Patents by Inventor Robert A. Buchanan

Robert A. Buchanan 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).

  • Publication number: 20230391457
    Abstract: A seat back for an aircraft seat includes a first side wall, a second side wall and a support wall for supporting a passenger leaning against the seat back. The first side wall and the second side wall each include a front edge and a rear edge. At least part of the support wall is positioned adjacent the front edge of the first side wall and the second side wall. The first side wall and the second side wall each include an aperture for receiving a bolt and the support wall includes one or more shaped surfaces to allow (i) insertion of a bolt through the aperture in each of the side walls from a position which is between the first and second side walls and in front of the shaped surface, and (ii) adjustment of the or each bolt from the front of the seat back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Acro Aircraft Seating Limited
    Inventors: Benjamin Dodman, Robert Buchanan Ballantyne
  • Patent number: 10702217
    Abstract: A system for imaging a subject is provided. The system includes a radiation source, a radiation detector, and a controller. The radiation source is operative to transmit electromagnetic rays through the subject. The radiation detector is operative to receive the electromagnetic rays after having passed through the subject so as to generate a plurality of projections of the subject. The controller is operative to display one or more selectively adjustable markers that define an image stack. The controller is further operative to reconstruct one or more images within the image stack based at least in part on the plurality of projections. Reconstruction of the one or more images is on demand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Katelyn Rose Nye, Benjamin James Beeman, Tabb Patz, Gireesha Rao, Cheryl Ruth Jones, Kristine Gould, Robert Buchanan
  • Publication number: 20190059828
    Abstract: A system for imaging a subject is provided. The system includes a radiation source, a radiation detector, and a controller. The radiation source is operative to transmit electromagnetic rays through the subject. The radiation detector is operative to receive the electromagnetic rays after having passed through the subject so as to generate a plurality of projections of the subject. The controller is operative to display one or more selectively adjustable markers that define an image stack. The controller is further operative to reconstruct one or more images within the image stack based at least in part on the plurality of projections. Reconstruction of the one or more images is on demand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: KATELYN ROSE NYE, BENJAMIN JAMES BEEMAN, TABB PATZ, GIREESHA RAO, CHERYL RUTH JONES, KRISTINE GOULD, ROBERT BUCHANAN
  • Patent number: 10183363
    Abstract: A spacer formation cell usable in configuration of a window assembly, wherein the cell includes a plurality of stages through which a spacer work piece is routed, and the stages include a holding stage, a cutting stage, a bending stage, and a connecting stage. The stages can be arranged in interlinked configuration, enabling spacers to be fabricated in a direct and time-efficient manner. The stages can be interlinked to form a framework, forming an exterior enclosure for the stages of the cell, and enabling at least of the majority of the cell's operations to be readily overseen by an operator from single vantage points around the cell. The configuration of the formation cell enables a wide variety of spacer types and/or sizes to be readily processed, with such processing to be readily alternated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Cardinal IG Company
    Inventors: Curtis Queck, Michael Milewski, Robert Buchanan, Erik Carlson, James Newman
  • Patent number: 10019081
    Abstract: Various embodiments for switching functionality of a graphical user interface (GUI) pointer input device are provided. A first gesture pattern is configured. The first gesture pattern, when performed, enables a predetermined function of the input device. The predetermined function substitutes for a default function of the input device. The enabling of the predetermined function is indicated to a user on the GUI. A second gesture pattern is configured. The second gesture pattern, when performed, cancels the predetermined function of the input device and enables the default function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dohn Robert Buchanan, Robert Charles Jackson, Jason Matthew Robaina
  • Patent number: 9852963
    Abstract: A microprocessor assembly adapted for fluid cooling can include a semiconductor die mounted on a substrate. The semiconductor die can include an integrated circuit with a two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional circuit architecture. The assembly can include a heat sink module in thermal communication with the semiconductor die. The heat sink module can include an inlet port fluidly connected to an inlet chamber, a plurality of orifices fluidly connecting the inlet chamber to an outlet chamber, and an outlet port fluidly connected to the outlet chamber. When pressurized coolant is delivered to the inlet chamber, the plurality of orifices can provide jet streams of coolant into the outlet chamber and against a surface to be cooled to provide fluid cooling suitable to control a semiconductor die temperature during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: EBULLIENT, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy A. Shedd, Brett A. Lindeman, Robert A. Buchanan
