Patents by Inventor Frank A. Edwards
Frank A. Edwards 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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Publication number: 20150003032Abstract: An apparatus may be provided. The apparatus may comprise a circuit board. In addition, the apparatus may comprise an integrated connector mounted to the circuit board. A choke, external to the integrated connector, may be included in the apparatus. The choke may be electrically connected to the integrated connector through the circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2013Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: William Frank Edwards, George Edward Curtis, Ki Yuen Chau, Sandeep A. Patel, Keith Frank Tharp
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Publication number: 20140295704Abstract: An integrated connector may be provided. The integrated connector may comprise a top portion, a front portion, and a side portion. The top portion may comprise a plurality of top fingers. The front portion may comprise a plurality of receptacles and a plurality of receptacle tabs respectively corresponding to the plurality of receptacles. The side portion may comprise at least one side finger comprising a main portion, a connector portion connected to the side portion, a tail portion, a top curved portion, and a bottom curved portion. The top fingers, the plurality of receptacle tabs, and the at least one side finger may be in electrical connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2013Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: George Edward Curtis, Keith Frank Tharp, William Frank Edwards
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Publication number: 20140228991Abstract: A material modification assembly comprises an energy source for generating light beams to modify a substrate. A computing device generates pattern script(s) based on at least one parameter of the modification. The computing device also generates process script(s) including a type of pulse scripts to be used with the light beams and are based on at least one parameter of the interaction between the energy source and the substrate. The computing device combines the pattern script(s) with the process script(s) and generates command signals based on the combination. The computing device transmits the command signals to one or more additional devices of the material modification assembly to facilitate modifying the light beams for the modification to the substrate such that the modification includes a pattern on at least a surface of the substrate having dimensions and includes two or more discrete material alterations or changes spatially overlapped within the pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: The Aerospace CorporationInventors: Frank Edward Livingston, Timothy Ganey
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Patent number: 8777376Abstract: A micro-fluid ejection head has multiple ejection chips joined adjacently to create a lengthy array across a media to-be-imaged. The chips have fluid firing elements arranged along skewed fluid vias to enable seamless stitching of fluid ejections. The firing elements are energized to eject fluid and ones are spaced according to colors or fluid types. Overlapping firing elements serve redundancy efforts during imaging for reliable print quality. Variable chips sizes and shapes are disclosed as are relationships between differently colored fluid vias. Skew angles range variously each with noted advantages. Singulating chips from larger wafers provide still further embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Frank Edward Anderson, Richard Earl Corley, Jiandong Fang
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Publication number: 20140182260Abstract: A mechanical harvester for harvesting produce with a core planted in a field is provided. The mechanical harvester includes a chassis, a positioning apparatus, a decoring device, and a transport assembly. The positioning apparatus is connected to the chassis and configured to position the produce in the ground for harvesting and decoring. The decoring device is connected to the positioning apparatus and configured to sever the core of the produce while the produce is in the ground. The transport assembly is connected to the chassis and configured to lift the cut produce from the ground and transport the cut produce to a processing unit or a storage container.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2014Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: DOLE FRESH VEGETABLES, INC.Inventors: Serafin ALBARRAN, Daniel ALBARRAN, Jorge ALEJO, Ignacio BARAJAS, Richard L. BASCOU, Dennis Johnny CASTILLO, Maximino CORRAL, Whit FRANS, Frank Edward DAVIS, Stephen C. JENS, Raul MACHUCA, Manuel Maldonado MAGANA, Carlos Uribe MEZA, Gabriel Fuentes VILLASENOR, Terry YOUNG
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Publication number: 20140092171Abstract: A micro-fluid ejection head has an ejection chip to expel fluid. It connects to a laminate construct. The construct has vertically configured wiring layers interspersed with non-conductive layers, such as carbon fiber layers. An upper of the wiring layers electrically connects to the ejection chip. The upper layer may also support a planar undersurface of the chip directly on a surface or in a recessed pocket. The two can connect with a die bond, such as one having silica or boron nitride. Fluid connections exist between ink feed slots of the chip and the laminate construct. A silicon tile or other material may also fluidly interconnect with the two. A plastic manifold optionally supports the laminate construct and may fluidly connect to it. The wiring layers of the laminate contemplate ground, power, and various bond pads. Other construct layers contemplate prepreg or core FR4 layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTDInventors: Frank Edward ANDERSON, Richard Earl CORLEY, Michael John DIXON, Jiandong FANG, Jeanne Marie Saldanha SINGH
