Patents by Inventor Lee A. Cole
Lee A. Cole 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: 9738222Abstract: This invention relates in general to the field of safety devices, and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to systems and methods for providing advanced warning and risk evasion when hazardous conditions exist. In one embodiment, a vicinity monitoring unit is provided for monitoring, for example, oncoming traffic near a construction zone. In some embodiments, the vicinity monitoring unit may be mounted onto a construction vehicle to monitor nearby traffic and send a warning signal if hazardous conditions exist. In some embodiments, personnel tracking units may be worn by construction workers and the personnel tracking units may be in communication with the vicinity monitoring unit. In some embodiments, a base station is provided for monitoring activities taking place in or near a construction site including monitoring the locations of various personnel and vehicles within the construction site.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Oldcastle Materials, Inc.Inventors: Edwin Hathaway, Mark Green, Kent Baumann, Chad Green, Lee Cole, Chris Schwedtmann, Nathan Creech
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Publication number: 20170057637Abstract: Presently disclosed crew rest systems for an aircraft may provide an upper crew rest positioned in the crown portion of the aircraft and a lower crew rest positioned in the cargo area of the aircraft, with both the upper crew rest and the lower crew rest being accessible from a single entrance enclosure. Each of the upper crew rest and lower crew rest may include one or more bunks, or locations for a crew member to rest (e.g., lie down). Such crew rest systems may be customizable and/or modular, such that the number of bunks in the upper crew rest and/or lower crew rest may be selectively increased or decreased. In some examples, the lower crew rest may be selectively removable, and replaced with a cargo pallet or cargo container. Related methods of customizing such crew rest systems are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventor: Bobbie Lee Cole
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Publication number: 20160304028Abstract: This invention relates in general to the field of safety devices, and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to systems and methods for providing advanced warning and risk evasion when hazardous conditions exist. In one embodiment, a vicinity monitoring unit is provided for monitoring, for example, oncoming traffic near a construction zone. In some embodiments, the vicinity monitoring unit may be mounted onto a construction vehicle to monitor nearby traffic and send a warning signal if hazardous conditions exist. In some embodiments, personnel tracking units may be worn by construction workers and the personnel tracking units may be in communication with the vicinity monitoring unit. In some embodiments, a base station is provided for monitoring activities taking place in or near a construction site including monitoring the locations of various personnel and vehicles within the construction site.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: Oldcastle Materials, Inc.Inventors: Edwin Hathaway, Mark Green, Kent Baumann, Chad Green, Lee Cole, Chris Schwedtmann, Nathan Creech
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Patent number: 9365155Abstract: This invention relates in general to the field of safety devices, and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to systems and methods for providing advanced warning and risk evasion when hazardous conditions exist. In one embodiment, a vicinity monitoring unit is provided for monitoring, for example, oncoming traffic near a construction zone. In some embodiments, the vicinity monitoring unit may be mounted onto a construction vehicle to monitor nearby traffic and send a warning signal if hazardous conditions exist. In some embodiments, personnel tracking units may be worn by construction workers and the personnel tracking units may be in communication with the vicinity monitoring unit. In some embodiments, a base station is provided for monitoring activities taking place in or near a construction site including monitoring the locations of various personnel and vehicles within the construction site.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Oldcastle Materials, Inc.Inventors: Edwin Hathaway, Mark Green, Kent Baumann, Chad Green, Lee Cole, Chris Schwedtmann
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Publication number: 20150187003Abstract: Example embodiments include a method and system for managing intraday risk conditions. Data transaction specific data messages transmitted over a data communications network from a plurality of source nodes trading an article of trade with a plurality of destination nodes are processed. The messages include account parameter information. Intraday risk condition data is associated in memory with entity identification data associated with an entity. Using the entity identification data, account parameter information included in the processed data transaction specific data messages is identified that matches the intraday risk condition data for the entity. In response to an identified match, a data transaction involving the entity submitted via a communication session to a corresponding one of the plurality of destination nodes is modified to reduce intraday risk for the entity associated with the data transaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2014Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: Lee COLE, Douglas Guy KITTELSEN, Malcolm Gary LAFEVER, Ted Nathan MYERSON