  • Publication number: 20170105313
    Abstract: A multi-chamber heat sink module can provide fluid cooling of one or more heat providing surfaces. The module can include a first plurality of orifices fluidly connecting a first inlet chamber to a first outlet chamber. The first outlet chamber can be configured to be bounded by a portion of a heat providing surface. The first plurality of orifices can be configured to deliver a first plurality of jet streams of coolant into the first outlet chamber and against the portion of the heat providing surface when the heat sink module is installed on the heat providing surface and when pressurized coolant is provided to the first inlet chamber. The heat sink module can include a second inlet chamber fluidly connected to a first outlet passage and a second plurality of orifices fluidly connecting the second inlet chamber to a second outlet chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Timothy A. Shedd, Brett A. Lindeman, Robert A. Buchanan, Mark A. Rodarte
  • Publication number: 20170037675
    Abstract: A spacer formation cell usable in configuration of a window assembly, wherein the cell includes a plurality of stages through which a spacer work piece is routed, and the stages include a holding stage, a cutting stage, a bending stage, and a connecting stage. The stages can be arranged in interlinked configuration, enabling spacers to be fabricated in a direct and time-efficient manner. The stages can be interlinked to form a framework, forming an exterior enclosure for the stages of the cell, and enabling at least of the majority of the cell's operations to be readily overseen by an operator from single vantage points around the cell. The configuration of the formation cell enables a wide variety of spacer types and/or sizes to be readily processed, with such processing to be readily alternated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Curtis Queck, Michael Milewski, Robert Buchanan, Erik Carlson, James Newman
  • Publication number: 20160118317
    Abstract: A microprocessor assembly adapted for fluid cooling can include a semiconductor die mounted on a substrate. The semiconductor die can include an integrated circuit with a two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional circuit architecture. The assembly can include a heat sink module in thermal communication with the semiconductor die. The heat sink module can include an inlet port fluidly connected to an inlet chamber, a plurality of orifices fluidly connecting the inlet chamber to an outlet chamber, and an outlet port fluidly connected to the outlet chamber. When pressurized coolant is delivered to the inlet chamber, the plurality of orifices can provide jet streams of coolant into the outlet chamber and against a surface to be cooled to provide fluid cooling suitable to control a semiconductor die temperature during operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Timothy A. Shedd, Brett A. Lindeman, Robert A. Buchanan
  • Publication number: 20160120059
    Abstract: A two-phase cooling system can include a primary cooling loop and a heat rejection loop. The primary cooling loop can include a reservoir, a first pump fluidly connected to the primary cooling loop downstream of the reservoir, and a heat sink module fluidly connected to the primary cooling loop downstream of the first pump and upstream of the reservoir. The first pump can draw dielectric coolant from the reservoir and provide a primary flow of pressurized dielectric coolant through the primary cooling loop, with a first portion flowing through the heat sink module and a second portion flowing through a bypass. The heat rejection loop can be fluidly connected to the same reservoir and can include a second pump and a heat exchanger. The second pump can draw dielectric coolant from the reservoir and provide a secondary flow of pressurized coolant through the heat exchanger and back to the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Timothy A. Shedd, Brett A. Lindeman, Robert A. Buchanan
  • Publication number: 20160120019
    Abstract: A circuit board assembly, such as a motherboard, graphics card, sound card, or network card, can be adapted for fluid cooling. The circuit board assembly can include a processor electrically connected to a printed circuit board. The circuit board assembly can include a cooling line assembly with an inlet fitting, an outlet fitting, and a heat sink module fluidly connected between the inlet and outlet fittings by sections of tubing. The heat sink module can be mounted on a surface to be cooled that is a surface of, or a surface in thermal communication with, the processor. When fluidly connected to a cooling system, coolant flowing through the cooling line assembly can flow through a plurality of orifices in the heat sink module forming a plurality of jet streams that are projected against the surface to be cooled, resulting in heat transferring from the processor to the flowing coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Timothy A. Shedd, Brett A. Lindeman, Robert A. Buchanan
  • Publication number: 20160120071
