Patents by Inventor Michael W. Cook
Michael W. Cook 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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Patent number: 11937037Abstract: A housing has a bud portion abutting an elongated stem portion. The bud portion is to fit within an ear. The bud portion has a primary sound outlet at its far end that is to be inserted into an outer ear canal, and abuts the stem portion at its near end. A speaker driver is inside the bud portion. Electronic circuitry inside the housing includes a wireless communications interface to receive audio content over-the-air and in response provides an audio signal to the speaker driver. A rechargeable battery as a power source for the electronic circuitry is located inside a cavity of the stem portion. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Zachary C. Rich, Kurt R. Stiehl, Arun D. Chawan, Michael B. Howes, Jonathan S. Aase, Esge B. Andersen, Yacine Azmi, Jahan C. Minoo, David J. Shaw, Aarti Kumar, Augustin Prats, Robert D. Watson, Baptiste P. Paquier, Axel D. Berny, Benjamin W. Cook, Jerzy S. Guterman, Benjamin Adair Cousins
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Publication number: 20140262300Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for scrubbing debris from a bored well and includes injecting a suspension of acrylonitrile fibers, into the bored well to its open end. The suspension of acrylonitrile fibers scrubs the bored well of loose debris without substantially impeding the drilling capability of the rig by raising the effective liquid viscosity in the bored well. Also provided are pre-measured form factors of the acrylonitrile fibers for convenient and precise preparation of the acrylonitrile fiber suspension at the bored well site.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: David E. Ronner, Michael W. Cook
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Patent number: 5622576Abstract: An improved off-the-road pneumatic tire designed to be mounted on an associated design rim having a flange portion is described. The rim flange has an axially inward surface contacting the axially outward portion of the bead area of the tire. Each bead portion has a surface contacting a radially inner portion of the rim flange. The surface and the flange initially cease contact and diverge from one another at a location in the cross-section of the tire and rim and in a region of the flange in which a line L1 tangent to the flange surface and passing through the axis forms an angle greater than 0.degree. and less than or equal to 15.degree. with a radial line L2 passing through the point of divergence and perpendicular to the axis. The tire has a steel reinforced radial ply which extends between and wraps about each bead. The ply has an inflection point located radially between a radially outward surface of the bead and a radially outward surface of the rim flange portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1995Date of Patent: April 22, 1997Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Jolan F. Lobb, Michael W. Cook, Dale E. Wells, Steven Z. Lewkowicz
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Patent number: 5554242Abstract: A two-stage building method and apparatus for making an uncured tire including winding on shoulder wedge and sidewall components from strip material on a first stage building drum, winding on gum cushion on a band building drum and making up sequential breaker packages for second stage application to the tire.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 1988Date of Patent: September 10, 1996Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Thomas E. Brown, Jon D. Carlson, Michael W. Cook, Michael Mihalik, Jack A. Davisson
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Patent number: 5529103Abstract: An improved off-the-road pneumatic tire designed to be mounted on an associated design rim having a flange portion is described. The rim flange has an axially inward surface contacting the axially outward portion of the bead area of the tire. Each bead portion has a surface contacting a radially inner portion of the rim flange. The surface and the flange initially cease contact and diverge from one another at a location in the cross-section of the tire and rim and in a region of the flange in which a line L1 tangent to the flange surface and passing through the axis forms an angle greater than 0.degree. and less than or equal to 15.degree. with a radial line L2 passing through the point of divergence and perpendicular to the axis. The tire has a steel reinforced radial ply which extends between and wraps about each bead. The ply has an inflection point located radially between a radially outward surface of the bead and a radially outward surface of the rim flange portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 1995Date of Patent: June 25, 1996Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Jolan F. Lobb, Michael W. Cook, Dale E. Wells, Steven Z. Lewkowicz
