Patents by Inventor James Hall

James Hall 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).

  • Branched polymers and methods for their synthesis and use
    Patent number: 8119736
    Abstract: Branched polymers including multi-branched polymers, functionalized branched polymers, star-branched polymers, and dendigraft polymers. Methods for the synthesis of branched polymers and method for the use of branched polymers in tire components are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher G. Robertson, Sandra Warren, James Hall, Georg G. A. Böhm, Mark Arigo, Noriko Mori
  • Device for testing surface mounted connectors
    Publication number: 20110291664
    Abstract: This invention describes a device for testing a surface mounted connector using a test probe assembly that utilizes a vacuum to force the test wires and the test probe's wire array into intimate contact with the connector to be tested. The wires are directed through a wire module assembly and have a wide spacing at one end, and a narrow spacing corresponding to the spacing required for the specific units to be tested at the opposite end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventor: James Hall
  • Method for preparing low molecular weight polymers
    Patent number: 8058351
    Abstract: A process for producing low molecular weight polymers, the process comprising partially hydrogenating an unsaturated polymer to form a partially hydrogenated polymer, and reacting the partially hydrogenated polymer with an acyclic alkene in the presence of a metathesis catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: James Pawlow, James Hall, Jason Poulton
  • Nano-particle preparation and applications
    Patent number: 8057899
    Abstract: A nano-particle composition including a poly(alkenylbenzene) core and a poly (conjugated diene) or a poly(alkylene) surface layer is provided. The nano-particles have a mean average diameter less than about 100 nm. The nano-particles can be modified via, for example, hydrogenation or functionalization. The nano-particles can advantageously be incorporated into rubbers, elastomers, and thermoplastics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaorong Wang, Chenchy Jeffrey Lin, James Hall, Sandra Warren, James Krom, Hajime Kondo, Koichi Morita
  • PARKING METER
    Publication number: 20110203901
    Abstract: A parking meter assembly (10) including a base (11) that is to be fixed to or embedded in a ground surface, typically adjacent the curb that which a car is to be parked. The assembly (10) also includes a parking meter (13) having a front face (17) that includes a coin slot (25) a card slot (20) and a control panel (21). The parking meter (13) further includes a rear face (27) having a window aperture (28) that provides for the transmission of light to a solar panel (29) behind the aperture (28).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: IPS Group, Inc.
    Inventors: David William King, Murray David Kirby Hunter, Mathew James Hall, David Andrew Jones
  • Method of modifying the frequency response of a wooden article
    Patent number: 7977555
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for modifying the frequency response of a wooden article by exciting the article with acoustic energy. Frequency response is the measure of a system's spectrum response at the output due to a signal of varying frequency (but constant amplitude) at its input. The acoustic energy includes at least one excitation frequency, a composite broadband frequency component, or a combination thereof, which is preferably in the audible spectrum (20 to 20,000 Hz). The use of acoustic energy from the remote source provides non-contact excitation of the wooden article. In one embodiment, the acoustic energy is at least one sound wave which comprises at least one resonant frequency of the wooden article, at least one acoustic mode of the wooden article, at least one discrete frequency, a broadband frequency component, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: James Hall, Daniel P. Hess
  • FUSE DRIVER CIRCUITS
    Publication number: 20110140713
    Abstract: Fuse driver circuits, fuse driver testing circuitry, and methods for testing the fuse driver circuits using the testing circuitry are described. In some embodiments, the fuse driver circuit can be made using a fuse, a NMOS transistor, and a PMOS transistor. The drain of the NMOS transistor can be connected to the negative end of the fuse. The source of the NMOS transistor can be connected to ground. The drain of the PMOS transistor can be connected to a positive end of the fuse. The NMOS and PMOS transistors provide enhanced robustness to the fuse driver circuit in both undervoltage and overvoltage conditions. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Kenneth P. Snowdon, James Hall, William Robert Newberry, Roy Yarborough
  • Peening method for vehicle suspension spring
    Patent number: 7946009
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a vehicle suspension component, such as a helical coil spring, includes the step of rotating a first impeller to project ceramic peening media in a first direction toward the vehicle suspension component to peen a surface section of the vehicle suspension component. In one example, the vehicle suspension component is peened with metal peening media before peening with the ceramic peening media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignees: MSSC US, Saint-Gobain Centre de Recherche Et d'Etudes Europeen
    Inventors: Jeffrey Paul Dixon, James Hall, Ryan Versluis, Joseph A. Fader, Francois-Xavier Abadie
  • Audio System with Portable Audio Enhancement Device
    Publication number: 20110116642
    Abstract: A portable audio enhancement device is configured for enhancing audio signals, and may be utilized in an audio system. The audio system may include a portable audio source, the audio enhancement device, an audio playback device, and a loudspeaker. The audio enhancement device receives audio signals from the audio source and produces enhanced audio signals. The audio playback device receives the enhanced audio signals and outputs the enhanced audio signals to the loudspeaker for playback. Enhancement of the audio signals may be based on an analysis performed by the audio enhancement device by measuring sample audio signals derived from the sound outputted from the loudspeaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: James Hall, Andy Wehmeyer, Ulrich Horbach
  • Accelerated aging process for acoustic stringed instruments
    Patent number: 7932457
    Abstract: A method of artificially aging a musical instrument is provided by placing the instrument in an enclosure, providing at least one electromechanical transducer proximate to the instrument and providing an electrical signal to the transducer. The transducer is a three-way speaker in a preferred embodiment. The method has particular utility wherein the instrument is a wooden, stringed instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: James Hall, Daniel P. Hess
  • Lid structure, apparatus and method for displaying graphical information
    Patent number: 7918568
    Abstract: A lid structure, apparatus and method for displaying graphical information uses beams of coherent light that are emitted in a scanning manner to project the beams of coherent light onto a display surface to form the graphical information on the display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Marvell International Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark D. Montierth, James A. Hall, Jr.
