Patents by Inventor William C To

William C To 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).

  • Resistance band assembly and a method of varying a resistive force applied thereby
    Patent number: 9724553
    Abstract: A method of varying a resistive force applied by exercise equipment including providing a resistance band assembly for providing resistive force during the performance of an exercise. The resistance band assembly includes a housing having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween. A bore is defined in the housing and a connector is provided in the bore. The connector includes first and second surfaces and a hole is defined in the connector and extends between the surfaces. A disc is also provided in the bore and also has a first and second surface. An aperture is defined in the disc and extends between the first and second surfaces thereof. A first and second resilient member is provided and these resilient members are selectively engageable with the resistance band assembly to provide a first resistive force during the performance of an exercise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: ARQEX OUTDOOR FITNESS SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Eric A. Kaye, William C. Cesaroni, Morad Ghassemian, Brian W. Mathews, Eugene L. DiMonte, Donovan D. Zielke, Steven M. Lenz
  • Far field telemetry operations between an external device and an implantable medical device during recharge of the implantable medical device via a proximity coupling
    Patent number: 9729001
    Abstract: Far field telemetry operations are conducted between an external device and an implantable medical device while power is being transferred to the implantable medical device for purposes of recharging a battery of the implantable medical device. The far field operations may include exchanging recharge information that has been collected by the implantable medical device which allows the external device to exercise control over the recharge process. The far field operations may include suspending far field telemetry communications for periods of time while power continues to be transferred where suspending far field telemetry communications may include powering down far field telemetry communication circuits of the implantable medical device for periods of time which may conserve energy. The far field operations may further include transferring programming instructions to the implantable medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: David P. Olson, William C. Phillips, Garrett R. Sipple, Yu Wang
  • Address range priority mechanism
    Patent number: 9727482
    Abstract: Method and apparatus to efficiently manage data in caches. Data in caches may be managed based on priorities assigned to the data. Data may be requested by a process using a virtual address of the data. The requested data may be assigned a priority by a component in a computer system called an address range priority assigner (ARP). The ARP may assign a particular priority to the requested data if the virtual address of the requested data is within a particular range of virtual addresses. The particular priority assigned may be high priority and the particular range of virtual addresses may be smaller than a cache's capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Simon Steely, Jr., Samantika S. Sury, William C. Hasenplaugh
  • Software Center and Highly Configurable Robotic Systems for Surgery and Other Uses
    Publication number: 20170215976
    Abstract: Telerobotic, telesurgical, and/or surgical robotic devices, systems, and methods employ surgical robotic linkages that may have more degrees of freedom than an associated surgical end effector in space. A processor can calculate a tool motion that includes pivoting of the tool about an aperture site. Linkages movable along a range of configurations for a given end effector position may be driven toward configurations which inhibit collisions. Refined robotic linkages and methods for their use are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: William C. Nowlin, Paul W. Mohr, Bruce M. Schena, David Q. Larkin, Gary S. Guthart
  • PHOSPHOROUS DERIVATIVES AS KINASE INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20170218000
    Abstract: The invention features compounds of the general formula (I) in which the variable groups are as defined herein, and to their preparation and use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Yihan Wang, Wei-Sheng Huang, Shuangying Liu, William C. Shakespeare, R. Mathew Thomas, Jiwei Qi, Feng Li, Xiaotian Zhu, Anna Kohlmann, David C. Dalgarno, Jan Antoinette C. Romero, Dong Zou
  • MULTI-CARRIER, ZONAL WEAVING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20170218541
    Abstract: A multi-carrier, zonal weaving system and method of manufacturing a zonal woven material is provided. The multi-carrier system includes a first weft yarn, a second weft yarn, and one or more intermediate warp yarns for wrapping by the first and second weft yarns. The zonal weaving method includes receiving a first weft yarn from a first origin via a first shed, wrapping it around one or more zonal warp yarns, and returned to the first weft origin after the first shed upper and lower yarns are exchanged. In further aspects, a second weft yarn is received from a second weft origin via a second shed, wrapped around the same intermediate, zonal warp yarns, and returned to the second weft origin after exchange of the second shed yarns. In one aspect, the first and second weft yarns are interlocked during wrapping of the common warp yarns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Carrie L. Davis, Megan Foley, William C. McFarland, II
