Patents by Inventor Timothy Gordon
Timothy Gordon 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: 8331081Abstract: A shutter assembly is provided for an electrical system including at least one electrical switching apparatus, such as a circuit breaker, and a plurality of electrical bus members, and a plurality of electrical cable members, and a ground member with a plurality of contacts. Each of the conductors of the circuit breaker is removably coupled to a corresponding primary contact to electrically connect the circuit breaker to the electrical bus members and to electrically connect the circuit breaker to the electrical cable members and to electrically connect the circuit breaker to the ground members. The shutter assembly includes a flexible insulating member movably disposed between the conductors and the primary contacts.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Eaton CorporationInventors: Michael Howard Abrahamsen, Jon Christopher Beaver, David Andrew Venker, Timothy Gordon Robirds
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Publication number: 20120266135Abstract: A method and a system to create a software test environment on demand are described. An example system includes a dependency module to, upon receiving a command identifying a primary function to be created in a test environment, identify one or more dependencies of the primary function. The dependencies are other functions or databases that the primary function depends upon. The dependency module generates a topology of the test environment that indicates the relationship of the dependencies to the primary function. A provisioning module provisions a plurality of pools based on the topology. An enterprise service bus (ESB) routing module updates ESB routing of the primary function to route to the plurality of pools in the test environment. A credentials module provides credentials of the pools in the test environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2012Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: eBay Inc.Inventors: Steve Farris Mansour, Timothy Gordon Kimmet
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Publication number: 20120241173Abstract: A pipe conveyed extendable well logging assembly includes a pipe end protector for preventing wellbore debris from entering an opening at the end of the pipe from which a logging tool is extendable. Plugging of the opening is prevented to ensure proper deployment of the extendable logging tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2009Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: John Hudson Hales, Timothy Gordon Schacherer
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Publication number: 20120127636Abstract: A shutter assembly is provided for an electrical system including at least one electrical switching apparatus, such as a circuit breaker, and a plurality of electrical bus members, and a plurality of electrical cable members, and a ground member with a plurality of contacts. Each of the conductors of the circuit breaker is removably coupled to a corresponding primary contact to electrically connect the circuit breaker to the electrical bus members and to electrically connect the circuit breaker to the electrical cable members and to electrically connect the circuit breaker to the ground members. The shutter assembly includes a flexible insulating member movably disposed between the conductors and the primary contacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Inventors: MICHAEL HOWARD ABRAHAMSEN, JON CHRISTOPHER BEAVER, DAVID ANDREW VENKER, TIMOTHY GORDON ROBIRDS
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Patent number: 8177229Abstract: A sheet transport roller system and methods for reducing sheet skew using a sheet transport roller system are disclosed. A sheet transport roller system for use in a document processing device may include a plurality of idler rollers, a plurality of drive rollers and a load distribution mechanism. Each drive roller may correspond to a corresponding idler roller. The load distribution mechanism may be configured to support the plurality of idler rollers and to equalize normal forces applied by each idler roller towards the corresponding drive roller. The load distribution mechanism may include a center loading spring in contact with the document processing device.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2010Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Adam Douglas Ledgerwood, Timothy Gordon Shelhart
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Patent number: 8141581Abstract: A linear compressor has a hollow piston with crown and sidewall. The piston reciprocates in a cylinder. A piston rod connects the piston to a spring. A connection between the piston rod and the piston transmits axial forces directly to the piston crown. The connection transmits lateral forces to the piston at an axial location away from the piston crown. The connection allows rotational flexibility between the piston and the piston rod transverse to and uniformly around the piston reciprocation axis. Other improvements in or relating to linear compressors are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2008Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Appliances LimitedInventors: John H. Boyd, Jr., Upesh Patel, Gordon Cameron Otte, Timothy Gordon Read
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Patent number: 8144733Abstract: A novel implementation of a partitioned Medium Access Control (MAC) is disclosed. The illustrative embodiment employs a shared bus that typically is already present in a wireless terminal for communication between an Upper MAC and a Lower MAC. The partitioned MAC implementation therefore does not require any additional communication means between the Upper MAC and Lower MAC, resulting in a lower-cost system. In addition, the Upper MAC and Lower MAC pass native data structures by reference over the shared bus, thereby eliminating the need for drivers to coordinate communication via interrupts, handshaking, etc. The partitioned MAC implementation results in a cost-effective distributed architecture in which the Upper MAC resides in the terminal's host processor and the Lower MAC resides in the terminal's wireless station.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2008Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Intellectual Ventures I LLCInventors: Michael Andrew Fischer, Timothy Gordon Godfrey
