Patents by Inventor Peter A. Anderson

Peter A. Anderson 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).

  • Flame detection in a fuel fired appliance
    Patent number: 9388984
    Abstract: A control system for a fuel-fired appliance and methods of operating are disclosed. When an electrical characteristic of a flame detector fails to cross a threshold level during an ignition attempt and when the electrical characteristic of the flame detector changes by a predetermined amount, the control system may activate an indicator indicating a problem with the flame detector (e.g. dirty, misaligned, or otherwise unable to properly detect the flame).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Anderson
  • Methods, systems and devices for near-well fracture monitoring using tomographic fracture imaging techniques
    Patent number: 9389326
    Abstract: Described herein are various embodiments of methods and corresponding hardware and software configured to permit the vicinity around and/or near a well to be imaged, where the well is being subjected to, or has been subjected to, fracking operations. The methods and corresponding hardware and software permit the generation of images of near-well fractures or faults resulting from the fracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Global Ambient Seismic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Meredith Vermilye, Peter Anderson Geiser
  • Turbomachine diaphragm ring with packing retainment apparatus
    Patent number: 9382813
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a turbomachine diaphragm ring. In various particular embodiments, a turbomachine diaphragm ring includes: a packing slot sized to house a dovetail section of a turbomachine packing, the packing slot extending circumferentially about a rotational axis of the turbomachine; a key slot connected with the packing slot sized to house a portion of a key member, the key slot extending at least one of radially or axially from the packing slot; and a retaining slot connected with the key slot and extending substantially circumferentially from the key slot, the retaining slot sized to house a retaining member for retaining the key member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Robert Reid, James Peter Anderson, Steven Sebastian Burdgick, Mark Richard DeLorenzo
  • Gaming Machine Having A Community Game With Side Wagering
    Publication number: 20160055719
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system and method for conducting a wagering game on a plurality of gaming machines is disclosed. The method comprises the act of triggering a community event while conducting the wagering game on the plurality of gaming machines. Two or more gaming machines are selected to participate in the community event. The community event is selected from a plurality of independent community events. The gaming system comprises a plurality of gaming machines, at least one community display, and at least one controller. The controller is operative to select the two or more gaming machines to participate in the community event, and select the community event from the plurality of independent community events to display on the at least one community display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: WMS Gaming Inc.
    Inventors: Allon G. Englman, Larry J. Pacey, Peter A. Anderson, Jeremy M. Hornik
  • Gaming machine having a community game with side wagering
    Publication number: 20160027140
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system and method for conducting a wagering game on a plurality of gaming machines is disclosed. The method comprises the act of triggering a community event while conducting the wagering game on the plurality of gaming machines. Two or more gaming machines are selected to participate in the community event. The community event is selected from a plurality of independent community events. The gaming system comprises a plurality of gaming machines, at least one community display, and at least one controller. The controller is operative to select the two or more gaming machines to participate in the community event, and select the community event from the plurality of independent community events to display on the at least one community display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Allon G. Englman, Larry J. Pacey, Peter A. Anderson, Jeremy M. Hornik
  • METHOD OF TREATMENT AND AGENTS USEFUL FOR SAME
    Publication number: 20150368348
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method for the treatment and prophylaxis of inflammatory conditions. The present invention is predicated in part on the identification of cells of the monocyte/macrophage lineage being critical for inflammation and, in particular, chronic inflammation. In accordance with the present invention, it is proposed that the reduction in levels of monocyte/macrophage-type cells and/or a reduction in the production of inflammatory and pro-inflammatory mediators by these cells, especially locally, is effective in reducing inflammatory conditions. The present invention further provides animal models useful for screening for reducing levels of monocyte/macrophage-type cells and/or reducing the production of inflammatory and pro-inflammatory mediators of these cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: John Allan Hamilton, Gary Peter Anderson, Ian Keith Campbell
  • METHOD FOR A RADIATOR EGS TO HARVEST GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
    Publication number: 20150354859
    Abstract: An embodiment in accordance with the present invention includes an EGS configured to allow the commercial production of electrical energy. One criteria of an EGS according to the present invention is that the temperature and volume of the fluids extracted are sufficiently high and large enough as to allow the commercial production of electrical energy. The system is able to operate for at least N years before the extracted fluid falls below the minimum temperature needed for energy production. Additionally, fractures are separated from each other by a sufficiently large volume of rock (Vcrit) relative to the fractures surface area such that the ratio of the rate of heat extraction to the rate of heat supply controlled by the thermal conductivity of the rock is such that the intervening rock is cooled at a rate that is sufficiently slow to be economic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Bruce D. Marsh, Markus Hilpert, Peter Anderson Geiser
  • Tomographic imaging of fracture-fault permeability zones during drilling operations
    Patent number: 9194967
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of methods for identifying faults and fractures, and other permeable features, within geologic layers during a drilling operation comprising; recording microseismic data during a drilling operation; recording times and positions of a drill bit in a well bore during the drilling operation; processing microseismic data at a plurality of selected times and locations to image microseismic events and identifying faults and fractures, and other permeable features, from corresponding images of microseismic events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Global Ambient Seismic, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred Lacazette, Peter Anderson Geiser
  • ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR WINDOW COVERINGS
    Publication number: 20150333510
    Abstract: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) circuit for use with motorized window shades includes an antenna connected to a motor controller having a printed circuit board, a receiver or transceiver, a microprocessor and memory that are connected to and operate a motor. The ESD circuit is connected to the line-in between the antenna and the downstream components of the printed circuit board. The ESD circuit includes an inductor in parallel with two anti-parallel diodes in reverse polarity to one another. The ESD circuit shunts damaging signals or ESD events to ground by providing a lower impedance or lower resistance path to ground for these signals, whereas the ESD circuit allows the signals of interest to pass by the ESD circuit as the ESD circuit provides a higher impedance or higher resistance path to ground as compared to the signal of interest passing through the receiver or transceiver of the motor controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Willis Jay Mullet, Craig Peter Anderson
  • Mutants of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist
    Patent number: 9163072
    Abstract: The invention provides an isolated polypeptide comprising a variant amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, or a fusion or derivative of said polypeptide, or a fusion of a said derivative thereof, wherein the polypeptide, fusion or derivative retains a biological activity of wild type IL-IRa. In one embodiment, the isolated polypeptide, fusion or derivative is or comprises a polypeptide variant of amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 1 comprising or consisting of substitutions at one or more of the following amino acid mutations of SEQ ID NO: 1: Q29K, P38Y, P38R, L42W, D47N, E52R, H54R, E90Y, Q129L, Q129N, M136N, M136D and Q149K. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions of the above polypeptide, fusion or derivative, as well as uses of the same for treating a disease or condition capable of being treated by an agent which inhibits the function of IL-1 receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Alligator Bioscience AB
    Inventors: Eva Maria Dahlén, Karin Elisabeth Brachan, Patrick Thomas Höjman, Cecilia Ann-Christin Malmborg Hanger, Marie Asa Ingegerd Karlsson, Mats Peter Anderson, Björn Ulrik Walse
  • Low/High Dose Probiotic Supplements And Methods Of Their Use
    Publication number: 20150224154
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are hereby disclosed for reducing the numbers of E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella or other pathogens in an animal. The methods include administering to the animal a lactic acid producing bacterium at a relatively low dosage in combination with a lactate utilizing bacterium, followed by administration of the lactic acid producing bacterium at a relatively high dosage. The disclosed methods help achieve pre-harvest food safety and enhance feed performance while keeping the total cost relatively low. The preferred lactic acid producing bacterium is Lactobacillus acidophilus/animalis and the preferred lactate utilizing bacterium is Propionibacterium freudenreichii.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Douglas R. Ware, Peter Anderson
  • Proxy Layer for Game Input Abstraction
    Publication number: 20150228145
    Abstract: An abstraction layer in a gaming environment intercepts calls to standard random number and user selection functions and returns data based on game operating mode and data availability. When operating as a Class 2 game, random number data may be received from a server while in a Class 3 game, random numbers may be received from a local random number generator. In a history mode or power recovery mode, calls for both random numbers and user selections may be supplied from a file storing data from a previously played or an interrupted game, respectively. Pay table testing may be accommodated by using predetermined random numbers resulting in known reel or other outcome states. The abstraction layer isolates game code from the unique requirements of the different modes of operation required for operating environment or regulatory compliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Peter Anderson, Saravanan Saravanan
  • Motorized roller shade or blind having an antenna and antenna cable connection
    Patent number: 9091118