  • TECHNIQUES FOR RELEASE OF MATERIAL INTO AN ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20170216437
    Abstract: Systems and methods for releasing a material into an environment. The material may be encapsulated in a receptacle or otherwise packaged for movement into the environment. The receptacle with the material inside is introduced into the environment. A triggering causes release of the material from the receptacle into the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: William C. Floyd, III, Roger D. Aines, Eric B. Duoss, John J. Vericella
  • Method and System for Automated and Integrated Assessment Rating and Reporting
    Publication number: 20170220973
    Abstract: An automated assessment process for rating, integrating, and reporting for assessment centers, based upon research is described, that takes the place of the traditional manual, clinical process, and corrects for potential human biases present using traditional assessment processes. The automated assessment process includes providing an assessment to a participant and receiving behavior ratings for one or more associated behaviors demonstrated by the participant during the assessment. The automated process also includes determining an initial competency rating based upon the behavior ratings. Each initial competency rating is combined with non-simulation assessment results and a final competency rating is determined for each competency being assessed. A report is then automatically generated that includes the final competency rating for each competency being assessed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: William C. Byham, Audrey B. Smith, Douglas H. Reynolds, Paul R. Bernthal, Ryan Heinl, Sudhir Thaikootathil, Alexander R. Schwall
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING VIDEO CONTENT
    Publication number: 20170223388
    Abstract: A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including sending, via a transmitter, a primary video stream corresponding to a particular channel to a media device. The operations further include sending a secondary video stream to the media device. The secondary video stream is associated with a lower quality level than the primary video stream. Transmission of a frame of the secondary video stream is delayed with respect to transmission of a corresponding frame of the primary video stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Kadangode Ramakrishnan, Charles Robert Kalmanek, Jr., Robert Duncan Doverspike, William C. Fenner
  • SELF-FOAMING HOT MELT ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME
    Publication number: 20170216860
    Abstract: The present invention relates to self-foaming hot melt adhesive compositions and methods of making and using the same. Self-foaming hot melt adhesive compositions are formed by admixing a dispersion concentrate including a chemical blowing agent and a compatible carrier (liquid or molten) with a molten base hot melt adhesive composition at a temperature below the decomposition temperature of the chemical blowing agent. The resolidified material is processed through a device that heats the material above the decomposition temperature of the chemical agent and cools it below such temperature before being dispensed. The device preferably includes sensors and a controller configured to prevent the material from accumulating an adverse thermal history during processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: William C. Stumphauzer
  • Software Center and Highly Configurable Robotic Systems for Surgery and Other Uses
    Publication number: 20170215975
    Abstract: Telerobotic, telesurgical, and/or surgical robotic devices, systems, and methods employ surgical robotic linkages that may have more degrees of freedom than an associated surgical end effector in space. A processor can calculate a tool motion that includes pivoting of the tool about an aperture site. Linkages movable along a range of configurations for a given end effector position may be driven toward configurations which inhibit collisions. Refined robotic linkages and methods for their use are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: William C. Nowlin, Paul W. Mohr, Bruce M. Schena, David Q. Larkin, Gary S. Guthart
  • PESTICIDAL COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESSES RELATED THERETO
    Publication number: 20170217876
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of molecules having pesticidal utility against pests in Phyla Nematoda, Arthropoda, and/or Mollusca, processes to produce such molecules and intermediates used in such processes, compositions containing such molecules, and processes of using such molecules against such pests. These molecules may be used, for example, as nematicides, acaricides, insecticides, miticides, and/or molluscicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Paul R. LePlae, JR., James E. Hunter, Gerald B. Watson, William C. Lo, John Herbert
  • Software Center and Highly Configurable Robotic Systems for Surgery and Other Uses
    Publication number: 20170215974
    Abstract: Telerobotic, telesurgical, and/or surgical robotic devices, systems, and methods employ surgical robotic linkages that may have more degrees of freedom than an associated surgical end effector in space. A processor can calculate a tool motion that includes pivoting of the tool about an aperture site. Linkages movable along a range of configurations for a given end effector position may be driven toward configurations which inhibit collisions. Refined robotic linkages and methods for their use are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: William C. Nowlin, Paul W. Mohr, Bruce M. Schena, David Q. Larkin, Gary S. Guthart
