Patents by Inventor Michael Shafer

Michael Shafer 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).

  • Patent number: 10433036
    Abstract: Implementations of data logger systems may include: a data logger coupled with an energy storage device. The data logger may be configured to couple to a living subject and record data related to one of the living subject's activities and a vital parameter of the living subject. The data logger system may also include an energy harvester electrically coupled with the energy storage device, where the energy harvester is configured to harvest energy from one of an external environment, the living subject, and both the external environment and the subject. The data logger may be configured to communicate with a remote communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents
    Inventors: Michael Shafer, Paul Flikkema, Charles Loren Buck, Austin Rhodes
  • Patent number: 10421579
    Abstract: A blank of material to be folded into a product display container is disclosed. The blank is substantially rectangular in shape and has a first edge, a second edge opposite of the first edge, a third edge disposed adjacent to the first edge and the second edge and a fourth edge disposed opposite the third edge. The blank comprises a tab disposed adjacent to the fourth edge; a plurality of perpendicular folds, wherein each perpendicular fold extends across the width of the blank and is disposed substantially perpendicular to the first edge and the second edge; and a plurality of angular folds, wherein each angular fold extends across the width of the blank and is disposed at a non-perpendicular angle with respect to the first edge and the second edge. The blank is utilized to make a tornado shaped product display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Shafer, Robert Berg
  • Publication number: 20180050836
    Abstract: A blank of material to be folded into a product display container is disclosed. The blank is substantially rectangular in shape and has a first edge, a second edge opposite of the first edge, a third edge disposed adjacent to the first edge and the second edge and a fourth edge disposed opposite the third edge. The blank comprises a tab disposed adjacent to the fourth edge; a plurality of perpendicular folds, wherein each perpendicular fold extends across the width of the blank and is disposed substantially perpendicular to the first edge and the second edge; and a plurality of angular folds, wherein each angular fold extends across the width of the blank and is disposed at a non-perpendicular angle with respect to the first edge and the second edge. The blank is utilized to make a tornado shaped product display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: General Packaging Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Shafer, Robert Berg
  • Patent number: 8547909
    Abstract: Dynamic assignment of channel elements for operating as failover Overhead Channel Group channel elements. Preferred methods include configuring channel elements on a primary channel card to serve as an overhead channel group for each carrier in each sector, and, in the event of a primary channel card failure, dynamically configuring failover channel elements on an additional channel card to serve as an overhead channel group. These failover channel elements are preferably not reserved, and are merely channel elements that are not otherwise presently assigned to process traffic. Preferred methods also provide criteria for selecting which CEs to re-assign to the OCG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Meng Yew, Hector Ribas, John Humbert, Abhijit Apte, Ryan Talley, Michael Shafer
  • Patent number: 7466682
    Abstract: Determining RF capacity of a wireless network and measuring BTS performance. Preferred methods include collecting forward link data at a BTS transmit port, where the data includes the power level associated with each Walsh code of each sector for each carrier over a predetermined time interval, and then processing the data by identifying each channel as using either second generation CDMA technology (a ā€œ2Gā€ call) or third-generation technology (a ā€œ3Gā€ call). Voice and data may also be identified. The power level may be determined by measuring a signal level (e.g., dB), and subsequently accounting for any RF losses through a calibration step, and finally converting the power-per-Walsh code to an absolute power level (e.g., dBm, or watts). The average user power per link (ppl) is then determined and the number of users per technology (2G versus 3G) is also determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Hector Ribas, John Humbert, Abhijit Apte, Ryan Talley, Meng Yew, Michael Shafer
  • Patent number: 6604730
    Abstract: A vehicle lifting pad system comprises a pad. The pad has a large base plate, a small intermediate plate and a plurality of fingers. The base plate has sides. Two parallel close sides and two parallel distant sides. The intermediate plate has top and bottom faces. A first pair of parallel fingers is closely spaced and a second pair of parallel fingers is widely spaced. Each finger has an enlarged retention head facing exteriorly away from the other fingers. Each finger has a surface between its retention head and the intermediate plate for being received by an aperture of a vehicle with the retention head above the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Inventor: Michael Shafer