Patents by Inventor Ernest To

Ernest To 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).

  • LOCALIZED ENERGY DISSIPATION STRUCTURES FOR VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20140049070
    Abstract: An impact protection structure for a vehicle impacting a blunt-object barrier includes a support structure of the vehicle, an energy absorbing rail coupled to the support structure, and a localized energy dissipation structure. The energy absorbing rail extends an energy absorbing rail length and includes a plurality of lumens. The localized energy dissipation structure extends a localized energy dissipation structure length less than the energy absorbing rail length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicants: Tesla Motor, Inc., Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Richard Young, Donald James Robert Parr, Ernest Matthew Villanueva, Derek Paul
  • Affiliate Marketing Method That Provides Inbound Affiliate Link Credit Without Coded URLs
    Publication number: 20140052518
    Abstract: A method of affiliate marketing provides inbound affiliate link credit without coded URLs. Affiliate web sites link directly to merchant web sites, so that all of a merchant site's affiliates potentially contribute to its inbound link credit. The merchant web server parses incoming web page requests, and extracts the referrer. The merchant web server, directly or via an affiliate network manager, consults a database of affiliate web sites to determine whether the referrer is an authorized affiliate. If so, the affiliate is credited for the traffic, and may additionally be credited for user activity at the merchant site. The affiliate network manager writes a cookie to the user terminal to further track the user through the affiliate network. The method reduces or eliminates cookie hijacking and other forms of affiliate fraud, and may be used to track non-affiliate referring web sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: LINKCONNECTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wofford F. Humphries, IV, Ernest C. St. Gelais, Wofford F. Humphries, III, Andrew K. Crum
  • FLUID EXTRACTION OR FILTRATION DEVICE, ASSOCIATED MATERIALS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20140052084
    Abstract: A fluid extraction or filtration device for removing fluid from a body, the device comprising an array of microneedles for contacting fluid in said body and an absorbent gel matrix in fluid communication with said array of microneedles. There is further provided a combined fluid extraction and sampling device and methods employing the device(s), for example in determining the level of a target species in a sample of fluid, transdermal dialysis and renal replacement therapy. There is further provided an absorbent gel matrix for use in the treatment of uraemia and a haemodialysis filter comprising an absorbent gel matrix. Use of such a matrix is described in the context of methods including haemodialysis, transdermal dialysis and gastrointestinal dialysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Renephra Limited
    Inventors: Sandip Mitra, Paul Ernest Charles Brenchley, Rein Vincent Ulijn
  • AMPOULE LABELS
    Publication number: 20140048066
    Abstract: Nebulizer ampoules are labelled by laser-marking or laser-engraving data on a film to produce a data film and affixing the film onto a nebulizer ampoule using a non-migratory adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Holitas Limited
    Inventors: Mark Gibson, Peter Ernest Tasko
  • Selective Glycosidase Inhibitors and Uses Thereof
    Publication number: 20140051719
    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-GlcNAc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Simon Fraser University
    Inventors: David Jaro Vocadlo, Ernest John McEachern, Keith Stubbs
  • Clip applying apparatus and ligation clip
    Patent number: 8652152
    Abstract: A clip applying apparatus is provided for applying a ligating clip to tissue. The clip applying apparatus includes, inter alia, a handle assembly, a central body portion, an anvil jaw, and a slide member movably supported in relation to the anvil jaw. The anvil jaw and the slide member are configured to define an enclosed tissue receiving area when the slide member is in an advanced position. A method is also provided for ligating tissue using the presently disclosed clip applying apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Ernest Aranyi, Kenneth H. Whitfield
  • DNA recombination junction detection
    Patent number: 8652784
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods, compositions and kits for detecting the presence or absence of an integrated insertion polynucleotide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Cepheid
    Inventors: Jian Ping Zhang, Ernest Jay Friedlander, Robert Ruhfel, David Douglas Swenson, Alan Thomas Wortman
  • Datacommunications/telecommunications patching systems with integrated connectivity module
    Patent number: 8655137
