Patents by Inventor Ernest John

Ernest John 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).

  • Publication number: 20110237631
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula (I) for selectively inhibiting glycosidases, prodrugs of the compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds or prodrugs of the compounds. The invention also provides methods of treating diseases and disorders related to deficiency or overexpression of O-GlcNAcase, accumulation or deficiency of O-GlcN Ac.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Simon Fraser University
    Inventors: David Jaro Vocadlo, Ernest John Mceachern
  • Patent number: 8025125
    Abstract: An anchor assembly includes a base to which at least one connector and three legs are operatively connected. The connector provides an anchorage point for connection to a lifeline. The legs are secured to a support structure. The legs are reinforced proximate the base and when a force is exerted on the at least one connector by the lifeline, the legs bend proximate the support structure thus placing a shear load on the legs proximate the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: D B Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Vetesnik, Garry Ernest John Hamilton
  • Publication number: 20110165002
    Abstract: A ceiling fan comprising: a fan motor and blade assembly, a mounting tube for suspending the fan motor and blade assembly from a ceiling, and a power supply mounted within the mounting tube configured to power the fan motor. Also a ceiling fan comprising a moulded stator frame, a raised turret integrally moulded within the frame configured to enclose and mount a motor controller, and an external user changeable auxiliary module. Also ceiling fan comprising: a totally enclosed safety extra low voltage fan motor assembly configured to be suspended from an upper side, and a sealing arrangement within the assembly providing a substantial degree of ingress protection against dust and water incident from at least an under side. Also a method comprising providing a ceiling fan comprising moulded stator frame, and mounting an external user changeable auxiliary module to a raised turret integrally moulded within the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: HAIKU DESIGN SDH BHD
    Inventor: Ernest John Noble
  • Publication number: 20110143119
    Abstract: A product which at least partly comprises an agglomerate formed from a powder having a pre-determined wettability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Steven Ernest John Bell, Iain Alexander Larmour, Graham Charles Saunders
  • Patent number: 7882281
    Abstract: Enabling virtualization in a SAS expander is disclosed. For each SAS address to be virtualized through one or more physical or virtual Phy, a reference Phy associated with each SAS address is created within the expander. Next, a route table is generated that includes an entry for each of the SAS addresses being virtualized, each entry associated with one or more of the physical or virtual Phy through which the SAS address is being virtualized. With the route table so established, requests for a virtualized SAS address are routed to a particular one of the one or more physical or virtual Phy associated with the virtualized SAS address in the route table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Emulex Design & Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Timothy Jones, Ernest John Frey
  • Publication number: 20100143741
    Abstract: A method of coating a metallic article having an at least part-metallic surface comprising a first metal, with a surface having a pre-determined wettability, the method at least comprising the steps of: (a) coating at least a part of the metallic article with a layer of a second metal to provide a metal-metal bonded surface, said surface being rough either prior to or because of step (a); and (b) contacting the metal-metal bonded surface of step (a) with a material to provide the surface having the pre-determined wettability. The first metal may be one or more of the group comprising: iron, zinc, copper, tin, nickel and aluminium, and alloys thereof including steel, brass, bronze and nitinol for example. Preferably, the second metal is coated onto the first metal using electroless Galvanic deposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST
    Inventors: Steven Ernest John Bell, Iain Alexander Larmour, Graham Charles Saunders
  • Publication number: 20090321184
    Abstract: A portable anchor assembly is provided. The portable anchor assembly includes a weight assembly and a fork assembly. The weight assembly is configured to hold at least one weight. The weight assembly includes a portion that is configured to penetrate a surface upon which the portable anchor system is resting during use. The fork assembly is coupled to the weight assembly. The fork assembly is configured to dig into the surface upon which the portable anchor system is resting during use. The fork assembly further includes an anchor connection point for the portable anchor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventor: Garry Ernest John Hamilton
  • Publication number: 20090150643
    Abstract: Enabling virtualization in a SAS expander is disclosed. For each SAS address to be virtualized through one or more physical or virtual Phy, a reference Phy associated with each SAS address is created within the expander. Next, a route table is generated that includes an entry for each of the SAS addresses being virtualized, each entry associated with one or more of the physical or virtual Phy through which the SAS address is being virtualized. With the route table so established, requests for a virtualized SAS address are routed to a particular one of the one or more physical or virtual Phy associated with the virtualized SAS address in the route table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: Emulex Design & Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Timothy Jones, Ernest John Frey
  • Publication number: 20090125655
    Abstract: The use of loops in SAS networks is enabled by designating ports connected to loop connections as table loop ports (TLPs). Under normal operating conditions, each TLP is blocked from receiving BCNs, appears to the expander to have nothing connected to it, and is made invisible to initiators. The loop connection and TLPs may be enabled and used to access devices when a problem is detected. In particular, the TLP will now appear in a list of destination ports within the expander to which a BCN should be propagated. In addition, during a subsequent self-configuration, the TLP is allowed to populate its route table with devices accessible through it, and the existence of the TLP is also reported back to initiators. After re-discovery is complete, communications between the initiator and a target can resume, with traffic re-routed through the TLPs as needed, bypassing the failure point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: Emulex Design & Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Timothy Jones, Ernest John Frey