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Patent number: 8107882Abstract: A technique is disclosed for improving how stations that operate in accordance with different protocols coexist with an access point that operates in accordance with a single protocol. In the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, a station provides timing information to an IEEE 802.11 access point. The access point uses the timing information to determine when it may transmit any available frames to the station, so as not to interfere with any ongoing Bluetooth packet transmissions that are made by the station.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2004Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Intellectual Ventures I LLCInventors: Michael Andrew Fischer, Timothy Gordon Godfrey
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Patent number: 8081718Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting the transmission bit rate and fragmentation threshold of a wireless station in response to transmission errors is disclosed. In particular, the illustrative embodiment of the present invention is based on a wireless station that employs both an IEEE 802.11 radio and a Bluetooth radio, and determines whether transmission errors of the IEEE 802.11 radio are due to fading, or interference from the Bluetooth radio. It will be clear to those skilled in the art how to make and use alternative embodiments of the present invention for protocols other than IEEE 802.11 and Bluetooth, as well as stations that employ wireline or non-RF-wireless transceivers.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2008Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Intellectual Ventures I LLCInventor: Timothy Gordon Godfrey
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Patent number: 8036193Abstract: A technique is disclosed that enables both an IEEE 802.11 transceiver and a Bluetooth transceiver to be employed in a single wireless telecommunication station (e.g., a device supporting a wireless telephone, personal digital assistant, etc.) without interfering on each other. In particular, the illustrative embodiment enables standard “off-the-shelf” IEEE 802.11 and Bluetooth transceivers to work in a coordinated fashion in a single telecommunications terminal. In the illustrative embodiment, an IEEE 802.11 transceiver that uses a shared-communications channel notifies a Bluetooth transceiver that a transmit opportunity exists and that the Bluetooth transceiver has permission to use the shared-communications channel. The technique disclosed is also applicable to communications protocols other than IEEE 802.11 and Bluetooth.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2010Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Intellectual Ventures I LLCInventor: Timothy Gordon Godfrey
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Patent number: 8036218Abstract: A technique for enabling a secure, point-to-point wireless connection between a secondary computer (e.g., a personal digital assistant, etc.) and a primary computer (e.g., a notebook, a desktop, etc.) is disclosed. The primary computer is associated with an extended infrastructure through an access point. The present invention enables the secondary computer to communicate either with the associated primary computer or with an extended network indirectly through the access point.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2008Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Intellectual Ventures I LLCInventors: Timothy Gordon Godfrey, Michael Andrew Fischer
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Patent number: 7987799Abstract: A shelf includes a first shelf section and a second shelf section that slidingly fits with the first shelf section such that the first shelf section and second shelf section are configured to form a shelf surface having a usable shelf surface area that is variable.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2007Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Hoffman Enclosures, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Gordon Lange, Robert M. Kalstabakken, Brian L. Mordick, Jeremy Lee Fink, Trent T. Jones
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Patent number: 7934720Abstract: A fluffer section and method for controlling a fluffer port in an image production device is disclosed. The fluffer section may include a variable port configuration device that contains a plurality of fluffer port configurations, a stepper motor that moves the variable port configuration device, a variable-speed pressure blower that blows air to fluff a media stack, and a fluffer port control unit that receives an input from one or more sensors that sense at least one of media type, media weight, temperature, and humidity, selects a fluffer port configuration from a plurality of fluffer port configurations based on the received sensor input, sends a signal to the stepper motor to move the variable port configuration device to the selected fluffer port configuration, and sends a signal to the variable-speed pressure blower to blow air to fluff a media stack using the selected fluffer port configuration.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2010Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventor: Timothy Gordon Shelhart
