Patents by Inventor William McDowell

William McDowell 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: 7407593
    Abstract: An apparatus for deodorization of livestock waste includes a tank containing livestock waste to be deodorized; a source of atmospheric air; a source of ultraviolet light; and a magnet. Air from the source of atmospheric air is passed by the source of ultraviolet light while simultaneously being exposed to magnetic flux from the magnet, thereby creating a plurality of multivalent oxygen ion allotropes. The apparatus delivers the atmospheric air containing multivalent oxygen ion allotropes to the livestock waste, thereby reducing odor. A method for deodorizing livestock waste, has the steps of: pumping waste from a holding tank; exposing atmospheric air to ultraviolet light and magnetic flux, thereby creating a plurality of multivalent oxygen ion allotropes; exposing the waste to the air containing the plurality of multivalent oxygen ion allotropes; and returning the waste to the holding tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Inventors: William McDowell Frederick, Jr., Danny Paul Davis
  • Patent number: 7334726
    Abstract: A personal information management system stores associations between a user and the user's mobile hand held electronic and communication devices. The system receives input indicating the presence of the user and bonds with the mobile hand held devices associated with the identified user to the exclusion of other devices. Once the system has bonded to the user's mobile hand held devices, the user may access data stored on and control functions of the various hand held devices through a single common interface, the system may be used to place and receive cellular telephone calls, send and receive text messages, and record and play back audio messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: James Dulgerian, Scott Meesseman, Charles William McDowell
  • Publication number: 20070138166
    Abstract: A heater is provided that includes a resistive layer formed by a layered process (e.g., thick film, thin film, thermal spray, and sol-gel) and two electrical lead wires connected to the resistive layer. The resistive layer has sufficient temperature coefficient of resistance characteristics such that the resistive layer is a heater element and a sensor, and the resistive layer is in communication with a two-wire controller through the two electrical lead wires. Preferably, the sensor is a temperature sensor, and the heater includes additional layers formed by layered processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Fennewald, William McDowell, Kevin Ptasienski, Louis Steinhauser
  • Publication number: 20070086759
    Abstract: A hot runner nozzle heater is provided that includes a sleeve defining a slot extending along a length of the sleeve. A first dielectric layer is disposed over an outer surface of the sleeve, and a resistive element layer is disposed over the first dielectric layer, wherein the resistive element layer defines a resistive circuit pattern that is preferably formed by a laser trimming process. A pair of terminal leads are secured to a portion of the resistive element layer thus defining a termination area, and the termination area is positioned proximate the slot and away from the proximal end and the distal end of the sleeve. A second dielectric layer is disposed over the resistive element layer but not over the termination area, a third dielectric layer is disposed over the termination area, and a protective layer disposed over the second dielectric layer and the third dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2005
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Elias Russegger, Gerhard Schefbanker, Gernot Antosch, Wolfgang Poschl, Christopher Lanham, James McMillin, William McDowell, Kenneth Fennewald, Allen Boldt, Frederic Zimmermann, Reinhardt Lehnert, Kevin Ptasienski
  • Publication number: 20070000914
    Abstract: A hot runner nozzle heater system is provided with a layered heater in communication with a two-wire controller, wherein a resistive layer of the layered heater is both a heater element and a temperature sensor. The two-wire controller thus determines temperature of the layered heater using the resistance of the resistive layer and controls heater temperature through a power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Applicant: WATLOW ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Kenneth Fennewald, William McDowell, Kevin Ptasienski, Louis Steinhauser
  • Patent number: 7146350
    Abstract: An assessments framework includes a framework batch processor and a partner batch processor. The framework batch processor performs static assessments based on information obtained from a task definition database and a policy database. The partner batch processor outputs dynamic task definitions and dynamic policy information, to be input to the framework batch processor for executing an assessment when a triggering event occurs. The triggering event may be a schedule-based trigger or an event-based trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul Edward Holland, Mark William McDowell, Paul Laurence Dineen, Vu An Minh Le
  • Publication number: 20060140779