  • Extremity imaging apparatus for cone beam computed tomography
    Patent number: 9717467
    Abstract: An apparatus for cone beam computed tomography can include a support structure, a scanner assembly coupled to the support structure for controlled movement in at least x, y and z orientations, the scanner assembly can include a DR detector configured to move along at least a portion of a detector path that extends at least partially around a scan volume with a distance D1 that is sufficiently long to allow the scan volume to be positioned within the detector path; a radiation source configured to move along at least a portion of a source path outside the detector path, the source path having a distance D2 greater than the distance D1, the distance D2 being sufficiently long to allow adequate radiation exposure of the scan volume for an image capture by the detector; and a first gap in the detector path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Carestream Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Litzenberger, Joseph E. Stagnitto, Anthony Dirisio, Peter A. Newman, William C. Wendlandt
  • Method and process for producing a water-resistant, mechanically stable form of torrefied biomass
    Patent number: 9719040
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a binder-free product and process for making the product. The product is a mechanically stable, water resistant torrefied biomass product that does not comprise an extrinsic binder additive. The product is made using a combination of appropriate pre-treatment steps and compressing the conditioned biomass feedstock into a thermally managed compaction device comprising at least one modified die. The modified die allows for differential cooling/heating modifications so as to control the temperature near the entrance to the compaction device and passing the formed torrefied biomass into a post-formation curing zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: HM³ ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Morihara, William C. Breneman, Dave Carter, Andrew J. Green, Howard J. Dawson
  • Relatively movable slip body and wicker for enhanced release capability
    Patent number: 9719316
    Abstract: A slip assembly is in two pieces that move relatively to each other to facilitate release. The wicker portion is dovetailed to the base near a center underside location and at the edges. A positive travel stop converts the initial relative movement into tandem movement of the base and the wicker segment after a predetermined relative movement that has resulted in release. Adjacent components prevent relative movement during the radially outward movement for setting the assembly during which there is tandem movement of the base portion and the wicker portion. The two portions can be initially attached with a breakable member that fails during the release movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventor: William C. Lemm
  • In-situ dental restoration process and apparatus
    Patent number: 9717573
    Abstract: A dental restoration method that eliminates time-consuming, labor-intensive steps conventionally needed to fabricate molds, and thereby facilitates dental restorations in a shorter time, while reducing the discomfort and embarrassment sometimes associated with provisional restorations involves scanning an existing dental structure to generate a three-dimensional digital model of the existing dental structure, generating a three-dimensional digital model corresponding with a planned dental structure, and using an additive manufacturing process and apparatus (e.g., a 3-D printer) to fabricate the planned dental structure directly on the existing dental structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Inventor: William C. Vuillemot
  • MOLECULES HAVING PESTICIDAL UTILITY, AND INTERMEDIATES, COMPOSITIONS, AND PROCESSES, RELATED THERETO
    Publication number: 20170208810
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of molecules having pesticidal utility against pests in Phyla Arthropoda, Mollusca, and Nematoda, processes to produce such molecules, intermediates used in such processes, compositions containing such molecules, and processes of using such molecules and compositions against such pests. These molecules and compositions may be used, for example, as acaricides, insecticides, miticides, molluscicides, and nematicides. This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Barton, Xin Gao, Jim Hunter, Paul R. LePlae, JR., William C. Lo, Joshodeep Boruwa, Raghuram Tangirala, Gerald B. Watson, John Herbert
  • TENSIONABLE KNOTLESS ANCHORS AND METHODS OF TISSUE REPAIR
    Publication number: 20170209135
    Abstract: Surgical devices and methods of surgical repairs using the devices are disclosed. The device and methods aid in surgical repairs by allowing for quick and reproducible repairs to be made. A tensionable knotless fixation device is provided with a tensioning construct (formed of a tensioning strand, a tensionable, adjustable, knotless, self-cinching loop, and a splice adjacent the loop) pre-loaded onto a fixation device. A flexible material (for example, suture or suture tape) may be attached to a fixation device. A flexible material may be threaded through an eyelet of a fixation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Derek C. Sullivan, William C. Benavitz, Thomas Dooney, JR., Lee D. Kaplan, James P. Bradley
  • Mechanical closure element
    Patent number: D794181
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Thomas J. Gilbert, Leigh E. Wood, Volker Hauschildt, Andreas Urban, Mark A. Peltier, William C. Unruh, Kristopher K. Biegler