Patents by Inventor Leslie Watson
Leslie Watson 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: 9236214Abstract: A magnetron has an anode body (1) and including a ceramic sleeve (7). In higher power generators, stray radiation is emitted from this sleeve in addition to the main power launched from the antenna into the waveguide (2), and RF absorbing material is provided. Such absorbers, however, tend to be frequency-selective, and can overheat. According to the invention, a non-metallic jacket (13) containing a dielectric liquid such as water surrounds the sleeve. This provides absorption over a broad band of frequencies, and it is easy to make the jacket have a sufficiently high thermal capacity, for example, by arranging a flow of liquid through it.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2012Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: E2V Technologies (UK) LimitedInventor: Victor Leslie Watson
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Patent number: 9081648Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a software architecture encoded on a computer readable medium is disclosed. The software architecture can be utilized for developing in-vehicle software applications for installation and execution on an in-vehicle computer system. The software architecture includes a number of vehicle application program interfaces (APIs) for accessing vehicles systems or data and for developing in-vehicle software applications; and a number of policy restrictions underlying the vehicle APIs for restricting the level of access to vehicle systems and data while the in-vehicle software application is being developed.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2012Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: Ford Motor CompanyInventors: Hari Srinivasan, David Leslie Watson, Matthew Whitaker, Emily Reyna
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Publication number: 20140021859Abstract: A magnetron has an anode body (1) and including a ceramic sleeve (7). In higher power generators, stray radiation is emitted from this sleeve in addition to the main power launched from the antenna into the waveguide (2), and RF absorbing material is provided. Such absorbers, however, tend to be frequency-selective, and can overheat. According to the invention, a non-metallic jacket (13) containing a dielectric liquid such as water surrounds the sleeve. This provides absorption over a broad band of frequencies, and it is easy to make the jacket have a sufficiently high thermal capacity, for example, by arranging a flow of liquid through it.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: E2V Technologies (UK) LimitedInventor: Victor Leslie Watson
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Publication number: 20120173044Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a software architecture encoded on a computer readable medium is disclosed. The software architecture can be utilized for developing in-vehicle software applications for installation and execution on an in-vehicle computer system. The software architecture includes a number of vehicle application program interfaces (APIs) for accessing vehicles systems or data and for developing in-vehicle software applications; and a number of policy restrictions underlying the vehicle APIs for restricting the level of access to vehicle systems and data while the in-vehicle software application is being developed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2012Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: FORD MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Hari Srinivasan, David Leslie Watson, Matthew Whitaker, Emily Reyna
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Patent number: 8161454Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a software architecture encoded on a computer readable medium is disclosed. The software architecture can be utilized for developing in-vehicle software applications for installation and execution on an in-vehicle computer system. The software architecture includes a number of vehicle application program interfaces (APIs) for accessing vehicles systems or data and for developing in-vehicle software applications; and a number of policy restrictions underlying the vehicle APIs for restricting the level of access to vehicle systems and data while the in-vehicle software application is being developed.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2007Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Ford Motor CompanyInventors: Hari Srinivasan, David Leslie Watson, Matthew Whitaker, Emily Reyna
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Patent number: 7898405Abstract: An information display for a vehicle includes an indicator arrangement having a visual display configured to provide driver demand information to a vehicle driver. The visual display includes a dynamic target range for operating the vehicle, which includes a first boundary and a second boundary indicating a driver demand that would cause the engine to start. A control system includes at least one controller, and is configured to receive at least one input related to current operating conditions of the vehicle and to provide at least one output to the indicator arrangement to position the target range on the visual display and to indicate to the driver a current level of driver demand. In this way, the visual display indicates to the driver the current level of driver demand relative to the position of the target range.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2008Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stephen Richard Burke, Angela L. Watson, David Leslie Watson, Michael Scott Lerman, Ryan J. Skaff
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Publication number: 20090243827Abstract: An information display for a vehicle includes an indicator arrangement having a visual display configured to provide driver demand information to a vehicle driver. The visual display includes a dynamic target range for operating the vehicle, which includes a first boundary and a second boundary indicating a driver demand that would cause the engine to start. A control system includes at least one controller, and is configured to receive at least one input related to current operating conditions of the vehicle and to provide at least one output to the indicator arrangement to position the target range on the visual display and to indicate to the driver a current level of driver demand. In this way, the visual display indicates to the driver the current level of driver demand relative to the position of the target range.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2008Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Stephen Richard Burke, Angela L. Watson, David Leslie Watson, Michael Scott Lerman, Ryan J. Skaff
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Publication number: 20080234929Abstract: An occupant of a vehicle requests locations of interest from a remote provider. Locations of interest are identified based on the current location of the vehicle and a social network of the occupant. The locations of interest are provided to the vehicle via a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2007Publication date: September 25, 2008Applicant: FORD MOTOR COMPANYInventors: David Leslie Watson, Thomas Giuli, Krishnaswamy Venkatesh Prasad
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Publication number: 20080177554Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a software architecture encoded on a computer readable medium is disclosed. The software architecture can be utilized for developing in-vehicle software applications for installation and execution on an in-vehicle computer system. The software architecture includes a number of vehicle application program interfaces (APIs) for accessing vehicles systems or data and for developing in-vehicle software applications; and a number of policy restrictions underlying the vehicle APIs for restricting the level of access to vehicle systems and data while the in-vehicle software application is being developed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2007Publication date: July 24, 2008Applicant: FORD MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Hari Srinivasan, David Leslie Watson, Matthew Whitaker, Emily Reyna
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Patent number: 7297677Abstract: The present invention provides a composition preferably a pet foodstuff comprising pantothenic acid, nicotinamide, histidine, inositol and choline wherein pantothenic acid is provided at a level of 10 mg to 500 mg per 400 kcal per day, its use in the treatment of a skin disorder and methods of controlling a skin disorder. The invention further provides a method of manufacturing a composition of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2004Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Mars IncorporatedInventors: Timothy Richard Fray, Peter John Markwell, Adrian Leslie Watson
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Publication number: 20070134131Abstract: A pathology distribution system 10 is provided for automated sample container 14, 15 distribution. The system 10 comprises a loading station 500 for loading samples in primary containers 14 of different types, a sample handling station 16 for receiving the containers 14 and identifying the container types and samples therein, and a container distribution station 38 for distributing the containers in areas or racks in the distribution station 38 marked for analyzing processes prescribed for the samples therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2007Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: A.I. SCIENTIFIC PTY LTD.Inventors: Leslie Watson, Christoph Tschopp, Ross Weaver, Ian Henderson, Pieter Kuiper, Christian Decosterd