Patents by Inventor Ronald Lawrence
Ronald Lawrence 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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Patent number: 10047725Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a ladder attachment system for securing a ladder within a tower of a wind turbine. The ladder has parallel legs and a plurality of rungs arranged perpendicularly between the parallel legs. The ladder attachment system includes at least one external stiffener configured at a top end of each of the parallel legs. Each of the external stiffeners includes a longitudinal body having an open cross-section configured to receive one of the parallel legs along a length thereof. Further, the ladder attachment system also includes a load-bearing bracket assembly configured with each of the external stiffeners. In addition, the ladder attachment system includes at least one support arm arranged in a horizontal plane and configured with each of the parallel legs, with the support arms being spaced apart from the load-bearing bracket assembly along a height of the ladder.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ronald Lawrence Yenser, James Eric Reed
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Publication number: 20180199684Abstract: Interchangeable luggage perimeters are disclosed. Example interchangeable luggage perimeters may comprise an interchangeable base element adapted to securely and releasably couple with exchangeable components such as exchangeable foot pads, exchangeable wheels, or exchangeable handles. The interchangeable base element may be interchangeable by having a configuration supporting repositioning of the interchangeable base element at multiple different edges of a luggage piece, e.g., any of at least two or four edges of a luggage piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: RONALD LAWRENCE BLOOM, JOHN SPENCER BANDRINGA
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Publication number: 20180091336Abstract: Techniques are provided for implementing a portable spectrum analyzer. An example system, according to an embodiment, includes a signal analyzer including an RF receiver to receive RF signals from an antenna, an analog-to-digital converter to generate a sampled signal based on the received RF signals, and a signal analysis co-processor to perform cognitive scanning analysis of the sampled signal. The cognitive scanning analysis includes detection, identification, and characterization of digital/analog signal(s) embedded in the sampled signal. The system may further include a communications interface circuit to provide communication between the signal analyzer and an associated mobile host platform (e.g., smartphone). The communication includes transmitting results of the cognitive scanning analysis to the mobile host and receiving parameters from the mobile host to control the operation of the cognitive scanning analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventors: Apurva N. Mody, Jack Chuang, Ronald Lawrence, Chad M. Spooner
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Patent number: 9918532Abstract: Interchangeable luggage perimeters are disclosed. Example interchangeable luggage perimeters may comprise an interchangeable base element adapted to securely and releasably couple with exchangeable components such as exchangeable foot pads, exchangeable wheels, or exchangeable handles. The interchangeable base element may be interchangeable by having a configuration supporting repositioning of the interchangeable base element at multiple different edges of a luggage piece, e.g., any of at least two or four edges of a luggage piece.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: CONTRAIL, LLCInventors: Ronald Lawrence Bloom, John Spencer Bandringa
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Patent number: 9677716Abstract: A method and apparatus for insulating a fluid line in a container configured to contain a fluid. The apparatus comprises a container, a fluid line in the container, and a tube. The container is configured to contain a fluid. The tube is placed around the fluid line in the container to form a channel around a first portion of the fluid line. The tube is configured to contain the fluid from the container in the channel and to prevent a first flow of the fluid between the container and the channel except through a number of ends of the tube. The tube is further configured to reduce a second flow of the fluid within the channel such that the fluid in the channel insulates the fluid line.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Michael Lyle Holbrook, Kevin O'Brien Gaw, Gregory M. Waugh, Ronald Lawrence Clements
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Publication number: 20170101823Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a ladder attachment system for securing a ladder within a tower of a wind turbine. The ladder has parallel legs and a plurality of rungs arranged perpendicularly between the parallel legs. The ladder attachment system includes at least one external stiffener configured at a top end of each of the parallel legs. Each of the external stiffeners includes a longitudinal body having an open cross-section configured to receive one of the parallel legs along a length thereof. Further, the ladder attachment system also includes a load-bearing bracket assembly configured with each of the external stiffeners. In addition, the ladder attachment system includes at least one support arm arranged in a horizontal plane and configured with each of the parallel legs, with the support arms being spaced apart from the load-bearing bracket assembly along a height of the ladder.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2015Publication date: April 13, 2017Inventors: Ronald Lawrence Yenser, James Eric Reed
