Patents by Inventor Michael Or

Michael Or 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).

  • Fiber optic imaging catheter
    Patent number: 9215970
    Abstract: A steerable imaging catheter is provided, including an elongated catheter tube, at least one steering cable extending along the catheter tube to control the movement of the distal end thereof, and a fiber optic cable extending along the catheter tube. The fiber optic cable transmits illumination light from its proximal end to its distal end and transmits an image from its distal end to its proximal end. In one embodiment, two or more steering cables are used, and the catheter tube is configured to have greater flexibility near its distal end than its proximal end so as to concentrate the movement (flexing) of the catheter tube at its distal end. The use of two or more steering cables, together with the catheter tube having varying flexibility, permit better control of the distal end of the catheter tube while reducing undue twisting of the remainder of the catheter tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael P. Boutillette, David Micky Graves, M. Kevin Richardson, David I. Freed, Paul M. Scopton
  • System and method for testing data storage systems utilizing micro-transitions
    Patent number: 9218847
    Abstract: A method of testing a one or more components of a data storage system introduces a first plurality of micro-transitions into a first data write pattern, which is then written to a magnetic media. A read-back signal is generated, and a frequency response of the read-back signal is analyzed to determine performance of the one or more components of the data storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: HGST NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Weldon Mark Hanson, Michael Paul Salo, Alexander Taratorin, Roger William Wood
  • Absorbent article with point fusion bonding
    Patent number: 9216117
    Abstract: An absorbent article having improved handling of liquid and improved intake and retention of liquid loadings during use. The absorbent article can minimize the amount of moisture in contact with a wearer's skin and can provide a feeling of softness on the skin of the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: EoYeon Hwang, JinYoung Jung, WonYoung Lee, JinHee Lee, Richard Norris Dodge, II, David Arthur Fell, Eric Donald Johnson, Debra Jean McDowall, Robert Lee Popp, Allyson Marie Sagel, Lawrence Howell Sawyer, Daniel Robert Schlinz, Michael W. Veith, Kendell Jean Williams
  • Adjustable side rail for medical beds and the like
    Patent number: 9215937
    Abstract: An adjustable side rail assembly includes a side rail and an actuation assembly. The side rail is rotatable between a storage position and a use position. The actuation assembly includes an inner member, an outer member, and a locking assembly. The outer member is coupled to the side rail and is rotatable relative to the inner member between first and second rotational orientations for rotating the side rail between the storage and use positions, respectively. The locking assembly is transitional between a locked condition, wherein the locking assembly engages both the inner and outer members to fix the inner and outer members in the first or second rotational orientation, and an unlocked condition, wherein the locking assembly is disengaged from the inner and/or outer member to permit rotation of the outer member relative to the inner member between the first and second rotational orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Drive Medical Design & Mfg.
    Inventor: Michael Serhan
  • Method for controlling a high-pressure fuel pump
    Patent number: 9217406
    Abstract: An electrically controllable electromechanical inlet valve (2a) which is closed in the currentless state and is held in the closed state by the force of a spring (2b), an outlet valve (5a), and a displacement element (6), the inlet valve is operated in a self-controlling operating mode after a start command is present. In the self-controlling operating mode, the rail pressure is built without knowledge of the phase position of the displacement element. During the self-controlling operating mode, the phase position of the displacement element is determined. After the phase position of the piston or displacement element is determined, the inlet valve is switched over to a non-self-controlling operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Uwe Jung, Janos Radeczky, Michael Wirkowski
  • Minimally invasive intervertebral staple distraction devices
    Patent number: 9216093
    Abstract: Multiple, small, staple-like supports are inserted through a small tube into the disc space then rotated into position on the edge of the vertebral bodies. The tooth-like geometry of the proximal and distal faces of these staples mates with the outer edge of the vertebral body, extending past the front of the endplate anteriorly. The staples have teeth that dig into the endplate on the inside of the rim as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: William Frasier, Michael A Fisher, John Riley Hawkins
