Patents by Inventor Michael Curry

Michael Curry 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: 20100071894
    Abstract: The invention provides for systems and methods of enhancing crude oil flow by radiating electromagnetic energy in the form of focused far field electromagnetic energy into a permeable formation containing the crude oil so as to cause the oil to decrease in viscosity without a substantial change in temperature of the crude oil, thereby increasing the ability of the oil to flow within the formation toward the well and enabling recovery from the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Vincent Benischek, Michael Currie, Rajneeta Basantkumar, Gennady Lyasko
  • Publication number: 20090249178
    Abstract: Associating first metadata with a first element in a first document. The first metadata describes at least a location of the first element within the first document. Storing the first metadata extrinsically from the first document. Identifying a first link based on the first metadata. Displaying the first link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Timothy J. Ambrosino, Jonathan B. Edwards, Kevin Michael Curry, Ted E. Ingalsbe
  • Publication number: 20090235974
    Abstract: Solar concentrators are disclosed that improve the efficiency of PV cells and systems using them. The solar concentrators may be designed such that they include one or more chromophores that emit light to a PV cell. Various materials and components of the solar concentrators are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jonathan Mapel, Michael Currie, Timothy D. Heidel, Marc Baldo, Shalom Goffri
  • Publication number: 20050121150
    Abstract: Waste materials are composted in an elongate pit which is maintained covered to retain odors. The pit includes two rails each arranged along a respective side of the opening for receiving operating machines and a carriage for supplying a covering sheet. Each side edge of the sheet has attached thereto a channel shaped support member arranged for engaging over the respective rail so as to attach the side edge to the rail. A reel is mounted on the carriage and is arranged to roll the sheet and the two support members onto the reel and to un-roll the sheet and the two support members therefrom for deployment. An arch support bridges the support members and can flex to a flat condition from rolling on the reel. The carriage includes guides for moving the support members apart to a wider spacing for rolling on to the reel with the sheet flat and for guiding the support members onto the rails and for bowing the arch upwardly in the deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Walter Curry, Michael Curry
  • Patent number: 6800114
    Abstract: A pressure equalization apparatus for decreasing or eliminating the pressure differential between the internal pressure within a sealed system and the external ambient air pressure while concurrently sustaining a dry atmosphere inside the enclosure. The apparatus includes a variable volume chamber coupled in fluid communication with the sealed system and adapted to change its volume as in relation to the pressurization of the sealed system. Gas flowing between the sealed system and the variable volume chamber, as the pressurization changes, is exposed to an adsorbent operative for dehumidifying the exchanged gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Andrew Corporation
    Inventors: Troy Inslee Vanderhoof, Brian Douglas Cross, John Michael Curry, Gordon L. Treichler
  • Patent number: 6795753
    Abstract: A compressor control module for use with a pressurization system having a strain gauge transducer and a compressor. The compressor control module includes variable voltage references associated with low and high pressure limits, comparator circuits configured to compare the voltage from the strain gauge pressure transducer to the variable voltage references, a control logic circuit configured to logically combine signals from the comparator circuits, and a relay circuit configured to apply power to the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Andrew Corporation
    Inventors: Troy Inslee Vanderhoof, Brian Douglas Cross, John Michael Curry, Carl Richard Reese
  • Publication number: 20040059620
    Abstract: A method is provided for generating a feasible schedule for n jobs given a duration and a revisit time for each job. The method comprises determining whether it is impossible to generate a feasible schedule, determining whether a round robin schedule is possible, calculating theoretical probabilities, calculating actual probabilities, creating a potential schedule based on the theoretical probabilities and the actual probabilities, and searching for a feasible schedule from the potential schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Eugene Feinberg, Michael Curry
  • Publication number: 20040049322
    Abstract: A compressor control module for use with a pressurization system having a strain gauge transducer and a compressor. The compressor control module includes variable voltage references associated with low and high pressure limits, comparator circuits configured to compare the voltage from the strain gauge pressure transducer to the variable voltage references, a control logic circuit configured to logically combine signals from the comparator circuits, and a relay circuit configured to apply power to the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: Andrew Corporation
    Inventors: Troy Inslee Vanderhoof, Brian Douglas Cross, John Michael Curry, Carl Richard Reese
  • Publication number: 20040045187
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for drying articles either free of applied heat or with a significantly reduced heating requirement. The apparatus includes a drying gas source is operative to dehumidify a moisture-laden gas, such as ambient air, flowing in the flow path to provide a drying gas to a drying chamber of a receptacle holding the articles. The drying gas removes moisture, or other cleansing liquid, from articles held in the chamber. The drying gas and moisture entrained in the drying gas are exhausted from the receptacle. The apparatus may optionally be equipped to provide a cleansing liquid, such as water, to the receptacle for mixing with the articles before the drying gas is supplied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: Andrew Corporation
    Inventors: John Michael Curry, Troy Inslee Vanderhoof, Brian Douglas Cross
  • Publication number: 20040025691
    Abstract: A pressure equalization apparatus for decreasing or eliminating the pressure differential between the internal pressure within a sealed system and the external ambient air pressure while concurrently sustaining a dry atmosphere inside the enclosure. The apparatus includes a variable volume chamber coupled in fluid communication with the sealed system and adapted to change its volume as in relation to the pressurization of the sealed system. Gas flowing between the sealed system and the variable volume chamber, as the pressurization changes, is exposed to an adsorbent operative for dehumidifying the exchanged gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Applicant: Andrew Corporation
    Inventors: Troy Inslee Vanderhoof, Brian Douglas Cross, John Michael Curry, Gordon L. Treichler
  • Patent number: 6593525
    Abstract: A system configured to deliver dry pressurized air, derived from ambient air, to underground or outdoor cables, conduit, waveguides, plenums or other air spaces for the purpose of preventing the ingress of moisture or contamination. The system includes a housing and a modular membrane pressurization unit removably received within an interior space of the housing. The housing has a base configured for being at least partially buried below ground level and an air intake above ground level. The modular membrane pressurization unit intakes humid ambient air from the environment surrounding the housing and generates a continuous supply of dry pressurized air housing that is routed to the underground air space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Andrew Corporation
    Inventors: Troy Inslee Vanderhoof, Brian Douglas Cross, John Michael Curry
  • Patent number: 6104188
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for detecting surface defects in a direct access storage device. Disk data readback sample values are converted to gain error values based upon an identified difference from predefined ideal data values. An error signal accumulator accumulates a summed value of error signals for a current sample and a predetermined number of past samples. Each sequential accumulator summed value is compared with a predetermined threshold value. An error output is generated responsive to each sequential accumulator summed value greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold value, the error output identifying the disk surface defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Darrel Coker, Steven Michael Currie, Richard Leo Galbraith, Donald Earl Vosberg