Patents by Inventor L. Ellis

L. Ellis 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).

  • AERODYNAMIC TRAILER SKIRT
    Publication number: 20140145467
    Abstract: A mechanism comprising of a trailer skirt for attachment beneath a lower, outer longitudinally extending edge of a trailer, containing a plurality dimples disposed upon a planar surface of the skirt, thereby improving aerodynamic efficiency. The plurality of dimples may have any number of shapes, including a variety of multi-sided polygonally shaped depressions. In one embodiment, the depressions have a plurality of frusto-spherical shaped depressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventor: Gary C.L. Ellis
  • INTEGRATED HEAT PUMP AND WATER HEATING CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20140123689
    Abstract: An integrated heat pump and water heating circuit for space heating and cooling and heating domestic water. The circuit includes a first heat exchanger for the domestic water, a second heat exchanger for the source (heat source/sink) with a first dedicated expansion valve, and a third exchanger for the space with a second dedicated expansion valve. The circuit has four modes of operation. In the first mode, the space is cooled and heat is rejected to the source. In the second mode, the space is heated while heat is absorbed from the source. In the third mode, the circuit absorbs heat from the source and heats the water supply. In a fourth mode, the water supply is heated and the space is cooled simultaneously. In each mode, one heat exchanger is inactive, and the charge from the inactive heat exchanger is reclaimed to the suction side of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: CLIMATE MASTER, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel L. Ellis, Shawn A. Hern
  • Antenna system for use in agricultural fields or other work areas
    Patent number: 8698695
    Abstract: An antenna system for use in an agricultural field or work area comprises a base having an upper side and a lower side opposite the upper side. A stake extends from the lower side. The stake is capable of mounting into the ground. A spring extends from the upper side of the base. A mast above the base is movably, resiliently mounted to the base by the spring. A lateral dielectric guard is mounted at or the near a top of the mast. An antenna is associated with the top of the mast, the antenna coupled to a transmission line that is secured to or by the mast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Jan M. Wyckoff, Vickie L. Ellis, Christopher A. Trapkus
  • AUTOMATED CONTROL OF OPENING AND CLOSING OF SYNCHRONOUS DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY ROWS
    Publication number: 20140043918
    Abstract: An apparatus including a protocol engine and a built-in self test (BIST) engine. The built-in self test (BIST) engine is coupled to the protocol engine. The built-in self test (BIST) engine may be configured to directly control when to open and close rows of a synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM) during double data rate (DDR) operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventors: Jackson L. Ellis, Shruti Sinha
  • Flexible flash commands
    Patent number: 8645618
    Abstract: A method of controlling a flash media system. The method includes providing a flash lane controller having a processor control mode and creating and presenting soft contexts. The soft contexts generally place the flash lane controller into the processor control mode. In the processor control mode, the flash lane controller stores the entire soft context, finishes executing any outstanding contexts, suspends normal hardware automation, and then executes the soft context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Vinay Ashok Somanache, Jackson L. Ellis, Michael S. Hicken, Timothy W. Swatosh, Martin S. Dell, Pamela S. Hempstead
  • Diagnostics and methods for removal and detection of interferents
    Patent number: 8609353
    Abstract: Described herein are substrates, methods, articles, and kits that are useful for removing interferents from samples for diagnostic purposes. The interferents are removed with phosphocellulose and cation exchange materials. These materials could also be used in vitro to improve the performance of a diagnostic assay or in vivo to remove the interferents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Systagenix Wound Management (US), Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchell C. Sanders, Diane L. Ellis-Busby, Jennifer M. Havard, James C. Comolli
  • Methods, peptides and biosensors useful for detecting a broad spectrum of bacteria
    Patent number: 8609358
    Abstract: Described herein are methods of detecting a wound infection and for detecting the presence or absence of bacteria, for example, wound bacteria in a sample, by contacting a sample with a peptide substrate derived from the modification of the reactive site loop (RSL) domain of the ? 1-proteinase inhibitor. In the current invention, we have demonstrated that these peptide substrates without the alpha 1 protein can be efficiently used as peptide substrates. The modification or the absence of modification of this peptide substrate by the enzyme produced and/or secreted by the bacteria, can serve as an indicator for the presence or absence of the bacteria in the sample. The present invention also features a biosensor for detecting the presence or absence of bacteria in a sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Systagenix Wound Management (US), Inc.