  • SLATE RETAINER AND METHOD OF REPLACING BROKEN SLATES
    Publication number: 20110067339
    Abstract: A method of replacing a slate, without affecting surrounding slates is disclosed. The method includes removing a broken slate. Once removed a respective fixing baton of two underlying slates is visible. The method includes securing a first portion of a slate retainer to the baton visible between the two underlying slates. Once the replacement slate is in position, the second portion can flex back in order to retain the replacement slate in position relative to the baton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: HALL CLIP LIMITED
    Inventor: James Hall
  • Packet switching
    Patent number: 7864757
    Abstract: A packet switch having plural input sectors and output sectors, each input sector being arranged to hold at least one queue per output sector, each output sector having plural output ports and being arranged to hold at least one queue per output port wherein the input sectors are connected to the output sectors via links configured to afford speed-up of data transfer, wherein the links comprise a set of links, and wherein the switch has means for cyclically connecting different subsets of the set of links between the input sectors and the output sectors, and means responsive to statistical variations in traffic applied to input ports of said input sectors to vary the set of links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Cambridge University Technical Services Limited
    Inventors: Trevor James Hall, William Alden Crossland
  • SCANNING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENTERING A USER INPUT INTO THE APPARATUS USING A NON-ELECTRICAL CONTROL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100321734
    Abstract: A scanning apparatus and method for entering a user input into the apparatus uses a non-electrical control device having a target undersurface, which can be manually manipulated to a particular setting. The particular setting of the non-electrical control device is determined by processing an image of at least a portion of the target undersurface captured by a scan sensor of the scanning apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Marvell International Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: James A. Hall, JR., Douglas G. Keithley
  • Parking meter
    Patent number: 7854310
    Abstract: A parking meter assembly (10) including a base (11) that is to be fixed to or embedded in a ground surface, typically adjacent the curb that which a car is to be parked. The assembly (10) also includes a parking meter (13) having a front face (17) that includes a coin slot (25) a card slot (20) and a control panel (21). The parking meter (13) further includes a rear face (27) having a window aperture (28) that provides for the transmission of light to a solar panel (29) behind the aperture (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: IPS Group, Inc.
    Inventors: David William King, Murray David Kirby Hunter, Mathew James Hall, David Andrew Jones
  • Method of manufacture of dual titanium alloy impeller
    Patent number: 7841506
    Abstract: There is provided a method for fabricating a dual alloy structure that may in turn be machined to fabricate a rotary component such as an impeller for use in a gas turbine engine. The method provides a first titanium alloy and a second titanium alloy. The first titanium alloy displays characteristics, such as high strength, suitable for application in the bore area of an impeller. The second titanium alloy displays characteristics, such as high temperature creep resistance, suitable for use in the outer radial area of an impeller. A bore subelement is fabricated from the first titanium alloy. A body subelement is fabricated from the second titanium alloy. The bore subelement and body subelement are joined by inertia welding at a common welding surface. Each subelement and/or the resulting welded structure is heat treated to achieve a desired microstructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Hall, Krish Krishnamurthy
  • Scanning apparatus and method for entering a user input into the apparatus using a non-electrical control device
    Patent number: 7798407
    Abstract: A scanning apparatus and method for entering a user input into the apparatus uses a non-electrical control device having a target undersurface, which can be manually manipulated to a particular setting. The particular setting of the non-electrical control device is determined by processing an image of at least a portion of the target undersurface captured by a scan sensor of the scanning apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Marvell International Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: James A. Hall, Jr., Douglas G. Keithley
  • Nano-particle preparation and applications
    Patent number: 7795344
    Abstract: A nano-particle composition including a poly(alkenylbenzene) core and a poly(conjugated diene), a poly(alkylene), or a poly(alkenylbenzene) surface layer is provided. The nano-particles have a mean average diameter of less than about 100 nm. The nano-particles can be modified via, for example, hydrogenation or functionalization. The nano-particles can be advantageously be incorporated into rubbers, elastomers, and thermoplastics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaorong Wang, Chenchy Jeffrey Lin, James Hall, Sandra Warren, James Krom, Hajime Kondo, Koichi Morita
  • Mold for forming a hearing protective device
    Patent number: 7731487
    Abstract: A mold for forming a foam earplug including a lower mold portion including a lower cavity; and an upper mold portion including an upper cavity and a means for venting a gas during a rising of the foam, wherein the lower and upper mold portions are engageable so as to communicably engage the lower and upper cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Richard Knauer, Alan R. Seville, Robert N. Falco, James Hall, Lori S. Hall, legal representative
  • Top crescent lattice assembly clip
    Patent number: D644505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Temo, Inc.
    Inventor: James Hall