Patents by Inventor S. Simons

S. Simons 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).

  • Mechanism for conveying an article
    Patent number: 7930902
    Abstract: A pusher mechanism for pushing bottles formed in an I.S. machine from a dead plate to a conveyor. The pusher mechanism includes a pusher finger assembly which is supported by a housing and is movable about an axis of support and about the parallel axis of rotation of the housing. A pair of servo motors effect the desired rotation of the two axes through cam profiles each of which has at least one Bezier curve segment with a parameter of one curve linked to a parameter of the other curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Emhart Glass S.A.
    Inventors: Jonathan S. Simon, William P. Jacobsen
  • System and method for controlling compactor systems
    Patent number: 7926419
    Abstract: An integrated system for: complete waste compactor/container operational control; remote fullness monitoring; and, remote performance and maintenance diagnostics. Such diagnostic information is transferred wirelessly or otherwise to one or more recipients, so as to directly provide a critical warning in real time. The waste compactor/container controller/monitor system allows for periodic substantially real-time oil viscosity measurements of the hydraulic fluid to account for changes in such viscosity. The system adjusts the timing of the compactor stroke to permit more efficient operation and inhibit damage to the hydraulic ram and/or container during use. The system provides for the monitoring and communication of substantially all aspects of compactor operation both on-site and remotely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: One Plus Corp.
    Inventors: Jay S. Simon, Martin J. Durbin
  • Balancing circuit for a metal detector
    Patent number: 7893690
    Abstract: A balancing circuit for a metal detector. The metal detector includes an oscillating power source, a transmit coil connected to the oscillating power source, first and second receive coils inductively coupled to the transmit coil, a first amplitude balancing circuit connected to the first receive coil, and a first phase balancing circuit connected to the first receive coil. The first phase balancing circuit includes a capacitor and a variable resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Carnes Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph S. Simon
  • G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR LIGANDS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20110020354
    Abstract: The present invention relates to RF-amide peptides and their use for treating, preventing and curing neurological and metabolic medical disorders. The invention also relates to methods for modulating a G-protein coupled receptor and for identifying substances which modulate the receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Ying Jiang, Fang Liang Zhang, Nicholas J. Murgolo, Lin Luo, Jason S. Simon
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF REDUCING A COMPONENT OF A SIGNAL CAUSED BY VIBRATION
    Publication number: 20100312523
    Abstract: A vibration detection circuit. The circuit includes an accelerometer, a combining filter, an amplifier, and an analog to digital converter. The accelerometer generates one or more signals indicative of movement along an axis. The combining filter filters a component of the one or more signals not associated with movement and combines the components of the one or more signals indicative of movement to create a combined signal. The amplifier amplifies the combined signal and creates an amplified signal. The analog to digital converter converts the amplified signal into a digital value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventor: Joseph S. Simon
  • SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR TRANSMIT DIVERSITY IN SATELLITE PHONES
    Publication number: 20100302991
    Abstract: An apparatus and method inexpensively implements spatial diversity in a wireless terminal for use in a satellite communication system. A single transmit chain is coupled to a plurality of antennas through a switch for sequentially selecting each of the antennas during corresponding sub-frames of a data frame. Here, each sub-frame is adapted for transmission of a respective portion of an encoded information packet, encoded such that the entire information packet is recoverable from any one of the sub-frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ahmad Jalali, Harris S. Simon
  • GENETIC MARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH INTERFERON-ALPHA RESPONSE
    Publication number: 20100297080
    Abstract: The present invention provides genetic markers on human chromosome 19 that are associated with a beneficial response to interferon alpha (IFN-?). These IFN-? response markers arc useful, inter alia, to identify patients who are most likely to benefit from treatment with IFN-? pharmaceutical compositions and drug products, in methods of treating patients having a disease susceptible to treatment with an IFN-?, and in methods for selecting the most appropriate therapy for such patients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: ARTHUR BERTELSEN, JACQUES FELLAY, DONGLANG GE, DAVID GOLDSTEIN, JOHN G. MCHUTCHISON, NICHOLAS J. MURGOLO, PING QIU, ROBERT ORVILLE RALSTON, II, KEVIN SHIANNA, JASON S. SIMON, ALEXANDER J. THOMPSON, THOMAS URBAN
  • G-protein coupled receptor ligands and methods
    Patent number: 7807390
    Abstract: The present invention relates to RF-amide peptides and their use for treating, preventing and curing neurological and metabolic medical disorders. The invention also relates to methods for modulating a G-protein coupled receptor and for identifying substances which modulate the receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Ying Jiang, Fang Liang Zhang, Nicholas J. Murgolo, Lin Luo, Jason S. Simon
  • Chemical Mechanical Polishing Pad Having Window With Integral Identification Feature
    Publication number: 20100227533
    Abstract: Chemical mechanical polishing pads having a window with an integral identification feature, wherein the window has a polishing face and a nonpolishing face, wherein the integral identification feature is observable through the window, and wherein the integral identification feature identifies the chemical mechanical polishing pad as a type of chemical mechanical polishing pad selected from a plurality of types of chemical mechanical polishing pads. Also provided is a method of making such chemical mechanical polishing pads and for using them to polish a substrate selected from a magnetic substrate, an optical substrate and a semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Mary Jo Kulp, Ethan S. Simon, Darrell String
  • Metal detector
    Patent number: 7791337
    Abstract: A vibration canceling circuit for a metal detector. The metal detector includes a transmit coil, first and second receive coils, a differential circuit coupled to the first and second receive coils, a controller coupled to the differential circuit, and a vibration canceling circuit coupled to the controller. The controller uses a signal provided by the vibration canceling circuit to remove a vibration component from a metal detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Carnes Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph S. Simon
