Patents by Inventor Russell Smith
Russell Smith 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: 20140240924Abstract: A cam system includes a beam including a plurality of coupling features. A first handle is operable to be coupled to the beam using the coupling features. A plurality of cam elements are each operable to be coupled to the beam at different locations along the beam using the coupling features. A plurality of cam brackets are each operable to be mounted to a first member having a first connector. The coupled-together beam, first handle, and cam elements are operable to be coupled a second member having a second connector such that, with the cam brackets mounted to the first member, the engagement of the cam elements with the cam brackets mate the first connector and the second connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventors: Corey D. Hartman, Alejandro Z. Rodriguez, Russell Smith
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Patent number: 8743562Abstract: A cam system includes a beam including a plurality of coupling features. A first handle is operable to be coupled to the beam using the coupling features. A plurality of cam elements are each operable to be coupled to the beam at different locations along the beam using the coupling features. A plurality of cam brackets are each operable to be mounted to a first member having a first connector. The coupled-together beam, first handle, and cam elements are operable to be coupled a second member having a second connector such that, with the cam brackets mounted to the first member, the engagement of the cam elements with the cam brackets mate the first connector and the second connector.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2012Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Corey D. Hartman, Alejandro Z. Rodriguez, Russell Smith
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Patent number: 8736821Abstract: A system and method for monitoring bending curvature of a flexible pipe structure, including at least one conduit configured to conform to a profile of a bend stiffener of a flexible pipe structure, and the at least one conduit including one or more sensors, wherein each sensor is configured for measuring a bending curvature of the bend stiffener.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2010Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Russell Smith, Ian Pierce, Azedine Kacher, Damon Roberts, Vincent Alliot
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Patent number: 8706571Abstract: Disclosed is a system for transitioning between views in a network page. An application that is executed in at least one computing device encodes a network page for rendering in a client, the network page including a region, and the region being configured for the rendering of at least two views. The network page is encoded to depict a transition between the two views. A first one of the views depicts at least one mechanism to add a depicted item in the network page to a list, and a second one of the views depicts at least a portion of the list. Once encoded, the network page is sent to the client.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2013Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Michael D. McDaniel, Jeffrey T. Brownell, Homer G. Morgan, III, Brent Russell Smith, Wesley M. Turner, Michael C. Day
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Patent number: 8706685Abstract: Organizing collaborative annotations of digital items is described. In a particular embodiment, a server system receives a filter request from a client device to filter a plurality of annotations according to criteria included in the filter request. The plurality of annotations is stored at an annotations database coupled to the server system. The server system sends filter results to the client device based upon annotations matching the criteria of the filter request. The annotations may be filtered based on tags associated with respective annotations, where the tags categorize the respective annotations.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2008Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Brent Russell Smith, Tom Killalea
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Publication number: 20140100986Abstract: Various processes are disclosed for discovering item relationships between particular items, such as products represented in an electronic catalog, based on monitored user behaviors (e.g., item viewing activities, item purchases, shopping cart activities, etc.). The discovered item relationships may, for example, be used to generate personalized item recommendations for users, and/or to supplement item detail pages of an electronic catalog with lists of related items. Also disclosed are processes for generating personalized item recommendations based on users' search activities and browse node visits.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: Amazon.com, Inc.Inventors: Gregory D. Linden, Brent Russell Smith, Nida K. Zada
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Patent number: 8676669Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for providing confirmations for list modifications. A network page is sent to a client. The network page includes one or more components for requesting that one or more items be added to a list of items. The item(s) are added to the list of items in response to a request from the client. A display region is encoded for rendering in the client as a layer superimposed on the network page. The display region includes a confirmation that the item(s) have been added to the list of items. The display region includes one or more undo components for requesting that a last modification to the list of items be reversed.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2010Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Arjun Chittoor, Aaron M. Donsbach, Kenneth James Price, Jeffrey T. Brownell, Homer G. Morgan, III, Brent Russell Smith, Michael D. McDaniel
