Patents by Inventor William A. Allen

William A. Allen 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).

  • Pulse stretching optical fiber and related systems and methods
    Patent number: 7817681
    Abstract: An optical fiber for performing pulse stretching, and fiber laser systems and methods using the pulse-stretching fiber are disclosed. The pulse-stretching (PS) fiber has low fourth-order dispersion (dispersion curvature) and a third order dispersion (dispersion slope) with a small negative, nearly zero or small positive value. Two different types of fiber laser systems that use the PS fiber in a manner that achieves optimum performance are described. The PS fiber enables an all-fiber (up to the final pulse compressor) ultra-short pulsed laser systems reaching pulse energies exceeding 100 ?J, average powers exceeding 100 W, and output pulse widths of less than 100 fs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Dmitri Vladislavovich Kuksenkov, Shenping Li, William Allen Wood
  • Active display system and method with optical addressing
    Patent number: 7808446
    Abstract: A display system, including an optical transmitter configured to optically transmit digital image information associated with an image to be displayed. The system also includes an active display including a decoder electrically coupled with a plurality of display elements that are configured to produce visible light in response to electrical stimulation. The decoder is configured to receive the digital image information and in response produce a control signal for each of the display elements, the control signals being usable to individually control visible light produced by the display elements so as to cause display of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: John Da Cunha, William Allen
  • Microchannel compression reactor assembly
    Patent number: 7807113
    Abstract: The present invention includes a removable microchannel unit including an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice in fluid communication with a plurality of microchannels distributed throughout the removable microchannel unit, and a pressurized vessel adapted have the removable microchannel unit mounted thereto, the pressurized vessel adapted to contain a pressurized fluid exerting a positive gauge pressure upon at least a portion of the exterior of the removable microchannel unit. The invention also includes a microchannel unit assembly comprising a microchannel unit operation carried out within a pressurized vessel, where pressurized vessel includes a pressurized fluid exerting a positive gauge pressure upon an exterior of the microchannel unit operation, and where the microchannel unit operation includes an outlet orifice in fluid communication with an interior of the pressurized vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Velocys, Inc.
    Inventors: William Allen Rogers, Paul William Neagle, Michael Alan Marchiando, Christopher Paul Weil, Robert Dwayne Litt, Ronald Chester Pasadyn, G. Bradley Smith, Charles Robert Miele, Thomas Peter Forte, Jimmy Glen Pelham
  • CURABLE THERMALLY EJECTABLE PRINTING FLUID
    Publication number: 20100245504
    Abstract: Various embodiments related to curable printing fluids are disclosed. One example embodiment provides a curable printing fluid composition for a thermal fluid ejection device, the composition comprising a curable liquid-phase monomer, a substantially nonaqueous volatile driver fluid capable of being vaporized by a thermal fluid ejection printhead, an initiator, a phosphate ester resistor protectant, and a colorant comprising a dye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: IMTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Trueba, William Allen Buskirk
  • METHOD AND MACHINE FOR MAKING FOAM CUSHIONS
    Publication number: 20100230032
    Abstract: A machine for forming foam cushions comprises a web of film comprising a pair of film panels positioned face to face and having first and second lengthwise edges, and first and second foam dispensing assemblies positioned to dispense foam between the film panels, each foam dispensing assembly comprising first and second valves that dispense first and second foam components, respectively, the valves positioned so that respective foam component streams exiting the valves intersect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: Storopack, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt William Allen, Raymond Cherfane, Jean-Marc Slovencik, Thomas George Eckel
  • Portable friction testing device
    Patent number: 7788965
    Abstract: A portable device for measuring friction, especially friction between tire treads and road surfaces is disclosed. The portable friction tester is shaped as an equilateral triangle providing three points of contact for samples in the road surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire + Rubber Company, Inc.
