Patents by Inventor Raymond Or

Raymond Or 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).

  • Chamfered pallet for nuclear medicine
    Patent number: 8395129
    Abstract: A pallet (10) for use with a gamma camera includes a rigid sheet (30) having a thickness (d) of less than six millimeters and a strength-enhancing curvature transverse to an axial direction (DA). At least a portion of an edge (32) of the rigid sheet has a bevel (B) with a length (x) along the sheet of at least about ten millimeters and a height (y) of at least about four-fifths of the sheet thickness. A protective covering (34) is disposed over the beveled edge. In a nuclear imaging method, a subject is disposed on the rigid sheet and a radiological image is acquired of at least a portion of the subject disposed on the sheet with at least one radiation detector head (8) positioned underneath or at an oblique angle below the subject. The bevel is effective to reduce or blur an edge artifact in the acquired image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Jason S. Wiener, Merlene Robergeau, Jody L. Garrard, Raymond C. D'Ambrosio
  • Systems and methods for absorbing gases into a liquid
    Patent number: 8394180
    Abstract: A method of absorbing gases into a liquid comprising providing a stream of at least one desirable gas and at least one undesirable gas, exposing the gas stream to a liquid, so that the liquid absorbs more of the desirable gas than the undesirable gas, and releasing the liquid and gas mixture into an underground formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Zaida Diaz, Raymond Nicholas French, Dean Chien Wang, Geoffrey Matthew Warren
  • Cabin air supply apparatus with filtered air
    Patent number: 8393573
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for distributing air. The apparatus includes an air distribution vent that distributes air into a compartment, wherein the distribution of air into the compartment causes compartment air from the compartment to be drawn from the compartment. The apparatus also includes a contaminant removal system, wherein compartment air drawn from the compartment is processed to remove contaminants before being distributed back into the compartment by the air distribution vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Raymond H. Horstman, Richard A. Johnson, Chao-Hsin Lin
  • SOLAR PANEL SECURING ASSEMBLY FOR SHEET METAL SLOPING ROOFS
    Publication number: 20130055662
    Abstract: A U-shaped spacer element supporting and retaining a photovoltaic panel assembly spacedly over a rooftop corrugated sheet; one shorter side leg thereof having an oblong bore, the other side leg having an intermediate ridge section. A screw engages into the ridge web and axially clears the shorter leg, anchoring the main body to the supporting rooftop frame elements through the corrugated sheet. The ridge section conformingly abuts against a longitudinal rib of the corrugated sheet. An L-shape bracket inner leg abuts against the main body short leg, the bracket outer leg abutting sideways against a registering portion of the photovoltaic panel assembly. A second oblong bore is made into the outer leg and extends parallel to the plane of the main body base leg. Two bolts engage the oblong bores and adjustably interlock the L-shape bracket to the spacer element main body and to the photovoltaic assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: Opsun Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: François Gilles-Gagnon, Raymond Gilbert
  • BAFFLE WITH SELF-CLOSING FLAP ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20130055638
    Abstract: Exemplary baffles for inhibiting noise transmission through a pillar structure, and exemplary methods of making the same, are disclosed. An exemplary baffle may include a body configured to be secured in a cavity, the body defining a passage for selectively receiving a line extending through the body. The baffle may further include an expandable material extending substantially about a perimeter of the passage. The expandable material may be configured to expand to seal the cavity about the body. The body may include a flap configured to open to allow the line to extend through the passage. The body may further include a biasing element urging the flap toward a closed position, substantially obstructing the passageway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: RAYMOND D. HELFERTY, Taylor S. Robertson
  • Automated System for Monitoring Mental Status of Individuals Receiving Outpatient Mental Health Treatment
    Publication number: 20130060580
    Abstract: A computerized system useable in methods for monitoring mental health status of individuals receiving outpatient mental health treatment during the time periods between office visits with the doctor. The computerized system is particularly useful to the doctor to see a graph of a parameter on which survey responses have been collected from the patient between office visits and onto which graph the automated system has overlaid a history of medication changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: A. Bradley Chapman, Raymond D. Kester
  • MATERIALS WITH AZA-DIBENZOTHIOPHENE OR AZA-DIBENZOFURAN CORE FOR PHOLED
    Publication number: 20130060037
    Abstract: A new class of compounds containing aza-dibenzothiophene or aza-dibenzofuran are provided. The compounds may be used in organic light emitting devices giving improved stability, improved efficiency, long lifetime and low operational voltage. In particular, the compounds may be used as the host material of an emissive layer having a host and an emissive dopant, or as a material in an enhancement layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Chun Lin, Bin Ma, Raymond Kwong, Alexey Borisovich Dyatkin, Wu Yonggang, Zeinab M. Elshenawy