    Abstract: A module adapted for use with a datacommunications equipment mounting structure includes: a generally upright divider panel; a cover panel disposed generally parallel to the divider panel, the cover panel and divider panel being spaced apart from each other to form a gap; and a plurality of telecommunications cables, each of the telecommunications cables comprising a plurality of telecommunications patch cords, the cables comprising bundled patch cords at a first end and unbundled patch cords at a second opposite end, the cables being positioned in the gap between the divider panel and cover panel. The bundled patch cords at the cable first end include first interconnection terminals, and the unbundled patch cords at the second end include second interconnection terminals. The first terminals are located at first edges of the divider and cover panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventors: Matthew Baldassano, David Beihoff, Elyse Ge Hylander, Scott Keith, Ernest C. Pickens, Aaron Talmage Stout, Yinglin Yang, Timothy Anderson
  • Video poker with an opponent hand
    Patent number: 8651929
    Abstract: The game involves playing video poker in a contest between a player and an opponent. The player makes a wager to be eligible to play the game and the player plays an initial hand of video poker against an opponent who plays the same initial hand of video poker. If the player beats the opponent, the player wins an award. If the opponent beats the player, the player loses. If the player and the opponent tie, then any amount in the pot carries over to the next round, a new wager is made by the player to play the next round and the player and the opponent play another hand of video poker. This continues until either the player or the opponent win a round outright. Each of the player and the opponent start with the same initial cards on each hand that is played in any particular round.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Ernest Moody Revocable Trust
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING WIRELESS SITE SURVEYS USING WIRELESS NETWORK DESIGN CRITERIA
    Publication number: 20140044005
    Abstract: A system for conducting wireless site surveys of a wireless environment is provided. A wireless interface controller controls a wireless interface during a scan of a wireless frequency band. A user interface module receives a set of wireless network design criteria, and a measurement module obtains a set of wireless signal information based on a set of wireless signals received during the scan of the wireless frequency band. An analysis module compares the set of wireless signal information to the set of wireless network design criteria and automatically determines whether the set of wireless network design criteria is, at least in part, satisfied. The user interface module provides an indicator that indicates whether the set of wireless network design criteria is, at least in part, satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Xirrus, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Joseph Keys, Ernest William Brown, Alexander Chernyakhovsky, Adrian Harris Warren
  • Systems and Methods for Load Balancing Using Predictive Routing
    Publication number: 20140047104
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for routing requests for information based on predictive data. The systems and methods may receive measurement data indicative of states of each of a plurality of destination servers, and generate predicted measurement data values for each of the plurality of destination servers based on the retrieved measurement data. The predicted measurement data values may represent predicted states of each of the destination servers at a time later than a time corresponding to the received measurement data. The systems and methods may also receive requests for information from a client computer, and route the received requests for information to one of the plurality of destination servers based on the predicted measurement data value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventor: John Ernest Rodriguez
  • GOSSAMER APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR USE WITH SPACECRAFT
    Publication number: 20140042275
    Abstract: Gossamer apparatus and systems for use with spacecraft may include a deployable gossamer apparatus. The deployable gossamer apparatus may include a plurality rib members and gossamer material extending therebetween and may be configured in a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. The rib members of the deployable gossamer apparatus store potential energy used for deployment of the deployable gossamer apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: John Luther Abrams, Matthew Ernest Duchek
  • METHOD FOR SETTING TILES AND TUNING LIPPAGE
    Publication number: 20140041335
    Abstract: A tile aligning and lippage tuning method and system that uses an under tile base reusable upright connecting tab, which is detachably connected to said under tile base, a reusable flexible edge slotted cap configured to slip over the connecting tab and latch thereto as the cap is slid further down the connecting tab. The cap has an edge slot so that the connecting tab can be separated from the cap, by merely sliding the cap, so that the connecting tab passes through the slot. A flexible spring-like portion of the cap provides increased force on the tile even if undesired elongation of the connecting tab occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: New Standards Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: James P. Hoffman, Ernest L. Perry, IV, Michele Volponi
  • Filter housing construction for a surface cleaning apparatus
