Patents by Inventor Robert By

Robert By 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).

  • PACKAGE AND METHOD OF FORMATION
    Publication number: 20120314268
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a device package comprising an element secured to a plastic body, the element having at least one opening into which material of the plastic body extends to at least assist with securing the element to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: Optaglio s.r.o.
    Inventors: Igor Jermolajev, Libor Kotacka, Tomas Tethal, Dvorak Robert, Franc Peter
  • Draft Guard
    Publication number: 20120311934
    Abstract: A draft guard balancer is provided that attaches to, or is otherwise mechanically coupled to, or an integral part of, an existing balance shoe or balancer for a fenestration product such as a double hung window. The draft guard balancer creates a weatherstop along the track of the fenestration product that resists air, water, dirt, dust, pollen, and insects from entering the track and then the building. The draft guard balancer may be used with a balancer having a variety of springs, spring assemblies, balancer shoes and pivot bar arrangements. The draft guard balancer creates a seal that also prevents the increased friction that results from dirt and debris entering the track, thus making for a more energy efficient, easier to operate fenestration product. The draft guard balancer is equally applicable to both top and bottom sashes of a double hung window as well as other fenestration products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Steven Robert Abramson, Gavin Patrick Abramson
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING AND TRANSPORTING A GAS TURBINE
    Publication number: 20120312707
    Abstract: A system for packaging a gas turbine includes an enclosure peripherally surrounding and extending along a length of the gas turbine. The enclosure comprises first and second ends with a passage between the enclosure and the gas turbine. The system further includes means for connecting the first and second ends to an air filtration system and an exhaust system, respectively. A plurality of supports are connected to and extend radially inward from the enclosure with means for connecting the plurality of supports to the gas turbine. A method for packaging a gas turbine includes connecting the gas turbine to a plurality of supports and connecting the plurality of supports to an enclosure peripherally surrounding and extending along a length of the gas turbine. The method further includes connecting first and second ends to an air filtration system and an exhaust system, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: Robert Allen Baten
  • TRANSACTION CARD PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20120316976
    Abstract: A transaction card processing system including at least one server, at least one point of sale device for processing transactions using a transaction card and a database storing processing fee information for various categories of transaction cards, at least one of the at least one server and the at least one point of sale device being responsive to entry of a transaction card identifier via one of the at least one point of sale device for ascertaining processing fee information for the transaction card by accessing the database and for ascertaining whether the processing fee information exceeds a predetermined threshold and in the event of exceedance of the threshold to cause the point of sale device at which the entry took place to provide a notification responsive to the exceedance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: VERIFONE INC.
    Inventor: Robert DYKES
  • METHOD OF PRODUCING PLANTS HAVING ENHANCED TRANSPIRATION EFFICIENCY AND PLANTS PRODUCED THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20120317676
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of selecting plants having modified transpiration efficiency using plant ERECTA gene sequences and nucleic acids linked thereto, and to methods of producing plants having modified transpiration efficiency using isolated plant ERECTA gene sequences, in both traditional plant breeding and genetic engineering approaches. The invention further extends to plants produced by the methods described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Josette Masle, Graham Douglas Farquhar, Scott Robert Gilmore
  • FLUID DISPENSER, SYSTEM AND FILLING PROCESS
    Publication number: 20120312839
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and processes are disclosed for the manufacture, filling and dispensing of flowable contents. The dispenser system includes a dispenser bottle, a dispensing cap, a pre-filled container, an optional inversion tube wherein the pre-filled container contains flowable contents therein for dispensing when a dispenser bottle is squeezed, pumped or sprayed. A user grasps the bottle, squeezes it to increase internal pressure, and forces out through the dispensing cap the flowable contents. Upon release, the system allows air to enter and replace the forced-out flowable contents and neutralize the pressure in the space between the container and the bottle. An inline process of manufacturing and filling the containers is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Charles J. Stehli, JR., Donald J. Pansier, Robert B. DeMatteis
  • Methods for controlling ethylene copolymer properties
    Publication number: 20120316301
    Abstract: A method for altering the polymer architecture of ethylene copolymers made with a supported phosphinimine polymerization catalyst. The method involves changing the amount of a catalyst modifier added to a reactor separately from or together with a supported phosphinimine polymerization catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Peter Phung Minh Hoang, Benjamin Milton Shaw, Patrick Lam, Victoria Ker, Cliff Robert Baar
