Patents by Inventor Philip To

Philip To 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).

  • Method and apparatus for multi-band UWB communications
    Patent number: 8270452
    Abstract: A method and device for transmitting information over a first medium include allocating for signal transmission, each of a plurality of frequency sub-bands of an ultra-wide band spectrum and sending over the first medium an ultra-wide band transmission including the information. The ultra-wide band transmission is performed by sending a signal over each of the plurality of frequency sub-bands. Each signal may be encoded, modulated and/or multiplexed. The information which is transmitted may be obtained from a second signal transmission received over a second medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Lightwaves Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce D. Melick, David M. Snyder, Leslie D. Baych, Gregory P. Probst, Philip T. Kennedy
  • Transformation system in the field of filamentous fungal hosts
    Patent number: 8268585
    Abstract: A novel transformation system in the field of filamentous fungal hosts for expressing and secreting heterologous proteins or polypeptides is described. The invention also covers a process for producing large amounts of polypeptide or protein in an economical manner. The system comprises a transformed or transfected fungal strain of the genus Chrysosporium, more particularly of Chrysosporium lucknowense and mutants or derivatives thereof. It also covers transformants containing Chrysosporium coding sequences, as well expression-regulating sequences of Chrysosporium genes. Also provided are novel fungal enzymes and their encoding sequences and expression-regulating sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Dyadic International (USA), Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Aaron Emalfarb, Richard Paul Burlingame, Philip Terry Olson, Arkady Panteleimonovich Sinitsyn, Martine Parriche, Jean Christophe Bousson, Christine Marie Pynnonen, Peter Jan Punt, Cornelia Maria Johanna Van Zeijl
  • Video observation of a patient's face during a medical procedure while the patient is in a prone position
    Patent number: 8269825
    Abstract: Apparatus that allows at least one feature of a patient's face to be observed while the patient is in a prone position includes a facial cushion, a video camera and a monitor. A self supporting facial cushion provides cranial support for a patient in a prone position during a medical procedure. The cushion has a frontal aperture that is dimensioned so that the facial feature of a patient wearing the facial cushion and in a prone position are visible through the at least one aperture. A portion of the facial cushion that contacts a supporting surface when the facial cushion is self supported defines a tunnel through which at least the lens of the video camera can be inserted for movement from outside the facial cushion to a position beneath the patient's face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Dupaco, Inc.
    Inventors: An Binh Vu, Gregory Philip Jordan
  • Very high power pulsed fiber laser
    Patent number: 8270441
    Abstract: A high power integrated fiber laser system includes cascaded amplifiers that utilize low numerical aperture fiber amplifiers. The system is rugged and lightweight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Optical Air Data Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Philip Rogers, Priyavadan Mamidipudi, Rupak Changkakoti, Peter Gatchell
  • LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD
    Publication number: 20120229783
    Abstract: A lithographic apparatus includes a substrate table constructed to hold a substrate, a projection system configured to project a patterned radiation beam through an opening and onto a target portion of the substrate, and a conduit having an outlet in the opening. The conduit is configured to deliver gas to the opening. The lithographic apparatus further includes a cooling apparatus controlled by a control system. The cooling apparatus is configured to cool the gas such that gas which travels from the opening to the substrate has a predetermined temperature when the gas is incident upon the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Han-Kwang Nienhuys, Martinus Agnes Willem Cuijpers, Nicolaas Ten Kate, Leon Martin Levasier, Jan Bernard Plechelmus Van Schoot, Yuri Johannes Gabriël Van De Vijver, Oleg Viacheslavovich Voznyi, Franciscus Johannes Joseph Janssen, Danny Maria Hubertus Philips, Marcio Alexandre Cano Miranda, Oleksiy Galaktionov, Manish Ranjan, Albert Pieter Rijpma, Kursat Bal, Laurentius Johannes Adrianus Van Bokhoven, Roger Wilhelmus Antonius Henricus Schmitz, Alain Louis Claude Leroux
  • Battery Pack Venting System
    Publication number: 20120231306
    Abstract: A thermal management system is provided that minimizes the effects of thermal runaway within a battery pack. The system is comprised of a sealed battery pack enclosure configured to hold a plurality of batteries, where the battery pack enclosure is divided into a plurality of sealed battery pack compartments. The system also includes a plurality of battery venting assemblies, where at least one battery venting assembly is integrated into each of the sealed battery pack compartments, and where each of the battery venting assemblies includes an exhaust port integrated into an outer wall of the battery pack compartment and a valve, the valve being configured to seal the exhaust port under normal operating conditions and to unseal the exhaust port when at least one of the batteries within the battery pack compartment enters into thermal runaway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: TESLA MOTORS, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Hayden Herron, Scott Ira Kohn, Weston Arthur Hermann, Andrew Hill Leutheuser, Jeffrey C. Weintraub, Dustin Grace, Bruce Philip Edwards, Nicolas Verzeni, Joseph Mardall
  • TWO-PIECE WRISTBAND WITH INTERCHANGEABLE LASSO BAND ELEMENT FOR USER SELECTABLE SIZING
    Publication number: 20120227443