    Inventors: Shite Sebastian, Gerard J. Colpas, Diane L. Ellis-Busby, Jennifer M. Havard, Mitchell C. Sanders
  • Analyte sensors, methods for preparing and using such sensors, and methods of detecting analyte activity
    Patent number: 8420327
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for analyte sensors, methods for producing and using the analyte sensors, methods of detecting and/or measuring analyte activity, methods for characterizing analyte cellular activity, methods of detecting pH change in a system, method of controlling the concentration of an analyte in a system, fusion proteins, polynucleotides, and vectors corresponding to the analyte sensors, kits, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: April L. Ellis, Yiming Ye, Angela Holder, Yun Huang, Michael Kirberger, Jenny Jie Yang, Jin Zou, Wei Yang
  • Optimized arbiter using multi-level arbitration
    Patent number: 8412870
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a first sub-arbiter circuit and a second sub-arbiter circuit. The first sub-arbiter circuit may be configured to determine a winning channel from a plurality of channel requests based on a first criteria. The second sub-arbiter circuit may be configured to determine a winning channel received from the plurality of channel requests based on a second criteria. The second sub-arbiter may also be configured to optimize the order of the winning channels from the first sub-arbiter by overriding the first sub-arbiter if the second criteria creates a more efficient data transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Sheri L. Fredenberg, Jackson L. Ellis, Eskild T. Arntzen
  • ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR USE IN AGRICULTURAL FIELDS OR OTHER WORK AREAS
    Publication number: 20130027265
    Abstract: An antenna system for use in an agricultural field or work area comprises a base having an upper side and a lower side opposite the upper side. A stake extends from the lower side. The stake is capable of mounting into the ground. A spring extends from the upper side of the base. A mast above the base is movably, resiliently mounted to the base by the spring. A lateral dielectric guard is mounted at or the near a top of the mast. An antenna is associated with the top of the mast, the antenna coupled to a transmission line that is secured to or by the mast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Jan M. Wyckoff, Vickie L. Ellis, Christopher A. Trapkus
  • META DATA HANDLING WITHIN A FLASH MEDIA CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20130019051
    Abstract: A method for handling meta data stored in a page of a flash memory within a flash media controller. The method generally includes (i) defining the meta data on a per context basis, where the context is defined on a per page basis, (ii) when a size of the meta data is less than or equal to a predefined threshold, storing the complete meta data within a structure of the context, and (iii) when the size of the meta data is greater than the predefined threshold, defining meta data pointers within the context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Vinay Ashok Somanache, Michael S. Hicken, Pamela S. Hempstead, Timothy W. Swatosh, Jackson L. Ellis, Martin S. Dell
  • EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF FLASH INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20130019052
    Abstract: An apparatus including a first circuit, a second circuit, and a third circuit. The first circuit may be configured to maintain die-based information used for operation of a flash lane controller (FLC). The second circuit may be configured to manage contexts that are actively being processed by the flash lane controller (FLC). The third circuit may be configured to perform pipeline execution of a plurality of the contexts managed by the second circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Vinay Ashok Somanache, Jackson L. Ellis, Pamela S. Hempstead, Timothy W. Swatosh, Michael S. Hicken, Martin S. Dell
  • FLASH CONTROLLER HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE FOR FLASH DEVICES
    Publication number: 20130019053
    Abstract: A flash media controller including one or more dedicated data transfer paths, one or more flash lane controllers, and one or more flash bus controllers. The one or more flash lane controllers are generally coupled to the one or more dedicated data transfer paths. The one or more flash bus controllers are generally coupled to the one or more flash lane controllers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Vinay Ashok Somanache, Timothy W. Swatosh, Pamela S. Hempstead, Jackson L. Ellis, Michael S. Hicken, Martin S. Dell
  • FLEXIBLE FLASH COMMANDS
    Publication number: 20130019050
    Abstract: A method of controlling a flash media system. The method includes providing a flash lane controller having a processor control mode and creating and presenting soft contexts. The soft contexts generally place the flash lane controller into the processor control mode. In the processor control mode, the flash lane controller stores the entire soft context, finishes executing any outstanding contexts, suspends normal hardware automation, and then executes the soft context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Vinay Ashok Somanache, Jackson L. Ellis, Michael S. Hicken, Timothy W. Swatosh, Martin S. Dell, Pamela S. Hempstead