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Publication number: 20150091716Abstract: This invention relates in general to the field of safety devices, and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to systems and methods for providing advanced warning and risk evasion when hazardous conditions exist. In one embodiment, a vicinity monitoring unit is provided for monitoring, for example, oncoming traffic near a construction zone. In some embodiments, the vicinity monitoring unit may be mounted onto a construction vehicle to monitor nearby traffic and send a warning signal if hazardous conditions exist. In some embodiments, personnel tracking units may be worn by construction workers and the personnel tracking units may be in communication with the vicinity monitoring unit. In some embodiments, a base station is provided for monitoring activities taking place in or near a construction site including monitoring the locations of various personnel and vehicles within the construction site.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: Edwin Hathaway, Mark Green, Kent Baumann, Chad Green, Lee Cole, Chris Schwedtmann
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Patent number: 8504168Abstract: A connection made between a contact and a conductor in an implantable lead assembly includes a slot, formed in the contact, and a crimp sleeve, attached to the contact; wherein the crimp sleeve includes a contact coupling, which rests within the contact slot, and a conductor coupling, crimped around the conductor, within a body of the lead assembly. The conductor coupling of the crimp sleeve may be pushed through the contact slot, anywhere along a length of the slot, so that the contact coupling comes to rest between opposing edges of the slot. A preferred profile of the contact coupling of the crimp sleeve is such that the contact coupling rests within the contact slot, without falling through to the inside diameter of the contact, prior to attachment thereto.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2010Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventor: Mary Lee Cole
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Patent number: 8386055Abstract: An implantable lead for a medical device with an isolated contact connection for connecting a conductor to a contact reduces the opportunity for conductor material to migrate to a contact or into a patient. The implantable lead comprises a lead body having a proximal end and a distal end, at least one conductor, at least one contact carried on the proximal end, at least one contact carried on the distal end, at least one coupling. The lead has an exterior surface. The conductor is contained in the lead body and extends from the lead proximal end to the distal end. The conductor is electrically insulated. The contact carried on the proximal end is electrically connected to the conductor. The coupling has a conductor coupling and a contact coupling. The conductor coupling is placed over the conductor and attached to the conductor. The contact coupling exits the lead body and has a weld to connect the contact coupling to the contact.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2011Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventor: Mary Lee Cole
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Patent number: 8306631Abstract: An implantable lead for a medical device with a coplanar coupling for connecting a conductor to a contact reduces conductor bending moments to improve lead reliability. The implantable lead comprises a lead body having a proximal end and a distal end, at least one conductor, at least one contact carried on the proximal end, at least one contact carried on the distal end, and at least one coupling. The lead body has an exterior surface. The conductor is contained in the lead body and extends from the lead proximal end to the distal end. The conductor is also electrically insulated. The contact carried on the proximal end is electrically connected to the conductor. The coupling has a conductor coupling and a contact coupling. The conductor coupling is placed over the conductor and attached to the conductor. The contact coupling exits the lead body and has a weld to connect the contact coupling to the contact.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2011Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Mary Lee Cole, Xavier Pardo, Brian T. Stolz
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Publication number: 20120179594Abstract: The technology described in this application allows a system to manage entities/users and associated Financial Articles of Trade (“FAT”) with different trading systems, institutions and entities. In particular, an Open Order Manager (“OOM”) manages a plurality of users in a user group, and preferably in real-time, monitors FAT transactions initiated and executed by the users. The OOM enables allocation and dynamic reallocation of the FAT amounts between and among “nodes” (e.g., a financial system or financial institution) which can include any subcomponent arrangement that has internal permission privileges which are not shared among other nodes but all of which are under control or ownership of a common party in interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2011Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: FTEN, INC.Inventors: Lee COLE, Douglas G. KITTELSEN, M. Gary LAFEVER, Ted MYERSON
