Patents by Inventor Michael Wright

Michael Wright 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: 20060231062
    Abstract: An engine is disclosed including at least one piston which is positioned within a toroidal piston chamber. A method of operating an engine is disclosed wherein a piston is advanced in a toroidal piston chamber past a first valve and the first valve is closed to form a first ignition chamber area located within the piston chamber between the first valve and the rear side of the piston. A second valve is closed ahead of the piston to form a first exhaust removal chamber area located within the piston chamber between the second valve and the front side of the piston, the exhaust removal chamber including exhaust gases from a preceding ignition which occurred in the first ignition chamber area. A fuel mixture is introduced into the first ignition chamber area and ignited thereby advancing the piston further along the toroidal piston chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventor: Michael Wright
  • Publication number: 20060226948
    Abstract: An electronic lock assembly is actuated by a key including a transponder. The key is received within a coil assembly of the lock assembly. The key engages a switch that powers the coil assembly. The coil assembly generates a magnetic field that energizes the transponder. The transponder transmits a signal received by a controller. The controller actuates the lock assembly responsive to the received signal to move a locking member to an unlocked position. The key may then move to unlatch a latch associated with the lock assembly. As the key provides the energy required for unlatching the latch further energization of the motor is not required. The lock assembly provides for the actuation and energization of the transponder with small amounts electrical energy such that the lock assembly may be powered by commercially available batteries for a practical operational life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Wright, Charles Moon, Ernst Mitchell, Tuan Tran, Michael Beigel, Mike Remenih, Scott Waldron
  • Publication number: 20060199597
    Abstract: According to a particular embodiment, a method for distributing messages is provided that includes receiving one or more short message service (SMS) messages. The method also includes distributing one or more of the messages to a selected one or a plurality of short message service center (SMSC) servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Inventor: Michael Wright
  • Publication number: 20060200698
    Abstract: An information recovery system mounts partial database replications, such as selected tablespaces, on a target host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Inventors: Ananthan Pillai, Madhav Mutalik, Ajay Shekhar, Neil Schutzman, Thomas Dings, John Stockenberg, Michael Wright, Christophe Balczunas
  • Publication number: 20060162118
    Abstract: An upright vacuum cleaner includes a nozzle base having a main suction opening formed in an underside thereof. A housing is hingedly connected to the nozzle base. The housing includes a dirt separation chamber and a dirt receptacle for receiving dirt and dust separated by the dirt separation chamber. A conduit connects the nozzle base to the housing. A suction source is located in one of the housing and the nozzle base. The suction source is in fluid communication with the dirt separation chamber. A generally conically shaped filter extends into the dirt separation chamber along a longitudinal axis of the dirt separation chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: John Murphy, David Khalil, Michael Wright, Robert Matousek, Yung Hin
  • Publication number: 20060120526
    Abstract: The present invention is a security tool for protection of data on a mobile computing device. The security tool provides a plurality of security policies to be enforced based on source information for the data and a location associated with a network environment in which a mobile device is operating. The security tool may be either located at the mobile computing device or at the server. The security tool includes a file access module for determining whether files are visible or accessible. The file access module comprises a tag generator, an association module, and a policy enforcement module. The tag generator creates source information for the file being accessed and the policy enforcement module determines what actions, if any, can be performed on the file and under what conditions such as location and network environment, type of file and other factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Peter Boucher, Michael Wright, Tim Cranny, Gabe Nault, Merrill Smith
  • Publication number: 20060112747
    Abstract: An electronic lock includes a compression spring that stores energy to ensure that the electronic lock re-locked after unlocking. The spring is received between a lock bolt and a lock bolt housing. When the electronic lock is locked, the lock bolt is received in a notch of a locking portion. When the electronic lock is unlocked, a motor moves both the lock bolt and the lock bolt housing in a direction to remove the lock bolt from the notch. After a predetermined amount of time, the motor is reversed to move the lock bolt housing in an opposing direction. If the outside handle has not been released, the lock bolt does not re-enter the notch. The spring is compressed between the lock bolt housing and the lock bolt and stores energy. When the outside handle is released and the notch returns to the original position, and the spring pushes the lock bolt into the notch to ensure the electronic lock is re-locked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventors: Charles Moon, Willy Ruythooren, Michael Wright