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Patent number: 7900919Abstract: A sheet transport roller system and methods for reducing sheet skew using a sheet transport roller system are disclosed. A sheet transport roller system for use in a document processing device may include a plurality of idler rollers, a plurality of drive rollers and a load distribution mechanism. Each drive roller may correspond to a corresponding idler roller. The load distribution mechanism may be configured to support the plurality of idler rollers and to equalize normal forces applied by each idler roller towards the corresponding drive roller. The load distribution mechanism may include a center loading spring in contact with the document processing device.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2008Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Adam Douglas Ledgerwood, Timothy Gordon Shelhart
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Publication number: 20100295240Abstract: A large format stacking tray in an image production device is disclosed. The large format stacking tray may include a tray body of a first length that may be attachable to a stacker device in a finishing module of the image production device, and a tray top surface located on top of the tray body on which a media stack containing one or more media sheets rests upon after being output by the image production device. The tray top surface has a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The tray top surface may be sloped between the first end and the second end in a manner that permits media sheets that are longer than the first length to be output and stacked onto the stacker device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2009Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Charles Raymond Brewer, III, Timothy Gordon Shelhart, Steven David Olson, Charles John Bennett, Piotr Sokolowshi, Matthew Ryan McLaughlin, David R. Kretschmann
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Patent number: 7836445Abstract: A technique is disclosed that provides a host computing device user with convenient access to a network. In the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, a telecommunications station stores device driver files. The host computing device installs a device driver. Once properly configured, the host computing device controls the station, through the device driver, to transmit data blocks into a shared-communications medium. The host computing device also receives a first portion of network-specific data (e.g., network configuration information, security configuration information, etc.) that enables the host computing device to properly configure itself to communicate via the network of interest.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2003Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Inventors: Robert Derek La Gesse, Timothy Gordon Godfrey
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Publication number: 20100276875Abstract: A sheet transport roller system and methods for reducing sheet skew using a sheet transport roller system are disclosed. A sheet transport roller system for use in a document processing device may include a plurality of idler rollers, a plurality of drive rollers and a load distribution mechanism. Each drive roller may correspond to a corresponding idler roller. The load distribution mechanism may be configured to support the plurality of idler rollers and to equalize normal forces applied by each idler roller towards the corresponding drive roller. The load distribution mechanism may include a center loading spring in contact with the document processing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Adam Douglas Ledgerwood, Timothy Gordon Shelhart
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Patent number: 7792114Abstract: A technique is disclosed for conveying extended functionality control and management information in networks. Enhanced stations encode the control and management information in pre-existing messages. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, the enhanced stations perform the encoding without the need to create nonstandard or proprietary frame formats. Unenhanced stations that are present in the same network as enhanced stations react to the encoded information in a benign way.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2004Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Inventors: Michael Andrew Fischer, Timothy Gordon Godfrey
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Patent number: RE42721Abstract: A technique is disclosed that enables both an IEEE 802.11 transceiver and a Bluetooth transceiver to be employed in a single wireless telecommunication station (e.g., a device supporting a wireless telephone, personal digital assistant, etc.) without interfering on each other. In particular, the illustrative embodiment enables standard “off-the-shelf” IEEE 802.11 and Bluetooth transceivers to work in a coordinated fashion in a single telecommunications terminal. In the illustrative embodiment, a Bluetooth transceiver gains access to a shared-communications channel from an IEEE 802.11 transceiver by requesting access, even if the access is not immediate. The technique disclosed is also applicable to communications protocols other than IEEE 802.11 and Bluetooth.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2008Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Xocyst Transfer AG L.L.C.Inventor: Timothy Gordon Godfrey
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Patent number: RE42722Abstract: An interface between radios supporting different air interfaces is disclosed that avoids some of the costs and disadvantages associated with inter-radio interfaces in the prior art. The present invention enables the needed coordination across multiple wireless protocols, such as 802.11 and Bluetooth, by providing a communication link spanning different integrated circuits when each radio is on a separate integrated circuit. This low cost, low complexity link can be added to standard integrated circuits produced by individual companies without adding appreciably to the overall cost of the integrated circuits.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2010Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Xocyst Transfer AG L.L.C.Inventor: Timothy Gordon Godfrey