    Abstract: A pump leak monitor for use with a peristaltic pump comprises a pump housing and a pair of electrical contacts disposed along a bottom end of the pump housing. The electrical contacts are located such that the contacts are immersed in fluid when the pump is leaking. The fluid conducts electricity across the contacts and thereby closes an electrical circuit for providing an indication that a leak has been detected. By measuring an electrical parameter in the circuit, the pump leak monitor is capable of measuring the conductivity of the fluid in the pump housing. As a result, the pump leak monitor is capable of differentiating between different types of fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: William McDowell, John Nguyen
  • Patent number: 7028221
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for auditing the configuration of an enterprise comprising the steps of: collecting information relating to the configuration of the enterprise, analyzing the configuration information based on expert knowledge; and providing the result of the analysis in the form of reports, and other results of the analyses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul Edward Holland, Adam Michael Carr, Mark William McDowell
  • Publication number: 20050109767
    Abstract: A heater system is provided that comprises a layered heater in communication with a two-wire controller, wherein a resistive layer of the layered heater is both a heater element and a temperature sensor. The two-wire controller thus determines temperature of the layered heater using the resistance of the resistive layer and controls heater temperature through a power source. Furthermore, a heater system using a layered heater in communication with a two-wire controller for a specific application of a hot runner nozzle in an injection molding system is provided by the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Kenneth Fennewald, William McDowell, Kevin Ptasienski, Louis Steinhauser
  • Publication number: 20030154177
    Abstract: A method is provided for auditing the configuration of an enterprise comprising the steps of: collecting information relating to the configuration of the enterprise, analyzing the configuration information based on expert knowledge; and providing the result of the analysis in the form of reports, and other results of the analyses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Paul Edward Holland, Adam Michael Carr, Mark William McDowell
  • Publication number: 20030140278
    Abstract: An assessments framework includes a framework batch processor and a partner batch processor. The framework batch processor performs static assessments based on information obtained from a task definition database and a policy database. The partner batch processor outputs dynamic task definitions and dynamic policy information, to be input to the framework batch processor for executing an assessment when a triggering event occurs. The triggering event may be a schedule-based trigger or an event-based trigger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2003
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Paul Edward Holland, Mark William McDowell, Paul Laurence Dineen, Vu Anh Minh Le
  • Publication number: 20030135476
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, software, and system that provides for a flexible definition of an assessment task including data services by providing a policy that defines a sequence of one or more data services, and associating an assessment task with the policy. An assessment framework executes the assessment task by performing the sequence of one of more data services defined in the policy. The policy is stored in a policy database and the assessment type is stored in an analyzer database and/or an audit request database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2003
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Paul Edward Holland, Mark William McDowell, Vu Anh Minh Le, Paul Laurence Dineen
  • Publication number: 20020169739
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for auditing the configuration of an enterprise using low-level analyzers that include a program and a descriptor of the type of collector data the program can accept, and high-level analyzers that are descriptors which call upon, or incorporate by reference, other analyzer descriptors. A framework, guided by one or more analyzer descriptors and by any descriptors those descriptors may call upon or incorporate by reference, repeatedly executes the set of programs associated with some of the analyzer descriptors against a different node or nodes of an enterprise during each such execution. When executing a program, the framework provides the program with the collector data of the type designated by the descriptor associated with the program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Adam Michael Carr, Paul Edward Holland, Mark William McDowell
  • Patent number: 4144454
    Abstract: A device is provided for transporting, in a stepwise manner, tape between a feed reel and takeup reel. An indexer moves across the normal path of the tape displacing it while the tape on the takeup reel side of the indexer is braked. After displacement, the takeup reel takes up the displaced tape while the tape on the feed reel side of the indexer is braked, providing stepwise tape transport in precise intervals determined by the amount of displacement caused by the indexer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1979
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Edward F. Groh, William McDowell, Norbert S. Modjeski, Donald J. Keefe, Peter Groer