  • Publication number: 20060104268
    Abstract: Techniques for routing a payload of a first network protocol, which includes header information for a second network protocol, include communicating a packet. In a circuit block, a first type for the first network protocol and a second type for the second network protocol are determined. The circuit block stores a classification that indicates a unique combination of the first type and the second type. A general purpose processor routes the packet based on the classification. Processor clock cycles are saved that would be consumed in determining the types. Furthermore, based on the classification, the processor can store an offset value for aligning the header relative to a cache line. The circuit block can store the packet shifted by the offset value. The processor can then retrieve from memory a single cache line to receive the header, thereby saving excess loading and ejecting of cache.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: William Lee, Michael Wright, Joydeep Chowdhury, Sriram Haridas, Martin Hughes
  • Publication number: 20060094400
    Abstract: The present invention filters access points presented to a user and locks onto an access point. The present invention includes an access point filtering unit and an access point locking unit. The access point filtering unit determines the access points that are accessible by a client device and then filters them to present only the access points that are acceptable to under a security policy in force. The access point locking unit has a plurality of operating modes and can lock onto a user selected access point, a security policy prescribed access point, or the access point with the best signal profile. The present invention also includes several methods such as: a method for filtering access points for presentation to the user, a method for locking onto an access point selected by the user, a method for locking onto an access point with the best signal profile, and a method for locking onto an access point prescribed by a security policy for a given location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Brent Beachem, Peter Boucher, Gabe Nault, Richard Rollins, Jonathan Wood, Michael Wright
  • Publication number: 20060087125
    Abstract: A lock assembly includes a single switch actuated by a cam for monitoring the position of a main bolt and an auxiliary bolt. The main bolt and the auxiliary bolt engage and move the cam between an actuated position and a released position. In the actuated position the cam actuates a switch. Actuation of the switch indicates that the auxiliary bolt is retracted and that the main bolt is extended into a locked position. The main bolt includes a tail that engages a portion of the cam to drive the cam to the actuated position. The switch will remain in the actuated condition when the auxiliary bolt is retracted and the main bolt is also retracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Inventors: Charles Moon, Ernst Mitchell, Michael Wright
  • Patent number: 7009193
    Abstract: A device to implant impurities into a semiconductor wafer has a process chamber having a wall, a pressure compensation unit, a disk to support a plurality of semiconductor wafers within the process chamber. The disk has a radially extending slot arranged among the wafers. A beam gun is positioned within the process chamber to shoot an ion beam at the semiconductor wafers. A cryo pump minimizes the pressure within the process chamber. A first ion gauge is positioned between the process chamber and the cryo pump. A second ion gauge extends through the wall of the process chamber. A switching device selectively connects the first or second ion gauge to the pressure compensation unit. A faraday receives ions from the ion gun filter after the ions travel through the slot in the disk. A current meter counts the number of electrons flowing to the disk faraday to neutralize the ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Richmond, LP
    Inventors: Frederico Garza, Michael Wright, Karl Peterson
  • Patent number: 7001856
    Abstract: A process uses pressure changes and a pressure compensation factor to estimate the rate at which neutral atoms are implanted. While implanting a first wafer using a first pressure compensation factor, the rate at which ions are implanted is determined. The first wafer is moved radially with respect to an ion beam while implanting ions into the first wafer so as to achieve a uniform total dose based on the rate at which ions are implanted and the estimated rate at which neutral atoms are implanted. The pressure is determined while implanting the first wafer, determining the pressure. A second pressure compensation factor is selected, that would have achieved a uniform rate of implanted ions plus implanted neutral atoms across a surface of the first wafer. The second pressure compensation factor is different from the first pressure compensation factor. The second pressure compensation factor is used to implant a second wafer. The second wafer is tested by forming a sheet resistance contour map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Richmond, LP