  • Systems and methods for analyzing data in a non-destructive testing system
    Patent number: 9217999
    Abstract: A collaboration system may include a non-destructive testing (NDT) inspection device that may communicate with at least one other computing device via a computing network. The computing network may communicatively couple a plurality of computing devices and the NDT inspection device may acquire inspection data, establish a communication connection to the at least one other computing device, and send the data to the at least one other computing device. There, the at least one other computing device may analyze the data. After the data is analyzed, the NDT inspection device may receive the analyzed data from the at least one other computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Christopher Domke, Jason Howard Messinger, Sekhar Soorianarayanan, Thomas Eldred Lambdin, Scott Leo Sbihli
  • Adjustable weir for hydroelectric dam installations
    Patent number: 9217233
    Abstract: A system for controllably adjusting spent water levels in the tailrace pool area of a hydroelectric power-generating dam installed into a waterway. The system comprises: (a) a controllably adjustable weir device installed into a downstream portion of the waterway adjacent a distal end of the tailrace pool area. The controllably adjustable weir device is configured for controllably impeding the egress of spent water from the tailrace pool area, (b) an apparatus provided with operative components configured for manipulating the controllably adjustable weir device to controllably increase and decrease the impediment therewith of spent water egress from the tailrace pool area. The operative components are serviceable from above the spent water, and (c) a control device configured for communicating and cooperating with the apparatus for manipulating the controllably adjustable weir therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Inventors: Hans Christian Behm, Gerald Michael Stout
  • Compact protective cover for eyewear
    Patent number: 9215917
    Abstract: Protective eyewear cover that may be folded into or onto itself when removed from the eyewear, resulting in a profile that is slightly thicker than and slightly larger than the size of a single lens of the eyewear. The protective eyewear cover of the present invention is compact in comparison to certain conventional eyewear protection, such as a hard or semi-hard eyeglass case, yet offers maximum protection in comparison to other conventional eyewear protection, such as eyeglass bags or pouches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Inventor: Michael Richard Pluta
  • System and respiration appliance for supporting the airway of a subject
    Patent number: 9216266
    Abstract: A respiration appliance (10), system (40), and method (62, 72, 86) for supporting the airway of a subject (12) as the subject (12) breaths. The flow of gas from the lungs of the subject (12) during exhalation is leveraged to provide support to the airway. In particular, a body (14) that encloses one or more external orifices of the subject (12) provides a resistance differential between inhaled gas flows and exhaled gas flows that supports the subject's airway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Erik Kurt Witt, Michael Edward Colbaugh, William Edwin Clegg, Douglas Mechlenburg
  • Cyclo-converter and methods of operation
    Patent number: 9219407
    Abstract: A three phase full resonant cyclo-converter suitable for converting a three phase AC supply to a DC output. In one embodiment the cyclo-converter consists of two half bridge cyclo-converters driving a resonant circuit. The main switching sequence of the cyclo-converter may consist of a switching sequence in which the phases of a three phase supply are switched in a repeating sequence from the largest to the smallest absolute voltage value of the supply phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Eaton Industries Company
    Inventors: Michael John Harrison, Tony Joseph Olivo
  • System and method for communication with a tracking device
    Patent number: 9219978
    Abstract: A system and method for providing communication with a tracking device are disclosed. An example tracking device includes a location detector, a communication device, memory, a processor, and a configuration routine. The location detector is operative to determine locations of the tracking device. The communication device is operative to communicate with a remote system. The memory stores data and code, the data including location data determined by the location detector and configuration data. The processor is operative to execute the code to impart functionality to the tracking device. The functionality of the tracking device depends at least in part on the configuration data. The configuration routine is operative to modify the configuration data responsive to communications from the remote system. Thus, functional access to the tracking device is provided to the remote system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: GLOBAL TREK XPLORATION CORP.
