Patents by Inventor Peter Roberts

Peter Roberts 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).

  • MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND HEAT DISSIPATING DEVICE FOR FORMING INTERFACE FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20130043015
    Abstract: A method includes preparing a bonding surface of a heat dissipating member, applying flux to the bonding surface of the heat dissipating member, and removing excess flux from the bonding surface so that minimal flux is provided. The method also includes preparing a die surface of an electronic device package, applying flux to the die surface, and removing excess flux from the die surface so that minimal flux is provided. The method further includes positioning a preform solder component on the die surface, positioning the heat dissipating member over the die surface and the preform solder component such that the flux layer of the bonding surface is in contact with the preform solder component, and reflowing the solder component using a reflow oven. A heat spreader is also described for use in the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: DY 4 Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Straznicky, Peter Robert Lawrence Kaiser, Steven Drennan, Marc-Jason Renaud, Georges Francis Marquis
  • Reciprocating fluid machines
    Patent number: 8371210
    Abstract: A scotch yoke type fluid device in which the pistons are decoupled from each other is provided. Each piston of the device has its own pair of sliding surfaces and its own slider. The sliding surface of each piston is disposed on the same side of a big end bearing of a crank. The main axis of the crank is movable along a path such that the pistons are neither substantially retarded nor advanced. The effective centre of mass of the crank, piston and slider remains stationary relative to the crank axis. Each piston includes a guide for constraining the piston to move along the piston axis. An intermediate member may interconnect the piston and the slides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Inventors: Peter Robert Raffaele, Michael John Raffaele
  • Touch screens
    Patent number: 8363025
    Abstract: A touch screen control system comprising a touch screen having first and second conductive layers arranged to be brought together by touching of the screen. A detection system is arranged to detect a contact position at which the screen is touched by monitoring electrical signals from at least one of the layers. The system further comprises an antenna, and the detection system includes a proximity sensing signal generator arranged to generate a proximity sensing signal to be transmitted between the antenna and the first layer via a user of the system. The detection system is further arranged to receive the transmitted proximity sensing signal and determine therefrom the distance between a part of the user and the touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Jaguar Cars Limited
    Inventors: Richard Dean Parkinson, Carl Anthony Pickering, Ian Richard Thorp, Colin John Wilson, Peter Robert Thomas
  • Tools that facilitate diagnostics for mobile backhaul networks
    Patent number: 8351337
    Abstract: A diagnostic tool is provided for calculating the availability of multi-segment pseudowires within an internet protocol (IP)-based mobile backhaul network. A control message is transmitted from an originating node towards a destination node within the IP-based mobile backhaul network over a primary multi-segment pseudowire and a secondary multi-segment pseudowire. From the response messages received from intermediate nodes positioned between the network node and the destination node along the primary multi-segment pseudowire and the secondary multi-segment psuedowire, the originating node determines the identities of each of the intermediate nodes, and calculates a respective individual availability of the primary multi-segment pseudowire and the secondary multi-segment pseudowire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Hakki Cankaya, Kamakshi Sridhar, Peter Roberts
  • Network impairment metrics for timing over packet
    Patent number: 8345570
    Abstract: The invention is directed to providing a system and method for monitoring a clock synchronization metric in a timing-over-packet system to provide a metric for service-level agreements (SLA), by providing a measure of the stability of the packet transfer delay relative to a representative statistic such as a median or minimum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Kin Yee Wong, Peter Roberts
  • Network sync planning and failure simulations
    Patent number: 8339995
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and system for providing synchronization clock performance simulation in a timing-over-packet network having a network management system. The system retrieves information from nodes in a network and determines a timing-over-packet topology in a simulated model of the network, and determines clock stability statistics. The system further accepts simulation inputs such as addition or deletion of nodes in the simulated network, or introduction of failures into in the simulated network. The system provides predicted clock stability performance of an existing network under various simulated conditions without requiring modifications or introduction of failures to the existing network which would be useful for network optimization and network planning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Kin Yee Wong, Peter Roberts
  • RECIPROCATING FLUID MACHINES
    Publication number: 20120247320
