Patents by Inventor Michael D. Lewis
Michael D. Lewis 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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Publication number: 20240024813Abstract: Methods and systems described perform air cleaning and/or sanitization in a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and/or refrigeration (HVACR) system by detecting a concentration of airborne contaminants in a space serviced by the HVACR system. The detected concentration of airborne contaminants is determined whether it exceeds a threshold relative to a capacity of a first air cleaner. When the detected concentration of airborne contaminants exceeds the threshold, a second air cleaner is selected and enabled to be activated in the space. When the detected concentration of airborne contaminants does not exceed the threshold, the first air cleaner is selected and enabled to be activated in the space. The first air cleaner has a cleaning material different from the second air cleaner, and the first air cleaner, relative to the second air cleaner, treats the space at a lower concentration of airborne contaminants. The second air cleaner includes specifically designed cleaner modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Scott Wenger, Christos Alkiviadis Polyzois, Michael D. Lewis
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Publication number: 20230256322Abstract: A game system, includes a game board, including a plurality of squares arranged in rows and columns, including special squares, including a start square and bonus squares, each including a text indicator and a color indicator; a board border with row indicators and column indicators; rotatably positionable playing pieces, each including a line segment with segment terminators and a piece scoring indicator denoting a piece scoring value; two piece holders; two mockup boards; two privacy blinds; such that a plurality of pairs of successive strings are positionable on the board, each pair placed by two opposing players, each string including a plurality of rotatably positioned connected playing pieces, such that at least one segment terminator of a first connected playing piece is connected to at least one segment terminator of a second connected playing piece, such that line segments of the rotatably positioned connected pieces form a connected path.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2022Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventor: Michael D. Lewis
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Patent number: 11577197Abstract: Methods and systems described perform air cleaning and/or sanitization in a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and/or refrigeration (HVACR) system by detecting a concentration of airborne contaminants in a space serviced by the HVACR system. The detected concentration of airborne contaminants is determined whether it exceeds a threshold relative to a capacity of a first air cleaner. When the detected concentration of airborne contaminants exceeds the threshold, a second air cleaner is selected and enabled to be activated in the space. When the detected concentration of airborne contaminants does not exceed the threshold, the first air cleaner is selected and enabled to be activated in the space. The first air cleaner has a cleaning material different from the second air cleaner, and the first air cleaner, relative to the second air cleaner, treats the space at a lower concentration of airborne contaminants. The second air cleaner includes specifically designed cleaner modules.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Scott Wenger, Christos Alkiviadis Polyzois, Michael D. Lewis
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Publication number: 20220305438Abstract: Methods and systems described perform air cleaning and/or sanitization in a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and/or refrigeration (HVACR) system by detecting a concentration of airborne contaminants in a space serviced by the HVACR system. The detected concentration of airborne contaminants is determined whether it exceeds a threshold relative to a capacity of a first air cleaner. When the detected concentration of airborne contaminants exceeds the threshold, a second air cleaner is selected and enabled to be activated in the space. When the detected concentration of airborne contaminants does not exceed the threshold, the first air cleaner is selected and enabled to be activated in the space. The first air cleaner has a cleaning material different from the second air cleaner, and the first air cleaner, relative to the second air cleaner, treats the space at a lower concentration of airborne contaminants. The second air cleaner includes specifically designed cleaner modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2021Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Scott Wenger, Christos Alkiviadis Polyzois, Michael D. Lewis
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Patent number: 9765925Abstract: A platform stabilization system comprises a support frame, a platform and a plurality of isolators each extending directly between the support frame and the platform. Each isolator permits linear movement of the platform relative to the support frame with three degrees of freedom and permits rotational movement of the platform relative to the support frame with three degrees of freedom. The isolators cooperate to form an isolation array supporting the platform directly within, and spacing the platform from, the support frame. The isolation array permits limited linear movement of the platform within the support frame with three degrees of freedom and permits limited rotational movement of the platform relative to the support frame with three degrees of freedom. The isolation array is substantially more resistant to linear movement of the platform than to rotational movement of the platform and does not rotationally constrain the platform.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2016Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: PV Labs Ltd.Inventor: Michael D. Lewis