    Abstract: A server can include a cooling line assembly to provide fluid cooling of one or more server components. The server can include a chassis, a circuit board positioned within the chassis, and a processor electrically connected to the circuit board. The cooling line assembly can include a heat sink module on a surface to be cooled that is in thermal communication with the processor. The heat sink module can include an inlet port fluidly connected to an inlet chamber, a plurality of orifices fluidly connecting the inlet chamber to an outlet chamber, and an outlet port fluidly connected to the outlet chamber. The orifices can deliver jet streams of coolant into the first outlet chamber and against the surface to be cooled when pressurized coolant is provided to the inlet chamber of the heat sink module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Timothy A. Shedd, Brett A. Lindeman, Robert A. Buchanan
  • Publication number: 20160116224
    Abstract: A flexible cooling line assembly, when fluidly connected to a two-phase cooling apparatus, can provide device-level cooling to one or more devices. The assembly can include a first section of flexible, low-pressure tubing fluidly connected to an inlet port of a heat sink module. The heat sink module can include an inlet chamber fluidly connected to the inlet port and a plurality of orifices fluidly connecting the inlet chamber to an outlet chamber. The outlet chamber can be fluidly connected to an outlet port of the module, and a second section of flexible, low-pressure tubing can be fluidly connected to the outlet port. The plurality of orifices can deliver a plurality of jet streams of coolant into the outlet chamber and against a heat providing surface when the first heat sink module is mounted to the heat providing surface and when pressurized coolant is delivered to the inlet chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Timothy A. Shedd, Brett A. Lindeman, Robert A. Buchanan
  • Patent number: 8799132
    Abstract: A preferred embodiment of the subject invention is directed to creation and pricing of an option related to a target zone in a time-price plot. If the price curve against time enters this zone (in a preferred embodiment, a “box”), a fixed amount of money is paid to the owner of the option; if the curve misses the box, there is no payout to the option owner, who also forfeits the premium paid for the option. Software is described that enables an option buyer to easily create and set the parameters of such an option, that computes a premium for the option, and that manages payout and other functions related to the option. The above-described embodiment is a buy-to-hit option. Other embodiments are directed to sell-to-hit, buy-to-miss, and sell-to-miss options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Inventors: Ulrich A. Müller, Richard B. Olsen, Jonathan Robert Buchanan
  • Publication number: 20100180237
    Abstract: Various embodiments for switching functionality of a graphical user interface (GUI) pointer input device are provided. A first gesture pattern is configured. The first gesture pattern, when performed, enables a predetermined function of the input device. The predetermined function substitutes for a default function of the input device. The enabling of the predetermined function is indicated to a user on the GUI. A second gesture pattern is configured. The second gesture pattern, when performed, cancels the predetermined function of the input device and enables the default function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dohn Robert BUCHANAN, Robert Charles JACKSON, Jason Matthew ROBAINA
  • Patent number: 7295314
    Abstract: A metrology/inspection system moves the imaging and/or measuring equipment of the system relative to a wafer. Accordingly, measurement or inspection of the wafer does not require that the wafer be mounted on a precision stage. This allows the wafer to be at rest on any structure native in a processing apparatus when the system measures or inspects the wafer. Accordingly, measurement does not require removing the wafer from the processing apparatus and does not delay processing since the wafer can be measured, for example, during a required cool down period of device fabrication process. Alignment of an optical system includes pre-alignment base on edge detection using the optical system and more precise alignment using image recognition. An R-? stage can position the optical system at inspection areas on the wafer. Image rotation can provide a fixed orientation for all images at the various inspection areas and can maintain the fixed orientation when moving from one inspection area to the next.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Nanometrics Incorporated
    Inventors: Blaine R. Spady, John D. Heaton, Robert Buchanan, Richard A. Yarussi
  • Patent number: D649601
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Inventor: Robert Buchanan
  • Patent number: D703907
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Tecsis Delta Metrics
    Inventors: Alex Khrakovsky, Robert Buchanan Turner, Pavel Gvantmakher, Reinhold Ost
  • Patent number: D809898
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: EBULLIENT, INC.
    Inventors: Brett A. Lindeman, Robert A. Buchanan
  • Patent number: D812022
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Inventor: Robert A. Buchanan