Patents by Inventor James Powers
James Powers 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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Patent number: 10605197Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a thrust reverser for a gas turbine engine. As a translating cowl is translated aft from the nacelle of the gas turbine engine, a cascade is also translated in the aft direction and a blocker door coupled to the cascade is pivoted into a fan duct, thereby diverting air in the fan duct through the cascade. In the stowed position, both the cascade and the blocker door are disposed radially outward of a radially inner wall of the nacelle and/or the translating cowl.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Nigel David Sawyers-Abbott, James Power
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Publication number: 20200057815Abstract: An image-based item identifying system and method including a mobile device hosting an application software in communication with a server via a communication network and a database on the server. The mobile device having a built-in camera is configured to capture a digital image of an object. The digital image of the object is submitted or uploaded to a search engine on the server to be analyzed. The application software then analyzes and matches the object included in the digital image with a stored object identifier of the object. Information regarding a captured the object is transmitted to a user and displayed on a display of the mobile device. The system allows a user to identify an object in real-time and learn about the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2018Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventor: Randy James Powers
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Patent number: 9765067Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Christopher M. Adams, David B. Belanger, Doug Bevan, Takeru Ehara, Luciana Ferrara, Nan Ji, Donglei Liu, Erik Meredith, Muneto Mogi, James Powers, Ganesh Prasanna, Mitsunori Kato
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Publication number: 20170245809Abstract: A monitoring system is disclosed for in vivo monitoring of preselected physiological parameters associated with acute and/or chronic tissue compromise or failure in one or multiple tissue/organ sites in real time. In one method, a body portion of a surgical stapling device is positioned adjacent a first tissue section, an anvil assembly adapted to engage the body portion is positioned adjacent a second tissue section, and a monitoring device is positioned adjacent the first and/or second tissue sections. The monitoring device includes a sensor adapted to measure a preselected physiological parameter and a transmitter for transmitting signal to an extracorporeal receiving unit. The surgical stapling device is fired to mechanically secure the first and second tissue sections with at least one staple and the preselected physiological parameter is monitored via the information transmitted from the monitoring device to the receiving unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2017Publication date: August 31, 2017Inventors: Yong Ma, Nelson Scarborough, Marisha Godek, Rohan Shah, James Power, Nilay Mukherjee, Frank Viola, Edward Mckenna, Shannon Campbell
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Publication number: 20170201599Abstract: Method, apparatus and computer program product embodiments are provided for distributing and installing content and settings on client devices without receiving any user input at the client devices, which limit usage of the client device a user at the client device to a first set of the usage activities. A device controller may remotely configure and control client devices by providing instructions and content for distribution to the client devices. The instructions may cause the client devices to install the content on the client devices without requiring any user input to initiate the installation or during installation of the content. The client device may be further configured to allow management of the client device by the device controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2017Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventors: Kenneth NORTH, Ragini Rajendra PRASAD, Michael James POWER, Haroun Ansari Mohammed ANSARI, Neeraj PENDSE
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Patent number: 9676728Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Christopher Adams, Takeru Ehara, Keith Jendza, Nan Ji, Rajeshri Ganesh Karki, Toshio Kawanami, Nello Mainolfi, James Powers, Michael Serrano-Wu, Chun Zhang
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Patent number: 9649113Abstract: A monitoring system is disclosed for in vivo monitoring of preselected physiological parameters associated with acute and/or chronic tissue compromise or failure in one or multiple tissue/organ sites in real time. In one method, a body portion of a surgical stapling device is positioned adjacent a first tissue section, an anvil assembly adapted to engage the body portion is positioned adjacent a second tissue section, and a monitoring device is positioned adjacent the first and/or second tissue sections. The monitoring device includes a sensor adapted to measure a preselected physiological parameter and a transmitter for transmitting signal to an extracorporeal receiving unit. The surgical stapling device is fired to mechanically secure the first and second tissue sections with at least one staple and the preselected physiological parameter is monitored via the information transmitted from the monitoring device to the receiving unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2012Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Yong Ma, Nelson Scarborough, Marisha Godek, Rohan Shah, James Power, Nilay Mukherjee, Frank Viola, Edward McKenna, Shannon Campbell
