Patents by Inventor Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee 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).
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Publication number: 20030203777Abstract: The invention provides a method of constructing a specialty sportball that includes creating a graphic, producing a print of the graphic as a function of an sportball printer, providing at least two panels transferring the print to at least one panel, attaching the one panel to the second panel, and forming a specialty sportball from the attached panels with artwork thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2002Publication date: October 30, 2003Inventors: Mark G. Dubow, Robert E. Lee, Paul A. Raddatz
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Publication number: 20030150457Abstract: The present invention is directed to a nitric gas dispenser for mammals on the run. The dispenser has a housing that contains a valve mechanism. The valve mechanism is interconnected between a nitric gas dispersal component that provides nitric gas at a desired pressure and a gas delivery system that provides the nitric gas at the desired pressure to the mammal. The valve mechanism controls the flow of the nitric gas between the nitric gas dispersal component and the gas delivery system. The dispenser also has a pressure sensor that is positioned along the gas delivery system and determines when the mammal is taking a breadth. If the pressure sensor determines the mammal is taking a breadth, the pressure sensor transmits a breadth signal to a microprocessor. The microprocessor then determines if the mammal is within a prescribed time frame for the mammal to be administered nitric gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2002Publication date: August 14, 2003Inventors: Christopher Miller, Bryan Perry, Robert E. Lee, Stephen H. Fairbanks
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Patent number: 6588912Abstract: A lighting box or front projection light device has a housing with an open front and open rear and a bar or rod extending horizontally across the housing. Multiple stage-type nonfocusable lights such as par lamps are mounted on the bar and positioned to send light out the front of the box. The box also has a diffusion element holder (frame) disposed proximate its front end, and even may have multiple diffusion element holders including having one diffusion element holder at an angle. Each diffusion element holder has a diffusion element or filter. The diffusion element or elements receive the light from the lighting instruments and diffuse it to provide a soft projected light from the box. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, this light may be used to provide diffused light as part of the key lighting for a stage or set, and may provide such soft projected lighting from a front (downstage) of the stage or set.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2000Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Inventors: Bruce L. Finn, Robert E. Lee
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Patent number: 6564159Abstract: The present invention, in one embodiment, is a method for defining meter data calculations in an electronic electric meter. The method includes steps of: storing a set of predefined data calculation instructions in a non-volatile memory of the meter; storing a first set of vectors in a memory of the meter, the vectors pointing to data calculations of the set of predefined data calculation instructions; metering a plurality of electrical quantities of a power source; and controlling calculations performed on the metered electrical quantities in accordance with the data calculation instructions pointed to by the first stored set of vectors.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2000Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Gregory P. Lavoie, Robert E. Lee, Jr., David D. Elmore, Maurice J. Ouellette
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Patent number: 6486652Abstract: A method for measuring electricity usage that includes steps of: coupling a sensor to a power source; converting a signal from the sensor to a digital measurement signal; using a microcomputer to determine quantities indicative of electricity consumption from the digital measurement signal; and using a nonvolatile, reprogrammable memory coupled to the microcomputer to control the microcomputer in determining the quantities indicative of electricity consumption.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2000Date of Patent: November 26, 2002Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Maurice J. Ouellette, Richard A. Balch, David D. Elmore, Virginia H. Zinkowski, Gregory P. Lavoie, Robert E. Lee, Jr., Warren R. Germer
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Patent number: 6459258Abstract: The present invention, in one embodiment, is a method for controlling data flow in an electronic electric meter. The method includes steps of measuring current and voltage of a power source; determining a set of internal quantities using the measured current and voltage; using the set of internal quantities in conjunction with a set of functions to determine measurement profile quantities; and storing the determined measurement profile quantities in registers within the meter.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2000Date of Patent: October 1, 2002Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Gregory P. Lavoie, Maurice J. Ouellette, Robert E. Lee, Jr.
