Patents by Inventor J. Cole

J. Cole 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).

  • Bone Fixation System and Method of Use
    Publication number: 20060264944
    Abstract: An apparatus includes: a member configured to be received within an intramedullary canal, the member having an opening therethrough; a flexible elongate element sized to extend through the opening; a section having a first bone-engaging surface and a coupling structure for fixedly securing the section to the elongate element; and a further section having a bone-engaging surface and a coupling structure for fixedly securing the further section to the elongate element. In another form, an apparatus includes a first section having spaced first and second surface portions to engage a bone and a second section configured to extend into a bone. The first surface portion exerts a first force in a direction that is at an angle with respect to a force exerted by the second surface portion. Yet another form involves methods of using each apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventor: J. Cole
  • Method and system of characterizing a device under test
    Publication number: 20060226854
    Abstract: A system for characterizing a device under test includes an input subsystem configured to inject a signal into the device under test and to measure the response of the device under test. The system also includes a routine for automatically determining the frequency domain impedance of the device under test by constructing an s-parameter matrix and calculating the real and imaginary portions of the impedance based on the s-parameter matrix, and a routine for converting the frequency domain impedance to a time domain impedance by performing an inverse Fourier transform on the complex impedance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventor: J. Cole
  • Poultry feeder
    Patent number: 7107932
    Abstract: A feeder assembly for feeding birds of all kinds is provided in three separate embodiments. The feeder assembly of each embodiment is configured to provide for the welfare of birds as they feed from the feeder assembly by allowing the birds' breasts to conform to a rim member of the feeder assembly. The feeder assembly of two embodiments also provides for a lower feed gate to provide feed into a pan member of the feeder assembly. The lower feed gate is always open and can be raised or lowered as desired. The feeder assembly of one of the embodiments also provides for an upper feed gate to provide feed into the pan member of the feeder assembly. The upper feed gate can be opened or closed, and, when open, can adjust the height at which feed flows through the upper feed gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: CTB IP, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore J. Cole, Lionel L. Kreger, James R. Kraft, Philip Wilfong
  • Poultry feeder
    Patent number: 7100533
    Abstract: A feeder assembly for feeding birds of all kinds is provided in three separate embodiments. The feeder assembly of each embodiment is configured to provide for the welfare of birds as they feed from the feeder assembly by allowing the birds' breasts to conform to a rim member of the feeder assembly. The feeder assembly of two embodiments also provides for a lower feed gate to provide feed into a pan member of the feeder assembly. The lower feed gate is always open and can be raised or lowered as desired. The feeder assembly of one of the embodiments also provides for an upper feed gate to provide feed into the pan member of the feeder assembly. The upper feed gate can be opened or closed, and, when open, can adjust the height at which feed flows through the upper feed gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: CTB IP, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore J. Cole, Lionel L. Kreger, James R. Kraft, Philip Wilfong
  • Radiant tube and convection oven
    Patent number: 7063528
    Abstract: An oven for heating a coating on a substrate, such as a painted vehicle body, including a first zone having radiant tubes and shields above the tubes and a second zone including side heat chambers having nozzles directing heated air onto a coated substrate and a hold zone. The radiant tubes may include a first linear portion extending through the oven and return loop beneath the substrate to conserve energy and sill ducts directing heated air against the underside of the vehicle body. The temperature is controlled by sensors contacting the radiant tubes and a proportional integral control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Durr Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Klobucar, David J. Cole, Bruce Roesler, Douglas G. Smith, Adrien De Borchgrave d'Altena, James L. Pakkala
  • Femoral intramedullary rod system
    Publication number: 20060122600
    Abstract: A femoral intramedullary rod system capable of treating a variety of femoral bone fractures using a uniform intramedullary rod design. The system generally comprising an intramedullary rod defining an opening having an upper surface and a transverse member including a bone engaging portion and a connection portion defining a thru-hole with the nail sized to pass therethrough. A pin is selectively coupled to the transverse member to rigidly assemble the transverse member to the nail when the nail is passed through the thru-hole and the pin is received within the opening. In an alternative design, an epiphyseal stabilizer is joined to the nail by a locking member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: Orthodyne, Inc.