  • REMOVABLE STRAIN RELIEF BRACKETS FOR SECURING FIBER OPTIC CABLES AND/OR OPTICAL FIBERS TO FIBER OPTIC EQUIPMENT, AND RELATED ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20130058616
    Abstract: Removable strain relief brackets for securing fiber optic cables and/or optical fiber to fiber optic equipment, and related assemblies and methods are disclosed. The removable strain relief brackets may be employed to secure fiber optic cable and/or optical fibers routed to fiber optic equipment. The removable strain relief brackets may also be employed to provide strain relief for fiber optic cable and/or optical fibers routed and secure to fiber optic equipment. Fiber optic cable discussed herein includes optical fiber whether disposed in a common cable jacket or disposed freely of each other outside a cable jacket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Monique Lise Cote, Brent Michael Frazier, William Julius McPhil Giraud, Raymond Glenn Jay, Michael Heath Rasmussen
  • TRANSCRIPTION REGULATORS FOR IMPROVING PLANT PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20130061345
    Abstract: Transcription factor polynucleotides and polypeptides incorporated into nucleic acid constructs, including expression vectors, have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. Transgenic plants transformed with many of these constructs have been shown to have increased tolerance to an abiotic stress (in some cases, to more than one abiotic stress), increased growth, and/or increased biomass. The abiotic stress may include, for example, salt, hyperosmotic stress, water deficit, heat, cold, drought, and/or low nutrient conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: T. Lynne Reuber, Oliver J. Ratcliffe, Frederick D. Hempel, Luc J. Adam, James S. Keddie, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Robert A. Creelman, Jose Luis Riechmann, Jacqueline E. Heard, Raymond R. Samaha, Pierre E. Broun, Magnus Hertzberg, Torgny Näsholm
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A SCATTERED LIGHT METER
    Publication number: 20130057860
    Abstract: A calibration apparatus for calibrating a scattered-light measuring device that is embodied to measure a particle concentration in motor vehicle exhaust gases, comprises at least one scattering body that has a number of scattering centers having a defined size and a defined mutual spacing. The scattering centers are disposed in such a way that the scattering body, upon irradiation with light from a light source, delivers scattered light having an intensity and a distribution predetermined by the scattering body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Raymond Sieg, Karl Stengel, Gerhard Haaga, Michael Neuendorf
  • CARRIER
    Publication number: 20130056508
    Abstract: A carrier for carrying bags or to hang items upon for carrying, the carrier comprising a shoulder support, supporting straps to which a handle receptacle is attached by adjustable fastening means and handles for carrying the bags which are attached to the handle receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: CLIFTON COWLEY VENTURES LIMITED
    Inventor: Terence Raymond Ahearn
  • SOCIAL DISCOVERY OF USER ACTIVITY FOR MEDIA CONTENT
    Publication number: 20130061296
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques that may enable user activity information to be automatically generated and shared with other users of a social network. In one example, a method of automatically publishing, to one or more social network services, information about user activities regarding media content items includes receiving user activity information regarding a media content item, wherein a user is a member of one or more social network services, and the user activity information is generated in response to one or more activities taken by the user with respect to the media content item. The method may also include receiving an indication of one or more users of the one or more social network services to whom the user activity information is to be made accessible, and automatically publishing the user activity information to the one or more social network services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Raymond Reddy, Robert Sang-heun Kim
  • NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH DEVICE ORIENTATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20130060467
    Abstract: A method of operation of a navigation system includes: receiving acceleration information, including an acceleration measurement, and location information; calculating a total acceleration magnitude, having a vertical acceleration magnitude and a horizontal acceleration magnitude, from the acceleration measurement; calculating an average velocity estimation from the location information; calculating an average acceleration estimation from the location information; calculating a component angle between the average velocity estimation and the average acceleration estimation; calculating a forward acceleration and a lateral acceleration with the component angle and the horizontal acceleration magnitude; and generating a motion classification for a travel acceleration based on the forward acceleration and the lateral acceleration for displaying on a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: TELENAV, INC.