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Publication number: 20140021316Abstract: A bracket assembly for mounting an electrical device to a support includes a bracket and a back plate. The bracket has first and second fastener openings. The second fastener opening is elongated. The back plate has third and fourth fastener openings. The third fastener opening is closed. The fourth fastener opening is elongated and open. A slot in the back plate provides access to the fourth fastener opening. A first fastener is received in the first and third fastener openings. A second fastener is received in the second and fourth fastener openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: HUBBELL INCORPORATEDInventors: Jonathan Oral Adams, James Russell Smith
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Patent number: 8620767Abstract: Various processes are disclosed for discovering item relationships between particular items, such as products represented in an electronic catalog, based on monitored user behaviors (e.g., item viewing activities, item purchases, shopping cart activities, etc.). The discovered item relationships may, for example, be used to generate personalized item recommendations for users, and/or to supplement item detail pages of an electronic catalog with lists of related items. Also disclosed are processes for generating personalized item recommendations based on users' search activities and browse node visits.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Amazon.com, Inc.Inventors: Gregory D. Linden, Brent Russell Smith, Nida K. Zada
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Publication number: 20130291720Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for separating a purge gas recovered from a polyethylene product. The method includes recovering a polyethylene product containing one or more volatile hydrocarbons from a polymerization reactor and contacting the polyethylene product with a purge gas to remove at least a portion of the volatile hydrocarbons to produce a polymer product having a reduced concentration of volatile hydrocarbons and a purge gas product enriched in volatile hydrocarbons. The purge gas product is compressed to a pressure of 2,500 kPaa to 10,000 kPaa, and is then cooled and separated into at least a first product, a second product, and a third product. A portion of one or more of the first, second, or third products is then recycled as a purge gas, to the polymerization reactor, or to the purge gas product enriched in volatile hydrocarbons prior to compression, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2011Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: UNIVATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Mark W. Blood, Randall L. Force, Theodore D. Duncan, George W. Schwarz, JR., Daniel W. Mosser, Donald A. Fischer, Robert D. Olson, James Leland Swecker, II, Cloid Russell Smith, III
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Publication number: 20130176702Abstract: A cam system includes a beam including a plurality of coupling features. A first handle is operable to be coupled to the beam using the coupling features. A plurality of cam elements are each operable to be coupled to the beam at different locations along the beam using the coupling features. A plurality of cam brackets are each operable to be mounted to a first member having a first connector. The coupled-together beam, first handle, and cam elements are operable to be coupled a second member having a second connector such that, with the cam brackets mounted to the first member, the engagement of the cam elements with the cam brackets mate the first connector and the second connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2012Publication date: July 11, 2013Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.Inventors: Corey D. Hartman, Alejandro Z. Rodriguez, Russell Smith
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Patent number: 8472178Abstract: A memory retention and support system includes a memory chassis. A board is mounted to the memory chassis. A memory connector is mounted to the board and includes a pair of guide members at opposite distal ends of the memory connector and a pair of opposing outer walls extending between the guide members. A connector reinforcing member engages the memory connector to urge the guide members toward each other and to urge the opposing outer walls toward each other. A damping member is operable to be positioned adjacent to and spaced apart from the memory connector in order to engage a memory module when the memory module is coupled to the memory connector. The connector reinforcing member and the damping member act to resist a discontinuities between a plurality of memory contacts on the memory module and a plurality of connector contacts on the memory connector.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2010Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Corey D. Hartman, Brian T. Whitman, Peter Heinrich, Russell Smith, Scott Munroe Deane, Timothy Spencer
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Patent number: 8461067Abstract: A gypsum board which comprises a set gypsum core sandwiched between and faced with fibrous mats, wherein a free surface of one of said mats is pre-coated with a combination of a mineral pigment, optionally an inorganic adhesive binder and an organic binder, preferably a hydrophobic, UV resistant polymer latex adhesive binder applied to said surface as an aqueous coating composition, said aqueous coating composition upon drying and setting providing a pre-coated mat satisfying certain morphology requirements.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2011Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLCInventors: Russell Smith, Brian Randall
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Patent number: 8433626Abstract: Disclosed is a system for transitioning between views in a network page. An application that is executed in at least one computing device encodes a network page for rendering in a client, the network page including a region, and the region being configured for the rendering of at least two views. The network page is encoded to depict a transition between the two views. A first one of the views depicts at least one mechanism to add a depicted item in the network page to a list, and a second one of the views depicts at least a portion of the list. Once encoded, the network page is sent to the client.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2010Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Michael D. McDaniel, Jeffrey T. Brownell, Homer G. Morgan, III, Brent Russell Smith, Wesley M. Turner, Michael C. Day