    Inventors: Patrick E. Bertagna, Michael J. DiBella
  • Variable gear ratio ratchet
    Patent number: 9216496
    Abstract: This invention relates to a fastener driving device including a variable ratio gear mechanism that enables the ratio of the rotation of the handle to the rotation of a driving bit extending from the handle to be varied to allow the bit to rotate at different speeds from the handle. The device includes a gear mechanism disposed within a housing for the device that includes a locking member. The locking member can be engaged with the gear mechanism to lock the gear mechanism in a configuration for a 1:1 gear ratio. The locking member can be moved with regard to the gear mechanism to provide an increased gear ratio for the gear mechanism when desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Gauthier Biomedical, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael T. Gauthier, Mara C. Schwartz, Robert F. Miller
  • Pocket inverter
    Patent number: 9217221
    Abstract: A pocket inverter may include a wand and a head connected with the wand. The head may include a barbed portion comprising protrusions that extend outward from a surface of the barbed portion. The protrusions each may have a shape to ensnare fabric in a pocket when the head is inserted inside a pocket and rotated, but prevent the protrusions from piercing through fabric of the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Inventor: Michael W. Catoe
  • Protective film and related assembly and method
    Patent number: 9219515
    Abstract: A protective film configured to protect a substrate such as a glass panel for a display is provided. The protective film may include a discontinuous outer layer including a multitude of panels and gaps positioned therebetween. Further, the protective film may include a flexible layer positioned between the discontinuous outer layer and the substrate. When panels of the discontinuous outer layer are impacted by a foreign object, the force may be transferred to the flexible layer, rather than propagating through the outer layer. In this regard, the gaps between the panels of the discontinuous outer layer may prevent the formation of cracks that may otherwise occur. Related assemblies and methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Choiniere, Christopher D. Prest, Dale N. Memering, Matthew S. Rogers, Michael K. Pilliod
  • Method for fabricating rotor for induction motor
    Patent number: 9219399
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a rotor for an induction motor includes disposing a first flux material on a plurality of first exposed ends of a respective plurality of conductor bars of a rotor core. A second flux material is disposed on a first end face of the rotor core. A first portion of a conductive material is cast over the plurality of first exposed ends to form a first shorting end ring to electrically and mechanically connect the plurality of conductor bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Richard M. Kleber, Michael D. Hanna
  • Multi-stranded return spring for fastening tool
    Patent number: 9216502
    Abstract: Compression return springs can be mounted on rails between the driver and an impact absorber. The springs include a plurality of wires twisted together to form a multi-stranded twisted wire member, which forms the coils of the spring. The springs can have an inner diameter that resists movement of the coils along the rails when the spring is at its free length, but has a mounted inner diameter that freely allows such movement. The coil-to-coil pitch of the spring can vary along its length. A motor initially rotates the flywheel without engaging the driver. The driver then contacts the rotating flywheel to propel the driver, which compresses the return springs against the impact absorbers as the driver travels from the returned position to the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Lee Michael Brendel, Paul G. Gross
  • Semi-autonomous route compliance navigation system and method
    Patent number: 9217646
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting that an object, person or vehicle has deviated in space or time from its prescribed route, and guiding it back to the prescribed route, according to strictness criteria predefined by a controlling authority or authorities. The invention allows controlling authorities to pre-specify a level of strictness suiting the object, person or vehicle and purpose of travel, by which the object, person or vehicle is guided back to the prescribed route autonomously, enabling return to route according to established policies, without the necessity of further communication with controlling authorities. The method and system thus operate semi-autonomously, with strictness parameters predefined by the central authorities, and the object, person or vehicle operating with some degree of latitude within those strictness parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: ALK Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Kornhauser, Mark Hornung, Mike Bodden, Igor Vodov, Craig Fiander
  • Distributed virtual machine image management for cloud computing
    Patent number: 9218194
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention and provide a method for distributed virtual machine (VM) image management in a cloud computing management includes receiving in a hypervisor executing in memory of a host computer, a request for VM image data from a VM and determining whether or not the requested VM image data is present in a local cache of either the hypervisor of the host computer or in a cache of a hypervisor of a peer host. The method additionally includes retrieving the requested VM image data from a seed image in a remote data store in the cloud computing environment only when it is determined that the VM image data neither is present in the local cache of the hypervisor of the host computer nor is present in the cache of the hypervisor of the peer host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Charles D. Brant, Samar Choudhary, Michael John Garrison, Michael McKay
  • Locating computer-controlled entities
    Patent number: 9219789
    Abstract: A beacon device is provided in proximity to a computing system within a computing center. A request to locate the computing system in the computing center is triggered on a central control unit. In response to the request to locate the computing system, the control unit generates specification data for a unique radio signal identifier, sends an activation request and the specification data to the beacon device, and provides the specification data to a portable device and stores the specification data on the portable device. In response to receiving the activation request, the beacon device sends a radio signal identifier generated from the specification data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Andres, Dirk Bolte, Thomas Hess, Markus Strasser