Patents by Inventor Michael A. Long

Michael A. Long 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).

  • CLEANING HEAD FOR AN IN-FLOOR POOL CLEANING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170159309
    Abstract: A cleaning head for an in-floor pool cleaning system is provided. The cleaning head includes a sleeve having a passage and an insert extending through the passage of the sleeve. The insert includes a flow path and an aperture, wherein the flow path is a curved, such as a question mark shape, and exits through the aperture. The insert is moveable between a first position with the aperture retained with in the sleeve and a second position with the aperture extending beyond the sleeve. The flow path may include an overturn at the aperture. The insert includes a nozzle, a nozzle housing, an upper guide, a lower guide and a weight with the flow path extending through each component. The nozzle includes an angled inlet opening that corresponds to an angled outlet opening of the nozzle housing that engage each other when the nozzle is coupled within the nozzle housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Scatterday, Michael Landis, Jason Addink, Mark Johnson, David Johnson, Robert Michael Long, Timothy Murphy
  • ADAPTER FOR POOL CLEANING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170114559
    Abstract: An adapter for a pool cleaning system is provided. The adapter includes a base member having a top and a bottom surface. The adapter also includes six upper ports coupled to the top surface of the base member, each upper port including an upper aperture extending through the upper port and through the base member. The adapter further includes five lower ports coupled to the bottom surface of the base member, each lower port including a lower aperture extending through the lower port and through the base member. In some embodiments, four of lower ports are in fluid communication four of the upper ports and one of the lower ports is in fluid communication with two of the upper ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Scatterday, David Johnson, Robert Michael Long, Timothy Murphy, Michael Landis
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A VAPOR FOR A CVD OR PVD DEVICE FROM MULTIPLE LIQUID OR SOLID SOURCE MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20170114445
    Abstract: In a method and a device for generating vapor for a CVD or PVD device, liquid or solid particles of a first source material are fed into a first heat transfer body via a first feed line. The first heat transfer body vaporizes the particles into a first vapor, which is transported by a carrier gas from the first heat transfer body into a second heat transfer body arranged after the first heat transfer body. The first heat transfer body is heated to a first temperature, and the second heat transfer body is heated to a second temperature. Liquid or solid particles of a second source material are fed into a second heat transfer body via a second feed line. The second heat transfer body vaporizes the particles into a second vapor, which is transported along with the first vapor out of the second heat transfer body by the carrier gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventor: Michael LONG
  • Optical transmittal storage networks
    Patent number: 9609402
    Abstract: Optical networks may store information or data therein by maintaining the information or data in motion. The optical networks may include optical fiber rings configured to receive optical signals comprising the information or data and to circulate the optical signals within the optical fiber rings. The optical signals and the information or data may be transferred out of the optical fiber rings in order to amplify the optical signals (e.g., to overcome losses due to attenuation within the optical fiber rings), to analyze the optical signals according to one or more processing techniques, or to transfer the information or data to another computer device upon request. If continued storage of the information or data is required, an optical signal including the information or data may be transferred back into the optical fiber rings and may continue to circulate therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Michael Long, Pragyana K. Mishra
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE CONCENTRATION OF A VAPOR BY MEANS OF AN OSCILLATING BODY SENSOR
    Publication number: 20170016859
    Abstract: A device and a method determines the concentration of a vapor in a volume, in particular for determining or controlling the mass flow of the vapor being conveyed through the volume by a carrier gas. The device comprises a sensor, which supplies a sensor signal that is dependent on the concentration or partial pressure of the vapor. The sensor has an oscillatory body that can be brought to oscillation, the oscillation frequency of which is influenced by a mass accumulation formed on a surface of the oscillating body by the condensed vapor. The oscillating body has a temperature control unit, by means of which the oscillating body can be brought to a temperature below the condensation temperature of the vapor. An evaluation unit determines the concentration or the partial pressure of the vapor from the temporal change of the oscillator frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Birgit Irmgard BECCARD, Claudia CREMER, Karl-Heinz TRIMBORN, Michael LONG, Andy EICHLER, Nael AL AHMAD