  • Metal complexes for enhanced dispersion of nanomaterials, compositions and methods therefor
    Publication number: 20100065786
    Abstract: Metal complexes (“compatibilizers”) having properties particularly useful for treating and compatibilizing nanomaterials (i.e. carbon nanotubes, nanofibers, nanographite) include metal cations and anionic surfactants. The treated nanomaterials can be isolated as solid treated nanomaterial and used in further applications where increased dispersion is desirable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventor: Richard S. Simons
  • Weighing device
    Patent number: 7669486
    Abstract: The weight sensing device may include a base, a cover, a first load cell attached to the base and the cover, a second load cell attached to the base and in contact with the cover but not attached, and an analyzing circuit which is connected by electrical wires to the load cells. The base may be a fork, for example, a lift truck fork. When a load is positioned on the load bearing surface of the cover, the load cells flex and cause an electrical signal to be transmitted over the wires to the analyzing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Inventor: Gerald S. Simons
  • Automotive Vehicle Engine Apparatus
    Publication number: 20090260906
    Abstract: An automotive vehicle engine apparatus includes an air intake system. In a further aspect of the present application, an automotive vehicle engine apparatus includes an air intake manifold, an air box and an air scoop. Another aspect of the present application employs an air intake shaker and a supercharger. A method of manufacturing and/or operating an air intake system is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Derk Hartland, Chris P. Theodore, Daniel D. Agnew, Marc Musial, William A. Frazer, Gregory Butler, Robert S. Simons
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MAKING DIGITAL IMAGE TRANSFER THERMOFORMED OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20090080032
    Abstract: A method and system is provided for forming a three-dimensional image and, more particularly, for making three-dimensional digital image transfer thermoformed objects on, e.g., generic molds. The method includes manipulating digital images of a subject into a single image; printing the single image onto a media; and thermoforming the media with the single image using a generic mold. The system comprises a computer infrastructure operable to: receive images of a subject; display the images; stitch together the images to form a single image; adjust portions of the images or single image to compensate for deformation during thermoforming of the single image; register the single image with points on a mold; and print the single image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Lyle S. Simons
  • Control for an I.S. machine
    Patent number: 7489983
    Abstract: A control for a glass forming machine is disclosed which receives as an input the event angles used to control the machines operation. These event angles, which define the time in a cycle when each event is turned on and off, are unwrapped to represent times in the glass forming process which takes more than two machine cycles to complete. A computerized model of the unwrapped cycle is defined and a control analyzes the computerized model as a constrained optimization problem to define an optimized schedule of event times and defines a plurality of intermediate event time schedules in an incremental application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Emhart Glass S.A.
    Inventor: Jonathan S. Simon
  • System and method for controlling compactor systems
    Patent number: 7481160
    Abstract: An integrated system for: complete waste compactor operational control; remote fullness monitoring; and, remote performance and maintenance diagnostics. Such diagnostic information is transferred wirelessly or otherwise to one or more recipients, so as to directly provide a critical warning in real time. The waste compactor controller/monitor system allows for periodic real-time oil viscosity measurements of the hydraulic fluid to account for changes in such viscosity. The system adjusts the timing of the compactor stroke to permit more efficient operation and inhibit damage to the hydraulic ram and/or container during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: One Plus Corp.
    Inventors: Jay S. Simon, Martin J. Durbin
  • BALANCING CIRCUIT FOR A METAL DETECTOR
    Publication number: 20090021251
    Abstract: A balancing circuit for a metal detector. The metal detector includes an oscillating power source, a transmit coil connected to the oscillating power source, first and second receive coils inductively coupled to the transmit coil, a first amplitude balancing circuit connected to the first receive coil, and a first phase balancing circuit connected to the first receive coil. The first phase balancing circuit includes a capacitor and a variable resistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventor: Joseph S. Simon
  • METAL DETECTOR
    Publication number: 20090021252
    Abstract: A vibration canceling circuit for a metal detector. The metal detector includes a transmit coil, first and second receive coils, a differential circuit coupled to the first and second receive coils, a controller coupled to the differential circuit, and a vibration canceling circuit coupled to the controller. The controller uses a signal provided by the vibration canceling circuit to remove a vibration component from a metal detection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventor: Joseph S. Simon
  • Method and apparatus for random-number generator
    Patent number: 7472148
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for generating random numbers are disclosed. In one aspect, a method for generating random numbers for use in a wireless communication device provides for generating random numbers, gathering a sample of the generated random numbers, and computing at least one metric, such as mean value, standard deviation, and/or entropy. The method further provides for comparing the metric with a corresponding reference value and adjusting the metric based on a result of said comparison so that the generated random numbers achieve a desired distribution. In another aspect, an apparatus for generating random numbers includes an analog noise generator and hardware components for generating random numbers and feedback values to adjust the random numbers. The apparatus further includes a processor capable of executing instructions to carry out control algorithms for adjusting the random numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Harris S. Simon, Kenneth Andrew Van Pelt, Dale Ogden Sharp
  • Weighing Device
    Publication number: 20080178690
    Abstract: The weight sensing device may include a base, a cover, a first load cell attached to the base and the cover, a second load cell attached to the base and in contact with the cover but not attached, and an analyzing circuit which is connected by electrical wires to the load cells. The base may be a fork, for example, a lift truck fork. When a load is positioned on the load bearing surface of the cover, the load cells flex and cause an electrical signal to be transmitted over the wires to the analyzing circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventor: Gerald S. Simons