    Inventors: William Allen Arnold, Chenghsiung Lin, Christopher Aldrich Brown, Torbjorn Stansen Bergstrom, Douglas Jeffrey Geiger
  • Curable thermally ejectable printing fluid
    Patent number: 7763668
    Abstract: A curable printing fluid composition for a thermal fluid ejection device is disclosed, wherein the printing fluid composition comprises a curable liquid-phase monomer, a volatile driver fluid capable of being vaporized by a thermal fluid ejection printhead, and a resistor protectant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: ImTech, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Trueba, William Allen Buskirk
  • Method and apparatus for circulatory valve repair
    Patent number: 7758596
    Abstract: An apparatus for the repair of a cardiovascular valve has leaflets comprising a grasper capable of grabbing and co-apting the leaflets of the valve. In a preferred embodiment the grasper has jaws that grasp and immobilize the leaflets, and then a fastener is inserted to co-apt the leaflets. The apparatus is particularly useful for repairing mitral valves to cure mitral regurgitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Mehmet C. Oz, Gerald M. Lemole, Alan Lotvin, Juan P. Umana, William Allen, Howard R. Levin
  • MULTIPLEXED STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO TRANSMISSION
    Publication number: 20100177161
    Abstract: An information handling system (IHS) includes a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a graphics processor coupled to the processor, wherein the graphics processor processes a progressive stereoscopic video signal having at least 1080 lines of resolution and a refresh rate of substantially 48 herz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: William Allen Curtis, Thomas Alexander Shows
  • Method for incorporating an annular antenna and electronics into a tire
    Patent number: 7736454
    Abstract: Apparatus and a method for pre-cure application of an antenna assembly to a tire comprises the method steps: forming within a rigid core defining an interior surface of the tire a core recess complementarily configured to the antenna assembly; positioning the antenna assembly within the core recess; building an uncured carcass of the tire around the rigid core entrapping the antenna assembly within the core recess; cross-bonding the antenna assembly to the inner surface of the tire during a cure cycle; and removing the cured tire and assembly from the rigid core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Lucien Girard, James Michael Hart, William Allen Rex
  • STABILIZING POWER SOURCE FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20100116924
    Abstract: A power source for a vehicle includes at least one toroidal ring positioned in a housing. The toroidal ring includes magnetic material such as permanent magnets. The toroidal ring is magnetically levitated in the housing. A propulsion winding is coupled with the housing and energizable via a power signal to move the toroidal ring. Once moving, the magnetic material and the propulsion winding cooperate to produce electrical power and/or provide a stabilizing effect for the vehicle. In some applications, such as in an aircraft application, two or more toroidal rings may be used and rotated at counter directions so as to produce a predetermined net angular momentum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: Bastian Family Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: William Allen Bastian, II, Elizabeth Sobota
  • Near infrared spectroscopy device with reusable portion
    Patent number: 7706853
    Abstract: A NIRS sensor device for brain monitoring is small in size, provides reliable attachment to a patient, blocks ambient light, is easy to use, is hygienic, and supports data integration with surgical and monitoring systems. The sensor device is coupled to a remote near infrared light source via a hybrid cable. Since the light source is remotely located, a source adapted for providing high energy, short pulses can easily be used so that there is less chance of interference by superficial non-brain tissues and less interference from ambient light. In addition, the remote location avoids changes in output of local light sources experienced in the prior art during hypothermia procedures (e.g., bandwidth shifts in LEDs as a result of lowered temperature). The higher energy may be achieved by the use of laser diodes as opposed to locally-mounted LEDs typically used in the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas G. Hacker, Brent William Allen
  • Image display system and method
    Patent number: 7679613
    Abstract: A method of displaying an image with a display device including a plurality of display pixels includes receiving image data for the image, the image data including individual pixels of the image; buffering the image data and creating a frame of the image, the frame of the image including a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows of the pixels of the image; defining a first sub-frame and at least a second sub-frame for the frame of the image, image data of the second sub-frame being offset from image data of the first sub-frame by an offset distance of at least one pixel; and displaying the first sub-frame with a first plurality of the display pixels and displaying the second sub-frame with a second plurality of the display pixels offset from the first plurality of the display pixels by the offset distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: William Allen
  • Image display system and method
    Patent number: 7675510