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Publication number: 20160230928Abstract: A platform stabilization system comprises a support frame, a platform and a plurality of isolators each extending directly between the support frame and the platform. Each isolator permits linear movement of the platform relative to the support frame with three degrees of freedom and permits rotational movement of the platform relative to the support frame with three degrees of freedom. The isolators cooperate to form an isolation array supporting the platform directly within, and spacing the platform from, the support frame. The isolation array permits limited linear movement of the platform within the support frame with three degrees of freedom and permits limited rotational movement of the platform relative to the support frame with three degrees of freedom. The isolation array is substantially more resistant to linear movement of the platform than to rotational movement of the platform and does not rotationally constrain the platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2016Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventor: Michael D. LEWIS
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Patent number: 9348197Abstract: A platform stabilization system comprises a support frame, a platform and a plurality of isolators each extending directly between the support frame and the platform. Each isolator permits linear movement of the platform relative to the support frame with three degrees of freedom and permits rotational movement of the platform relative to the support frame with three degrees of freedom. The isolators cooperate to form an isolation array supporting the platform directly within, and spacing the platform from, the support frame. The isolation array permits limited linear movement of the platform within the support frame with three degrees of freedom and permits limited rotational movement of the platform relative to the support frame with three degrees of freedom. The isolation array is substantially more resistant to linear movement of the platform than to rotational movement of the platform and does not rotationally constrain the platform.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2013Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: PV Labs Inc.Inventor: Michael D. Lewis
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Publication number: 20150176752Abstract: A platform stabilization system comprises a support frame, a platform and a plurality of isolators each extending directly between the support frame and the platform. Each isolator permits linear movement of the platform relative to the support frame with three degrees of freedom and permits rotational movement of the platform relative to the support frame with three degrees of freedom. The isolators cooperate to form an isolation array supporting the platform directly within, and spacing the platform from, the support frame. The isolation array permits limited linear movement of the platform within the support frame with three degrees of freedom and permits limited rotational movement of the platform relative to the support frame with three degrees of freedom. The isolation array is substantially more resistant to linear movement of the platform than to rotational movement of the platform and does not rotationally constrain the platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: PV Labs Inc.Inventor: Michael D. LEWIS
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Publication number: 20120173851Abstract: A method for maintaining dynamic register-level memory-mode flags in a virtual machine includes parsing a machine instruction of a live memory analysis command in a virtual machine (VM). The machine instruction can include an instruction opcode, a source address referring to a first type of memory and a destination address referring to a second type of memory. A register bitmap can be stored as a register-level memory-mode flag array. Thereafter, it can be determined whether or not the instruction opcode maps to an inheritance class. Finally, in response to a bit in the register-level memory mode flag array referencing virtual memory and the instruction opcode being mapped to an inheritance class, the register bitmap can be replaced with new bit values that represent redefined memory types for each register represented in the register bitmap. Subsequently, the new register bitmap can be used in simulation of a next machine instruction of a live memory analysis command executing in the virtual machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2010Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Michael D. Lewis
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Patent number: 7496890Abstract: A definition module generates configuration instructions used to build one or more machines. The definition module generates the configuration instructions by drawing from a generic library of configuration objects having a variety of attributes and parameters associated therewith. A pre-established template defines how the information provided in the library is organized to build groups of machines. An inheritance mechanism is provided for automatically resolving unspecified parameter values by searching through a hierarchy of objects to determine the unspecified values.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2003Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Matthew E. Miller, Bruce L. Chamberlin, Michael D. Lewis, Shaun H. Blackmore
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Patent number: 6974383Abstract: A cabinet for air handling equipment includes a door assembly having features such as inner and outer door panels being held together and sealed by double-sided tape, which acts as a thermal break, a latch that prevents a door gasket from being crushed due to positive or negative air pressure within the cabinet, and a doorframe that is easy to assemble and install for either right-hand or left-hand swinging doors. To assemble adjacent pieces of the doorframe, sheet metal tabs of one piece are inserted into slits of the other piece. The tabs are then twisted to hold the adjacent pieces of the doorframe together.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2003Date of Patent: December 13, 2005Assignee: American Standard International Inc.Inventors: Michael D. Lewis, Jeffrey D. Dehning, Thomas A. Ley, Denzil Devon Ratliff, Floyd Stanley, Lloyd Christopher Felty
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Publication number: 20040268298Abstract: A definition module generates configuration instructions used to build one or more machines. The definition module generates the configuration instructions by drawing from a generic library of configuration objects having a variety of attributes and parameters associated therewith. A pre-established template defines how the information provided in the library is organized to build groups of machines. An inheritance mechanism is provided for automatically resolving unspecified parameter values by searching through a hierarchy of objects to determine the unspecified values.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2003Publication date: December 30, 2004Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Matthew E. Miller, Bruce L. Chamberlin, Michael D. Lewis, Shaun H. Blackmore