  • GAS INLET ELEMENT OF A CVD REACTOR WITH WEIGHT-REDUCED GAS OUTLET PLATE
    Publication number: 20160326644
    Abstract: A device for carrying out a CVD process comprises a gas inlet element, which is arranged in a reactor housing and has a gas outlet plate, which faces a process chamber, comprises a porous material and has a multiplicity of gas outlet openings, which are fed with process gases from a gas distributing volume arranged in the gas inlet element. In order to improve production aspects of a gas inlet element, in particular for a CVD reactor with a large coating area, it is proposed that the porous material forms the core of the gas outlet plate, the surface segments of which that come into contact with the process gas are sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Baskar Pagadala GOPI, Michael LONG, Markus GERSDORFF
  • OPTICAL TRANSMITTAL STORAGE NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20160286289
    Abstract: Optical networks may store information or data therein by maintaining the information or data in motion. The optical networks may include optical fiber rings configured to receive optical signals comprising the information or data and to circulate the optical signals within the optical fiber rings. The optical signals and the information or data may be transferred out of the optical fiber rings in order to amplify the optical signals (e.g., to overcome losses due to attenuation within the optical fiber rings), to analyze the optical signals according to one or more processing techniques, or to transfer the information or data to another computer device upon request. If continued storage of the information or data is required, an optical signal including the information or data may be transferred back into the optical fiber rings and may continue to circulate therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Jason Michael Long, Pragyana K. Mishra
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MEASURE FORCE OR LOCATION ON AN L-BEAM
    Publication number: 20160187210
    Abstract: Force and location sensing systems and methods are disclosed. A method comprises bending a L-beam at an initially unknown location on a force-supporting portion of the L-beam, the L-beam substantially having a tension side and a compression side, measuring a first local stress at a first location on the tension side, measuring a second local stress at a second location on the tension side, measuring a third local stress at a third location on the compression side, and measuring a fourth local stress at a fourth location on the compression side. A weight-sensing storage system capable of tracking removed items is disclosed with a product image captured via a camera, a plurality of sensors on an L-beam, a first signal from the plurality of sensors indicating a first state prior to change of the product image, and a second signal indicating lower strain on the L-beam than the first signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Nate J. Coleman, Michael A. Long
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A WELDING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160184918
    Abstract: A wireless control system (10) for a welding system (12) including an electrical control interface (18). The control system (10) may generally comprise a foot pedal (14) and a receiver (16). The foot pedal (14) may include a pivotable housing (20), a sensing element (22) operable to sense a position of the pivotable housing (20) and provide a corresponding pedal position signal, and a transmitter (24) operable to wirelessly transmit the pedal position signal. The receiver (16) may include an antenna (36) operable to wirelessly receive the pedal position signal generated by the foot pedal (14), a processor (38) operable to process the received pedal position signal, and a connector (40) operable to connect with the electrical control interface (18) associated with the welding system (12) to provide the processed pedal position signal thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Fredric A. Bland, Michael A. Long
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MEASURE FORCE OR LOCATION ON AN L-BEAM
    Publication number: 20160187186
    Abstract: Force and location sensing systems and methods are disclosed. A method comprises bending a L-beam at an initially unknown location on a force-supporting portion of the L-beam, the L-beam substantially having a tension side and a compression side, measuring a first local stress at a first location on the tension side, measuring a second local stress at a second location on the tension side, measuring a third local stress at a third location on the compression side, and measuring a fourth local stress at a fourth location on the compression side. A weight-sensing storage system capable of tracking removed items is disclosed with a product image captured via a camera, a plurality of sensors on an L-beam, a first signal from the plurality of sensors indicating a first state prior to change of the product image, and a second signal indicating lower strain on the L-beam than the first signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Nate J. Coleman, Michael A. LONG
  • System and method to measure force or location on an L-beam
    Patent number: 9360383