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Patent number: 9610133Abstract: A wireless laparoscopic camera system includes a housing having proximal and distal ends and a lens disposed at the distal end thereof. A chip package is disposed within the housing. The chip package is positioned proximally of the lens and includes an image sensor, a processing component, and a wireless transmitter. The image sensor, the processing component, and the wireless transmitter are configured as bare die and are stacked and coupled in sequence with respect to one another to form the chip package. The chip package is configured to convert an optical image produced by the lens into an electrical signal. The signal is transmitted wirelessly to a wireless receiver positioned remote of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2011Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Yong Ma, Eric Stanley, Ravi Durvasula, James Power
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Publication number: 20160178158Abstract: An optically transmissive enclosure for a lamp comprises a molded plastic first layer and a light diffusive second layer bonded to the molded plastic first layer over an exit surface of the enclosure comprising a light diffusive in-mold film. The lamp includes a base and a light source operable to emit light when energized through an electrical path from the base. The first layer is substantially clear. A method for making the enclosure is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2014Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventor: David James Power
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Publication number: 20160169157Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a thrust reverser for a gas turbine engine. As a translating cowl is translated aft from the nacelle of the gas turbine engine, a cascade is also translated in the aft direction and a blocker door coupled to the cascade is pivoted into a fan duct by means of a camming surface, thereby diverting air in the fan duct through the cascade. In the stowed position, both the cascade and the blocker door are disposed radially outward of a radially inner wall of the nacelle and/or the translating cowl.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Nigel David Sawyers-Abbott, James Power
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Publication number: 20160153399Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a thrust reverser for a gas turbine engine. As a translating cowl is translated aft from the nacelle of the gas turbine engine, a cascade is also translated in the aft direction and a blocker door coupled to the cascade is pivoted into a fan duct, thereby diverting air in the fan duct through the cascade. In the stowed position, both the cascade and the blocker door are disposed radially outward of a radially inner wall of the nacelle and/or the translating cowl.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2015Publication date: June 2, 2016Inventors: Nigel David Sawyers-Abbott, James Power
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Patent number: 9187965Abstract: A method associated with the selection of tubulars for hydrocarbon production is described based upon evaluating the performance limits of threaded connections. Constituents of an evaluation group of threaded connections are determined and then a first group of the connections is evaluated via model analysis over a range of conditions. Then, physical testing on a first group of threaded connections in the evaluation group is conducted over that range of conditions. Once modeled, the results from the physical testing and the modeling analysis of the first group are compared to assess a characteristic performance factor for the first group. A second group of threaded connections are determined and the assessed performance factor from the first group is applied to a second group, and the performance limits of the second group are defined over the range of conditions based on this characteristic performance factor, without requiring testing the second group.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research CompanyInventors: A. S. David Khemakhem, Mark W. Biegler, David A. Baker, Jason A. Burdette, Bruce A. Dale, John W. Mohr, Ismail Ceyhan, James Powers, James H. Myers, Marcus Asmann
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Publication number: 20150199667Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatus, method, and system embodiments for securing a cloud-based point-of-sale device. An embodiment includes a processing module and a communication module. The processing module is configured to operate with an operating system (OS) secured against alteration and to perform one or more purchase transactions. The communication module is configured to selectively enable acceptance of data via a secure communications path.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2014Publication date: July 16, 2015Applicant: ELO TOUCH SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Ranil Ignatius FERNANDO, Kenneth NORTH, Susan SWEI, Ragini Rajendra PRASAD, Michael James POWER, Chatura Chamika DISSANAYAKE, Haroun Ansari Mohammed ANSARI
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Patent number: 8807970Abstract: A multistage electric motor includes a plurality of motor stages connected in series, each motor stage comprising a stator, and a rotor; a plurality of cooling fluid paths, each cooling fluid path forming a recirculating loop independent of the other cooling fluid paths, each cooling fluid path in communication with the stator of one of motor stages; and a cooling fluid flowing through each cooling fluid path, the cooling fluid removing heat from the stator of each motor stage. A submersible pump including the multistage electric motor, and a method of cooling the multistage electric motor are also described.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2010Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Flowserve Management CompanyInventors: Behrend Goswin Schlenhoff, Axel Helmut Tank-Langenau, Charles James Powers, Thomas Albers