    Inventor: J. Cole
  • User interface system for maintaining organization related information for use in supporting organization operation
    Patent number: 7051012
    Abstract: A system and user friendly display interface supports creation and modification of a flexible and comprehensive organization structure model able to support provision of clinical care, patient tracking, billing and administration. A method provides a user interface for maintaining organization related information in support of organization operation. The method involves receiving search criteria for use in identifying organization characteristic information. The search criteria is employed in searching a profile comprising information identifying an encompassing organization structure including information identifying multiple constituent organizations and associated organization type and user determinable organization role. Search result information is processed in providing organization characteristic information suitable for presentation to a user via a displayed image in response to user command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas J. Cole, Mike Digiacomo, Ilene Sue Yost
  • Method of adjusting a size of a feed gate and a position of a brood gate of a feeder assembly
    Patent number: 7040250
    Abstract: A method of adjusting a size of a feed gate and a position of a brood gate of a feeder assembly is provided. The method includes the steps of increasing a size of a feed gate by increasing a distance between a distal end of a drop tube member and a pan member, and changing the position of a brood gate relative to the pan member by changing a distance between the brood gate and the pan member. These steps are achieved by either rotating only a grill member in a first direction relative to the drop tube member, or by manipulating only the grill member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: CTB IP, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore J. Cole, Lionel L. Kreger, James R. Kraft, Philip Wilfong
  • Methods of fabricating devices and semiconductor layers comprising cadmium mercury telluride, mercury telluride, and cadmium telluride
    Patent number: 7026228
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of depositing Hg1-xCdxTe onto a substrate, in a MOVPE technique, where 0?x?1; comprising the step of reacting together a volatile organotellurium compound, and one or both of (i) a volatile organocadmium compound and (ii) mercury vapour; characterised in that the organotellurium compound is isopropylallyltelluride. The invention also relates to devices, such as infrared sensors and solar cells, that comprise Hg1-xCdxTe materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: QinetiQ Limited
    Inventors: Janet E. Hails, Saamara N. Turney, legal representative, David J. Cole-Hamilton, William Bell, Douglas F. Foster, John Stevenson, deceased
  • Retractable speed bump
    Patent number: 7011470
    Abstract: A retractable speed bump helps control the speed of a vehicle traveling through a special speed zone such as a school zone or a road construction site. A housing is either buried in the roadway or is placed into a ramp that seats on top of the roadway, the housing having a retractable canister therein, which canister extends above the housing in response to the speed of a vehicle as detected by a speed sensor. The greater the speed of the vehicle, the greater the level of extension of the canister. The canister may have tire shredding spikes or explosive charges therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Inventors: Orville Alan Breazeale, Gregory Mark Lee, Charles J. Cole
  • Modular paint oven
    Patent number: 6990749
    Abstract: An oven assembly for drying paint on a product transported by a conveyor includes a plurality of modules positioned in a generally abutting relationship. Each of the modules includes a roof, side walls, and a floor having a length and a width. The floor is formed from abutting floor panels reinforced by a plurality of support members spaced along the length of the floor and having a length greater than the width of the floor. The side walls include an inner side wall panel disposed in an overlapping relationship with the floor and a side wall cladding panel supported by the support members along the width of the floor thereby concealing thermal insulating material disposed between the inner side wall panel and the side wall cladding panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Dürr Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Roesler, Lawrence A. Cook, Douglas G. Smith, David J. Cole, Jeffrey C. Andrews
  • Method and system of characterizing a device under test
    Publication number: 20050194981
    Abstract: A system and method of characterizing a device under test wherein a signal is injected into the device under test, the response to the injected signal is measured to determine the impedance of the device under test in the frequency domain, the impedance is converted to the time domain, and the voltage noise of the device under test is calculated based on the impedance of the device under test in the time domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventor: J. Cole
