Patents by Inventor William Coppens

William Coppens 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: 9360009
    Abstract: A multi-channel, rotary, progressing cavity pump comprising a housing having an outer wall defined by overlapping cylindrical chambers, a first end wall defining an inlet port, and a second end wall defining an outlet port, said inlet and outlet ports communicating with each chamber; meshed, lobed rotors disposed within said housing and comprising a plurality of lobes having first and second axially-facing end surfaces, said surfaces defining a twist angle, and each lobe defining a helix angle; each rotor being disposed in one chamber of said housing so that a lobe apex sealingly engages the outer wall defined by its associated chamber, and said surfaces sealingly engage said end walls; whereby, when said rotors are rotated in the same direction in unison, (i) an axial progressing cavity is created between said rotors, and (ii) a plurality of peripheral progressing cavities are created between said rotors and said housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: AFP Research, LLC
    Inventor: Scott William Coppen
  • Publication number: 20070214463
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a system is provided for implementing view caching in a framework to support web-based applications. The system comprising a set of server-side objects managed by an object manager (OM) running on a server. The system further comprises a set of browser-side objects running on a browser running on a client. The system also comprises a remote procedure call (RPC) mechanism and a notification mechanism to facilitate communication and synchronization between the browser-side objects and the server-side objects. The system additionally comprises a cache on the client to store layouts of views, wherein each view is a display panel consisting of a particular arrangement of applets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventors: Anil Mukundan, John Coker, William Coppens
  • Publication number: 20070199006
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a system is provided for implementing caching of view custom options in a framework to support web-based applications. The system comprising a set of server-side objects managed by an object manager (OM) running on a server. The system further comprises a set of browser-side objects running on a browser running on a client. The system also comprises a remote procedure call (RPC) mechanism to enable re-targeting of methods from browser-side objects to server-side objects. The system additionally comprises a notification mechanism to facilitate transmission of notifications from server-side objects to browser-side objects. The system also comprises a cache on the client to store custom options of views, wherein each view is a display panel consisting of a particular arrangement of applets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Anil Mukundan, John Coker, William Coppens
  • Publication number: 20070016915
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a system is provided for implementing caching of view custom options in a framework to support web-based applications. The system comprising a set of server-side objects managed by an object manager (OM) running on a server. The system further comprises a set of browser-side objects running on a browser running on a client. The system also comprises a remote procedure call (RPC) mechanism to enable re-targeting of methods from browser-side objects to server-side objects. The system additionally comprises a notification mechanism to facilitate transmission of notifications from server-side objects to browser-side objects. The system also comprises a cache on the client to store custom options of views, wherein each view is a display panel consisting of a particular arrangement of applets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2001
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Anil Mukundan, John Coker, William Coppens