Patents by Inventor Mark Paul

Mark Paul 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: 20040107696
    Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus for controlling the air-fuel ratio demanded by a fuel controller in order to maintain optimum performance of a catalytic converter. Provided is an open loop fuel controller comprising a detector arranged down stream of a catalyst for detecting rich breakthrough; a catalyst model having an estimator for estimating a stored oxygen level in the catalyst; a comparator for comparing an estimated stored oxygen level with a plurality of predetermined thresholds; demand adjusting means for adjusting an air fuel ratio demand in dependence upon a received signal from said comparator and upon a received signal from said detector. A method of open loop fuel control is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Clive Harrison, Garon Nigel Heslop, Jon Dixon, Mark Paul Guerrier
  • Publication number: 20040075579
    Abstract: The “Emergency Vehicle Collision Avoidance Transponder” is a pre-warning device that alerts the driving public to emergency vehicle traffic in the immediate area. Thus decreasing the risk of collision between an emergency vehicle, in an emergency situation, and an unsuspecting vehicle that has not heard the siren or seen the emergency lights on the emergency vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventor: Mark Paul Golightly
  • Patent number: 6614340
    Abstract: A Full-Range fuse element assembly includes an insulative former having opposite first and second ends and electrically conducting connectors coupled to ends of the former. A plurality of fuse elements extend between the first connector and the second connector about the insulative former, and each of the fuse elements include a low current interrupting fuse element portion extending from the first connector and a high current limiting fuse element portion extending from the second connector. An insulative sleeve surrounds each of the low current interrupting fuse element portions, and each sleeve includes an end adjacent a respective one of the high current limiting fuse element portions. Each of the low current interrupting fuse element portions includes a weak spot located proximate the second end of a respective one of the sleeves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Harold John Handcock, Mark Paul Judson
  • Publication number: 20030128632
    Abstract: A fascia wash luminaire has a housing, a lamp socket and a refractor lens. The lamp socket mounts within the housing and is designed to hold a lamp in place within the housing. The refractor lens is trough shaped and is also held by the housing positioned under the light generation region for focusing the light from the light generation region to the fascia more broadly beneath the luminaire and more narrowly to the sides of the luminaire. The lens is shaped such that the distance between the lens and light generation region is smaller directly under the light generation region than it is on either side of the light generation region. The luminaire may also have a reflector for boosting the light directed downward and diagonal to the luminaire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2003
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Mark Paul Jongewaard, Donald M. Perreira
  • Patent number: 6561670
    Abstract: A semi-recessed downlight wall wash canopy luminaire includes a plaster frame, a lamp socket, a lamp, a downlight reflector, a wall wash reflector, and a trim piece. The plaster frame mounts behind the canopy or ceiling sheeting for supporting the components of the luminaire in relation to an opening in the sheeting. The lamp socket holds the lamp above the opening. The downlight and wall wash reflectors are positioned in surrounding relation to the lamp. The wall wash reflector has a bottom portion which extends below the plaster frame and the sheeting for reflecting light toward a wall at high angles. A trim piece extends downward from the plaster frame and below the bottom portion of the wall wash reflector providing a finished appearance. The trim piece has a bottom opening and a side window, which may be covered by refractive lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Genlyte Thomas Group LLC
    Inventors: Mark Paul Jongewaard, Katsuhiro Unoki
  • Patent number: 6558023
    Abstract: A luminaire capable of providing up-lighting when suspended from above, or mounted from below, or wall lighting when mounted as a sconce, having a longitudinally extended tapered hollow shell body which is open in the direction of intended illumination, a lamp mounting assembly, a fixture mounting assembly, and a louver assembly which is positioned between a lamp mounted in the fixture and the surface to be illuminated. The louver assembly is an integral unit having a supporting member which carries longitudinally spaced light-transmissive louvers which project from the body opening toward the illuminated surface. Each louver is formed of a partial disk which may be arcuate (e.g. semi-circular or semi-elliptical) or polygonal, and may have a beveled peripheral surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Inventors: Stefano Casciani, Susan Hakkarainen, Mark Paul Jongewaard