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Publication number: 20160100658Abstract: Interchangeable luggage perimeters are disclosed. Example interchangeable luggage perimeters may comprise an interchangeable base element adapted to securely and releasably couple with exchangeable components such as exchangeable foot pads, exchangeable wheels, or exchangeable handles. The interchangeable base element may be interchangeable by having a configuration supporting repositioning of the interchangeable base element at multiple different edges of a luggage piece, e.g., any of at least two or four edges of a luggage piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Inventors: RONALD LAWRENCE BLOOM, JOHN SPENCER BANDRINGA
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Publication number: 20150114004Abstract: A gas turbine enclosure apparatus is provided and includes a frame defining an interior, gas turbine equipment disposed in the interior, the gas turbine equipment being pre-assembled at a first site and connectable with a gas turbine disposed at a second site and wall panels connectable with the frame. The apparatus being disposable proximate to the gas turbine such that the gas turbine equipment is exposed to the gas turbine and a portion of the wall panels form a portion of an outer enclosure of the gas turbine and the gas turbine equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventors: Kyle Joseph Conger, Daniel Neal Alvarez, Matthew John Canham, Ronald Lawrence Yenser
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Publication number: 20150113805Abstract: A method of assembling an enclosure of a gas turbine is provided. The method includes disposing gas turbine equipment in an interior of a frame at a first site, connecting wall panels to the frame to form a pre-assembled module at the first site, shipping the pre-assembled module from the first site to a second site and disposing the pre-assembled module proximate to the gas turbine such that the gas turbine equipment is exposed for connection to the gas turbine and a portion of the wall panels form a portion of an outer enclosure of the gas turbine and the gas turbine equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventors: Kyle Joseph Conger, Daniel Neal Alvarez, Matthew John Canham, Ronald Lawrence Yenser
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Publication number: 20150057193Abstract: A diagnostic tool and method of diagnosing brain injury and brain injury type (traumatic vs. ischemic) by detecting the level of expression of endothelial monocyte-activating polypeptide II (EMAP II) and comparing to a control. An increase of EMAP II indicates the presence of traumatic brain injury and a decrease of EMAP II indicates the presence of ischemic brain injury.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: JITENDRA RAMANLAL DAVE, CHANGPING YAO, ANTHONY JOSEPH WILLIAMS, XI-CHUN MAY-LU, FRANK CASPER TORTELLA, KA-WANG KEVIN WAND, RONALD LAWRENCE HAYES
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Publication number: 20140303041Abstract: The present invention relates to an exemplary in vitro diagnostic (IVD) device used to detect the presence of and/or severity of neural injuries or neuronal disorders in a subject. The IVD device relies on an immunoassay which identifies biomarkers that are diagnostic of neural injury and/or neuronal disorders in a biological sample, such as whole blood, plasma, serum, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The inventive IVD device may measure one or more of several neural specific markers in a biological sample and output the results to a machine readable format wither to a display device or to a storage device internal or external to the IVD.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2012Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC., BANYAN BIOMARKERS, INC.Inventors: Ronald Lawrence Hayes, Ka-Wang (Kevin) Wang, Andreas Jeromin, Ming-Cheng Liu, Monika Oli
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Publication number: 20140222820Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a mobile device for reporting at least one characteristic of at least one vehicle. The mobile device includes at least one input device, at least one transmitting device configured to transmit the at least one characteristic of the at least one vehicle to a second device, at least one storage device for storing data, and a module stored on the at least one storage device, the module executable by the mobile device and configured to accept user inputs from the at least one input device and catalog each user input with respect to an identified vehicle by causing the apparatus to perform the steps of: generating a first user interface (UI) at least including a field to input an identification data of the identified vehicle; receiving characteristic data from the input device relating to the at least one characteristic of the identified vehicle; and transmitting the characteristic data with reference to the identified vehicle to a database.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2013Publication date: August 7, 2014Inventors: Gary Alan Mott, Laurie Adriane Conn, Ronald Lawrence Breslofsky, Santiago Alberto Ramirez, Ronald Sanders