  • COMPLEMENTARY BIPOLAR INVERTER
    Publication number: 20120313216
    Abstract: An example embodiment is a complementary transistor inverter circuit. The circuit includes a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate, a lateral PNP bipolar transistor fabricated on the SOI substrate, and a lateral NPN bipolar transistor fabricated on the SOI substrate. The lateral PNP bipolar transistor includes a PNP base, a PNP emitter, and a PNP collector. The lateral NPN bipolar transistor includes a NPN base, a NPN emitter, and a NPN collector. The PNP base, the PNP emitter, the PNP collector, the NPN base, the NPN emitter, and the NPN collector abut the buried insulator of the SOI substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Cai, Robert H. Dennard, Wilfried E. Haensch, Tak H. Ning
  • MULTI-LEVEL MODULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20120314786
    Abstract: A transmitter communicating data using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbols including plural sub-carrier symbols in the frequency domain for modulating with data to be carried. The transmitter includes a modulator to receive data symbols from a first data pipe according to a first communications channel, to receive data symbols from a local service insertion data pipe according to a local communications channel, and to modulate the sub-carrier signals of the OFDM symbols with either the data symbols from the first data pipe or from both the first data pipe and the local service insertion pipe; modulation from the first data pipe maps the data symbols is according to a first modulation scheme, and modulation from the first data pipe and the local service insertion pipe maps the data symbols is according to a second modulation scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Asanbeng Atungsiri, Lothar Stadelmeier, Sven Muhammad, Jorg Robert, Obioma Chiedozie Donald Okehie, Matthew Paul Athol Taylor, Jan Zoellner
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPORTS OFFICIALS TRAINING
    Publication number: 20120315611
    Abstract: The present invention is a system to train sports officials that includes a server system with a processor system, a communications interface, a communications system, an input system, an output system and a input and output system having access to a communications network and a memory system with an operating system, a communications module, a web browser module, a web server application and a sports official training application to train sports officials. The system also includes a method for training sports officials that includes a client system establishing communication with a server system provided with a sports official training application, the client system receiving information from the sports official training application, the client system receiving the sports official training application and the client system utilizing the sports official training application to train sports officials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventor: Robert Arnone
  • CELL CULTURE PROCESSING DEVICES AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20120315702
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to devices and methods for processing, cultivating or otherwise manipulating cell cultures which may be disposed on a flat or substantially flat surface such as cell culture substrate material. Devices and methods are disclosed for dividing a cell culture layer into divided portions, including isolated divided portions, that may then be transferred from the cell culture to a new location. For some embodiments, the divided portions may be transferred to a new cell culture support substrate in order to continue to grow and cultivate the cell line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jonathan CHESNUT, Robert DEES, Soojung SHIN
  • RETRACTABLE LIGHT ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20120314418
    Abstract: A retractable lamp assembly is provided for illuminating at least a portion of a work surface from a wide range of heights and angles by way of extendable shafts and pivot joints. The lamp may be stowed in a retracted or lowered configuration when not in use, in which a substantial portion of the extendable structure is stowed inside of a housing that is located substantially below the work surface, to provide a generally unobtrusive configuration. An upper cover serves as a light reflector when the lamp is in use, and may serve as a cover positioned at or near the work surface when the lamp is stowed. Optionally, the lamp assembly includes include power and data and wire management capabilities for use at the work surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Norman R. Byrne, Robert L. Knapp, Randell E. Pate, Timothy J. Warwick, Peter Stathis
  • VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING AND TESTING FOR MEDICAL DEVICE DEVELOPMENT
    Publication number: 20120316854
    Abstract: A system and method of developing better-designed medical devices, particularly cardiovascular stents and endovascular grafts. The system comprises a geometry generator, a mesh generator, a stress/strain/deformation analyzer, and a visualization tool. Using analysis, preferably non-linear analysis, the stress/strain/deformation analyzer determines the predicted stresses, strains, and deformations on the candidate medical device. Such stresses, strains, and deformations may optionally be simulated visually using a visualization tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: TRIVASCULAR, INC.