    Abstract: A wearable band with an adjustable size or length. The band includes a first band element with a raised center or identification member. The band includes a second band element with a body having a loop or lasso at one end defined by an inner surface of a sidewall. The outer sidewall of the raised center member is detachably coupled to the inner surface of the loop-defining sidewall when the center member is received within and captured by the loop such as by a snap detent arrangement. To allow sizing, the second band element includes both an inner band sizing element including the loop-defining sidewall at one of its ends and an outer band sizing element that is detachably coupled to the inner band sizing element. The length of the second band element is defined by the combined length of the inner and outer band sizing elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: John M. Padgett, Michael G. Jungen, John David Worrall, Maximillian Philip Burton, Carson Lau, Adam D. Leonards
  • GAS COMPRESSION
    Publication number: 20120230840
    Abstract: A method of compressing a gas, which uses a compressor train having a plurality of discrete portions and including at least an upstream portion, a mid-stream portion and a downstream portion arranged successively in flow series. The method includes: (i) performing a first compression step by directing a flow of said gas into the upstream compressor portion and driving the upstream compressor portion to compress the gas; (ii) performing a second compression step by directing the compressed flow from the upstream compressor portion into the mid-stream compressor portion and driving the mid-stream compressor portion to further compress the gas; and (iii) performing a third compression step by directing the compressed flow from the mid-stream compressor portion into the downstream compressor portion and driving the downstream compressor portion to further compress the gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventors: Paul Fletcher, Philip P. Walsh
  • Vibration Isolation Brackets for Roller Blinds
    Publication number: 20120228464
    Abstract: There is disclosed a support for mounting an end of a roller blind to a structure such as a wall, ceiling and window frame. The support includes a first plate for mounting to the end of the roller blind and a second plate adjacent the first plate. The second plate has a central aperture dimensioned to receive the end of the roller blind. The support further includes a bracket for mounting the second plate to the structure. A plurality of vibration absorbing fasteners are provided for mounting the first plate to the second plate and dampening vibrations travelling from the first plate to the second plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Philip Ng, Norman Wills
  • Endorsement Subscriptions for Sponsored Stories
    Publication number: 20120233009
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to subscribing to a service for generating and delivering sponsored stories from an organic activity stream in a social networking site. A proxy bidder may aggressively proxy bid for the delivery of the sponsored stories based on a pacing algorithm and feedback loop monitoring the delivery level of sponsored stories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Jon Bernhard Fougner, Philip Anastasios Zigoris, Gokul Rajaram, Ning Li
  • HIGH EFFICIENCY, LOW ENERGY STORAGE DRIVER CIRCUIT FOR SOLID STATE LIGHT SOURCES
    Publication number: 20120229037
    Abstract: A device, system and method to drive light emitting diodes (LEDs) are disclosed. An exemplary system may include a string of LEDs coupled across a voltage source configured to provide an input voltage. The string of LEDs may include a plurality of separate groups of LEDs and a plurality of switch circuits. Each of the switch circuits may include a switch coupled in parallel with an associated one of the groups of LEDs to control current flow through the associated group of LEDs in response to a control signal from a controller circuit. A switch protection circuit may be associated with at least one of the switches. A steering circuit may also be coupled in series and associated with each of the groups of LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Philip E. Moskowitz, Warren P. Moskowitz
  • Intelligent Gas Flow Sensor Probe
    Publication number: 20120232809
    Abstract: An intelligent gas flow sensor probe which outputs a state signal indicating whether there is forced gas flow present within a conduit or whether there is no gas flow. The intelligent gas flow sensor probe includes a heated thermistor and a reference thermistor functionally coupled to a microcontroller. The heated thermistor is continuously heated at a constant rate to a temperature above an ambient temperature within the conduit and outputs a signal responsive to a change in temperature induced by gas flow incident thereupon. Gas flow within the conduit causes heat to be transferred from the heated thermistor to the gas flowing over and/or around the heated thermistor. The reference thermistor is thermally insulated from the heated thermistor and outputs a reference signal responsive to an ambient temperature of the gas within the conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Clear Water Technology, LLC
    Inventor: Philip J. Steckling
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PRESSURE DROP CONTROL IN FLUID CIRCUITS THROUGH SWIRLING FLOW MITIGATION
    Publication number: 20120227408
    Abstract: An injector with swirling flow mitigation includes an injector body defining a longitudinal axis. A fluid circuit is defined in the injector body and includes a plurality of flow channels defined in a cylindrical region around the longitudinal axis and being in fluid communication with an outlet orifice for passage of fluids out from the flow channels into a radial direction with respect to the longitudinal axis. A flow splitter is defined in each of the flow channels proximate the outlet orifice. Each flow splitter is configured and adapted to mitigate formation of swirling flow on fluids passing through the outlet orifice from the flow channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Delavan Inc.