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Publication number: 20140174557Abstract: A method and apparatus for insulating a fluid line in a container configured to contain a fluid. The apparatus comprises a container, a fluid line in the container, and a tube. The container is configured to contain a fluid. The tube is placed around the fluid line in the container to form a channel around a first portion of the fluid line. The tube is configured to contain the fluid from the container in the channel and to prevent a first flow of the fluid between the container and the channel except through a number of ends of the tube. The tube is further configured to reduce a second flow of the fluid within the channel such that the fluid in the channel insulates the fluid line.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Michael Lyle Holbrook, Kevin O'Brien Gaw, Gregory M. Waugh, Ronald Lawrence Clements
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Publication number: 20130332245Abstract: A system and computer program product for differentiating reward programs that use the same identity holder. This differentiation allows different businesses to offer their own tailored rewards program while the consumer has the convenience of using a single identity holder. Moreover, the system and computer program product provide for integrating proximity and affinity into multi-business rewards programs. Finally, the system and computer program product provide for members of a consumer membership organization to receive rewards based on their membership, thus allowing the organization to receive financial incentives based on encouraging their members to shop at certain businesses.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: MoneyBar Rewards, Inc.Inventors: John Parker SHANNON, JR., Ronald Lawrence Frank, Stephen Alexander Levely
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Publication number: 20130081734Abstract: A method and apparatus for electrostatically bonding coaxial tubing. An outer tube comprises an electrically conductive material and has an inner surface. An inner tube comprises material and has an outer surface. The inner tube and the outer tube are positioned to define a channel. A bridging structure comprising an electrically conductive material is positioned such that the bridging structure forms mechanical contact and an electrostatic connection between electrically conductive material on the tubes. The bridging structure is in mechanical contact with the inner surface of the outer tube at a first plurality of points and in mechanical contact with the outer surface of the inner tube at a second plurality of points.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Gregory M. Waugh, Michael Lyle Holbrook, Ronald Lawrence Clements
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Publication number: 20130048134Abstract: A method and apparatus comprising a structure. The structure is configured to be placed around a fluid line in a container that is configured to hold a fluid. The structure is further configured to reduce a flow of the fluid within a volume of the structure such that the fluid in the volume insulates the fluid line.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Michael Lyle Holbrook, Kevin O'Brien Gaw, Gregory M. Waugh, Ronald Lawrence Clements
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Publication number: 20110028349Abstract: A diagnostic tool and method of diagnosing brain injury and brain injury type (traumatic vs. ischemic) by detecting the level of expression of endothelial monocyte-activating polypeptide II (EMAP-II) and comparing to a control. An increase of EMAP-II indicates the presence of traumatic brain injury and a decrease of EMAP-II indicates the presence of ischemic brain injury.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Inventors: Jitendra Ramanlal Dave, Changping Yao, Anthony Joseph Williams, Xi-Chun May, Frank Casper Tortella, Ka-Wang Kevin Wang, Ronald Lawrence Hayes
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Patent number: 7799536Abstract: A diagnostic tool and method of diagnosing brain injury and brain injury type (traumatic vs. ischemic) by detecting the level of expression of endothelial monocyte-activating polypeptide II (EMAP-II) and comparing to a control. An increase of EMAP-II indicates the presence of traumatic brain injury and a decrease of EMAP-II indicates the presence of ischemic brain injury. Detection of EMAP-II can be done in brain tissue, biofluids such as cerebrospinal fluid or blood (including plasma and serum).Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2008Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the ArmyInventors: Jitendra Ramanlal Dave, Changping Yao, Anthony Joseph Williams, Xi-Chun May, Frank Casper Tortella, Ka-Wang Kevin Wang, Ronald Lawrence Hayes
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Publication number: 20090068691Abstract: A diagnostic tool and method of diagnosing brain injury and brain injury type (traumatic vs. ischemic) by detecting the level of expression of endothelial monocyte-activating polypeptide II (EMAP-II) and comparing to a control. An increase of EMAP-II indicates the presence of traumatic brain injury and a decrease of EMAP-II indicates the presence of ischemic brain injury.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Inventors: Jitendra Ramanlal Dave, Changping Yao, Anthony Joseph Williams, Xi-Chun May, Frank Casper Tortella, Ka-Wang Kevin Wang, Ronald Lawrence Hayes
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Patent number: D558607Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2007Date of Patent: January 1, 2008Inventor: Ronald Lawrence Harris