  • Triaxial superconducting cable and termination therefor
    Publication number: 20050173149
    Abstract: In order to provide a flexible oxide superconducting cable which is reduced in AC loss, tape-shaped superconducting wires covered with a stabilizing metal are wound on a flexible former. The superconducting wires are preferably laid on the former at a bending strain of not more than 0.2%. In laying on the former, a number of tape-shaped superconducting wires are laid on a core member in a side-by-side manner, to form a first layer. A prescribed number of tape-shaped superconducting wires are laid on top of the first layer in a side-by-side manner, to form a second layer. The former may be made of a metal, plastic, reinforced plastic, polymer, or a composite and provides flexibility to the superconducting wires and the cable formed therewith. Methods of forming and terminating a triaxial superconductor are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Gouge, Paul Fisher, C.A. Foster, M.J. Cole, David Lindsay
  • Wafer carrier mapping sensor assembly
    Patent number: 6897463
    Abstract: A wafer mapping sensor assembly includes a housing, and an imaging array positioned therein. Imaging optics are positioned relative to the array to focus an image upon the array. An illumination source is configured to direct illumination toward the wafer, where such illumination is reflected by the wafer. An optical element is interposed between the source and the wafer. The optical element directs the illumination to reduce the effects of undesirable illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: CyberOptics Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel J. Cole, Ric DeHoff, Edward D. Seeberger Jr.
  • Child carrier
    Patent number: 6869096
    Abstract: A child carrier includes a centrally located front wheel and two rear wheels joined by a frame assembly. The frame assembly has a hinge mechanism that permits adjustment of a handle between multiple operating positions, and easy opening and collapsing of the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Watermark PaddleSports, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott R. Allen, Steven J. Cole, James R. Penny
  • Tissue anchoring system and method
    Publication number: 20050033366
    Abstract: A tissue anchoring system includes a tissue anchor affixed to an end of a cable and supported for insertion on a delivery device, the manipulation of which permits placement of the anchor on a far side of the tissue. A tensioning, crimping and cutting tool designed for use along the cable's longitudinal axis, thus reducing the number of incisions required. A suture anchoring system is also described for introducing a loop of suture into a surgical site and anchoring it, for instance, across a tear in soft tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Applicant: Orthodyne, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Cole, Daniel Justin
  • Pollution abatement with heat engine
    Publication number: 20040265764
    Abstract: A thermal oxidizer assembly for abatement of process emissions uses an abatement chamber where process emissions are abated generating heated gases. A converter is in fluid communication with the abatement chamber for receiving the heated gases from the abatement chamber. The converter includes a heat engine for converting thermal energy disposed in the heated gases to useable mechanical energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Joseph M. Klobucar, Gordon Harbison, David J. Cole
  • Sensitive and selective in vitro assay for the detection of reactive drug intermediates
    Publication number: 20040248234
    Abstract: In vitro processes for detecting one or more reactive metabolites that may be formed from a substrate (e.g., a drug or a potential drug candidate) by an enzyme system is disclosed. The substrate is contacted in a mixture with an enzyme system (e.g., with a microsomal drug metabolizing enzyme system, such as a P450 system) to form reactive species (e.g., reactive metabolites), which in the same or a different mixture are contacted with a compound (e.g., glutathione ethyl ester) that reacts with the reactive species to form detectable species (e.g., glutathione ethyl ester conjugates). Preferably, solid phase extraction, high performance liquid chromatography, electrospray ionization, and tandem triple quadropole mass spectrometry are used for detection. The processes may be used in the early stages of a drug discovery program, as well as in other contexts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc
    Inventors: Mark J. Cole, Shawn P. Harriman, John R. Soglia
  • Feed hopper
    Patent number: D512538
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: CTB IP, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles R. Bird, Lionel L. Kreger, Theodore J. Cole
  • Section of a rim for a feeder
    Patent number: D530045
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: CTB IP, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore J. Cole, Lionel L. Kreger, James R. Kraft, Philip Wilfong