Patents by Inventor Ian Andrews

Ian Andrews 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).

  • Waveguide configurations for optical touch systems
    Patent number: 8674963
    Abstract: Waveguide structures and optical elements for use in an optical touch input device are disclosed. The disclosed waveguide structures and optical elements allow for reduced bezel width and simplified assembly of optical touch input devices, and relaxed component tolerances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Zetta Research and Development LLC—RPO Series
    Inventors: Benjamin Cornish, Robert Bruce Charters, Ian Andrew Maxwell, Graham Roy Atkins, Dax Kukulj, Graeme Gordon
  • Battery Pack Assembly
    Publication number: 20130323564
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of prismatic format batteries in a stacked configuration. Flexible graphite sheet heat spreaders are interposed between adjacent prismatic batteries in the stack. A heat sink extends the length of the stack of prismatic format batteries. But heat spreader major surfaces contact the heat sink and extend into the heat sink by at least 30 percent of the thru-thickness of the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Richard Allen Beyerle, II, Ian Andrew McCallum, Martin David Smalc, Jonathan Andrew Taylor, Ryan J. Wayne
  • NITRIDED MIXED OXIDE CATALYST SYSTEM AND A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED CARBOXYLIC ACIDS OR ESTERS
    Publication number: 20130158287
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or ester, preferably an ?, ? ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or ester. The method includes contacting formaldehyde or a suitable source thereof with a carboxylic acid or ester in the presence of a catalyst and optionally in the presence of an alcohol. The catalyst comprises a nitrided metal oxide having at least two types of metal cations, M1 and M2, wherein M1 is selected from the metals of group 2, 3, 4, 13 (called also IIIA) or 14 (called also IVA) of the periodic table and M2 is selected from the metals of groups 5 or 15 (called also VA) of the periodic table. The invention extends to a catalyst system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Lucite International UK Limited
    Inventors: Ian Andrew York, Sabina Ziemian
  • PALLET FOR BAGS
    Publication number: 20130136573
    Abstract: A pallet moulded from plastics material for supporting a flexible intermediate bulk container. It has a generally planar central panel portion, a pair of parallel inverted open channels extending across the pallet to form a respective pair of open-ended tunnels each tunnel having an upper wall and two side walls, and a pair of edge panel portions generally co-planar with the central panel. An array of raised elongate hump portions bulges upwards from the upper walls of the tunnels, each hump portion extending laterally across an upper wall. The two ends of the hump portions abut respective buttresses which extend up the side walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventors: Andrew Berry, Ian Andrew Shaw, Colin Waddell
  • PERSISTENT FEATURE DETECTION
    Publication number: 20130129187
    Abstract: Methods are presented for improved detection of persistent or systematic defects induced during the manufacture of a product. In particular, the methods are directed to the detection of defects induced systematically in the manufacture of photovoltaic cells and modules. Images acquired from a number of samples are combined, enhancing the systematic defects and suppressing random features such as variations in material quality. Once a systematic defect is identified, steps can be taken to locate and rectify its cause.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: BT IMAGING PTY LTD
    Inventor: Ian Andrew Maxwell
  • Thermal Solution for Prismatic Lithium Ion Battery Pack
    Publication number: 20130115506
    Abstract: A lithium ion battery pack includes a plurality of prismatic lithium polymer cells and one or more graphite heat spreaders. Each spreader has at least two major surfaces and is made of one of a sheet of a compressed mass of exfoliated graphite particles, a graphitized polyimide sheet, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS INC.
    Inventors: Ryan J. Wayne, Jonathan Andrew Taylor, Julian Norley, Bradley E. Reis, Mark Pollock, Thomas W. Weber, Ian Andrew McCallum, Robert A. Reynolds, III, Martin David Smalc, Elliot G. Fishman
  • Interconnect implementing internal controls
    Patent number: 8407433
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an interconnect for an integrated circuit communicates transactions between one or more initiator Intellectual Property (IP) cores and multiple target IP cores coupled to the interconnect. Two or more memory channels make up a first aggregate target of the target IP cores. The two or more memory channels populate an address space assigned to the first aggregate target and appear as a single target to the initiator IP cores. The interconnect implements chopping logic to chop individual two-dimensional (2D) transactions that cross the memory channel address boundaries from a first memory channel to a second memory channel within the first aggregate target into two or more 2D transactions with a height value greater than one, as well as stride and width dimensions, which are chopped to fit within memory channel address boundaries of the first aggregate target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Sonics, Inc.
