Patents by Inventor W. McCurdy

W. McCurdy 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).

  • Publication number: 20050273353
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a mandate compliance system, apparatuses, computer-readable media, and methods which strongly encourage a mandatee or probationer under order from a court to comply with the terms of the mandate. If the mandatee fails to comply with terms of a court order, then the mandatee loses the use of a controlled device. The controlled device can be his/her automobile or television set, for example. In some embodiments, a compliance device, such as a code-activated ignition lock, is installed into an automobile as the controlled device. Activation codes effective for limited periods of time are provided to the mandatee or probationer sequentially over time as long as such person meets milestones or scheduled performance under the mandate. The immediacy of deprivation of use of a controlled device motivates the mandatee to comply with the terms of the mandate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Ian O'Brien, W. McCurdy, James Walker
  • Patent number: 6774741
    Abstract: A non-uniform transmission line includes at least one patterned conductive layer, a dielectric layer adjacent to the patterned conductive layer(s), and an insulating layer surrounding the patterned conductive layer(s) and the dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: DeCorp Americas, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. McCurdy, David Murray, James M. Potter, Robert J. Sexton, Linda Sue Walling
  • Publication number: 20030222727
    Abstract: A non-uniform transmission line includes at least one patterned conductive layer, a dielectric layer adjacent to the patterned conductive layer(s), and an insulating layer surrounding the patterned conductive layer(s) and the dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: Michael W. McCurdy, David Murray, James M. Potter, Robert J. Sexton, Linda Sue Walling
  • Patent number: 4705672
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process to improve the suspended solids removal by the filter cloth used in the clarification of leached uranium ore, comprising contacting the filter cloth with an effective amount of an acrylamide polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1987
    Assignee: Calgon Corporation
    Inventors: John W. McCurdy, Brian H. Danyliw
  • Patent number: 4685360
    Abstract: A drawing holder wrench is made up of a plate having an elongated hexagonal and/or wing nut openings adjacent the ends. The wrench has bends traversing the length of and in the center of the openings to reduce the ability of the wrench to slip under the nut as it moves away from the drawing holder. The bends are preferably 20 to 30 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1987
    Inventor: Gaylord W. McCurdy
  • Patent number: 4395312
    Abstract: Electrochemically generated chromophores are measured by passing a beam of electromagnetic radiation parallel and close to the surface of the electrode at which they are being generated, and collecting the diffracted radiation. The response is so rapid (.about.0.025 sec.) that modulation is practicable and the path length, which is set by the thickness of the electrode, is much greater than in optically transparent electrodes, thus rendering the method very sensitive to weak chromophores or low concentrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1983
    Assignee: The Ohio State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Richard L. McCreery, Clyde W. McCurdy, Paula J. Rossi
  • Patent number: 4238289
    Abstract: A generally annular condenser compartment of a nuclear reactor containment structure contains a large quantity of fusible material in a solid state, such as ice, for absorbing the energy released from a loss-of-coolant accident in the reactor coolant system. Inlet and outlet doors, which are normally closed, are provided at the bottom and the top, respectively, of the condenser compartment to permit the necessary inflow and outflow of gases and liquids during a loss-of-coolant accident. The inlet doors and door ports are so constructed that during an accident, energy flow is distributed substantially uniformly into all sections of the condenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1974
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1980
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Sterling J. Weems, Harold W. McCurdy
  • Patent number: 4228132
    Abstract: An apparatus for efficiently and safely recombining hydrogen and oxygen gas to form water vapor, the apparatus being particularly adapted for use with a nuclear reactor system in which potentially dangerous hydrogen gas, evolved within the containment vessel during certain postulated accident conditions, can be eliminated. Further, this apparatus also aids in the removal of certain radioactive contaminents from the gases in a containment vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1980
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Sterling J. Weems, Harold W. McCurdy, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4139603
    Abstract: An apparatus for efficiently and safely recombining hydrogen and oxygen gas to form water vapor, the apparatus being particularly adapted for use with a nuclear reactor system in which potentially dangerous hydrogen gas, evolved within the containment vessel during certain postulated accident conditions, can be eliminated. Further, this apparatus also aids in the removal of certain radioactive contaminents from the gases in a containment vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1979
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Sterling J. Weems, Harold W. McCurdy, Jr.