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Patent number: 5452319Abstract: The inherent structure of redundant information fields contained in the message format of a multifrequency communication system is utilized to determine if the information on the individual hops has been degraded due to interference. By detecting bit errors in the received data sequence and identifying the frequencies on which signals representing the bits in error were transmitted, one can block out data from those frequencies on a dynamic basis. The received data sequence is correlated against the possible code words that might have been transmitted. The result of this correlation is a decision by the receiver that a particular code word was transmitted. Then, the code word that the receiver decides was transmitted is compared against the received data sequence and bit errors are identified. Finally, by knowing the relationship between the transmission frequencies and the order of the received bits, the receiver can identify the frequencies on which signals representing the bits in error were transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 1993Date of Patent: September 19, 1995Assignee: ITT CorporationInventors: Michael W. Cook, Walter D. Slack
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Patent number: 5429168Abstract: An improved off-the-road pneumatic tire designed to be mounted on an associated design rim having a flange portion is described. The rim flange has an axially inward surface contacting the axially outward portion of the bead area of the tire. Each bead portion has a surface contacting a radially inner portion of the rim flange. The surface and the flange initially cease contact and diverge from one another at a location in the cross-section of the tire and rim and in a region of the flange in which a line L1 tangent to the flange surface and passing through the axis forms an angle greater than 0.degree. and less than or equal 15.degree. to with radial line L2 passing through the point of divergence and perpendicular to the axis. The tire has a steel reinforced radial ply which extends between and wraps about each bead. The ply has an inflection point located radially between a radially outward surface of the bead and a radially outward surface of the rim flange portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 1993Date of Patent: July 4, 1995Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Jolan F. Lobb, Michael W. Cook, Dale E. Wells, Steven Z. Lewkowicz
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Patent number: 5261474Abstract: A molded shape for an earthmover tire 20 is disclosed. The uninflated, unmounted outer shape tire's sidewalls 22 are composed entirely of curves connected at tangency points between the tread 24 and the bead flange area 26. The shape transitions smoothly from one curve to the next without any flat surfaces. The sidewalls 22 have axially outer convex surfaces extending from the tread 24 to the bead flange area 26. The tread 24 has a radially outer ground contacting surface 28. A curved line tangent to the ground contacting surface 28 forms an arc having a single radius of curvature (TR). In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the outer shape consists of four curves with one curve describing the tread arc width (TAW), one curve R.sub.us describing the upper sidewall, one curve R.sub.ls describing the lower sidewall, and one curve describing the flange area radius R.sub.fa.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 1992Date of Patent: November 16, 1993Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Jolan F. Lobb, Michael W. Cook
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Patent number: 4858966Abstract: A fitting for conducting fluid into or out of a pliant bag has inner and outer blocks releasably fastened together in immediate contact with the bag wall between them and with a perforate portion of the bag wall between them. Communicating flow passages in both blocks respectively are open into the bag through the perforate portion and to the fluid pressure or evacuating device.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 1988Date of Patent: August 22, 1989Assignee: L.C.P., Inc.Inventors: Peter R. Ciriscioli, Michael W. Cook
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Patent number: 4783845Abstract: A digital tone squelch detect circuit functions to give an enabling signal for audio transmission in an FM radio network. The circuit comprises an analog to digital converter which outputs a binary coded signal representative of the voltage level of a received audio tone signal. The binary signal is then placed into a shift register which periodically is rotated and multiplied by a reference clock signal for correlation with a stored replica of the tone. The output of the correlator, which is representative of the degree of correlation, is fed to an accumulator which integrates it and sends it to a comparator where its binary valve is compared to an arbitrary threshold binary value by a hysteresis network. After detection the hysteresis established circuit outputs a tone detect signal and lowers the detection threshold so as to maintain the tone detect signal during periods of signal fadeout.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1985Date of Patent: November 8, 1988Assignee: ITT Aerospace OpticalInventors: James R. McChesney, Michael W. Cook
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Patent number: D333453Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 1990Date of Patent: February 23, 1993Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Michael W. Cook, Eathel L. Duncan, James S. Guzi, Jolan F. Lobb