Patents by Inventor Patrick Nolan

Patrick Nolan 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).

  • Universal skirt board
    Patent number: 9238897
    Abstract: A universal skirt board has a base, a top flange section, an overhang section, and a sealing flange attached to the top flange section. The base has at least one ridge extending away from the base in a first direction, and a projection extending in the first direction. The top flange section is attached to the base. The overhang section is also attached to the base and defines a drip edge. The sealing flange is attached to the top flange section. The at least one ridge is formed to rest on a top of a base board. The projection is formed to fit into a slot defined in the top of the base board to provide an interference connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: CPG International LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Nolan, Michael A. Dotsey
  • Apparatus including a perpendicular magnetic recording layer having a convex magnetic anisotropy profile
    Patent number: 9142240
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a first magnetic layer, a first exchange break layer formed on the first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer formed on the first exchange break layer, a second exchange break layer formed on the second magnetic layer, and a third magnetic layer formed on the second exchange break layer. The first magnetic layer has a first magnetic anisotropy energy, Hk1, the second magnetic layer has a second magnetic anisotropy energy, Hk2, and the third magnetic layer has a third magnetic anisotropy energy, Hk3. In some embodiments, Hk1?Hk2 is less than Hk2?Hk3. In some embodiments, the apparatus may be a perpendicular magnetic recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Patrick Nolan, Hans Jürgen Richter
  • Collapsible wagon
    Patent number: 9108656
    Abstract: A collapsible wagon includes a base and one or more upstanding walls forming a container for cargo. The upstanding walls are pivotally mounted to the base for pivoting between an unfolded position for use and a folded position for storage and transport. In some embodiments, the wagon includes a pinchless internal mechanical stop that eliminates pinch points where a user's fingers can be pinched during folding and unfolding of the walls. In some embodiments, the wagon includes a gang-operated latch system for releasably securing the endwalls to the sidewalls that is quick, easy, and reliable to use for folding and unfolding. And in some embodiments, the wagon includes a latch system that eliminates slack or play when in the unfolded use position for structural integrity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Dragonfly Gear, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Nolan, Mike Dotsey, Noah Dingler, Brady Schroeder
  • ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES AND METHODS OF INSTALLATION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150223844
    Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to orthopedic fixation devices that comprise a coupling element and a bone fastener, whereby the bone fastener can be loaded into the coupling element through the bottom of a bore in the coupling element. The orthopedic fixation devices described herein can include modular locking clamp assemblies that can be fixed onto fasteners that are already implanted in bone. The modular locking clamp assemblies can include polyaxial locking clamp assemblies, as well as monoaxial locking clamp assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: David N. Leff, Khiem Pham, Patrick Nolan, Devjeet Mishra, Michael Harper, Milan George, Katherine Manninen, John Perkins
  • REDUCING OR ELIMINATING NANOPIPE DEFECTS IN III-NITRIDE STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20150207024
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a III-nitride light emitting layer disposed between an n-type region and a p-type region, a III-nitride layer including a nanopipe defect, and a nanopipe terminating layer disposed between the III-nitride light emitting layer and the III-nitride layer comprising a nanopipe defect. The nanopipe terminates in the nanopipe terminating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Patrick Nolan Grillot, Isaac Harshman Wildeson, Tigran Nshanian, Parijan Pramil Deb
  • Magnetic recording media with enhanced writability and thermal stability
    Patent number: 8685547
    Abstract: Aspects are directed to recording media with enhanced magnetic properties for improved writability. Examples can be included or related to methods, systems and components that allow for improved writability while reducing defects so as to obtain uniform magnetic properties such as uniformly high anisotropy and narrow switching field distribution. Some examples include a recording medium with an exchange tuning layer inserted between the hard layer and the soft, semi-soft or thin semi-hard layer so as to maximize the writability improvement of the media. Preferably, the exchange tuning layer is granular and reduces or optimizes the vertical coupling between the hard layer and the soft, semi-soft or semi-hard layer of a magnetic recording or storing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Bo Bian, Shoutao Wang, Weilu Xu, Abebe Hailu, Miaogen Lu, Charles C. Chen, Thomas Patrick Nolan, Alexander Yulievich Dobin
  • Universal Skirt Board
    Publication number: 20140033622
    Abstract: A universal skirt board has a base, a top flange section, an overhang section, and a sealing flange attached to the top flange section. The base has at least one ridge extending away from the base in a first direction, and a projection extending in the first direction. The top flange section is attached to the base. The overhang section is also attached to the base and defines a drip edge. The sealing flange is attached to the top flange section. The at least one ridge is formed to rest on a top of a base board. The projection is formed to fit into a slot defined in the top of the base board to provide an interference connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: AZEK BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Nolan, Michael A. Dotsey
  • Patterned template with 1xN nucleation site to grain growth for uniform grain size recording media
    Patent number: 8628867
    Abstract: A perpendicular magnetic media includes a substrate, a patterned template, a seed layer and a magnetic layer. The patterned template is formed on the substrate and includes a plurality of growth sites that are evenly spaced apart from each other. The seed layer is formed over the patterned template and the exposed areas of the substrate. Magnetic material is sputter deposited onto the seed layer with one grain of the magnetic material nucleated over each of the growth sites. The grain size distribution of the magnetic material is reduced by controlling the locations of the growth sites which optimizes the performance of the perpendicular magnetic media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Shuaigang Xiao, Thomas Young Chang, Yingguo Peng, David Kuo, Kaizhong Gao, Thomas Patrick Nolan, Ganping Ju
  • DATA PAGING WITH A STATELESS SERVICE