    Patent number: 8646149
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus comprises an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet, an air treatment member and a suction motor. The surface cleaning apparatus comprises a main body comprising a front end and a rear end. A filter compartment may be provided in the main body and may comprise an open portion. A pair of spaced apart wheels may have an axis of rotation and the axis of rotation may extend through the filter compartment. A seal plate may be used to sealingly close the open portion. The seal plate may be positioned between one of the wheels and the filter compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: G.B.D. Corp.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Method and system for treating a subterranean formation using diversion
    Patent number: 8646529
    Abstract: A method of well treatment includes establishing fluid connectivity between a wellbore and at least one target zone for treatment within a subterranean formation. The method includes injecting a treatment composition into the wellbore. The method includes contacting a subterranean formation with the treatment composition, providing a diversion agent to a desired interval in the wellbore and measuring a wellbore parameter while performing at least one of the contacting the target zone and the providing the diversion agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: William Ernest Clark, Doug Bentley, John Daniels, Christopher N. Fredd, Charles Miller, John Lassek
  • Apparatus for endoscopic procedures
    Patent number: 8647258
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a surgical device. The surgical device includes a jaw assembly and a camera assembly coupled to the jaw assembly. The camera assembly includes a camera housing defining an interior space having at least one opening on a side thereof, first and second support arms pivotally coupled within the camera housing and deployable therefrom, and a camera body coupled to the first and second support arms and moveable between a first position, in which the camera body is positioned within the interior space of the camera housing, and a second position, in which the camera body extends from the at least one opening of the camera assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Ernest Aranyi, Michael P. Whitman, Donald Malinouskas, David A. Nicholas
  • Switchable affinity binders
    Patent number: 8647829
    Abstract: Methods and kits for binding and releasing biological targets, comprising, a binder comprising an environmentally reactive molecular switch that can switch between a high affinity state, to bind the target, to a low affinity state, to release the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Aaron Dulgar-Tulloch, Ernest William Kovacs, Evelina Roxana Loghin, Anup Sood
  • Combined HF and UHF RFID device
    Patent number: 8646695
    Abstract: A wearable RFID device is configured with a geometry and materials that allow an HF RFID system and a UHF RFID system to operate in close proximity to a human body and to each other with minimal impact on performance. An RFID device may have a three-dimensional, multi-planar UHF antenna incorporated into a dielectric core with an HF antenna, or a single-plane UHF antenna separated from an HF antenna by a rigid spacer. A conductive metal backplane is disposed adjacent the wearable RFID device to improve antenna performance when disposed in close proximity to an absorbing body, such as a human being.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: David Worrall, Ernest Martin, Robert Oberle, Tvrtko Barbaric, Vlatko Kolaric, Giuliano Manzi
  • Weapon station and associated method
    Patent number: 8646374
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a weapon station comprises a weapon mounting apparatus and a sight mounting apparatus. The weapon mounting apparatus is adapted to rotate, using a first rotational drive mechanism, about an azimuth axis. The weapon mounting apparatus is adapted to receive one or more weapons for attachment at a position offset from the azimuth axis. The sight mounting apparatus is coupled to the weapon mounting apparatus and is adapted to receive for attachment a sighting device. The sighting device comprises one or more sensors and is adapted to rotate, using a second rotational drive mechanism, the one or more sensors about the azimuth axis independently of rotational movement of the weapon mounting apparatus about the azimuth axis. The azimuth axis about which the weapon mounting apparatus and the one or more sensors rotate is a common azimuth axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Frank L. Shacklee, Robert J. Bennett, Michael D. Ernest
  • Suction hose wrap for a surface cleaning apparatus
    Patent number: 8646146
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus comprises an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet and a flexible suction hose. The surface cleaning apparatus may comprise a main body comprising a suction motor provided in the air flow path. A cyclone bin assembly may be provided on the main body. The surface cleaning apparatus may comprise a suction hose wrap. The suction hose wrap having an accessory tool holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: G.B.D. Corp.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad