Patents by Inventor Peter On

Peter On 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).

  • AIR OXIDATION HAIR DYE APPLICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLORING HAIR USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20090114237
    Abstract: An air oxidation hair dye application system and a method for coloring hair using this system are provided. The system includes a container holding the hair dye and a comb-shaped applicator mounted on the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: COMBE INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jack T. Massoni, Alan Olsson, Peter Mackinson, Kevin Chan
  • Vessel for Transport of Compressed Natural Gas
    Publication number: 20090114142
    Abstract: Vessel comprising a number of composite storage tanks for transport of compressed natural gas (CNG) or a combination of gas and liquid, which tanks have an elongated, cylindrical intermediate section and a lower end and an upper end, the tanks being arranged side-by-side vertically standing in the vessel, distinguished in that the hull, the bulkheads and the deck of the vessel form a closed space enveloping all tanks except from the upper end of each tank or selected tanks, for which tanks the upper end extends sealingly out of the closed space, all feed-throughs in the tanks with couplings for loading and unloading are outside of the closed space, at the upper end of the tanks, and the tanks are supported such that each tank can expand or contract freely within the operating range of the tanks with respect to pressure and temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: COMPRESSED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY AS
    Inventors: Kåre Breivik, Hugo Gustavsen, Peter Jenkins, Raymond Heggholmen
  • Multi-material golf club head
    Publication number: 20090118037
    Abstract: A golf club head formed of multiple materials is disclosed. Those portions of the club head that are subject to high stresses during normal use of the golf club head are formed of a metallic material. Most of the material beyond what is required to maintain structural integrity, however, is removed and replaced with a lightweight material. This freed-up mass that can be redistributed to other, more beneficial locations of the club head. The lightweight material also damps vibrations generated during use of the golf club. This vibration damper may be retained in a state of compression to enhance the vibration damping. One or more weight members may be included to obtain desired center of gravity position, moments of inertia, and other club head attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Ryan L. Roach, Peter Soracco, Nicholas M. Nardacci, Scott A. Rice, Thomas C. Morris, Christopher B. Best
  • Portable computer systems with thermal enhancements and multiple power modes of operation
    Publication number: 20090119435
    Abstract: A portable computer adapted for electrical connection to a docking station having multiple power modes of operation is described. The portable computer has one or more CPU chips which have at least two power modes of operation, a low power mode and a high power mode. When the portable computer is operated as a stand-alone computer, it operates in the low power mode. When the portable computer is operated while electrically connected to the docking station, it operates in a high power mode. The docking station has greater cooling capacity than the portable computer alone to provide enhanced cooling of the high power mode of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Lawrence Shungwei Mok, Daniel Peter Morris
  • Semiconductor laser with a weakly coupled grating
    Publication number: 20090117678
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser with a semiconductor substrate, a laser layer arranged on the semiconductor substrate, a waveguide arranged parallel to the laser layer and a strip shaped grating structure is disclosed. The laser layer, the waveguide and the grating are arranged in a configuration which results in weak coupling between the laser light and the grating structure, so that the laser light interacts with an increased number of grating elements. A process for the production of such a semiconductor laser is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Johann Peter Reithmaier, Lars Bach
  • Power supply with reduced power consumption when a load is disconnected from the power supply
    Publication number: 20090116269
    Abstract: Detection and control circuitry are added to a conventional power supply to detect when a load, such as a portable electronic device, has been disconnected from the power supply and, when disconnected, interrupt a current path to the primary windings of a transformer within the power supply to substantially reduce the amount of reactive power that is consumed by the power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Visvamohan Yegnashankaran, Peter J. Hopper
  • TESTING INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
    Publication number: 20090115440
    Abstract: A testing apparatus for a radiation sensing integrated circuit comprises a load board (101), a test socket (102), suitable for the device under test DUT (103), and a plunger (104). A radiation source (107) is provided on the load board (101) adjacent to the test socket (102). The radiation source (107) generates radiation for testing the response to stimulus of the radiation sensing element of the DUT (103). To enable the sensing element of the DUT (103) to be exposed to the radiation, a pathway (108) is provided through plunger (104). The pathway (108) has a U-Shape with the end of one side of the U being adjacent to the radiation source (107) and the other end of the U being adjacent to the sensing element of DUT (103).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: MELEXIS NV
    Inventor: Peter Bergmann
  • Method and Computer Program for Identification of Inattentiveness by the Driver of a Vehicle
    Publication number: 20090115589
    Abstract: A method and a computer program for identifying when the driver of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, is not paying attention. In order to make it possible to make a more reliable statement on the presence of any inattentiveness by the driver, the method observes a steering action following a steering quiescent phase, in addition to detecting the steering quiescent phase. The extent of the steering quiescent phase and of the steering action found are logically linked to one another, and the result of this logical operation is then used as a measure for the severity of the inattentiveness of the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2004
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Arnim Lars Galley, Elisabeth Bukaman, Klaus-Peter Kuhn, Dietmar Neumerkel
  • Ultrasonic inspection method and device for plastics walls
    Publication number: 20090114021
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for ultrasonic time of flight diffraction inspection of a plastics wall, such as a pipe wall. The method comprises providing an ultrasound transmitter and transmitting an ultrasound signal having a nominal frequency into the wall, providing an ultrasound receiver and receiving the ultrasound signal transmitted through the wall. The ultrasound signal provided by the transmitter has a bandwidth of more than 80%, preferably more than 100% of the nominal frequency of the ultrasound signal provided by the transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventor: Peter Christiaan den Boer
  • METHOD FOR MONITORING AN AUXILIARY PUMP FOR A HYBRID POWERTRAIN
    Publication number: 20090118954
    Abstract: A powertrain system includes a hybrid transmission coupled to an engine and an auxiliary hydraulic pump. The auxiliary hydraulic pump is commanded to operate at a predetermined speed only when enable criteria are met. An engine-off state is inhibited based upon a difference between a commanded speed and a monitored operating speed of the auxiliary hydraulic pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicants: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC., Daimler AG, Chrysler LLC, Bayerishe Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: PETER E. WU, ALI K. NAQVI, REBECCA TRIERWEILER, SYED NAQI, RYAN D. MARTINI
  • Apparatus for cooling a metal strip
    Publication number: 20090115113
    Abstract: An apparatus is described for cooling a metal strip (1), comprising at least two nozzle fields which are disposed opposite of each other with respect to the metal strip (1) conveyed continuously in its longitudinal direction and which comprise nozzles facing towards the respective strip surface and being attached to blowing boxes (3) for a cooling gas, and flow conduits (5) provided between the nozzles for discharging the cooling gas flows from the nozzles which are deflected on the surface of the strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Peter Ebner, Gerald Eckertsberger
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMMINUTING COARSELY CRUSHED POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON
    Publication number: 20090114748
    Abstract: Polysilicon is crushed with a minimum of manual and machine crushing steps by utilizing a large diameter roll crusher, the circumferential crushing surface of which is formed of a plurality of reversibly mounted, close fitting hard metal plates. Reproducible crushing along with such low metal contamination that subsequent cleaning of the crushed polysilicon is not necessary are both obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Peter Gruebl, Rainer Hoelzlwimmer
  • Solenoid-valve unit for an electropneumatic controller
    Publication number: 20090114865
    Abstract: A solenoid-valve unit for an electropneumatic controller, especially a pilot-control unit of an electropneumatic pressure modulator of a vehicle, includes a solenoid-valve unit having a valve-housing bottom with compressed-air bores, and solenoid valves having solenoids and displaceable magnet armatures. The solenoids are disposed outside of the valve-housing bottom. At least one pressure sensor for measuring pneumatic pressure in a compressed-air bore of the valve-housing bottom is placed in or on the valve-housing bottom. Electric leads to the solenoids and to the pressure sensor are routed to a common electrical interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Peter Homann, Bernd-Joachim Kiel, Juan Rovira-Rifaterra, Hartmut Schappler, Andreas Teichmann, Ingo Torhoff
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IN-VIVO PLASMAPHERESIS USING PERIODIC BACKLUSH CONTAINING ANTICOAGULANT
    Publication number: 20090118660
    Abstract: Method for in-vivo plasmapheresis utilizing a plurality of elongated hollow microporous filter fibers periodically interrupt diffusion of blood plasma from a patient, and, for a selected time, directing backflush fluid into the fibers at a pressure and interval sufficient to cleanse the fiber pores, after which plasma diffusion is resumed. The backflush fluid, preferably a normal saline solution, may contain an anticoagulant such as heparin, citrate or NO donor in suitable concentration for systemic anti-coagulation or for treating the fiber for thromboresistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: Transvivo Inc.
    Inventors: Reynolds G. Gorsuch, Tommy Gene Cooper, Harold H. Handley, JR., Harold W. Peters
  • MULTI-VIEW DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090115800
    Abstract: A multi-view display device (100) is disclosed. The multi-view display device comprises: a structure of light-generating elements (10); a structure of optical means (15) for directing light being generated by the structure of light-generating elements (10) in a number of directions corresponding to respective views; and computing means (18) for computing luminance values for the respective light-generating elements on basis of an input signal (414), whereby for the computation of a particular luminance value (420) for a particular light-generating element (402), the computing means (18) is arranged to take into account a spatial displacement between a first location (412) of the particular light-generating element (402) and a second location (410) of the corresponding one of the optical means (408).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventors: Robert-Paul Mario Berretty, Franciscus Johannes Peters
  • GAS SENSOR SYSTEM HAVING A ZEROING MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20090113984
    Abstract: A sensing system having a zeroing mechanism incorporating a micropump. The micropump may be connected to a gas conditioner for providing zeroing gas to a sensor downstream. The micropump and sensor may be connected to a processor or computer for pump control and receipt of information from the sensor. Upon zeroing and/or baseline correction of the sensor, the pump may be stopped and a sample gas may be fed into the sensor for detection and analysis. Alternatively, the pump may situated downstream of the sensor to draw conditioned gas through the sensor. A valve may be added having a conditioned gas input connected to the conditioner and having a sample input. The valve may have an output connected to the sensor. When the valve is open to the conditioned gas input, it will be closed to the sample input, and vice versa. The system may be for zeroing and/or calibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Steven Gautieri, Peter Tobias
  • LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY SOURCE DRIVER INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20090115715
    Abstract: A source driver eliminates the need for a level shifter and enables the use of a low voltage digital-to-analog converter by using an operational buffer that performs voltage amplification in addition to driving a TFT panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Peter H. Xiao, Chih-Wen Lu
  • Process for Manufacturing Inks and Pigment Formulations and Ink Jet Inks Made By the Process
    Publication number: 20090114120
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing an ink, or pigment formulation (e.g. a concentrate) for use in inks, comprising filtration of a composition comprising a particulate pigment and a liquid medium through an inorganic filter having pores of a uniform size below 10 microns. The process accurately removes oversized particles that could cause problems in inkjet printers without wasting non-problematic under-sized pigment. High flow rates are achieved even with low trans-filter pressure differences. In one embodiment, high flow rates are maintained by selection of pH and/or ionic strength. The filters are more robust than conventional polymeric filters and withstand cleaning with aggressive cleaning agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Charles Rupert McIntyre, Gary Cuthbertson, Peter Mark Godfrey
  • Machine Learning For Tissue Labeling Segmentation
    Publication number: 20090116737
    Abstract: A method for directed machine learning includes receiving features including intensity data and location data of an image, condensing the intensity data and the location data into a feature vector, processing the feature vector by a plurality of classifiers, each classifier trained for a respective trained class among a plurality of classes, outputting, from each classifier, a probability of the feature vector belong to the respective trained class, and assigning the feature vector a label according to the probabilities of the classifiers, wherein the assignment produces a segmentation of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: Siemens Corporate Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Atilla Peter Kiraly, Christopher V. Alvino, Hong Shen
  • MULTI-ROW SYMMETRICAL ROLLING BEARING
    Publication number: 20090116778
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rolling bearing having a first bearing ring, a second bearing ring and a plurality of rolling bodies which are arranged between the first bearing ring and the second bearing ring. The rolling bodies are arranged in at least four rows, at least two rows have a first reference diameter, at least two further rows have a second reference diameter which is different from the first reference diameter, and those rows which have in each case the same reference diameter are arranged symmetrically with respect to a predefined plane which is aligned perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KG
    Inventors: Christian Mock, Peter Niebling, Ralf Heiss