    Inventors: Frederico Garza, Karl Peterson, Michael Wright
  • Publication number: 20060005592
    Abstract: A combination lock includes various features that make the lock manipulation-resistant. The lock has a rocker arm with a curved underside section that contacts a roller on a cam that rotates when the lock dial is rotated. The smooth curve and an angled contact portion on the rocker arm causes the force applied to the rocker arm by the roller to be gradual rather than abrupt, ensuring that the contact point between the rocker arm and the roller is unpredictable. The lock may also include various spring-biased relocking devices that are biased away from the travel path of the bolt when the back cover is attached to the housing. The biasing force in the relocking device causes the device to move into the travel path of the bolt when the back cover is displaced or removed, preventing the bolt from moving to an unlocked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Charles Moon, Michael Wright, Ernst Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20060000051
    Abstract: A floor cleaning device (10) includes a housing (40) and a container (43) removably received by the housing. A suction nozzle (18, 18?, 18?) is fluidly connected with the container and with a suction source (52) when the container is. received by the housing. A filter (114) is selectively fluidly connected with the container and with the suction source. A float (170) selectively closes the fluid connection of the filter with the container. The filter and the float may be removable as a unit (42) from the cleaning device. The nozzle may be removable, allowing an appropriate nozzle to be selected according to the type of floor surface to be cleaned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Mark Cipolla, Michael Wright, John Murphy, Richard Farone
  • Publication number: 20060001120
    Abstract: An integrated photosensitive device with a metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) photodiode constructed with one or more substantially continuous layers of semiconductor material and with a substantially continuous layer of dielectric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventor: Michael Wright
  • Publication number: 20060000050
    Abstract: A floor cleaning device (10) includes a housing (40) and a container (43) removably received by the housing. A suction nozzle (18, 18?, 18?) is fluidly connected with the container and with a suction source (52) when the container is received by the housing. A filter (114) is selectively fluidly connected with the container and with the suction source. A float (170) selectively closes the fluid connection of the filter with the container. The filter and the float may be removable as a unit (42) from the cleaning device. The nozzle may be removable, allowing an appropriate nozzle to be selected according to the type of floor surface to be cleaned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Mark Cipolla, Michael Wright, John Murphy, Richard Farone
  • Patent number: 6973589
    Abstract: An intelligent electronic device (IED) is connected to interact with a power system to provide protection, control, and/or monitoring capabilities for the power system. The device includes a power system interface circuit for communicating with the power system and a processor coupled to the power system interface circuit. The device further includes memory storing software instructions performed by the processor for receiving electronic mail from a remote system through a communication link and for automatically transmitting electronic mail to the remote system through the communication link. The electronic mail may include information relating to operation of the power system or to operation of the intelligent electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Cooper Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Michael Wright, Henry W. Painchaud, David Weinbach
  • Publication number: 20050263129
    Abstract: An engine is disclosed including at least one piston which is positioned within a toroidal piston chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventor: Michael Wright
  • Publication number: 20050217066
    Abstract: An upright vacuum cleaner (A) includes an upright housing section (B) and a nozzle section (C). A cyclonic airflow dirt and dust separating chamber (54) is defined in said upright housing section. A suction source (E) pulls air and entrained dirt, dust, and other contaminants through a main suction opening (26) formed in the underside (24) of the nozzle and into the cyclonic airflow chamber (54). The cyclonic airflow chamber causes the suction airstream to travel in a cyclonic path such that the entrained contaminants are separated therefrom and deposited into a dirt container (52) that defines the chamber (54). A main filter element (K) filters residual contaminants from the suction airstream between the chamber and the suction source. The main filter element is preferably made from high-density polyethylene porous filter media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Kenneth Bair, Richard Gibbs, Mark Reindle, Michael Wright
  • Patent number: D519298
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Inventor: W. Michael Wright