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Patent number: 8685199Abstract: An apparatus for forming a continuous preparation ply of the type used to make vehicle tires from preparation ply sections having nonmetallic cords. An infeed conveyor successively feeds the preparation ply sections to a butt splicing machine that joins the ends of the two preparation ply sections to form a butt joint. A gum strip applier receives the continuous preparation ply from an outfeed conveyor and applies a gum strip over the butt joint. A method is provided for forming a continuous preparation ply by first automatically forming a butt joint, and thereafter automatically placing a gum strip on the butt joint.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2006Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Christopher David Dyrlund, Donald Chester Kubinski, Jeffrey Ford Bull, Frank A. Edwards
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Patent number: 8679189Abstract: An implant device having a non-conductive base structure with at least two exposed or exterior surfaces wherein at least one of the exposed or exterior surfaces has attained electrical conductivity on at least portions of the surface by an energy exposure wherein portions of the exposed or exterior surfaces are transformed by the energy exposure to attain the electrical conductivity.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignees: Amendia Inc., The Aerospace CorporationInventors: Timothy Ganey, Frank Edward Livingston
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Patent number: 8659913Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetic limiter. The limiter comprises a multilayer having an electrically conducting pattern superposed on a dielectric structure. Further, the multilayer is provided with at least one electromagnetically transparent aperture that is electromagnetically transparent for plane wave incidence. In addition, the limiter comprises a non-controlled non-linear structure interconnecting opposite edges of the electromagnetically transparent aperture.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2009Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoekTNOInventors: Raymond van Dijk, Frank Edward van Vliet, Stefania Monni
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Patent number: 8622524Abstract: A micro-fluid ejection head has an ejection chip to expel fluid. It connects to a laminate construct. The construct has vertically configured wiring layers interspersed with non-wiring layers, such as carbon fiber layers. An upper of the wiring layers electrically connects to the ejection chip. The upper layer may also support a planar undersurface of the chip directly on a surface or in a recessed pocket. The two can connect with a die bond, such as one having silica or boron nitride. Fluid connections exist between ink feed slots of the chip and the laminate construct. A silicon tile or other material may also fluidly interconnect with the two. A plastic manifold optionally supports the laminate construct and may fluidly connect to it. The wiring layers of the laminate contemplate ground, power, and various bond pads. Other construct layers contemplate prepreg or core FR4 layers.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2010Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Frank Edward Anderson, Richard Corley, Michael John Dixon, Jiandong Fang, Jeanne Marie Saldanha Singh
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Publication number: 20130342051Abstract: An electric motor assembly. A stator includes a set of windings and has a first end, a second end, and an outer radial surface. A rotor includes a shaft having an axis. A first frame supports the shaft at a first axial position. A canopy substantially surrounds the first frame. The canopy includes a fluid inlet and a fluid discharge. A second frame supports the shaft at a second axial position and includes at least one fluid outlet. A chute is positioned downstream of the canopy fluid discharge. The chute directs fluid flow along the outer radial surface of the stator towards the fluid outlet. A fan is coupled to the shaft downstream of the fluid outlet for rotation with the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: Regal Beloit America, Inc.Inventors: Ngan Fai Leung, Stephen Thomas English, Matthew William Critchley, Janice Fitzgerald, Frank Edward Staigl, III, Joseph Henry, Barbara Mary Shanks, John R. Belko
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Publication number: 20130333460Abstract: The accuracy of a measurement of the composition of a multiphase sample containing crude oil and water is improved by pouring the sample into a bottle shaped container (1), which is dimensioned such that the oil-water interface (4) is located in an upper portion (3), which forms a bottleneck that has a smaller cross section than a lower portion (2) of the container (1), which lower portion (2) has a substantially frusto-conical shaped intermediate section (8) contiguous with the upper portion (3) that allows accurate water cut measurement even if the oil-water interface is located within the intermediate section (8).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2011Publication date: December 19, 2013Inventor: Frank Edward Bergren
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Publication number: 20130233756Abstract: A blister and package system made of a blister card and an outer package with unique interacting locking mechanisms. The blister card or strip is inserted into the outer package or sleeve and locks immediately without having to further process the outer package or the blister card or strip. The user is able to expose the blisters from the outer package by disengaging the lock. The blister card or strip includes a formable, pliable sheet material, into which one or more individual cavities or blisters are formed. The separated cavities are loaded with product and sealed with one or more layers of puncturable or tearable sheet material, such as aluminum foil. The blister card or strip contains a plastic rivet assembly that forms an interference mechanism. The rivet is trapped by an internally formed panel and stopped by a catch flap included in the outer package.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2012Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: Key-Pak Technologies, LLCInventors: Michael H. Weston, Frank Edward Smith