    Abstract: A scotch yoke type fluid device in which the pistons are decoupled from each other is provided. Each piston of the device has its own pair of sliding surfaces and its own slider. The sliding surface of each piston is disposed on the same side of a big end bearing of a crank. The main axis of the crank is movable along a path such that the pistons are neither substantially retarded nor advanced. The effective centre of mass of the crank, piston and slider remains stationary relative to the crank axis. Each piston includes a guide for constraining the piston to move along the piston axis. An intermediate member may interconnect the piston and the slides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Peter Robert Raffaele, Michael John Raffaele
  • 5-pyridinone substituted indazoles
    Patent number: 8268868
    Abstract: Various 5-substituted 1-substituted indazoles are described, as are pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods of treatment of diseases using these compounds. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Albany Molecular Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Robert Guzzo, Matthew David Surman, Alan John Henderson, Mark Hadden, May Xiaowu Jiang
  • CLEANING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND MONITORING THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120227761
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a surface, the apparatus including a body defining a chamber, an inlet for liquid flow into the chamber, an outlet for liquid flow from the chamber, a nozzle connected to the outlet for generating an output flow of liquid for cleaning a surface, an acoustic transducer associated with the body to introduce acoustic energy into the liquid within the chamber whereby the acoustic energy is present in the liquid flowing out of the nozzle, and a gas bubble generator for generating gas bubbles within the liquid flowing out of the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
    Inventors: Timothy Grant Leighton, Christopher James Bradshaw Vian, Peter Robert Birkin
  • Loading of explosives
    Patent number: 8261664
    Abstract: A system (10) for loading a flowable explosive into blast holes includes a mobile explosives supply unit (12) having at least one explosives feed line for feeding a flowable explosive from the supply unit (12) into a blast hole, a global positioning system (GPS) unit (14) operable to determine the position of a blast hole, and a blast hole identification processor (16) in communication with the GPS unit (14) operable to receive from the GPS unit (14) a blast hole co-ordinate position. The processor (16) is configured or programmed uniquely to identify the blast hole based on the co-ordinate position of the blast hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: AEL Mining Services Limited
    Inventors: Horst Wolfgang Friedrich Von Lengeling, Ewan James Sellers, Mauritz Kotze, Peter Robert Wight
  • LOW-DENSITY, OPEN-CELL, SOFT, FLEXIBLE, THERMOPLASTIC ABSORBENT FOAM AND METHOD OF MAKING FOAM
    Publication number: 20120225773
    Abstract: A soft, flexible, low-density, open-cell, thermoplastic, absorbent foam formed from a foam polymer formula including a balanced amount of a plasticizing agent and a surfactant in combination with a base resin. Thermoplastic elastomers can be added to the foam polymer formula to improve softness, flexibility, elasticity, and resiliency of the resulting foam. The surfactant may be either a single surfactant or a multi-surfactant system. The foam possesses a number of qualities, such as softness and strength, which render the foam particularly suitable for use in a variety of personal care products, medical products, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Jennings Krueger, Fred Robert Radwanski, Mark G. Reichmann, Peter Robert Elliker, Ali Yahiaoui, Renette E. Richard, Oomman Painummoottil Thomas, Charles W. Colman, Andrew T. Baker, Jenny L. Day, Xiaomin Zhang, Sridhar Ranganathan, Edward A. Colombo, Donald E. Waldroup
  • Scotch yoke engine or pump
    Patent number: 8245627
    Abstract: An improved scotch yoke engine of pump including a piston joined to a yoke structure wherein the piston (1) is free to move along at least one axis defined by a flying cross (60) relative to the yoke structure (7) during piston reciprocation, the piston and yoke structure being joined in a flat type joint arrangement and the piston prevented from rotation around the piston axis by engagement of the piston and the yoke with the flying cross, the flying cross being not locked in position between the piston base (50) and the yoke shank end arrangement (700).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Inventors: Peter Robert Raffaele, Michael John Raffaele
  • Network timing topology via network manager
    Patent number: 8203969
    Abstract: The invention is directed to providing a method and system for monitoring and managing from a network management entity, timing-over-packet synchronization performance in a packet switching network having multiple network nodes. The network management entity determines a physical topology and a synchronization topology of the network and monitors synchronization performance by collecting virtual path information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Kin Yee Wong, Peter Roberts
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGULATING TOOTH MOVEMENT
    Publication number: 20120148975
    Abstract: A method is provided for regulating tooth movement, comprising extra-orally administering an effective amount of light transdermally to the maxillary or mandibular alveolar bone of a patient in need thereof. The repetitive dosage can be in the range of 24 J/cm to 200 J/cm. The light can have a wavelength in the range of about 585 nm to about 665 nm, or about 815 nm to about 895 nm. Light having a first wavelength can be administered to a first selected region of the alveolar bone, and light having a second wavelength can be administered to a second selected region of the alveolar bone to selectively regulate tooth movement during orthodontic treatment. An apparatus useful for applying light therapy extra-orally is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BIOLUX RESEARCH LTD.
