Patents by Inventor William M. Elliott

William M. Elliott 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: 6672815
    Abstract: Apparatus for scoring a cover to be applied to a bound stack of sheets to form a book. A base unit is provided having a surface for receiving the cover, an lower die holder disposed below the surface and an upper die holder disposed above the surface. A lower die is supported on an upper surface of the lower die holder and an upper die is supported on the lower surface of the upper die holder. An actuating structure such as a handle, is used to move the upper and lower die between an open position and a closed where the upper and lower die score the cover. The upper die holder is fabrication using a transparent material so that a user can view the upper die and underlying cover to facilitate proper alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Powis Parker Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin P. Parker, Wayne Kasom, Evelyn Steiner, William M. Elliott
  • Publication number: 20020007901
    Abstract: Apparatus for scoring a cover to be applied to a bound stack of sheets to form a book. A base unit is provided having a surface for receiving the cover, an lower die holder disposed below the surface and an upper die holder disposed above the surface. A lower die is supported on an upper surface of the lower die holder and an upper die is supported on the lower surface of the upper die holder. An actuating structure such as a handle, is used to move the upper and lower die between an open position and a closed where the upper and lower die score the cover. The upper die holder is fabrication using a transparent material so that a user can view the upper die and underlying cover to facilitate proper alignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Kevin P. Parker, Wayne Kasom, Evelyn Steiner, William M. Elliott
  • Patent number: 5214653
    Abstract: A device for finding faults in a target system that has a plurality of "LRUs", which are the lowest replaceable units in the target system. The fault finding device receives input data relating to a state of the target system, stores a probability of failure of individual LRUs of the target system, and stores rules, these rules relating conclusions and premises, with at least some of the conclusions identifying a faulty LRU. The device determines a certainty of a conclusion of a stored rule in response to a comparison of the premises of the rule and the input data, and orders the conclusions of the stored rules as a function of both the probability of failure of individual LRUs and the certainties of conclusions of the stored rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: William M. Elliott, Jr., Mordechay Schneider