Patents by Inventor Joseph Walters

Joseph Walters 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).

  • Amusement ride
    Patent number: 6969323
    Abstract: An amusement ride combining rotational motion, linear motion, and tumbling motion. Rotational motion and linear motion are independently variable and tumbling motion is added at patrons option. For ride patrons this offers a wide variety of acceleration and speed experiences in a single ride. For ride operators this offers a ride that can give a mild ride to one group of patrons and follow it with a wild ride to the next group by merely changing velocities. For ride owners the ride gives a large patrons-per-hour capacity in a relatively small operating area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Joseph von Bose, Joseph Walter von Bose
  • Modular, scalable thermal solution
    Publication number: 20050225940
    Abstract: One embodiment of a modular, scalable cooling system includes a core cooling module configured to be thermally coupled to a heat-generating electronic device and a supplemental cooling module configured to be thermally coupled to the core cooling module. A first interface attached to the core cooling module is configured to thermally couple the core cooling module to the supplemental cooling module. The core cooling module and the supplemental cooling module may be used alone or in combination to dissipate heat from the heat-generating electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Joseph Walters, Zoran Stefanoski, Tommy Lee
  • Field changeable graphics system for a computing device
    Publication number: 20050225954
    Abstract: One embodiment of a field changeable graphics system for a computing device includes a graphics card and an interface assembly. The interface assembly is adapted to interface the graphics card with the motherboard of a computing device, without directly mounting the graphics card to the motherboard. One advantage of the disclosed graphics system is that it enables a computing device user to upgrade the existing device's graphics system. Thus, the user is not forced to purchase an entirely new computing device in order to take advantage of graphics innovations. This advantage is particularly significant for users of portable computing devices, such as laptop computers and PDAs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Daniel Driscoll, Joseph Walters, Craig Dowdall, Charles Buffington
  • Field changeable rendering system for a computing device
    Publication number: 20050225549
    Abstract: One embodiment of a field changeable rendering system includes an output device interfaced to a motherboard, a fixed rendering device mounted to the motherboard for generating information to be output on said output device, a connector for attaching a field-changeable rendering card to the motherboard, said field-changeable rendering card capable of housing a discrete rendering device for generating information to be output on said output device and detection circuitry for detecting that a field-changeable rendering card housing a discrete rendering device is coupled to said connector and causing information from said field-changeable rendering card housing a discrete rendering device to be output on said output device. One advantage of the disclosed edge connector is that it is compatible with a plurality of graphics cards and systems, thereby enabling a computing device user to upgrade the existing device's graphics system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Diamond, Luc Bisson, Ludger Mimberg, Joseph Walters
  • Environmentally friendly reactive fixture to allow localized surface engineering for improved adhesion to coated and non-coated substrates
    Publication number: 20040258850
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of increasing the surface energy of an article having a polymeric surface increasing the relative amount of nitrogen atoms or oxygen atoms within a portion of the surface to form a nitrogen or oxygen enriched surface layer. The method of the invention is advantageously applied to a vehicle body frame to facilitate adhesion of a windshield. In another embodiment of the invention a method for inhibiting sealer redeposition is provided in which a plastic component in an automobile is treated prior to being subjected to the various paint preprocessing baths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Ann Straccia, Joseph Walter Holubka, Larry P. Haack
  • 4-Oxo-4,7-dihydrothieno[2,3-b]pyridine-5-carboxamides as antiviral agents
    Patent number: 6831081
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula as described herein, which are useful as antiviral agents, in particular, as agents against viruses of the herpes family.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn
    Inventors: Mark E. Schnute, Fred L. Ciske, Michael J. Genin, Joseph Walter Strohbach, Suvit Thaisrivongs
  • 4-Oxo-4,7-dihydrothieno[2,3-b]pyridine-5-carboxamides as antiviral agents
    Publication number: 20040110786
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula as described herein, which are useful as antiviral agents, in particular, as agents against viruses of the herpes family.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Mark E. Schnute, Fred L. Ciske, Michael J. Genin, Joseph Walter Strohbach, Suvit Thaisrivongs
  • Heterocycle carboxamides as antiviral agents
    Publication number: 20040029879
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: David John Anderson, Thomas J. Beauchamp, Gordon L. Bundy, Fred L. Ciske, John R. Farrell, David R. Graber, Michael J. Genin, Thomas M. Judge, Malcolm Wilson Moon, Mark E. Schnute, Joseph Walter Strohbach, Suvit Thaisrivongs, Atli Thorarensen, Steven Ronald Turner, Valerie A. Vaillancourt, Allison J. Wolf