    Abstract: Force and location sensing systems and methods are disclosed. A method comprises bending a L-beam at an initially unknown location on a force-supporting portion of the L-beam, the L-beam substantially having a tension side and a compression side, measuring a first local stress at a first location on the tension side, measuring a second local stress at a second location on the tension side, measuring a third local stress at a third location on the compression side, and measuring a fourth local stress at a fourth location on the compression side. A weight-sensing storage system capable of tracking removed items is disclosed with a product image captured via a camera, a plurality of sensors on an L-beam, a first signal from the plurality of sensors indicating a first state prior to change of the product image, and a second signal indicating lower strain on the L-beam than the first signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Nate J. Coleman and Aexius, LLC
    Inventors: Nate J. Coleman, Michael A. Long
  • Automating network build-out in self building networks
    Patent number: 9344333
    Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a network node device for provisioning the device on a network, the method including detecting one or more ports, sending discovery messages from one or more of the discovered ports, receiving an offer message including network information, storing the received network information, receiving a promotion message, and listening for discovery messages. In some embodiments, the method further includes receiving one or more messages including configuration information. In various embodiments, the configuration information includes one or more of node interface parameters, management parameters, OAM parameters, and MPLS parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Alp Dibirdi, Michael Long
  • Method and apparatus for controlling a welding system
    Patent number: 9302340
    Abstract: A wireless control system (10) for a welding system (12) including an electrical control interface (18). The control system (10) may generally comprise a foot pedal (14) and a receiver (16). The foot pedal (14) may include a pivotable housing (20), a sensing element (22) operable to sense a position of the pivotable housing (20) and provide a corresponding pedal position signal, and a transmitter (24) operable to wirelessly transmit the pedal position signal. The receiver (16) may include an antenna (36) operable to wirelessly receive the pedal position signal generated by the foot pedal (14), a processor (38) operable to process the received pedal position signal, and a connector (40) operable to connect with the electrical control interface (18) associated with the welding system (12) to provide the processed pedal position signal thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Fredric A. Bland, Michael A. Long
  • DEVICE FOR GENERATING VAPOR FROM SOLID OR LIQUID STARTING MATERIAL FOR CVD OR PVD APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160007410
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for generating a vapor for a CVD or PVD apparatus, with at least two thermal transfer bodies arranged successively in the direction of flow of a carrier gas and having thermal transfer surfaces, each of which can be heated to a thermal transfer temperature, with an inlet pipe (4) for feeding an aerosol to one of the thermal transfer bodies for vaporization of the aerosol by bringing the aerosol particles into contact with the thermal transfer surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Long, Birgit Irmgard Beccard, Andreas Poqué
  • AUTOMATING NETWORK BUILD-OUT IN SELF BUILDING NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20150319043
    Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a network node device for provisioning the device on a network, the method including detecting one or more ports, sending discovery messages from one or more of the discovered ports, receiving an offer message including network information, storing the received network information, receiving a promotion message, and listening for discovery messages. In some embodiments, the method further includes receiving one or more messages including configuration information. In various embodiments, the configuration information includes one or more of node interface parameters, management parameters, OAM parameters, and MPLS parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicants: Alcatel Lucent USA, Inc., ALCATEL-LUCENT CANADA, INC.
    Inventors: Alp Dibirdi, Michael Long
  • Razor cartridge
    Patent number: D766506
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Michael Hal Bruno, Christopher Ramm, Matthew Michael Long
  • Razor cartridge
    Patent number: D779121
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Michael Hal Bruno, Matthew Michael Long, Christopher Ramm, Alexander Stephen Forti, Jessy Lee Cusack, Neil Lettenberger, Shrikant Prasad Pattnaik
  • Razor cartridge
    Patent number: D779730
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Michael Hal Bruno, Matthew Michael Long, Christopher Ramm, Alexander Stephen Forti, Jessy Lee Cusack, Neil Lettenberger, Shrikant Prasad Pattnaik
  • Razor cartridge
    Patent number: D779731
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Michael Hal Bruno, Matthew Michael Long, Christopher Ramm, Alexander Stephen Forti, Jessy Lee Cusack, Neil Lettenberger, Shrikant Prasad Pattnaik
  • Razor cartridge
    Patent number: D785248
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Michael Hal Bruno, Matthew Michael Long, Christopher Ramm, Alexander Stephen Forti, Jessy Lee Cusack, Neil Lettenberger, Shrikant Prasad Pattnaik