Patents by Inventor William Sand

William Sand 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).

  • Publication number: 20230214878
    Abstract: A system for providing advertisements with search results in response to a search query comprises a front end and an advertisement server. The front end is configured: to receive a search query; to send a first search request to a search server and sending a first advertisement request to an advertisement server, wherein the first search request includes the search query or information based on the search query, and wherein the first advertisement request includes the search query or information based on the search query and an indication that an advertisement response is not to be provided; to receive search results from the search server; and to send at least some of the search results to the advertisement server in a second advertisement request, wherein the second advertisement request includes an indication that an advertisement response is to be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Shivakumar Venkataraman, Srdjan Petrovic, Arnar Mar Hrafnkelsson, William Sands Robinson, Alan Wayne Blount, David Lloyd Jones, Tarun Kumar Jain
  • Patent number: 10963909
    Abstract: A system for providing advertisements with search results in response to a search query comprises a front end and an advertisement server. The front end is configured: to receive a search query; to send a first search request to a search server and sending a first advertisement request to an advertisement server, wherein the first search request includes the search query or information based on the search query, and wherein the first advertisement request includes the search query or information based on the search query and an indication that an advertisement response is not to be provided; to receive search results from the search server; and to send at least some of the search results to the advertisement server in a second advertisement request, wherein the second advertisement request includes an indication that an advertisement response is to be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Shivakumar Venkataraman, Srdjan Petrovic, Arnar Mar Hrafnkelsson, William Sands Robinson, Alan Wayne Blount, David Lloyd Jones, Tarun Kumar Jain
  • Publication number: 20190086184
    Abstract: A counter drone device adapted to render propellers of drones inoperable. The counter drone device may be a weighted filament adapted to be projecting into the propeller of a drone so as to entangle/ensnare/wrap around propeller shaft and/or blades, rendering the drone inoperable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Stan William Sands
  • Publication number: 20170219317
    Abstract: A counter drone device adapted to render propellers of drones inoperable. The counter drone device may be a weighted filament adapted to be projecting into the propeller of a drone so as to entangle/ensnare/wrap around propeller shaft and/or blades, rendering the drone inoperable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Stan William Sands
  • Publication number: 20160171527
    Abstract: A system for providing advertisements with search results in response to a search query comprises a front end and an advertisement server. The front end is configured: to receive a search query; to send a first search request to a search server and sending a first advertisement request to an advertisement server, wherein the first search request includes the search query or information based on the search query, and wherein the first advertisement request includes the search query or information based on the search query and an indication that an advertisement response is not to be provided; to receive search results from the search server; and to send at least some of the search results to the advertisement server in a second advertisement request, wherein the second advertisement request includes an indication that an advertisement response is to be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Shivakumar Venkataraman, Srdjan Petrovic, Arnar Mar Hrafnkelsson, William Sands Robinson, Alan Wayne Blount, David Lloyd Jones, Tarun Kumar Jain
  • Patent number: 9038455
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring the levels of product in a chemical dispensing system. A probe assembly is operatively disposed in a container holding product to be dispensed. A detection circuit including an oscillator sensitive to the impendence coupled to the detector is selectively coupled to the probe assembly and produces a signal in response to the impedance of the probe assembly indicating if the level of product in the container has dropped below the probe assembly. The probe assembly includes conductive probes formed from corrosion resistant material infused with carbon and separated by an angle. The level of the first and second conductive probes is adjustable to provide control over the level of product to be detected. Multiple probe assemblies may be selectively coupled to the detection circuit in a repeating sequence by a multi-probe monitoring unit to allow monitoring of multiple containers by a single remote alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry Tincher, William Sand
  • Publication number: 20120324995
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring the levels of product in a chemical dispensing system. A probe assembly is operatively disposed in a container holding product to be dispensed. A detection circuit including an oscillator sensitive to the impendence coupled to the detector is selectively coupled to the probe assembly and produces a signal in response to the impedance of the probe assembly indicating if the level of product in the container has dropped below the probe assembly. The probe assembly includes conductive probes formed from corrosion resistant material infused with carbon and separated by an angle. The level of the first and second conductive probes is adjustable to provide control over the level of product to be detected. Multiple probe assemblies may be selectively coupled to the detection circuit in a repeating sequence by a multi-probe monitoring unit to allow monitoring of multiple containers by a single remote alarm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: DELAWARE CAPITAL FORMATION, INC.
    Inventors: Terry Tincher, William Sand
  • Publication number: 20070191803
    Abstract: A binder composition for a non-woven fabric, the binder composition comprising a latex, the latex including a heterogeneous blend of dispersed polymer particles and a surfactant, where the particles include from about 55 to about 100% by weight of a gelled polymer, from about 1 to about 15% by weight polymeric units bearing an acid functionality, and where dried films of the latex exhibit a Tg of from about ?50° C. to about 60° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: David Diehl, Theodore DelDonno, Carla McBain, David Lee, Robert Holmes, William Sands
  • Publication number: 20060260704
    Abstract: An improved chemical dispenser includes a plurality of eductors for drawing chemical into a diluent to produce an effluent, each eductor of the plurality selectively discharging via a baffle tube into a single common discharge tube. The effluent flow parameters are insufficient to cause effluent from a selected eductor to flow into a chemical source coupled to a non-selected eductor, and are insufficient to draw chemical from a non-selected eductor into the effluent from a selected eductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: Hydro Systems Company
    Inventor: William Sand
  • Publication number: 20030224523
    Abstract: A cartridge for analysis of fluid samples useable with an analyzer device includes an arrangement to selectively control fluid flow within the cartridge. One type of cartridge includes a fluid channel. A sensor arrangement is oriented within the fluid channel and includes at least one dry-stored sensor and at least one wet-stored sensor. The cartridge may include a first port. In some instances, the cartridge can include a second port. In some instances, the cartridge can include a third port. In some implementations, a cartridge includes a fluid reservoir in fluid communication with a port on the cartridge. The fluid reservoir defines a fluid passage and a fluid dispenser actuator. The actuator includes an over-center engageable button depressible to initiate fluid flow from an internal volume in the fluid reservoir and through the fluid passage and through the port into the sensor arrangement on the cartridge. Methods for analyzing, calibrating, and using the cartridge are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: John Herbert Thornberg, Kee Van Sin, Martin Gaines Hieb, Ronald William Sand, Scott Everett Blomberg
  • Patent number: 5146124
    Abstract: A linear drive motor of a cryogenic refrigerator, where a reciprocating armature is coupled to a piston which alternately compresses and expands a gaseous fluid in a thermodynamic cycle. The piston has a clearance seal and is attached at one end to a flexible coupling to reduce cross-bearing loads exerted by the piston along the clearance seal. A displacer assembly of the cryogenic refrigerator employs a displacer piston that reciprocates along a clearance seal. The displacer piston is coupled to the displacer cylinder and/or the armature of a displacer drive motor by a flexible coupling that reduces radial forces exerted by the displacer piston on the clearance seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: Helix Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Graham Higham, Niels Young, Alan Weeks, Steven A. Michaud, William Sand
  • Patent number: 4227321
    Abstract: A safety wrapper and strap protector encompassing the middle of the foot of a person with a trailing strap which is placed over the bottom and back of the heel when the heel is slightly elevated, extending upwardly on the back of the leg and adhesively secured thereto above the ankle to prevent injury to achilles tendon, the posterior ankle joint capsule and other structures at the posterior portion of the ankle and subtaler joint during running and gymnastic exercises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1980
    Inventors: Stephen C. Kling, William A. Sands
  • Patent number: D952488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: May We Help
    Inventor: William Sand