    Abstract: A motorized roller shade includes a shade tube, including an outer surface upon which a shade is attached, an inner surface defining an inner cavity and two end portions, a motor/controller unit, disposed within the shade tube inner cavity and mechanically coupled to the shade tube inner surface, including a support shaft configured to attach to a mounting bracket, and a DC motor having an output shaft coupled to the support shaft such that the output shaft and the support shaft do not rotate when the support shaft is attached to the mounting bracket. A wireless receiver is coupled to the motor/controller unit to receive wireless signals and an antenna is arranged on or in at least one of the two end portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: QMOTION INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Craig Peter Anderson, Ben L. Garcia, Matthew Warren Kirkland
  • Using a drill bit as a seismic source for SET velocity analysis
    Patent number: 9075158
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of methods for determining the velocity of seismic energy in geologic layers using Seismic Emission Tomography (SET) imaging of drill bit noise, by recording microseismic data during a drilling operation, recording the time and the position of a drill bit in a well bore during the drilling operation, processing the microseismic data using SET software to image microseismic events proximate a known time and position of the drill bit using an estimated velocity model, computing the difference between the known time and position of the drill bit and the time and position of the microseismic event determined from the SET data, varying the estimated velocity model to minimize the difference between the known time and position of the drill bit and the time and time and position of the microseismic event determined from the SET data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Global Microseismic Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Anderson Geiser
  • Low/high dose probiotic supplements and methods of their use
    Patent number: 9011838
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are hereby disclosed for reducing the numbers of E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella or other pathogens in an animal. The methods include administering to the animal a lactic acid producing bacterium at a relatively low dosage in combination with a lactate utilizing bacterium, followed by administration of the lactic acid producing bacterium at a relatively high dosage. The disclosed methods help achieve pre-harvest food safety and enhance feed performance while keeping the total cost relatively low. The preferred lactic acid producing bacterium is Lactobacillus acidophilus/animalis and the preferred lactate utilizing bacterium is Propionibacterium freudenreichii.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Nutrition Physiology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Ware, Peter Anderson
  • Motorized roller shade or blind having an antenna and antenna cable connection
    Patent number: 8960260
    Abstract: A motorized roller shade includes a shade tube, including an outer surface upon which a shade is attached, an inner surface defining an inner cavity and two end portions, a motor/controller unit, disposed within the shade tube inner cavity and mechanically coupled to the shade tube inner surface, including a support shaft configured to attach to a mounting bracket, and a DC motor having an output shaft coupled to the support shaft such that the output shaft and the support shaft do not rotate when the support shaft is attached to the mounting bracket. A wireless receiver is coupled to the motor/controller unit to receive wireless signals and an antenna is arranged on or in at least one of the two end portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Homerun Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Peter Anderson, Ben L. Garcia, Matthew Warren Kirkland
  • Remote Identification for Electronic Gaming Machines
    Publication number: 20140357354
    Abstract: A casino management system uses unique identifiers to automatically identify individual gaming assets and to select a particular asset on a video display of a gaming floor. Information about the specific asset can be retrieved and presented on an overlay of the video display. Identification data for a plurality of assets can be used with known camera locations to automatically generate a map of asset locations on the gaming floor. A unique identifier for each EGM may be transmitted via an optical or infrared signal and received by cameras monitoring the gaming floor. The unique identifier may also be optically received via a smartphone application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: WMS Gamin, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Gura, Peter Anderson
  • Modifying gaming devices based on physical attributes of determined groups
    Patent number: 8888587
    Abstract: A gaming device may be modified in a way that is aimed at the similar interests in a focus group rather than on an individual. Groups are formed where the patrons in the groups have related elements. The related elements are compared to modifiable elements of the gaming device and modifications are made to the modifiable elements to attract the members of the focus group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: WMS Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Mary M. Burke, Peter Anderson, Vernon W. Hamlin
  • Barbeque
    Patent number: D726490
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Barbeques Galore (Aust) Pty Limited
    Inventors: Stephen John Spencer, Peter Anderson
  • Catheter
    Patent number: D752215
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: CHIESI FARMACEUTICI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Mats Blennow, Kajsa Bohlin, Peter Anderson Dargaville