    Abstract: A method of displaying an image with a display device including a plurality of display pixels includes receiving image data for the image, the image data including individual pixels of the image; buffering the image data and creating a frame of the image, the frame of the image including a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows of the pixels of the image; defining a first sub-frame and at least a second sub-frame for the frame of the image, image data of the second sub-frame being offset from image data of the first sub-frame by an offset distance of at least one pixel; and displaying the first sub-frame with a first plurality of the display pixels and displaying the second sub-frame with a second plurality of the display pixels offset from the first plurality of the display pixels by the offset distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: William Allen
  • Spreading instrument
    Patent number: 7666201
    Abstract: A spreading instrument includes instrument fingers which can be spread to partially define a cylindrical passage between the instrument fingers. A rounded groove on the interior surface of each instrument finger is tapered lengthwise, becoming shallower towards the distal end of the finger. When the fingers are spread, the opposing grooves partly define a cylindrical passage adapted to receive a tubular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Inventors: Jeffrey Grayzel, Joseph Grayzel, William Allen, Fred Karl, Alan Bachman, Ray Adams
  • Drill bit configuration
    Publication number: 20100028098
    Abstract: This invention has to do with a rotary twist drill of the type having a fluted cylindrical shank with a drill bit end having at least two cutting edges extending radially outwardly from the longitudinal axis of the drill. Cutting edges are formed by the intersection of the flutes with the drill point end and extend radially outwardly from the center of the drill body to the outer perimeter of the drill body. Gashes formed on the drill point end form innermost cutting edge portions which are symmetrical with one another about a point offset both horizontally and vertically from the axial centerline of the drill body so as to allow a positive cutting action at the centerline of the material to be removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventor: William Allen Shaffer
  • Frameless stereotactic guidance of medical procedures
    Patent number: 7651506
    Abstract: Devices, methods and systems for frameless guidance of image-based medical procedures such as stereotactic radiotherapy and surgery. Devices including custom fitting subject-specific articles include contoured surfaces that provide spatial reference to the location of target regions within the subject. The devices are attached exclusive of fasteners anchored to the tissue of the subject and reside on the front of a head of the subject when attached. The devices and articles can be fabricated using computer-directed fabrication technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Joseph Bova, William Allen Friedman
  • Pulse stretching optical fiber and related systems and methods
    Publication number: 20090323735
    Abstract: An optical fiber for performing pulse stretching, and fiber laser systems and methods using the pulse-stretching fiber are disclosed. The pulse-stretching (PS) fiber has low fourth-order dispersion (dispersion curvature) and a third order dispersion (dispersion slope) with a small negative, nearly zero or small positive value. Two different types of fiber laser systems that use the PS fiber in a manner that achieves optimum performance are described. The PS fiber enables an all-fiber (up to the final pulse compressor) ultra-short pulsed laser systems reaching pulse energies exceeding 100 ?J, average powers exceeding 100 W, and output pulse widths of less than 100 fs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Dmitri Vladislavovich Kuksenkov, Shenping Li, William Allen Wood
  • Microchannel compression reactor assembly
    Publication number: 20090318574
    Abstract: The present invention includes a removable microchannel unit including an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice in fluid communication with a plurality of microchannels distributed throughout the removable microchannel unit, and a pressurized vessel adapted have the removable microchannel unit mounted thereto, the pressurized vessel adapted to contain a pressurized fluid exerting a positive gauge pressure upon at least a portion of the exterior of the removable microchannel unit. The invention also includes a microchannel unit assembly comprising a microchannel unit operation carried out within a pressurized vessel, where pressurized vessel includes a pressurized fluid exerting a positive gauge pressure upon an exterior of the microchannel unit operation, and where the microchannel unit operation includes an outlet orifice in fluid communication with an interior of the pressurized vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: William Allen Rogers, Paul William Neagle, Michael Alan Marchiando, Christopher Paul Weil, Robert Dwayne Litt, Ronald Chester Pasadyn, G. Bradley Smith, Charles Robert Miele, Thomas Peter Forte, Jimmy Glen Pelham
  • Website and network system for commercial establishments
    Publication number: 20090319908
    Abstract: A website and social network system where Customers, such as bars and entertainment venues, use an account interface through which management of the venue can enter and control contact information, daily specials, and upcoming events that are displayed to viewers of the Website System and to viewers of a viewer interface (widget). The Customers are also able to send instant messages to viewers of the Website System to an interface (widget) and to Members of the network from a customer account to the Members' e-mail, or via instant messaging, or with the use of cellular telephone text messaging. Customer promotional information is controllable directly by the Customer on multiple remote advertising websites simultaneously via the Website System and/or Customers' mobile devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Steven J. Hummel, William Allen Whitmire, III