Patents by Inventor Wayne L. Staats

Wayne L. Staats 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).

  • Patient support device
    Patent number: 8122542
    Abstract: A method and system configured to substantially synchronize two opposite ends of a table assembly of a radiation therapy treatment system. The system includes a lateral motion control system coupled to the table assembly and configured to detect positions of the two opposite ends of the table assembly and to substantially synchronize the positions as the table assembly is laterally moved with respect to a gantry of the radiation therapy treatment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Tomotherapy Incorporated
    Inventors: Graham T. Reitz, Bradley J. Brunker, Ralph J. Gable, Wayne L. Staats, Jr., Brent Harper
  • PATIENT SUPPORT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090056022
    Abstract: A method and system configured to substantially synchronize two opposite ends of a table assembly of a radiation therapy treatment system. The system includes a lateral motion control system coupled to the table assembly and configured to detect positions of the two opposite ends of the table assembly and to substantially synchronize the positions as the table assembly is laterally moved with respect to a gantry of the radiation therapy treatment system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: TOMOTHERAPY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Graham T. Reitz, Bradley J. Brunker, Ralph J. Gable, Wayne L. Staats, JR., Brent Harper
  • Engine carburetion
    Patent number: 7472894
    Abstract: An emulsion tube for a carburetor is formed with a porous wall surrounding an inner passage, wherein air travels about one side of the wall and fuel travels about the opposite side, with air being supplied through the pores to aerate the fuel (with the aerated fuel then being expelled into a venturi wherein engine intake air is traveling to further mix the fuel with the intake air therein). The emulsion tube can beneficially provide a high degree of fuel/air mixing across the entire range of intake airstream flow rates at which an engine may operate. The porosity of the emulsion tube can also be tailored to provide the desired fuel/air ratio(s) across the engine's operational range of intake airstream flow rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Timothy A. Shedd, Wayne L. Staats, Terry L. Hendricks
  • IMPROVED ENGINE CARBURETION
    Publication number: 20080001315
    Abstract: An emulsion tube for a carburetor is formed with a porous wall surrounding an inner passage, wherein air travels about one side of the wall and fuel travels about the opposite side, with air being supplied through the pores to aerate the fuel (with the aerated fuel then being expelled into a venturi wherein engine intake air is traveling to further mix the fuel with the intake air therein). The emulsion tube can beneficially provide a high degree of fuel/air mixing across the entire range of intake airstream flow rates at which an engine may operate. The porosity of the emulsion tube can also be tailored to provide the desired fuel/air ratio(s) across the engine's operational range of intake airstream flow rates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Timothy A. Shedd, Wayne L. Staats, Terry L. Hendricks