    Inventors: Philip E.O. Buelow, Neal A. Thomson
  • TRIPOD STAND
    Publication number: 20120227636
    Abstract: One aspect provides a stand for use with a tripod. The stand, in one embodiment, includes a first surface, and a second surface coupleable to the first surface at an angle (?) of greater than ninety degrees. The second surface, in this embodiment, includes an opening therein configured to accept a neck of a tripod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Kyle Meadows, Kevin Kuykendall, Greg H. Parker, Allen Donald Gollott, JR., Philip E. Smid
  • DIRECTLY DRIVEN HIGH EFFICIENCY LED CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20120229030
    Abstract: A system for directly driving light emitting diodes (LEDs). A string of LEDs is coupled across an input voltage and includes a plurality of separate groups of LEDs. Each of a plurality of switches is coupled in parallel with an associated one of the groups of LEDs for controlling current flow through the associated group of LEDs in response to a control signal from a controller circuit. A switch protection circuit is associated with at least one of the switches. The switch protection circuit is configured to place the switch into a conducting state in the event of failure of an LED in the associated group of LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: OSRAM SYLVANIA INC.
    Inventors: Warren Moskowitz, Philip Moskowitz
  • System, Method and Device for Presenting Different Functional Displays When Orientation of the Device Changes
    Publication number: 20120229370
    Abstract: Different functional views for a mobile device are provided depending on orientation of the device. The mobile device includes an enclosure and a display disposed within the enclosure, wherein the display presents a functional view to a user when the device is positioned in a first orientation and a second functional view when the display is rotated to a second orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Philip John Stroffolino, Terry Douglas Lee
  • METHODS OF CHROMOSOME DRYING AND SPREADING
    Publication number: 20120231530
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a method of drying and spreading chromosomes from various biological samples to yield optimal chromosomal spreading. The method requires preparing a biological sample for treatment, providing a cytogenetic chamber capable of setting predetermined conditions, pre-testing a portion of the biological sample in the cytogenetic chamber, and finally treating the remaining biological sample. The method is useful to yield metaphase chromosomes that are small and rounded, with very few overlapping or scattered chromosomes. Furthermore, the method is uses restricted ranges of temperature and relative humidity to achieve consistent chromosomal spreading. The morphologies of the chromosomes are preserved in order to execute banding techniques at 550 bands and chromosomal analysis on high-resolution chromosomes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventor: Philip D. Buchanan
  • MANAGING DELIVERY OF APPLICATION SERVER CONTENT
    Publication number: 20120233312
    Abstract: A method of managing delivery of content to end users of an application executing on an application server is disclosed. A definition of a first variant of a web page is received, the definition of the first variant specifying that an instance of a first widget is to be included in the first variant at a first region conforming to a page layout of the web page. A definition of a second variant of the web page is received, the definition of the second variant specifying that an instance of a second widget is to be included in the second variant at a second region conforming to the page layout of the web page. A comparison of the first variant and the second variant is presented with respect to a performance metric, the performance metric pertaining to an effectiveness of the web page at bringing in revenues to a network-based publication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjeev Ramakumar, Philip Law, Venu Reddy, Dmytro Semenov, Bin Ni
  • SECURITY FOR REMOTE ACCESS VPN
    Publication number: 20120233674
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for improving security in virtual private network. In one embodiment, key information is generated for a virtual private network (VPN) connection between a first device and a second device. A plurality of shares is then generated based on the key information. A first set of one or more shares is stored on a dongle that is paired to the first device. A second set of one or more shares is stored on the first device. In response to a request to resume the VPN connection, the first set of shares is retrieved from the dongle. The key information is reconstructed based on the first set of shares and the second set of shares. The reconstructed key information may then be used to resume the VPN connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Philip John Steuart Gladstone, David A. McGrew
  • LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD
    Publication number: 20120229782
    Abstract: A lithographic apparatus includes a substrate table constructed to hold a substrate, a projection system configured to project a patterned radiation beam through an opening and onto a target portion of the substrate, and a conduit having an outlet in the opening. The conduit is configured to deliver gas to the opening. The lithographic apparatus further includes a cooling apparatus controlled by a control system. The cooling apparatus is configured to cool the gas such that gas which travels from the opening to the substrate has a predetermined temperature when the gas is incident upon the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Han-Kwang Nienhuys, Martinus Anges Willem Cuijpers, Leon Martin Levasier, Jan Bernard Plechelmus Van Schoot, Yuri Johannes Gabriël Van De Vijver, Oleg Viacheslavovich Voznyi, Franciscus Johannes Joseph Janssen, Danny Maria Hubertus Philips, Marcio Alexandre Cano Miranda, Olesksiy Galaktionov, Manish Ranjan, Albert Pieter Rijpma, Kursat Bal, Roger Wilhelmus Antonius Henricus Schmitz, Alain Louis Claude Leroux