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Patent number: 6458112Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound sanitary napkin (20) comprising a primary absorbent member (30), a base member (50), flaps (33) and at least one zone of extensibility (66). The compound sanitary napkin (20) has a longitudinal center line along a longitudinal direction and a transverse center line along a transverse direction. The primary absorbent member (30) has a longitudinal length (PL), a transverse width (PW), a thickness (PT), a pair of longitudinal sides (24) and a pair of transverse ends (25), and comprises a primary absorbent element (30) and a fluid pervious cover (32) superimposed on the primary absorbent element (30).Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2000Date of Patent: October 1, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Robert E Lee Marshall, III, Jin-Young Song, Nami Terada
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Patent number: 6411451Abstract: The present invention pretains to a device for protecting the human eye by means of a narrow bandwith interference filter which filters out one or more specific wavelengths of light emitted in the form of a coherent, concentrated beam that is laser radiation and in coherent light, an image intensifier for amplifying an image passing through the narrow bandwidth filter to an observable light level, and a neutral density filter which reduces image reflected illuminance to avoid detection.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 1990Date of Patent: June 25, 2002Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Gerald Fliss, Robert E. Lee, George P. Mueller, Tim D. Andreadis, Paul Wyman
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Publication number: 20020013670Abstract: An apparatus and method for creating a secure program history log for a programmable device including a microprocessor, at least one communications port for communicating with the microprocessor and at least one memory device electrically connected to the microprocessor. The memory device includes a program history log, and the method includes communicating program parameters to the microprocessor, creating a log entry utilizing the microprocessor and the program parameters, and writing the log entry into the program history log utilizing the microprocessor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2001Publication date: January 31, 2002Inventors: Maurice J. Ouellette, Gregory P. Lavoie, Robert E. Lee, Virginia H. Zinkowski, Larry A. Schmidt, Kenneth P. Lizotte
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Patent number: 6256128Abstract: An electricity meter which, in one embodiment, includes a detection circuit, or unit, coupled to the meter microcomputer and supplies a detection signal to the microcomputer indicative of the data source is described. Using the signal supplied by the detection unit, the microcomputer can determine whether to allow access to metering data and other data stored in the meter. In an exemplary embodiment, the detection unit has three different modes, or states, of operation. These states of operation are sometimes referred to as the steady state, the optical port data transmit state, and the option board connector transmit state. The steady state refers to the condition of the unit when no data is being transmitted to the meter microcomputer from either optical port or the option board. In the steady state, the detection signal supplied to the microcomputer is high. In the optical port data transmit state, the detection signal transitions, as least momentarily, from a high state to a low state.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 1997Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Gregory P. Lavoie, Curtis W. Crittenden, John J. Jamison, Robert E. Lee, Jr.
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Patent number: 6116247Abstract: A cleaning unit used to clean condensates formed during use of a component of a smoking system. The component can be a heating fixture having a cigarette receiving section and a plurality of longitudinally extending circumferentially spaced apart heating elements located within a can which accumulates the condensates. During a cleaning operation, the heating fixture is fitted within a cavity in the cleaning unit such that the cigarette receiving end of the heating fixture engages an O-ring and the terminal base portion abuts against an indented stop in an interior sidewall of a removable portion of the housing. The cleaning unit includes a water inlet connected to a source of pressurized water such as a faucet and a spray member extends into the cigarette receiving section to spray jets of water against the interior of the can.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 1998Date of Patent: September 12, 2000Assignee: Philip Morris IncorporatedInventors: Joseph Leslie Banyasz, Aubry T. Burton, John M. Campbell, Woontung Geoffrey Chan, Mary Ellen Counts, William James Crowe, Jay A Fournier, Patrick H. Hayes, Willie Gray Houck, Jr., Robert E. Lee, III, Donald Bruce Losee, John B. Paine, III, Robert L. Ripley, Charles Edwin Thomas, Jr.
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Patent number: 6106125Abstract: A lighting box has a housing with an open front and open rear and a bar such as speed rail.TM. extending horizontally across the housing. Multiple stage-type lights are mounted on the bar and positioned to send light out the front of the box. The box also has a diffusion element (frame) disposed proximate its front end, and even may have multiple elements including having one element at an angle. The element or elements receive the light from the lighting instruments and diffuse it to provide a soft projected light from the box. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, this light may be used to provide diffused light as part of the key lighting for a stage or set, and may provide such soft projected lighting from a front (downstage) of the stage or set.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 1998Date of Patent: August 22, 2000Inventors: Bruce L. Finn, Robert E. Lee
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Patent number: 6081204Abstract: An electricity meter which, in one embodiment, includes a microcomputer coupled to both a liquid crystal display (LCD) and an optical port. The LCD includes an on board controller and an LCD random access memory (RAM), and in accordance with the present invention, the microcomputer is programmed to communicate the contents of the LCD RAM to the optical port during selected times of meter operation. Generally, and in an exemplary embodiment, when the LCD RAM data is updated by the microcomputer during meter operation, the microcomputer communicates such updated data to the optical port. In one specific implementation, a user selectable flag may be set to 1 or 0. If the user sets the flag to 0, then the communications feature is not enabled. If the flag is set to 1, then the communications feature is enabled. In operation, and upon receipt of a display quantity command, the microcomputer writes data to the LCD RAM. The microcomputer then checks whether the communications feature is selected (i.e.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 1997Date of Patent: June 27, 2000Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Gregory P. Lavoie, Curtis W. Crittenden, John J. Jamison, Robert E. Lee, Jr.