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Publication number: 20110288620Abstract: An implantable lead for a medical device with a coplanar coupling for connecting a conductor to a contact reduces conductor bending moments to improve lead reliability. The implantable lead comprises a lead body having a proximal end and a distal end, at least one conductor, at least one contact carried on the proximal end, at least one contact carried on the distal end, and at least one coupling. The lead body has an exterior surface. The conductor is contained in the lead body and extends from the lead proximal end to the distal end. The conductor is also electrically insulated. The contact carried on the proximal end is electrically connected to the conductor. The coupling has a conductor coupling and a contact coupling. The conductor coupling is placed over the conductor and attached to the conductor. The contact coupling exits the lead body and has a weld to connect the contact coupling to the contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Mary Lee Cole, Xavier Pardo, Brian T. Stolz
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Publication number: 20110202118Abstract: An implantable lead for a medical device with an isolated contact connection for connecting a conductor to a contact reduces the opportunity for conductor material to migrate to a contact or into a patient. The implantable lead comprises a lead body having a proximal end and a distal end, at least one conductor, at least one contact carried on the proximal end, at least one contact carried on the distal end, at least one coupling. The lead has an exterior surface. The conductor is contained in the lead body and extends from the lead proximal end to the distal end. The conductor is electrically insulated. The contact carried on the proximal end is electrically connected to the conductor. The coupling has a conductor coupling and a contact coupling. The conductor coupling is placed over the conductor and attached to the conductor. The contact coupling exits the lead body and has a weld to connect the contact coupling to the contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.Inventor: Mary Lee Cole
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Patent number: 8000802Abstract: An implantable lead for a medical device with a coplanar coupling for connecting a conductor to a contact reduces conductor bending moments to improve lead reliability. The implantable lead comprises a lead body having a proximal end and a distal end, at least one conductor, at least one contact carried on the proximal end, at least one contact carried on the distal end, and at least one coupling. The lead body has an exterior surface. The conductor is contained in the lead body and extends from the lead proximal end to the distal end. The conductor is also electrically insulated. The contact carried on the proximal end is electrically connected to the conductor. The coupling has a conductor coupling and a contact coupling. The conductor coupling is placed over the conductor and attached to the conductor. The contact coupling exits the lead body and has a weld to connect the contact coupling to the contact.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2002Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Brian T. Stolz, Xavier Pardo, Mary Lee Cole
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Publication number: 20110166982Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a method and system associated with financial articles of trade may include comparing relevant portions of data pertaining to an attempted transaction, wherein the transaction may pertain to one in which an entity is financially liable but unaware. At least one embodiment includes monitoring market transaction activity data to determine when a trading entity has exceeded an aggregated limit, such as one or more trading sub-limits corresponding to one or more custodial prime brokers facilitating trading for the trading entity. At least one embodiment includes a pre-trade gateway to determine if an order violates a pre-trade risk based on information collected by a front-end analyzer. Possible actions include, but are not limited to, placing a null order, terminating a connection associated with the order, modifying the order so as not to violate a pre-trade risk check, and/or notifications to one or more entities.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2010Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: FTEN, INC.Inventors: Lee Cole, Douglas Guy Kittelsen, Malcolm Gary LaFever, Ted Nathan Myerson
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Patent number: 7953496Abstract: An implantable lead for a medical device with an isolated contact connection for connecting a conductor to a contact reduces the opportunity for conductor material to migrate to a contact or into a patient. The implantable lead comprises a lead body having a proximal end and a distal end, at least one conductor, at least one contact carried on the proximal end, at least one contact carried on the distal end, at least one coupling. The lead has an exterior surface. The conductor is contained in the lead body and extends from the lead proximal end to the distal end. The conductor is electrically insulated. The contact carried on the proximal end is electrically connected to the conductor. The coupling has a conductor coupling and a contact coupling. The conductor coupling is placed over the conductor and attached to the conductor. The contact coupling exits the lead body and has a weld to connect the contact coupling to the contact.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2003Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventor: Mary Lee Cole
