Jonas Karlsson, Steven Harrington, Elizabeth Wayman
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Publication number: 20060048053Abstract: A system and methodology is provided herein employing automated search, filtering, and automated document layout technologies conjoined with various delivery options to provide an end-to-end information push service. As such, it enables complete personalized custom report documents to be automatically created, thereby reducing cost in existing personalized document workflows, as well as enabling documents to be created that increase consumer satisfaction and knowledge worker productivity. One example deployment manifestation of the teachings provided yields a personal newspaper embodiment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2004Publication date: March 2, 2006Inventors: Neil Sembower, Weiwen Lai, Alan Cote, Lisa Purvis, Jonas Karlsson, Steven Harrington, Elizabeth Wayman
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Publication number: 20050152607Abstract: A method, system and computer-readable medium for achieving a target compression ratio for binary images with a minimum of image degradation. Portions of the binary image are strategically replicated and used to replace adjacent portions of the image. This process is continued until a compressed version of the image data satisfies a target compression ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2004Publication date: July 14, 2005Inventors: Remo D'Ortenzio, Elizabeth Wayman