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Publication number: 20040242634Abstract: The invention provides safe and effective methods for treating and preventing prion diseases by administering a therapeutically effective amount of at least one cholinesterase inhibitor. A preferred cholinesterase inhibitor is donepezil, stereoisomers thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, such as ARICEPT®. Prion diseases, which are characterized by one or more symptoms of dementia and/or cognitive impairments, include, for example, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease, fatal familial insomnia, and kuru. In other embodiments, the invention provides methods for treating cognitive impairments due to surgery by administering a therapeutically effective amount of at least one cholinesterase inhibitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2004Publication date: December 2, 2004Applicant: Eisai Co., Ltd.Inventor: Michael D. Lewis
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Publication number: 20040149757Abstract: A cabinet for air handling equipment includes a door assembly having features such as inner and outer door panels being held together and sealed by double-sided tape, which acts as a thermal break, a latch that prevents a door gasket from being crushed due to positive or negative air pressure within the cabinet, and a doorframe that is easy to assemble and install for either right-hand or left-hand swinging doors. To assemble adjacent pieces of the doorframe, sheet metal tabs of one piece are inserted into slits of the other piece. The tabs are then twisted to hold the adjacent pieces of the doorframe together.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2003Publication date: August 5, 2004Inventors: Michael D. Lewis, Jeffrey D. Dehning, Thomas A. Ley, Denzil Devon Ratliff, Floyd Stanley, Lloyd Christopher Felty
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Patent number: 6742990Abstract: An air handler enclosure includes a sheet metal panel fastened to a frame of the enclosure with a gasket sealingly compressed between the frame and the face of the panel. The outer edges of the panel are folded over to create a hem that overlays the face of the panel. The gasket is placed against the face of the panel, just inside the inner periphery of the hem. When the panel is installed, the hem abuts the frame to serve as a spacer that keeps the face of the panel a certain distance away from the frame. In this way, the hem prevents the gasket from being over compressed or crushed between the frame and the face of the panel.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2002Date of Patent: June 1, 2004Assignee: American Standard International Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey D. Dehning, Charles K. Kopplen, Michael D. Lewis, Donald G. Pestel
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Publication number: 20030194315Abstract: An air handler enclosure includes a sheet metal panel fastened to a frame of the enclosure with a gasket sealingly compressed between the frame and the face of the panel. The outer edges of the panel are folded over to create a hem that overlays the face of the panel. The gasket is placed against the face of the panel, just inside the inner periphery of the hem. When the panel is installed, the hem abuts the frame to serve as a spacer that keeps the face of the panel a certain distance away from the frame. In this way, the hem prevents the gasket from being over compressed or crushed between the frame and the face of the panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventors: Jeffrey D. Dehning, Charles K. Kopplen, Michael D. Lewis, Donald G. Pestel
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Patent number: 6486202Abstract: Provided are novel peptidomimetic isoprenyl transferase inhibitors, methods for synthesizing such inhibitors, and methods for the use of such inhibitors for the treatment of tumors.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2001Date of Patent: November 26, 2002Assignee: Eisai Company, LimitedInventors: Ana Maria Garcia, James Kowalczyk, Michael D. Lewis
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Patent number: 6265603Abstract: Peptidomimetic isoprenyl transferase inhibitors R6SCHR1′CHR1WCHR2YC(:X)NR3CHR5COR4 wherein R1=OH, H, alkyl, amino group or R1 and R6 together form a heterocyclic ring; R1′=H, alkyl, aryl; R2=H, alkyl, arylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl; R3=H, alkyl, arylalkyl; R4=OH, alkoxy, amino group; R5=natural amino acid residue or D—E—F, where D is alkyl or alkenyl, E is O, S, N, or null, F is H, alkyl, aryl, carboxy amino, etc.; R6=H, alkyl, acyl, etc.; W=alkyl, alkenyl; X=O, S, Y is M—O—P, where M is C0-6 alkyl, O is oxygen-C0-4 alkyl, P is(un)substituted C6-20 aryl are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 1999Date of Patent: July 24, 2001Assignee: Eisai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Michael D. Lewis, Ana Maria Garcia, James J. Kowalczyk, Hu Yang, Eric Schwartz
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Patent number: 6263160Abstract: A stabilized platform system for isolating a payload from angular motions of a supporting structure has a base assembly securable to a supporting structure, and a payload stabilizing assembly carried by the base assembly and mounted for angular movement relative thereto about two or more separate axes. At least one of the axes is non-orthogonal with respect to another of the axes and mounted for limited angular movement relative to the base assembly, and the axes have extensions which meet at a common point.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 1999Date of Patent: July 17, 2001Assignee: Wescam Inc.Inventor: Michael D. Lewis
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Patent number: 5952309Abstract: A method for the inhibition and amelioration of alcholic liver disease in a mammal in need of such treatment by administering novel analogs of Lipid A which act as endotoxin antagonists. These antagonists compounds are found to inhibit the swift increase in alcohol metabolism which typically accompanies ingestion of alcohol and which may lead to the pathophysiological abnormalities associated with alcoholic liver disease.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 1996Date of Patent: September 14, 1999Assignee: Eisai Company, Ltd.Inventors: Daniel P. Rossignol, Ronald G. Thurman, William J. Christ, Michael D. Lewis