    Inventor: Christopher Raymond Nash
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE QUALITY OF MEASUREMENT RESULTS OF A SCATTERED LIGHT METER
    Publication number: 20130057859
    Abstract: A method for determining the quality of the measuring results of a scattered light meter for measuring the particle concentration in motor vehicle exhaust gases, which has at least one scattered light measuring chamber, at least one light source and at least one light sensor, includes the steps: determining the difference between two scattered light sensor signals, that were picked up in a reference state of the scattered light meter; determining the difference between two scattered light sensor signals, which were picked up in a used state of the scattered light meter; and comparing the difference of the signals picked up in the used state to the reference signal difference of the signals picked up in the reference state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Karl Stengel, Gerhard Haaga, Michael Neuendorf, Raymond Sieg
  • Releasable and Interchangeable Connections for Golf Club Heads and Shafts
    Publication number: 20130059676
    Abstract: Golf club heads are releasably engaged with shafts so that the club heads and shafts can be readily interchanged and/or so that the shaft position with respect to the club head can be readily changed. Assemblies for connecting the club head and shaft may include: a shaft adapter, a collet, a ferrule, and a club head having an interior chamber. The club head and shaft may be changed by releasing the securing system and exchanging the original parts with different parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Boyd, Raymond J. Sander, Joshua Michael Boggs, Matthew P. Rubal
  • Piezoresistor height sensing cantilever
    Patent number: 8393011
    Abstract: A device comprising at least one cantilever comprising at least one piezoresistor is described, where the cantilevers comprise silicon nitride or silicon carbide and the piezoresistors comprise doped silicon. Methods for making and using such a device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: NanoInk, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph S. Fragala, Albert K. Henning, Raymond R. Shile
  • Cleaning computer peripherals
    Patent number: 8387208
    Abstract: A keyboard cleaning apparatus includes: a conduit configured to receive an airflow; and a brush attached to the conduit and including a plurality of bristles arranged in a pattern proximate at least one orifice in the brush, the pattern of bristles defining a passageway in fluid communication with the orifice, the passageway including at least two open ends configured to receive at least a portion of a key of a keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: ADCO Industries—Technologies, L.P.
    Inventor: Raymond E. Davis
  • Audio synchronization for document narration with user-selected playback
    Patent number: 8392186
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques and systems to provide a narration of a text. In some aspects, the techniques and systems described herein include generating a timing file that includes elapsed time information for expected portions of text that provides an elapsed time period from a reference time in an audio recording to each portion of text in recognized portions of text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Peter Chapman, Lucy Gibson
  • Display system for personalized consumer goods
    Patent number: 8390648
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of generating an image display. A database stores images of products to be sold by a merchant and templates for organizing a display of the images. The templates each have attributes matching a particular product inventory and images of particular products can be disposed in preselected and predesigned locations in the template. When an inventory of products offered for sale by the merchant changes or is updated, then the template attributes can be changed to reflect the current inventory. The current product images can then be displayed within a template on at least one electronic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Raymond W. Ptucha, William J. Bogart, Laura R. Whitby
  • Expandable barrier
    Patent number: 8388037
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of expandable barriers. Expandable barriers are typically barriers made from an expandable material and formed to fit within a cavity. After being placed inside a cavity, expandable barriers generally undergo an activation process, where the expandable barrier expands to fill the cavity and create a physical barrier. Using various extrusion processes to form an expandable barrier allows for a reduction in tooling costs, while also allowing more flexible barrier designs. Such designs can be specifically tailored for a particular cavity or cavities to ensure that the barrier fills the cavity after expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sika Technology AG
    Inventors: Larry J. LaNore, Raymond D. Helferty