Patents by Inventor William A. Rains

William A. Rains 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).

  • Patent number: 7190802
    Abstract: A microphone enclosure for reducing the intensity of sound waves that reach a microphone is presented. The enclosure may be a solid mass with a cavity, designed so that most of the microphone is surrounded by the solid mass when the microphone is inserted into the cavity. The solid mass is dense enough to reduce much of the sound waves that are first mechanically and then acoustically coupled with the microphone. The microphone may be inserted into the cavity so that a sound receiving section is exposed at the entrance of the cavity. Also, the microphone may not be inserted to the end of the cavity so that there is a space between the end of the cavity and the microphone. A hole may be located on the cavity sidewall so that sound can reach the microphone through this space. The sound receiving sections of the microphone are aligned with openings in the communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Vocera Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: William A. Rains, Arun Mirchandani, Robert E. Shostak, Chris Wheaton
  • Publication number: 20040042630
    Abstract: A microphone enclosure for reducing the intensity of sound waves that reach a microphone is presented. The enclosure may be a solid mass with a cavity, designed so that most of the microphone is surrounded by the solid mass when the microphone is inserted into the cavity. The solid mass is dense enough to reduce much of the sound waves that are first mechanically and then acoustically coupled with the microphone. The microphone may be inserted into the cavity so that a sound receiving section is exposed at the entrance of the cavity. Also, the microphone may not be inserted to the end of the cavity so that there is a space between the end of the cavity and the microphone. A hole may be located on the cavity sidewall so that sound can reach the microphone through this space. The sound receiving sections of the microphone are aligned with openings in the communications device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: William A. Rains, Arun Mirchandani, Robert E. Shostak
  • Patent number: 5058593
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for displaying ultrasonic data in real time reflected in a living organism. The apparatus comprises a plurality of analog-to-digital converters for digitizing reflected Doppler signals produced by reflecting a reference pulsed acoustic signal, each of the analog-to-digital converters capable of producing a plurality of digitized Doppler signals. The apparatus futher comprises a plurality of digital signal processors, each of the plurality of digital signal processors coupled to each of the plurality of analog-to-digital converters for processing digitized Doppler signals received from the analog-to-digital converters, each of the digital signal processors capable of producing a plurality of processed digital signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Diasonics, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven F. Forestieri, Sheng T. Lin, John J. Lum, William A. Rains, Steven A. McNerney
  • Patent number: 3971681
    Abstract: 1. A solid rocket propellant composition which consists essentially of from about:1. 30-60 weight per cent of a double base propellant2. 5-30 weight per cent of a finely divided metal fuel3. 5-30 weight per cent of an inorganic oxidizer4. 10-30 weight per cent of triaminoguanidinium azide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1962
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1976
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: William A. Rains, Robert D. Fox, James P. Flynn