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Patent number: 8519582Abstract: An electric motor assembly. A stator includes a set of windings and has a first end, a second end, and an outer radial surface. A rotor includes a shaft having an axis. A first frame supports the shaft at a first axial position. A canopy substantially surrounds the first frame. The canopy includes a fluid inlet and a fluid discharge. A second frame supports the shaft at a second axial position and includes at least one fluid outlet. A chute is positioned downstream of the canopy fluid discharge. The chute directs fluid flow along the outer radial surface of the stator towards the fluid outlet. A fan is coupled to the shaft downstream of the fluid outlet for rotation with the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.Inventors: Ngan Fai Leung, Stephen Thomas English, Matthew William Critchley, Janice Fitzgerald, Frank Edward Staigl, III, Joseph Henry, Barbara Mary Shanks, Stephanie Marie Belko
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Publication number: 20130193029Abstract: A blister and package system made of a blister card and an outer package with unique interacting locking mechanisms. The blister card or strip is inserted into the outer package or sleeve and locks immediately without having to further process the outer package or the blister card or strip. The user is able to expose the blisters from the outer package by disengaging the lock. The blister card or strip includes a formable, pliable sheet material, into which one or more individual cavities or blisters are formed. The separated cavities are loaded with product and sealed with one or more layers of puncturable or tearable sheet material, such as aluminum foil. The blister card or strip contains a plastic rivet assembly that forms an interference mechanism. The rivet is trapped by an internally formed panel and stopped by a catch flap included in the outer package.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2012Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: KEYSTONE FOLDING BOX CO.Inventors: Michael H. Weston, Frank Edward Smith
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Patent number: 8497611Abstract: An end-frame of an electro-dynamic machine includes a bearing housing defining an annular bearing cavity for rotatably supporting a rotor shaft about an axis. A support body is coupled to the bearing housing. The support body has a terminal end and a base end opposite the terminal end. The base end includes a first radial support surface having a first diameter, a second radial support surface having a second diameter, and an annular wall axially disposed between the first radial support surface and the second radial support surface. A radial extension extends radially from the support body adjacent the terminal end. A mounting member extends axially from the radial extension portion. The mounting member defines an aperture for receiving a BX fitting.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2011Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.Inventors: Ngan Fai Leung, Frank Edward Staigl, III
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Patent number: 8466848Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for applying a fixed non-linear profile of power (amplitude) and delay to signals across the aperture of an array antenna having multiple antenna elements where multiple beams are formed to span the field of view of the antenna. Using such fixed profiles in combination enables a substantially constant beam width to be maintained across a wide range of operational frequencies, e.g. 6-18 GHz, ensuring that the points of overlap for adjacent beams does not drop below a certain level, e.g. ?3dB, and hence maintaining a substantially uniform coverage across the field of view of the antenna at all frequencies in the range.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2006Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: BAE Systems PLCInventors: Ronald Frank Edward Guy, Bruno Peter Pirollo
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Publication number: 20130099988Abstract: A planar Vivaldi antenna array, and method of forming such an array, the array comprising: a plurality of slots at an end of the antenna array, the slots extending through the whole thickness of the planar structure of the antenna array; and a plurality of grooves extending from the slots; wherein: the grooves do not extend through the whole thickness of the planar structure of the antenna array; and the cross-sectional shape of the grooves is complementary to the cross-sectional shape of the slots.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLCInventors: Ronald Frank Edward Guy, Larry Brian Tween, Gary David Panaghiston, Bruno Peter Pirollo
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Publication number: 20130069840Abstract: A radar or other microwave antenna comprises at least one antenna element, a feed structure for the element extending to the antenna element substantially normally thereto through a dielectric substrate, and characterised in that the dielectric substrate is anisotropic whereby to reduce unwanted common-mode currents in the feed structure. The anisotropy may be provided by elongate conductive elements distributed through the dielectric substrate and aligned with their longitudinal axes parallel to the feed structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2010Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLCInventors: Gareth Michael Lewis, Robert Alan Lewis, Larry Brian Tween, Gary David Panaghiston, Ronald Frank Edward Guy
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Patent number: 8342330Abstract: A blister and package system made of a blister card and an outer package with unique interacting locking mechanisms. The blister card or strip is inserted into the outer package or sleeve and locks immediately without having to further process the outer package or the blister card or strip. The user is able to expose the blisters from the outer package by disengaging the lock. The blister card or strip includes a formable, pliable sheet material, into which one or more individual cavities or blisters are formed. The separated cavities are loaded with product and sealed with one or more layers of puncturable or tearable sheet material, such as aluminum foil. The blister card or strip contains a plastic rivet assembly that forms an interference mechanism. The rivet is trapped by an internally formed panel and stopped by a catch flap included in the outer package.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2010Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Key-Pak Technologies, LLCInventors: Michael H. Weston, Frank Edward Smith