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Publication number: 20110118814Abstract: An implantable lead for a medical device with a coplanar coupling for connecting a conductor to a contact reduces conductor bending moments to improve lead reliability. The implantable lead comprises a lead body having a proximal end and a distal end, at least one conductor, at least one contact carried on the lead body, and at least one coupling. The coupling is configured to exit the conductor lumen and mate with the contact while retaining the conductor coplanar to the lead body. The coupling includes a first region attached to the conductor, a second region located radially outward from the first region and void of the at least one conductor, and a third region located radially outward from the first region and the second region, the third region placed in a channel in the contact and having a weld to connect the coupling to the contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: MEDTRONIC, INC.Inventor: Mary Lee Cole
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Method for performing a coplanar connection between a conductor and a contact on an implantable lead
Patent number: 7856707Abstract: An implantable lead for a medical device with a coplanar coupling for connecting a conductor to a contact reduces conductor bending moments to improve lead reliability. The implantable lead comprises a lead body having a proximal end and a distal end, at least one conductor, at least one contact carried on the proximal end, at least one contact carried on the distal end, and at least one coupling. The lead body has an exterior surface. The conductor is contained in the lead body and extends from the lead proximal end to the distal end. The conductor is also electrically insulated. The contact carried on the proximal end is electrically connected to the conductor. The coupling has a conductor coupling and a contact coupling. The conductor coupling is placed over the conductor and attached to the conductor. The contact coupling exits the lead body and has a weld to connect the contact coupling to the contact.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2003Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventor: Mary Lee Cole -
Publication number: 20090184481Abstract: A quad roller skate for use on outdoor surfaces that has a unified structure that includes a quad boot permanently secured to a horizontal support plate and skate forward and rearward trucks permanently secured to the support plate. The front and rear left and right skates lie in left and right vertical planes spaced from the maximum side edges of the boot. The skate wheels have apexes that extend to a horizontal plane at least as high as the plane of the horizontal support plate and can extend higher. Each of the wheels preferably are thin width wheels and have semi-circular profiles.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2009Publication date: July 23, 2009Inventor: Lee Cole
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Publication number: 20080023928Abstract: This is a description of a quad roller skate for use on outdoor surfaces, including a traditional roller skate boot with a stiff sole, with the sole bottom, and the heel bottom being in general alignment with an imaginary horizontal plane. The sole and boot of the skate have opposed side edges with the wheels being positioned in vertical planes spaced from the opposed side edges. The wheels of the quad skate are of such diameter that each wheel apex is at least as high as the imaginary horizontal plane. The wheels can have larger diameters with the apexes being higher than the horizontal plane. A support plate is secured to the sole bottom and the heel bottom. Double action forward and rearward trucks with front and rear axles are mounted to the support plate. The skate has thin lightweight wheels having profiles defining a semicircular surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2006Publication date: January 31, 2008Inventor: Lee Cole
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Patent number: 7184840Abstract: An implantable lead for a medical device with an isolated contact connection for connecting a conductor to a contact reduces the opportunity for conductor material to migrate to a contact or into a patient. The implantable lead comprises a lead body having a proximal end and a distal end, at least one conductor, at least one contact carried on the proximal end, at least one contact carried on the distal end, at least one coupling. The lead has an exterior surface. The conductor is contained in the lead body and extends from the lead proximal end to the distal end. The conductor is electrically insulated. The contact carried on the proximal end is electrically connected to the conductor. The coupling has a conductor coupling and a contact coupling. The conductor coupling is placed over the conductor and attached to the conductor. The contact coupling exits the lead body and has a weld to connect the contact coupling to the contact.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2002Date of Patent: February 27, 2007Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Brian Stolz, Mary Lee Cole, Xavier E. Pardo