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Patent number: 5865185Abstract: A smoking article is provided in which a replaceable tobacco flavor unit containing tobacco flavor material is electrically heated by a set of permanent reusable heaters to evolve flavors or other components in vapor or aerosol form for delivery to a smoker. Each heater heats only a portion of the available tobacco flavor material so that a plurality of individual puffs of tobacco flavor substance can be delivered sequentially to the smoker. The replaceable tobacco flavor unit can also include a filter to reduce the effect of residual aerosol which settles or condenses on the permanent portions of the article and which can result in undesirable flavor generation when reheated. A method and apparatus for manufacturing the replaceable tobacco flavor unit is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 1995Date of Patent: February 2, 1999Assignee: Philip Morris IncorporatedInventors: Alfred L. Collins, Mary Ellen Counts, Amitabh Das, Seetharama C. Deevi, Grier S. Fleischhauer, Charles T. Higgins, Willie G. Houck, Jr., Billy J. Keen, Jr., Robert E. Lee, III, A. Clifton Lilly, Jr., D. Bruce Losee, Jr., Hugh J. McCafferty, Constance H. Nichols, Wynn R. Raymond, Robert L. Ripley, Renzer R. Ritt, Sr., G. Robert Scott, F. Murphy Sprinkel, Michael L. Watkins, Susan E. Wrenn, Francis V. Utsch
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Patent number: 5613504Abstract: A smoking article is provided in which a replaceable tobacco flavor unit containing tobacco flavor material is electrically heated by a set of permanent reusable heaters to evolve flavors or other components in vapor or aerosol form for delivery to a smoker. Each heater heats only a portion of the available tobacco flavor material so that a plurality of individual puffs of tobacco flavor substance can be delivered sequentially to the smoker. The replaceable tobacco flavor unit can also include a filter to reduce the effect of residual aerosol which settles or condenses on the permanent portions of the article and which can result in off-tastes when reheated. A method and apparatus for manufacturing the replaceable tobacco flavor unit is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 1995Date of Patent: March 25, 1997Assignee: Philip Morris IncorporatedInventors: Alfred L. Collins, Mary E. Counts, Amitabh Das, Seetharama C. Deevi, Grier S. Fleischhauer, Charles T. Higgins, Willie G. Houck, Jr., Billy J. Keen, Jr., Robert E. Lee, III, A. Clifton Lilly, Jr., D. Bruce Losee, Jr., Hugh J. McCafferty, Constance H. Nichols, Wynn R. Raymond, Robert L. Ripley, Renzer R. Ritt, Sr., G. Robert Scott, F. Murphy Sprinkel, Michael L. Watkins, Susan E. Wrenn, Francis V. Utsch
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Patent number: 5546318Abstract: A method of generating electrical energy metering quantities in a multi-channel load profile recorder includes the steps of sensing a line quantity such as a line current and/or a line voltage, during a load profile time interval. Non-derived electrical energy metering quantities such as watt-hours, var-hours, volt.sup.2 -hours, ampere.sup.2 -hours, etc., are then generated upon completion of the load profile time interval. The non-derived quantities are determined from the sensed line quantities and are preferably stored in non-volatile programmable read-only memory (PROM) in the recorder. These steps are then repeated for each of the subsequent consecutive time intervals so that a load profile record or "database" of non-derived metering quantities can be established in the memory. This record can then be retrieved on a periodic basis by a utility field operator, preferably using a hand-held or portable programming unit such as a computer.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1994Date of Patent: August 13, 1996Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Robert E. Lee, Jr.
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Patent number: 5537462Abstract: A terminal which is remotely controlled over a digital data line includes a computer and a videotelephone for sending and receiving audio, video and digital data over the digital data line. The terminal also includes a remotely controlled power strip which has power outlets and relays for remotely controlling AC power to and from the power outlets. The computer is connected to at least one of the power outlets. The terminal also includes a plurality of switches, each of which corresponds to a telephone number. The terminal also includes a supervisory interface controller which is responsive to selection of one of the switches to identify a telephone number corresponding to the selected switch and to direct the videotelephone to place a telephone call to the identified telephone number, via the digital data line.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1994Date of Patent: July 16, 1996Assignee: Aegis Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kevin R. Utter, Robert E. Lee
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Patent number: D470624Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2002Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignee: Philip Morris IncorporatedInventors: Mark R. Chemla, Robert E. Lee, Susan E. Wrenn, Ashok H. Solanky
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Patent number: D474306Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2002Date of Patent: May 6, 2003Assignee: Philip Morris IncorporatedInventors: Marc R. Chemla, Robert E. Lee, Susan E. Wrenn, Ashok H. Solanky
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Patent number: H1746Abstract: An absorbent article is disclosed for absorbing liquids, including body fluids such as menstrual discharges or urine. The absorbent article has a liquid impermeable backsheet on which is disposed an absorbent core, and first and second liquid permeable topsheet layers. The edge of the absorbent core defines a perimeter, and the first and second topsheet layers and the backsheet each extend laterally beyond the perimeter to define a continuous border segment surrounding the absorbent core. A liquid impermeable seal is formed in the border segment which surrounds the perimeter for preventing lateral migration of liquid from the absorbent core beyond the seal. The seal is formed to extend from an outer surface of the first topsheet layer to an outer surface of the backsheet, for establishing a capillary gradient in the second topsheet layer, thereby inhibiting wicking of fluid therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 1997Date of Patent: August 4, 1998Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Michael Edward Carrier, Robert E. Lee Marshall, III, Richard George Coe