    Publication number: 20130304759
    Abstract: Systems and methods that facilitate data retrieval in a stateless environment by limiting amount of retrievable data associated with a single client request. A retrieval limitation component partially satisfies a query and retrieves an initial batch of information. Moreover, identifications can further be designated to retrieve additional information if so is required. Accordingly, an application requesting data thru a query can initially be supplied with a limited number of data, which subsequently can be followed by additional data items returned as unique identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Jeffrey Dick Jones, Gaurav Dinesh Kalmady, Sean Patrick Nolan, Johnson T. Apacible, Vijay Varadan
  • Universal skirt board
    Patent number: 8578660
    Abstract: A universal skirt board has a base, a top flange section, an overhang section, and a sealing flange attached to the top flange section. The base has at least one ridge extending away from the base in a first direction, and a projection extending in the first direction. The top flange section is attached to the base. The overhang section is also attached to the base and defines a drip edge. The sealing flange is attached to the top flange section. The at least one ridge is formed to rest on a top of a base board. The projection is formed to fit into a slot defined in the top of the base board to provide an interference connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: AZEK Building Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Nolan, Michael A. Dotsey
  • Health integration platform API
    Patent number: 8533746
    Abstract: An application program interface (API) is provided for requesting, storing, and otherwise accessing data within a health integration network. The API facilitates secure and seamless access to the centrally-stored data by offering authentication/authorization, as well as the ability to receive requests in an extensible language format, such as XML, and returns resulting data in XML format. The data can also have transformation, style and/or schema information associated with it which can be returned in the resulting XML and/or applied to the data beforehand by the API. The API can be utilized in many environment architectures including XML over HTTP and a software development kit (SDK).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Sean Patrick Nolan, Jeffrey Dick Jones, Johnson T. Apacible, Vijay Varadan
  • Data paging with a stateless service
    Patent number: 8515988
    Abstract: Systems and methods that facilitate data retrieval in a stateless environment by limiting amount of retrievable data associated with a single client request. A retrieval limitation component partially satisfies a query and retrieves an initial batch of information. Moreover, identifications can further be designated to retrieve additional information if so is required. Accordingly, an application requesting data thru a query can initially be supplied with a limited number of data, which subsequently can be followed by additional data items returned as unique identifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Dick Jones, Gaurav Dinesh Kalmady, Sean Patrick Nolan, Johnson T. Apacible, Vijay Varadan
  • Recording layer for heat assisted magnetic recording
    Patent number: 8507114
    Abstract: A magnetic stack includes multiple granular layers, at least one of the multiple granular layers is a magnetic layer that includes exchange coupled magnetic grains separated by a segregant having Ms greater than 100 emu/cc. Each of the multiple granular layers have anisotropic thermal conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Yingguo Peng, Jan-Ulrich Thiele, Ganping Ju, Thomas Patrick Nolan, Yinfeng Ding, Alexander Qihong Wu
  • WAVELENGTH CONVERTED LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130187184
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a semiconductor light emitting device (10) capable of emitting first light having a first peak wavelength and a semiconductor wavelength converting element (12) capable of absorbing the first light and emitting second light having a second peak wavelength. The semiconductor wavelength converting element (12) is attached to a support (51) and disposed in a path of light emitted by the semiconductor light emitting device. The semiconductor wavelength converting element is patterned to include at least two first regions (46) of semiconductor wavelength converting material and at least one second region (48) without semiconductor wavelength converting material disposed between the at least two first regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Michael David Camras, Oleg Borisovich Shchekin, Rafael Ignacio Aldaz Granell, Patrick Nolan Grillot, Frank Michael Steranka
  • Chemical agent detection system for fluid media
    Patent number: 8454892
    Abstract: A chemical agent detection system is provided that includes a fluid sampling collector suitable for the collecting, concentrating, filtering and storing of chemical agents. Preferably a solid phase extraction syringe is coupled to an adaptor via an injection port. The adaptor forms an outer surface of a sample containment reservoir that allows the fluid sampling collector to associate with a chemical agent detector such as the M256A2 chemical agent detector. The inventive chemical agent detection system allows rapid, low level on-site detection of chemical agents such as nerve agents in fluid media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Edward M. Rychwalski, Stephen J. Comaty, James A. Genovese, Patrick Nolan
  • Extensible and localizable health-related dictionary
    Patent number: 8417537
    Abstract: A system that uses a health-related dictionary component to establish responses to requests from devices and applications is provided. The innovation discloses uses of a health-related dictionary to enable retrieval of standardized lists and taxonomies in the healthcare space as well as localization of health-related data. Examples of these taxonomies include codes from medical coding vocabularies such as CPT (Current Procedural Terminology), layouts, templates, as well as references to units of measurements such as feet, inches, meters, liters, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Johnson T. Apacible, Sean Patrick Nolan, Gaurav Dinesh Kalmady, Vijay Varadan
  • Interlocking finish trim base
    Patent number: D679380
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: AZEK Building Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Gori, Stephen Koytek, Patrick Nolan, Michael A. Dotsey
  • Integrated drip edge
    Patent number: D679418
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: AZEK Building Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Nolan, Michael A. Dotsey
  • Water barrier trim
    Patent number: D684706
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: AZEK Building Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Nolan, Michael A. Dotsey
  • Stroller hook
    Patent number: D740722
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: HELEN OF TROY LIMITED
    Inventors: Eric Bennett, Patrick Nolan, Mike Dotsey