    Inventors: Drew E. Wingard, Chien-Chun Chou, Stephen W. Hamilton, Ian Andrew Swarbrick, Vida Vakilotojar
  • In-Line Photoluminescence Imaging of Semiconductor Devices
    Publication number: 20130043405
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for acquiring photoluminescence images (2) of silicon solar cells and wafers (4) as they progress along a manufacturing line (36). In preferred embodiments the images are acquired while maintaining motion of the samples. In certain embodiments photoluminescence is generated with short pulse, high intensity excitation, (8) for instance by a flash lamp (50) while in other embodiments images are acquired in line scanning fashion. The photoluminescence images can be analysed to obtain information on average or spatially resolved values of one or more sample properties such as minority carrier diffusion length, minority carrier lifetime, dislocation defects, impurities and shunts, or information on the incidence or growth of cracks in a sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: BT Imaging Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ian Andrew Maxwell, Thorsten Trupke, Robert Andrew Bardos, Kenneth Edmund Arnett
  • Waveguides
    Patent number: 8369019
    Abstract: A projection display (60) includes a first waveguide (64) incorporating a grating structure (74) and second waveguide (66) incorporating an exit grating (84). The first and second waveguides (64, 66) are arrange to expand an image in orthogonal directions. The second waveguide (66) includes a first layer (86) with a first predetermined refractive index and/or first predetermined thickness, a second layer (88) with a second predetermined refractive index and/or second predetermined thickness. The exit grating (84) is arranged to direct at least some impinging light out of the second waveguide(66) and to provide at least some beam splitting of light passing through the exit grating (84). The first and second layers (86, 88) are arranged to abut one another such that the exit grating (84) is therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: BAE Systems plc
    Inventors: Ian Andrew Baker, Vincent Andrei Handerek
  • ROLL-FORM TOILET WIPES AND DISPENSER
    Publication number: 20120273543
    Abstract: A roll form toilet wipes dispenser including a housing defining an interior cavity, one open side, and an opening about a front of the housing, a side panel removably received within the open side of the housing and carrying a mandrel thereon, and an openable front cover connected to the housing adjacent the opening on the front of the housing, the front cover and the front opening cooperatively defining a discharge slot for withdrawing the wipes, the front cover having a protrusion extending therefrom in a direction of the housing and protruding through the discharge slot for engaging the wipes to assist in separating the sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventor: Ian Andrew Shepherd
  • User-Defined Enablement Protocol
    Publication number: 20120233690
    Abstract: A user interface method is disclosed. For a particular interface, such as a touch input device, the method involves defining an enablement protocol for a function and recording and retaining the enablement protocol of said function, such that a user enables the function by substantially reproducing the enablement protocol in the absence of spatial or temporal indication of at least a portion of the enablement protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: RPO Pty Limited
    Inventors: Graham Ray Atkins, Ian Andrew Maxwell
  • Waveguide Configurations for Minimising Substrate Area
    Publication number: 20120200536
    Abstract: The invention describes various optical waveguide layouts with reduced substrate area, with particular application to reducing bezel width in optical touch systems. In certain preferred embodiments the optical waveguide layouts include a plurality of waveguide crossings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: RPO Pty Limited
    Inventors: Benjamin Cornish, Robert Bruce Charters, Warwick Todd Holloway, Ian Andrew Maxwell, Dax Kukulj
  • Electrochemical Oxygen Sensor with Internal Barrier to Oxygen Diffusion
    Publication number: 20120193229
    Abstract: An electrochemical sensor includes a micro-porous plastic membrane supported on a disk and located between a gas inflow port and an electrolyte having a gelled oxygen diffusion barrier. The oxygen diffusion barrier, formed of gelled agar, minimizes thermal shock effects by impregnating any porous materials in the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: Life Safety Distribution AG
    Inventors: John Anthony Tillotson, Ian Andrew McLeod, John Chapples
  • Seal
    Patent number: D666489
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brian Lee Floyd, Ian Andrew Carnduff, Graham Clive Hufton
  • Dispensing screw
    Patent number: D674280
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brian Lee Floyd, Ian Andrew Carnduff, Graham Clive Hufton
  • Bottle with cap
    Patent number: D674282
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Devin William Baldridge, Ian Andrew Carnduff, Paul Frank Diehl
  • Container
    Patent number: D674698
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Murphy Greene Mongeon, Ian Andrew Carnduff, Akina Kurihara
  • Container with brush and cap
    Patent number: D684775
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Brian Lee Floyd, Ian Andrew Carnduff, Graham Clive Hufton, Thomas Arthur Sturgis
  • Bottle with cap
    Patent number: D683226
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Devin William Baldridge, Ian Andrew Carnduff, Paul Frank Diehl
  • Container
    Patent number: D694632
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Brian Lee Floyd, Ian Andrew Carnduff, Graham Clive Hufton, Thomas Arthur Sturgis