  • Publication number: 20090114478
    Abstract: A portable anchorage assembly comprises an extension member interconnecting a counterweight assembly and a base. The counterweight assembly has a cavity configured and arranged to receive at least one weight. The extension member has a first end and a second end. The first end is pivotally connected to the counterweight assembly. The base is connected to the second end of the extension member and includes a wheel and at least one anchorage point. The base is pivotable about the counterweight assembly on the wheel to position the at least one anchorage point in a desired location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Garry Ernest John Hamilton, J. Thomas Wolner
  • Publication number: 20080277557
    Abstract: An anchor assembly includes a base to which at least one connector and three legs are operatively connected. The connector provides an anchorage point for connection to a lifeline. The legs are secured to a support structure. The legs are reinforced proximate the base and when a force is exerted on the at least one connector by the lifeline, the legs bend proximate the support structure thus placing a shear load on the legs proximate the support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Jan Vetesnik, Garry Ernest John Hamilton
  • Patent number: 7441463
    Abstract: A system and a method for measuring properties and health of structures are disclosed. The system comprises a number of sensors connected to a single antenna. Each sensor has a body that defines an electromagnetic resonator. The electromagnetic resonator produces a response signal in response to an interrogation signal. The body is coupled to the structure to so as to allow the parameters of interest alter the resonance properties of the electromagnetic resonators thereby altering the response signal. The sensor further includes a coupler that is coupled to the body. The coupler transfers the interrogation signal into the electromagnetic resonator and transfers the response signal from the electromagnetic resonator. The system further includes an interrogator that generates and transmits the interrogation signal to the sensor. The interrogator also receives the response signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: University of Manitoba
    Inventors: Mehran Fallah-Rad, Douglas John Thomson, Gregory Ernest John Bridges, Lotfollah Shafai
  • Publication number: 20080208333
    Abstract: A new type of artificial heart with rechargeable battery to power solenoid means surrounding the body of the device, said solenoids effecting repulsion or attraction of small permanent magnets on plastic disks which stud the body of the elastomeric artificial heart, and via this means effect mechanical compression or expansion of the chambers of the heart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventor: Ernest John Shearing
  • Publication number: 20080072410
    Abstract: An abrasive disk which burnishes synthetic Venetian plaster, a decorative wall and ceiling coating, to a high sheen. With the use of a 5ΒΌ orbital palm sander, the burnishing disc will increase productivity and ease of burnishing the otherwise flat sheen which is in need of shine to achieve a smooth marble like look and feel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventor: Ernest John Skelnik
  • Patent number: 7145280
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for production of stator windings for dynamoelectric mechines of different configurations is provided. The windings are preferably formed on a bobbin (10) or similar article, which may then be transferred onto an appropriate carrier such as a ferromagnetic core (24). The core (24) may be provided as a substantial linear article and then be bent into an appropriate shape, so that the assembly may be provided as the stator of a dynamoelectric machine. In this configuration, only a portion of each winding will face the magnetic poles of the rotor and thus be operative, as the return path of the windings will not be used. However, the invention as disclosed also shows it is possible to build a drum rotor (39) with both external and internal rotors in order to make use of both portions of the windings on the ferromagnetic core (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Wellington Drive Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Ernest John Noble, David James Howell
  • Patent number: 7070725
    Abstract: A method (10) includes the steps of placing an insert (12) into a mold cavity (20), molding an insulating layer (30) of a homogeneous and continuous composition (28) over the insert (12). The next step includes placing the insert (12) with the insulating layer (30) into a second mold cavity (36) followed by the step of molding the part (46) of a homogeneous part composition (44) over the insert (12). The insulating layer (30) is disposed between the insert (12) and the part (46) and bonded thereto. The method (10) includes painting the part (46) wherein a paint (48) is injected into the second mold cavity (32) over the part composition (44). Flexible properties of the insulating layer (30) adapt to the differences between coefficient of thermal expansion of the part (46) and the insert (12) thereby eliminating problems of potential cracks, sink-marks, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Mathson Industries
    Inventors: Boney A. Mathew, Ernest John Socha
  • Publication number: 20040164450
    Abstract: A method (10) includes the steps of placing an insert (12) into a mold cavity (20), molding an insulating layer (30) of a homogeneous and continuous composition (28) over the insert (12). The next step includes placing the insert (12) with the insulating layer (30) into a second mold cavity (36) followed by the step of molding the part (46) of a homogeneous part composition (44) over the insert (12). The insulating layer (30) is disposed between the insert (12) and the part (46) and bonded thereto. The method (10) includes painting the part (46) wherein a paint (48) is injected into the second mold cavity (32) over the part composition (44). Flexible properties of the insulating layer (30) adapt to the differences between coefficient of thermal expansion of the part (46) and the insert (12) thereby eliminating problems of potential cracks, sink-marks, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Boney A. Mathew, Ernest John Socha
  • Patent number: D506526
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Inventors: Ernest John Duncan, Paul Leonard Martin
  • Fan
    Patent number: D612476
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Haiku Design SDN. BHD.
    Inventor: Ernest John Noble
  • Fan
    Patent number: D614757
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: HAIKU DESIGN Sdn Bhd
    Inventor: Ernest John Noble