  • Publication number: 20020109574
    Abstract: A Full-Range fuse element assembly includes an insulative former having opposite first and second ends and electrically conducting connectors coupled to ends of the former. A plurality of fuse elements extend between the first connector and the second connector about the insulative former, and each of the fuse elements include a low current interrupting fuse element portion extending from the first connector and a high current limiting fuse element portion extending from the second connector. An insulative sleeve surrounds each of the low current interrupting fuse element portions, and each sleeve includes an end adjacent a respective one of the high current limiting fuse element portions. Each of the low current interrupting fuse element portions includes a weak spot located proximate the second end of a respective one of the sleeves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Harold John Handcock, Mark Paul Judson
  • Publication number: 20020093426
    Abstract: A radio frequency identification (“RFID”) device (102) having stored thereon an expiration and a set of data bits which, when presented to a processing device (602) via a RFID reader (206), causes the processing device (602) to enable a feature that would otherwise be disabled in an electronic device (600), and disable the feature when the expiration reaches a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Miles R. Jackson, Joseph F. Wodka, Timothy James Collins, Patrick L. Rakers, Mark Paul Lill
  • Publication number: 20020089852
    Abstract: A luminaire capable of providing desirably uniform up-lighting when suspended from above, or mounted from below, or similarly uniform wall lighting when mounted as a sconce, having a longitudinally extended tapered hollow shell body which is open in the direction of intended illumination, a lamp mounting assembly, a fixture mounting assembly, and a louver assembly which is positioned between a lamp mounted in the fixture and the surface to be illuminated. The louver assembly is an integral unit having a supporting member which carries longitudinally spaced light-transmissive louvers which project from the body opening toward the illuminated surface. Each louver is formed of a partial disk which may be arcuate (e.g. semi-circular or semi-elliptical) or polygonal, and may have a beveled peripheral surface. The louver assembly is designed to produce the desired uniform illumination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: Stefano Casciani, Susan Hakkarainen, Mark Paul Jongewaard
  • Patent number: 6390782
    Abstract: A variable control valve 10 for a gas compression system is disclosed for a gas compressor 100 with a piston 116 having a variable displacement within a compression chamber 114 of the gas compressor. A pressure within a crankcase chamber 118 of the gas compressor acts upon the piston A diaphragm 36 within the control valve, controls a flow of high and low pressure gas into and out of the pressure chamber, thus controlling the displacement of the piston. The diaphragm is acted upon by a predetermined reference pressure within a reference chamber 90 of the control valve. The predetermined reference pressure within the reference chamber is created by a flow into and out of the reference chamber of the high and low pressure gas. The predetermined reference pressure can be changed in order to optimize compressor output. This flow is controlled by reference chamber valve means (88, 86) operably coupled to the reference chamber, the reference chamber valve means being responsive to electrical signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Alumina Micro LLC
    Inventors: Steven Brent Booth, Jay Arthur Ballard, Mark Paul Ballard
  • Patent number: 6378946
    Abstract: A seat backrest frame (10) having an integrally formed rigid peripheral frame structure which, relative to an in-use orientation, has a plurality of frame portions, namely a pair of side portions (20) and transverse portions (22 and 24). Each of the frame portions (20, 22 and 24) has an elongate channel form defined by respective side flanges (20a, 22a, 24a, 20b, 22b, 24b), and an interconnecting web (20c, 22c, 24c). Each web (20c, 22c, 24c) being disposed forwardly of the frame structure with the channel of each frame portion opening rearwardly. Each side portion (20) defines a forwardly projecting wing (36) over at least the lower half of its length, such that the depth of each side portion channel in at least the region of the wing (36) is substantially greater than the depth of the channels of the transverse portions (22 and 24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Henderson's Industries PTY Ltd.