    Inventor: Peter Robert Brawn
  • METHODS AND APPARATUSES USEFUL FOR REGULATING BONE REMODELING OR TOOTH MOVEMENT USING LIGHT THERAPY, A FUNCTIONAL APPLIANCE, AND/OR VITAMIN D
    Publication number: 20120148976
    Abstract: Methods are provided for regulating bone remodeling or tooth movement, comprising allowing a functional appliance to exert a force on oral or maxillofacial bone, muscle, or soft tissue, or one or more teeth of a patient in need thereof; and administering an effective amount of light to the oral or maxillofacial bone, muscle, or soft tissue, or one or more teeth, wherein the light is administered before, during, or after the force is exerted. Methods are also provided for regulating bone remodeling, comprising administering an effective amount of vitamin D to an oral or maxillofacial bone, muscle, or soft tissue, or to one or more teeth of a patient in need thereof; and administering an effective amount of light to the oral or maxillofacial bone, muscle, or soft tissue, or to the one or more teeth. Apparatuses useful for providing light therapy and/or vitamin D is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BIOLUX RESEARCH LTD.
    Inventor: Peter Robert Brawn
  • CD86 Antagonist Multi-Target Binding Proteins
    Publication number: 20120100139
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a multi-specific fusion protein composed of a CD86 antagonist binding domain and another binding domain that is an IL-10 agonist, an HLA-G agonist, an HGF agonist, an IL-35 agonist, a PD-1 agonist, a BTLA agonist, a LIGHT antagonist, a GITRL antagonist or a CD40 antagonist. The multi-specific fusion protein may also include an intervening domain that separates the other domains. This disclosure also provides polynucleotides encoding the multi-specific fusion proteins, compositions of the fusion proteins, and methods of using the multi-specific fusion proteins and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Emergent Product Development Seattle, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Armstrong Thompson, Peter Robert Baum, Philip Tan, John W. Blankenship, Sateesh Kumar Natarajan
  • Centralized node clock auto reconfiguration
    Patent number: 8149881
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and system for providing centralized automated synchronization clock reconfiguration in packet switched telecommunications networks having network nodes that do not implement Synchronization Status Messaging (SSM) internally. This is especially useful when integrating TDM networks with packet switching network elements having T1 and E1 interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Kin-Yee Wong, Peter Roberts
  • Fluid conditioning apparatus
    Patent number: 8136798
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for a fluid conditioning apparatus for conditioning a fluid disposed within, wherein the fluid conditioning apparatus is in fluid communication with a self contained system. The fluid conditioning apparatus includes a housing having a surrounding sidewall positioned about a longitudinal axis, the surrounding sidewall having an inlet portion and an outlet portion, the sidewall, inlet portion, and outlet portion all defining a housing interior. Further included in the fluid conditioning apparatus is structure for disbursing a selected component within the housing interior and structure for controlling the selected component disbursing to a achieve a selected fluid condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Inventor: Peter Robert Stewart
  • INTELLIGENT DIMMER FOR MANAGING A LIGHTING LOAD
    Publication number: 20120049749
    Abstract: An intelligent dimmer (12) for managing a lighting load (172) coupled to an AC voltage source (174) is disclosed. In particular embodiments, the intelligent dimmer (12) may be incorporated into a system (10) and method (220-228) for managing lighting power density. In one embodiment of the intelligent dimmer (12), a control circuit (170) is coupled between the lighting load (172) and the AC voltage source (174). A threshold load current value is established for the lighting load (172). A line voltage sensor (178) reads the line voltage across the lighting load (172) and a load sensor (178) samples the load current being provided to the lighting load (172). The control circuit (170) compares the sampled load current to the threshold load current to determine the presence of a cutoff condition and, in response thereto, selectively adjusts the line voltage applied to the lighting load (172).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Gordon Wayne Pearlman, Peter Robert Rogers, Donald Louis Klusmann
  • Loading of Explosives
    Publication number: 20120024181
    Abstract: A system (10) for loading a flowable explosive into blast holes includes a mobile explosives supply unit (12) having at least one explosives feed line for feeding a flowable explosive from the supply unit (12) into a blast hole, a global positioning system (GPS) unit (14) operable to determine the position of a blast hole, and a blast hole identification processor (16) in communication with the GPS unit (14) operable to receive from the GPS unit (14) a blast hole co-ordinate position. The processor (16) is configured or programmed uniquely to identify the blast hole based on the co-ordinate position of the blast hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: AFRICAN EXPLOSIVES LIMITED
    Inventors: Horst Wolfgang Friedrich Von Lengeling, Ewan James Sellers, Mauritz Kotze, Peter Robert Wight