    Inventors: Robert G. Whirley, Michael V. Chobotov
  • BI-CRUCIATE KNEE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120316563
    Abstract: An instrument set and related method for preparing a proximal tibia during a bi-cruciate retaining procedure are disclosed. The instrument set can include a tibial resection block, a cut guide, and a locking arm. The tibial resection block can be configured to be fixed to an anterior portion of the proximal tibia. The tibial resection block can define a slot that extends in a medial-lateral direction when the tibial resection block is fixed to the proximal tibia. The cut guide can have a body, a medial arm, and a lateral arm. A medial cut slot can be defined between the body and the medial arm. A lateral cut slot can be defined between the body and the lateral arm. The cut guide can further comprise a tongue extending therefrom. The tongue can be configured to be received by and slidably translate along the slot of the tibial resection block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: BIOMET MANUFACTURING CORP.
    Inventors: Robert Metzger, Nathan Belcher, Audra C. Watson, Bradley Durcholz, Joshua Catanzarite
  • Systems and methods to enhance spatial diversity in distributed-input distributed output-wireless systems
    Publication number: 20120314649
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for enhancing the channel spatial diversity in a multiple antenna system (MAS) with multi-user (MU) transmissions (“MU-MAS”), by exploiting channel selectivity indicators. The proposed methods are: i) antenna selection; ii) user selection; iii) transmit power balancing. All three methods, or any combination of those, are shown to provide significant performance gains in DIDO systems in practical propagation scenarios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Antonio Forenza, Timothy A. Pitman, Benyavut Jirasutavasuntorn, Robert J. Andrzejewski, Stephen G. Periman
  • Modular Battery With Exchangeable Cell Elements
    Publication number: 20120315521
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing and to a method for replacing pouches of a secondary battery and to a rack or base for a secondary battery. The base comprises a plurality of reception portions wherein each one of the plurality of reception portions comprises a fastening element for receiving and mechanically supporting at least one of a plurality of pouches. A pair of electrical contact elements is provided for contacting the electrochemical cell in the pouch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Robert Nissels, Elie Chazarenc, Patrick Volluz
  • TECHNIQUES FOR ADAPTING AN INTERPRETIVE RUN TIME APPLICATION TO MULTIPLE CLIENTS
    Publication number: 20120317488
    Abstract: Techniques to adapt an interpretive runtime engine to multiple clients are described. An apparatus may comprise a logic device arranged to execute a web client. The web client may comprise, among other elements, a client adapter operative to detect a user event for a client user interface, send changes to user event properties associated with the user event to a server application, receive a graphical user interface (GUI) independent object and updated user event properties from the server application, and update a rendered image in the client user interface using the GUI independent object and updated user event properties received from the server application. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher Rudolph, Michael Hammond, Robert Anderson, Erik Nissen, John Nannenga, Andrew Ingalls
  • MULTILAYERED MICROBOLOMETER FILM DEPOSITION
    Publication number: 20120312992
    Abstract: A microbolometer is disclosed, including a bottom multilayered dielectric, having a first silicon oxynitride layer and a second silicon oxynitride layer disposed above the first silicon oxynitride layer, the first and second silicon oxynitride layers having different refractive indices. The microbolometer further includes a detector layer disposed above the bottom multilayered dielectric, the detector layer comprised of a temperature sensitive resistive material, and a top dielectric disposed above the detector layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: FLIR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert F. Cannata, Yaroslava Petraitis, Patrick Franklin, Robert Simes, Richard E. Bornfreund
  • Reinforced Absorbable Synthetic Matrix For Hemostatic Applications
    Publication number: 20120315316
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a reinforced absorbable hemostat comprising at least one hemostatic agent in a single layer of nonwoven synthetic fabric having a mixture of compressed fiber staples of a polyglycolide/polylactide copolymer and a polydioxanone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Olajompo Moloye-Olabisi, Dhanuraj S. Shetty, Robert W. Van Holten, Degang Zhong
  • Swelling Packer and Method of Construction
    Publication number: 20120312526
    Abstract: A swelling element packer is made with internal rings that are either split or scrolled. After the swelling element is built on a temporary mandrel a longitudinal seam of a variety of designs is cut through the element. This allows the rapid deployment of the element on the tubular that will be a part of a string and will serve as the final mandrel. The assembly is then magnetic pulse welded or crimped so as to urge the open ends of the rings to move toward each other and become secured to each other and further opening the possibility of attaching parts on the ring itself to the underlying tubular by displacing or otherwise removing the swelling material that was between the ring and the final mandrel when the magnetic pulse process began. The rings can be embedded wholly within the element or can extend beyond the opposed ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Robert O. Castillo, Anthony P. Foster