    Inventors: Matthew Alan Cope, Morris Taylor Murray, Mark Paul Spataro, Martin Raymond Young
  • Patent number: 6344700
    Abstract: A DC electrical power generation system for aircraft having primary and emergency generation systems is disclosed. The system includes a transmission driven power generator, a dedicated generator control unit and a distribution network for providing sufficient capacity to all electrical loads on the aircraft. The emergency power system includes at least one engine driven starter generators, with an associated controller unit and associated distribution network for providing sufficient backup capacity to electrical loads assigned thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignees: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Boeing Company
    Inventors: Mark Paul Eisenhauer, Gary Bowman
  • Patent number: 6338066
    Abstract: Given a log of previous web-surfer behavior listing the order in which each surfer downloaded specific items at the web site, and given a meaningful classification of those same items, future surfer behavior is predicted by the present invention. The algorithm utilizes a quantitative model relating items downloaded prior to some specified event to items downloaded after that same event. When the model is applied to a new surfer's session prior to an analogous event, the present invention predicts the likely behavior of the surfer subsequent to that event. The predicted behavior is then further analyzed to derive a quantitative value for the utility of the expected behavior. By randomly selecting sample sessions from a web log, multiple models of surfer behavior can be generated. The multiple models can then be applied to a new surfer's session to produce a predicted behavior/utility distribution and thus a confidence interval for the predicted behavior/utility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Charles Martin, Hansel Joseph Miranda, Mark Paul Plutowski, William Scott Spangler, Shivakumar Vaithyanathan, Kevin Wheeler, David Hilton Wolpert
  • Patent number: 6105921
    Abstract: A seat mounting mechanism for mounting a seat for adjustable fore and aft movement, the mechanism having an elongate fixed rail which is adapted to be securable to a substructure, pan or floor, a movable rail which is engageable with the fixed rail and adapted to be securable to a seat, and at least one locking member mounted on a first one of the fixed rail and the movable rails. The locking member is pivotable between an engagement position in which it locks the movable rail relative to the fixed rail and a retracted position in which it frees the movable rail for adjustment along the fixed rail. The locking member is mounted on the first rail for pivotable movement, between the engagement and retracted positions, about a pivot axis extending substantially parallel to the rails. The locking member has an engagement mechanism by which it is selectively engageable with an engagement mechanism of, and disposed along, a second one of the rails when the locking member is in its engagement position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Henderson's Industries Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: John Francis Carrig, Matthew Alan Cope, Morris Taylor Murray, Mark Paul Spataro, Martin Raymond Young
  • Patent number: 6055579
    Abstract: A system for synchronization of data processing in a data processing system including multiple command queues is disclosed. The disclosed data processing system includes one or more processing engines associated with one or more command queues. The use of multiple command queues supports multiple priority levels, such that commands in higher priority queues may preempt commands in lower priority queues. Data processing is synchronized by queue commands that allow a processing engine to queue commands on the command queue of any processing engine in the data processing system, including its own. Multiple data dependencies are resolved by conditional queue commands and event counters that queue a command only when all of the conditions precedent to execution of a particular data processing command are satisfied. The hardware queuing of the disclosed invention advantageously synchronizes data processing with minimal software supervision and with minimal latency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Inventors: Girish Kumar Goyal, Robert Anthony William, Michael Ken Minakami, David Allen Lockett, Tarik Isani, Mark Paul von Gnechten
  • Patent number: 6015920
    Abstract: A process for hydrosilation reactions between olefins and hydrosilanes or hydrosiloxanes wherein a portion of the reactor output is recycled continuously to the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: CK Witco Corporation
    Inventors: Curtis L. Schilling, Patrick James Burns, James Stephen Ritscher, Mark Paul Bowman, Thomas Edgeworth Childress, Michael Ray Powell, Eric Michael Graban
  • Patent number: 5878153
    Abstract: A method for monitoring process parameters in a multiple step process for an article molded from a plastic material containing at least two constituents to determine propensity for adhesion of a subsequently applied coating includes imaging at least one region of the article to examine surface morphology and analyzing the surface morphology to identify one of the constituents. In a preferred embodiment, the method is applied to monitor a manufacturing process for a molded plastic bumper to determine adhesion propensity of a subsequently applied adhesion promoter or paint based on surface morphology of the component. Analysis of the surface morphology includes identifying the presence of rubber globules near the surface layer or skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Jarmilla Mikulec, John Xiaoyang Li, Mark Paul Everson
  • Patent number: 5690811
    Abstract: A method for extracting oil from oil-contaminated soil containing 2 to 5 wt. % oil, comprising contacting the oil-contaminated soil with a solvent in the presence of sonic energy in the frequency range of 0.5 to 2.0 kHz. Specifically, a solvent is first mixed with the oil-contaminated soil and the mixture is then formed into a slurry of oil-contaminated soil particles suspended in the solvent. Thereafter the oil-contaminated soil slurry is passed through a shaker screen to remove soil particles greater than 1/4 inch. The oil-contaminated soil slurry containing the smaller soil particles is then fed into the top of a vertically disposed, substantially rectangular shaped, hollow acoustic chamber of uniform cross-section. Fresh solvent is injected into the bottom of the acoustic chamber that flows upwardly through the acoustic chamber. The fresh solvent is injected at a rate low enough whereby the oil-contaminated soil particles fall by gravity through the upwardly flowing solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Mitchell Davis, James Mark Paul
  • Patent number: D436831
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Southco, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Pinkow, Gerry Clisham, Eric D. Hyp, Mark Paul Riel
  • Patent number: D465187
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: April Dawn Agee Walker, Dileep Kumar Ticku, Mark Paul Koontz