  • Power savings and/or dynamic power management in a memory
    Patent number: 8339891
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a plurality of buffers and a memory controller. The plurality of buffers may each be configured to generate an access request signal in response to a respective one of a plurality of channel requests received from a respective one of a plurality of clients. The memory controller circuit may be configured to generate a clock enable signal in response to the plurality of access request signals. The clock enable signal may be configured to initiate entering and exiting a power savings mode of a memory circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Eskild T. Arntzen, Jackson L. Ellis
  • Illuminated mirror design and method
    Publication number: 20120307490
    Abstract: An illumination system including an elongate rectangular mirror; a first diffuser mounted on a first side of said mirror in parallel relation along an longitudinal axis thereof; a second diffuser mounted on a second side of said mirror in parallel relation along said longitudinal axis; and an array of light emitting diodes mounted along an edge of said first and said second diffusers. The light emitting diodes are mounted on a heat sink disposed on a backplane behind the mirror and the diffusers. Arrangements are provided for adjusting the color temperature and intensity of the system and for sensing motion and activating the system in response thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventor: Mary L. Ellis
  • Quantum burst arbiter and memory controller
    Patent number: 8285892
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising an arbiter circuit, a protocol engine circuit and a channel router circuit. The arbiter circuit may be configured to determine a winning channel from a plurality of channel requests based on a first criteria. Each of the plurality of channel requests may represent a burst of data having a fixed length aligned to an address boundary of a memory. The protocol engine circuit may be configured to receive a signal from the arbiter circuit indicating the winning channel. The protocol engine circuit may also be configured to perform a memory protocol at a granularity equal to the burst of data. The channel router circuit may be configured to present the plurality of channel requests to the arbiter circuit and the protocol engine circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Eskild T. Arntzen, Sheri L. Fredenberg, Jackson L. Ellis, Robert W. Warren
  • Programmable movement of an orientation of a game character view of a game environment
    Patent number: 8142286
    Abstract: A control system comprises a control device comprising a programmable macro button, a memory containing view change settings, a driver program and a microprocessor. The driver program includes a view change output that is produced in response to actuation of the macro button and is based on the view change settings. The microprocessor is configured to move the orientation of the character view of the game environment from a beginning orientation to an ending orientation in response to the view change output. Also disclosed is a method of using a control system to move an orientation of a character view of a game environment in a video game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Babak Sayyadi, Sarah J. Fuelling, Devon L. Ellis, Daniel M. Sangster
  • Transformerless power over ethernet system
    Patent number: 8132027
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a powered device (PD) (402) has a PHY module (410) and a media access controller (419) (MAC), the PD (402) adapted to connect to power sourcing equipment (PSE) via a cable, (408) where the PD (402) is adapted to communicate with and receive power from the PSE via the cable, in accordance with the Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) standard. The PD (402) extracts (413) from the cable (408) a DC signal used to power the PD without using a transformer. Capacitors (420) located in the signal paths between the MAC (419) and the cable (408) support electrical isolation of the MAC (419).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Agere Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Blaha, Luis de La Torre, Alan L. Ellis, Gary D. Polhemhus, Patrick J. Quirk
  • OPTIMIZED ARBITER USING MULTI-LEVEL ARBITRATION
    Publication number: 20110296068
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a first sub-arbiter circuit and a second sub-arbiter circuit. The first sub-arbiter circuit may be configured to determine a winning channel from a plurality of channel requests based on a first criteria. The second sub-arbiter circuit may be configured to determine a winning channel received from the plurality of channel requests based on a second criteria. The second sub-arbiter may also be configured to optimize the order of the winning channels from the first sub-arbiter by overriding the first sub-arbiter if the second criteria creates a more efficient data transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Sheri L. Fredenberg, Jackson L. Ellis, Eskild T. Arntzen