Patents by Inventor Larry Brim

Larry Brim 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).

  • Publication number: 20050217807
    Abstract: Lightweight sectional doors for cargo bodies and the like are reinforced by a reinforcing member supported on an inner wall surface of at least alternate ones of the panels of a multipanel door. The reinforcing member comprises an elongated, preferably extruded member having spaced apart coplanar flanges and an arcuate web interposed the flanges. An integral rib is disposed at the midpoint of the arcuate web to provide additional stiffness for the reinforcing member. The reinforcing member may be secured to selected door panels by mechanical fasteners, such as rivets, projecting through plastic sleeves disposed in slots in the flanges to allow for differential thermal expansion of the panels and the reinforcing members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Applicant: OVERHEAD DOOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Larry Brim, Charles Kellogg
  • Publication number: 20050197581
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and compositions calibrate a bio-photonic scanner detecting selected molecular structures of tissues, nondestructively, in vivo. The apparatus may include a processor, memory, and scanner. The scanner directs light nondestructively onto tissue in vivo, then receives back a radiant response through a system of mirrors and lenses back into the detector. Software for controlling the scanner and processing its output may be calibrated using a synthetic material to mimic the radiant response of tissue. Calibration may account for background fluorescence and elastic scattering, mimicking skin tissue materials having substantially no Raman scattering response of interest. Dopants may be added to the matrix of white scan material to mimic selected molecular structures in tissue. Matrix materials include a dilatant compound, and dopants include biological materials as well as K-type polarizing film and other materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: Scott Ferguson, Douglas Stevenson, John Fralick, Larry Brim, Jack Peterson, Kelvin Lau, Eric Moore, Lyle Gunderson
  • Publication number: 20050197580
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and set of compositions are disclosed for calibrating a bio-photonic scanner. The scanner detects selected molecular structures of tissues, nondestructively, in vivo. The apparatus may include a computer, including processor and memory connecting to the scanner, including an illuminator to direct light nondestructively onto tissue in vivo, a detector to detect an intensity of a radiant response of the tissue to the light, and a probe to direct light onto the subject and receive a radiant response back into the detector. The apparatus is calibrated using a synthetic material to mimic the radiant response of live tissue, correcting for background fluorescence and elastic scattering. Dopants in a matrix of synthetic material mimic selected molecular structures of tissue. Matrix materials include a dilatant compound, and dopants include biological materials as well as K-type polarizing film powdered and mixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: Scott Ferguson, Douglas Stevenson, John Fralick, Larry Brim, Jack Peterson, Kelvin Lau, Eric Moore, Lyle Gunderson
  • Publication number: 20050072536
    Abstract: Lightweight sectional doors for cargo bodies and the like are reinforced by a reinforcing member supported on an inner wall surface of at least alternate ones of the panels of a multipanel door. The reinforcing member comprises an elongated, preferably extruded member having spaced apart coplanar flanges and an arcuate web interposed the flanges. An integral rib is disposed at the midpoint of the arcuate web to provide additional stiffness for the reinforcing member. The reinforcing member may be secured to selected door panels by conventional mechanical fasteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Applicant: OVERHEAD DOOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Larry Brim, Charles Kellogg
  • Publication number: 20050011619
    Abstract: Sectional upward acting doors used in vehicle cargo bodies are provided with multiple generally planar door panels which are interconnected by spaced apart hinge assemblies. At least selected intermediate hinge assemblies are provided with hinge pin receiving bosses to receive elongated hinge pins extending between adjacent hinge assemblies and secured thereto. The hinge pins preferably comprise elongated cylindrical rods which form hinge pins for adjacent hinge assemblies and extend between adjacent hinge assemblies to form a reinforcing member to minimize lateral deflection of the door panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Applicant: OVERHEAD DOOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Berry, Charles Kellogg, Larry Brim