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Patent number: 8672436Abstract: A system and method is provided for compensating for a faulty ink jet in a target printhead in an ink jet imaging system having a plurality of printheads arranged to span a maximum printing width that includes defining a typical printing width less than the maximum printing width and swapping the target printhead with a printhead situated in the margin outside the typical printing width. The system and method permits swapping the target printhead with a margin printhead that has a faulty ink jet provided that the location of the faulty ink jet in the margin printhead does not coincide or align with a faulty ink jet in printheads adjacent the target printhead.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2010Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Russell James Powers, Jan Enderle, Jeffrey J. Folkins
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Publication number: 20140041864Abstract: A method associated with the selection of tubulars for hydrocarbon production is described based upon evaluating the performance limits of threaded connections. Constituents of an evaluation group of threaded connections are determined and then a first group of the connections is evaluated via model analysis over a range of conditions. Then, physical testing on a first group of threaded connections in the evaluation group is conducted over that range of conditions. Once modeled, the results from the physical testing and the modeling analysis of the first group are compared to assess a characteristic performance factor for the first group. A second group of threaded connections are determined and the assessed performance factor from the first group is applied to a second group, and the performance limits of the second group are defined over the range of conditions based on this characteristic performance factor, without requiring testing the second group.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Inventors: A.S. David Khemakhem, Mark W. Biegler, David A. Baker, Jason A. Burdette, Bruce A. Dale, John W. Mohr, Ismail Ceyhan, James Powers, James H. Myers, Marcus Asmann
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Publication number: 20140031665Abstract: A system and method for determining endoscopic dimensional measurements including a projector assembly comprising a light source for projecting light through a telecentric lens and into a surgical site, and a mask coupled to the projector assembly. Light projected from the light source projects through the mask. The projected light through the mask may be a collimated pattern which does not significantly change in size as a function of the distance to a projected plane. The projected light patterns may include multiple wavelengths of light for measurements of different features of tissue and may be produced using a laser in conjunction with a light shaping optical diffuser, or using a light emitting diode in conjunction with a light shaping optical diffuser, or using a spatial filter. The projected light patterns may take the form of concentric rings with each ring representing a radius of a given dimension.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Inventors: Candido Dionisio Pinto, Ravi Durvasula, James Power, Yong Ma, Ashwini Kumar Pandey, Jonathan Thomas
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Patent number: 8590641Abstract: A method associated with the selection of tubulars for hydrocarbon production is described. In particular, the method is associated with the evaluation of performance limits of threaded connections. In this method, constituents of an evaluation group of threaded connections are determined via model analysis. Then, physical testing on a first group of threaded connections in the evaluation group is conducted. Modeling analysis on the first group and a second group of threaded connections is performed, wherein the second group are not physically tested. Once modeled, the results from the physical testing and the modeling analysis are compared to assess a characteristic performance factor for the first group. Then, the characteristic performance factor is applied to the second group, and the performance limits are defined based on this characteristic performance factor.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2006Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research CompanyInventors: A. S. David Khemakhem, Mark W. Biegler, David A. Baker, Jason A. Burdette, Bruce A. Dale, John W. Mohr, Ismail Ceyhan, James Powers, James H. Myers, Marcus Asmann
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Patent number: 8513111Abstract: A semiconductor structure may be covered with a thermally decomposing film. That film may then be covered by a sealing cover. Subsequently, the thermally decomposing material may be decomposed, forming a cavity.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2006Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Robert P. Meagley, Kevin P. O'Brien, Tian-An Chen, Michael D. Goodner, James Powers, Huey-Chiang Liou
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Patent number: 8414114Abstract: Disclosed is a system for priming a fluid jetting device. The system includes a fluid trench configured within a fluid jetting chip of the fluid jetting device and at least one first channel fluidly coupled to the fluid trench. The at least one first channel extends vertically between the fluid jetting chip and a mounting unit adapted to support the fluid jetting chip, and is adapted to supply a priming fluid to the fluid trench. The system further includes at least one second channel fluidly coupled to the fluid trench. The at least one second channel extends vertically between the fluid jetting chip and the mounting unit, and is adapted to drain-out the priming fluid from the fluid trench. Further disclosed are systems for priming a fluid jetting device, in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2010Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.Inventors: Jiandong Fang, Frank Anderson, Audrey Dale Rodgers, Timothy Lowell Strunk, James Powers