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Patent number: 8405966Abstract: A memory carrier system includes a carrier chassis that includes a board having a board connector. The board is operable to couple to a plurality of memory modules. A pair of pinion cams are rotatably mounted to the carrier chassis. A handle is moveably coupled to the carrier chassis and includes a pair of rack arms. Each rack arm engages a respective pinion cam. The carrier chassis is operable to be positioned in an information handling system (IHS) chassis that includes an IHS connector, and the handle is operable to be moved relative to the carrier chassis in order to rotate the pinion cams into an engagement with the IHS chassis that provides a cam force that mates the board connector to the IHS connector.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2010Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Corey D. Hartman, Brian T. Whitman, Glen Patrick Gordon, Jeffory L. Smalley, Michael Schrempp, Pete Ross, Russell Smith
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Publication number: 20120127658Abstract: A memory carrier system includes a carrier chassis that includes a board having a board connector. The board is operable to couple to a plurality of memory modules. A pair of pinion cams are rotatably mounted to the carrier chassis. A handle is moveably coupled to the carrier chassis and includes a pair of rack arms. Each rack arm engages a respective pinion cam. The carrier chassis is operable to be positioned in an information handling system (IHS) chassis that includes an IHS connector, and the handle is operable to be moved relative to the carrier chassis in order to rotate the pinion cams into an engagement with the IHS chassis that provides a cam force that mates the board connector to the IHS connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.Inventors: Corey D. Hartman, Brian T. Whitman, Glen Patrick Gordon, Jeffory L. Smalley, Michael Schrempp, Pete Ross, Russell Smith
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Publication number: 20120099268Abstract: A memory retention and support system includes a memory chassis. A board is mounted to the memory chassis. A memory connector is mounted to the board and includes a pair of guide members at opposite distal ends of the memory connector and a pair of opposing outer walls extending between the guide members. A connector reinforcing member engages the memory connector to urge the guide members toward each other and to urge the opposing outer walls toward each other. A damping member is operable to be positioned adjacent to and spaced apart from the memory connector in order to engage a memory module when the memory module is coupled to the memory connector. The connector reinforcing member and the damping member act to resist a discontinuities between a plurality of memory contacts on the memory module and a plurality of connector contacts on the memory connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.Inventors: Corey D. Hartman, Brian T. Whitman, Peter Heinrich, Russell Smith, Scott Munroe Deane, Timothy Spencer
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Patent number: 8099890Abstract: A closure mechanism receiving aperture presents a substantially contiguous, uninterrupted planar surface on a flexible medium, primarily for use with identification devices, i.e., wristbands. The aperture does not interrupt the printable area so that printer ink may be printed over the aperture without passing through. The inventive aperture also does not produce waster material or chads which can jam or foul-up a printer. An inventive wristband includes both snap closure and adhesive closure mechanisms that can be used at the same time.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2011Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Precision Dynamics CorporationInventors: Sherif Ali, Kim Canchola, Russell Smith, Tracy Tenpenny, Jeffrey Kerlin, Mike Erwin, James Brown
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Patent number: 8092858Abstract: A method of making a gypsum panel comprises sandwiching a gypsum slurry between two moving sheets of facing material, one of said sheets comprising a fibrous facing material, curing and drying the gypsum slurry to form a set gypsum panel, applying a coating of a radiation curable formulation, which is essentially free of any unreactive components, onto the fibrous facing material of the set gypsum panel, applying a surface coating of an aggregate material onto the coating of the radiation curable formulation, and curing the coating of the radiation curable formulation with high energy radiation, wherein the radiation curable formulation comprises a high energy radiation curable polymer comprising ethylenically unsaturated double bonds.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2009Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLCInventor: Russell Smith
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Patent number: 8064442Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that performs layer 3 (L3) aware switching in an Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) which includes a central node and at least one remote node. During operation, the system maintains a set of mapping information which indicates a correspondence relationship between a logical link identifier of a remote node, a medium access control (MAC) address for a subscriber coupled to the remote node, and an IP address for the subscriber. Upon receiving a packet which contains an IP address, the system selectively attaches a proper logical link identifier to the packet based on the mapping information and the IP address contained in the packet, thereby allowing only one proper remote node to receive the packet.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2008Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Edward W. Boyd, Russell Smith