  • Pyridoquinoxaline antivirals
    Patent number: 6686356
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein R1 and R2 are as defined in the specification. The compounds are useful for the treatment of viral infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Joseph Walter Strohbach, Steven P. Tanis, Malcolm Wilson Moon
  • Pyrroloquinolones as antiviral agents
    Patent number: 6683181
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I which is useful as antiviral agents, in particular, as agents against viruses of the herpes family.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Pharmacia and Upjohn Comapny
    Inventors: Valerie A. Vaillancourt, Sandra Staley, Audris Huang, Richard Allen Nugent, Ke Chen, Sajiv K. Nair, James A. Nieman, Joseph Walter Strohbach
  • Information storage and retrieval device using macromolecules as storage media
    Publication number: 20040001371
    Abstract: A storage device for the storage and retrieval of arbitrary sequences of binary information provides areal densities exceeding terabytes per square centimeter (TB/cm2) and even petabytes per square centimeter (PB/cm2) in a 3D configuration. The information is encoded in long strands of biological or non-biological molecules such as artificial DNA, RNA or other synthetic molecules that form a macromolecule. The strands are written in-situ and, in some cases synthesized in-situ, transported to and from read and write stations and memory locations on the device. The data is read out by detecting individual bases or collection of bases directly from the strand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Applicant: The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
    Inventors: Masud Mansuripur, Pramod Kumar Khulbe, Joseph Walter Perry, Stephen Michael Kuebler, James Kevin Erwin
  • Pyridoquinoxaline antivirals
    Publication number: 20030207877
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Joseph Walter Strohbach, Steven P. Tanis, Malcolm Wilson Moon, James A. Nieman, Thomas J. Beauchamp, Jill M. Northuis, William D. McGhee
  • Heterocycle carboxamides as antiviral agents
    Patent number: 6624159
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I which is useful as antiviral agents, in particular, as agents against viruses of the herpes family.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: David John Anderson, Gordon L. Bundy, Fred L. Ciske, David R. Graber, Michael J. Genin, Thomas M. Judge, Malcolm Wilson Moon, Mark E. Schnute, Joseph Walter Strohbach, Suvit Thaisrivongs, Atli Thorarensen, Steven Ronald Turner, Valerie A. Vaillancourt, Allison J. Wolf
  • Pyrroloquinolones as antiviral agents
    Publication number: 20030153561
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Valerie A. Vaillancourt, Sandra Staley, Audris Huang, Richard Allen Nugent, Ke Chen, Sajiv K. Nair, James A. Nieman, Joseph Walter Strohbach
  • PYRIDOQUINOXALINE ANTIVIRALS
    Publication number: 20030130255
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Joseph Walter Strohbach, Steven P. Tanis, Malcolm Wilson Moon, William R. Perrault
  • Substituted quinolinecarboxamides as antiviral agents
    Patent number: 6544990
    Abstract: The present invention discloses disubstiuted 4-oxo-1,4-dihydro-3-quinolinecarboxamide derivatives. The compounds are useful as antiviral agents, in particular, as agents against viruses of the herpes family.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Valerie A. Vaillancourt, Joseph Walter Strohbach, Audris Huang
  • Pyrroloquinolones as antiviral agents
    Patent number: 6525049
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I which is useful as antiviral agents, in particular, as agents against viruses of the herpes family.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Valerie A. Vaillancourt, Sandra Staley, Audris Huang, Richard Allen Nugent, Ke Chen, Sajiv K. Nair, James A. Nieman, Joseph Walter Strohbach
  • 8-hydroxy-7-substituted quinolines as anti-viral agents
    Patent number: 6500842
    Abstract: The present invention provides for 8-hydroxy-7-substituted quinoline compounds such as formula IA These compounds are useful as anti-viral agents. Specifically, these compounds have anti-viral activity against the herpes virus, cytomegalovirus (CMV). Many of these compounds are also active against other herpes viruses, such as the varicella zoster virus, the Epstein-Barr virus, the herpes simplex virus and the human herpes virus type 8 (HHV-8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Valerie Ann Vaillancourt, Joseph Walter Strohbach, Olivier Bezencon, Suvit Thaisrivongs
  • Substituted quinolinecarboxamides as antiviral agents
    Publication number: 20020165253
    Abstract: The present invention discloses disubstiuted 4-oxo-1,4-dihydro-3-quinolinecarboxamide derivatives. The compounds are useful as antiviral agents, in particular, as agents against viruses of the herpes family.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Valerie A. Vaillancourt, Joseph Walter Strohbach, Audris Huang
  • Heterocycle carboxamides as antiviral agents
    Publication number: 20020025959
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: David John Anderson, Thomas J. Beauchamp, Gordon L. Bundy, Fred L. Ciske, John R. Farrell, David R. Graber, Michael J. Genin, Thomas M. Judge, Malcolm Wilson Moon, Mark E. Schnute, Joseph Walter Strohbach, Suvit Thaisrivongs, Atli Thorarensen, Steven Robert Turner, Valerie A. Vaillancourt, Allison J. Wolf