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  • Firearm safety feature
    Patent number: 11828554
    Abstract: A novel firearm safety feature includes arresting surfaces for preventing the fall of a hammer in the event of a spontaneous failure of other firearm parts. In a particular embodiment a safety lug has an arresting surface and the hammer has a complementary arresting surface. In the event of a spontaneous failure, the arresting surface and the complementary arresting surface create a positive engagement and prevent the hammer from falling. In another embodiment, a grip safety includes an arresting surface and the hammer includes a complementary arresting surface. In the event of a spontaneous failure, the arresting surface and the complementary arresting surface create a positive engagement and prevent the hammer from falling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Ned Forrest Christiansen
  • Firearm safety feature
    Patent number: 11255622
    Abstract: A novel firearm safety feature includes arresting surfaces for preventing the fall of a hammer in the event of a spontaneous failure of other firearm parts. In a particular embodiment a safety lug has an arresting surface and the hammer has a complementary arresting surface. In the event of a spontaneous failure, the arresting surface and the complementary arresting surface create a positive engagement and prevent the hammer from falling. In another embodiment, a grip safety includes an arresting surface and the hammer includes a complementary arresting surface. In the event of a spontaneous failure, the arresting surface and the complementary arresting surface create a positive engagement and prevent the hammer from falling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Inventor: Ned Forrest Christiansen
  • Socket Security and Authentication Device, System and Method
    Publication number: 20230110605
    Abstract: A socket security and authentication device is disclosed that has a socket configured to receive a verification module or plug, where the verification module or plug may include, but is not limited to, RFID and Near Field Communications (NFC), QR codes, bar codes, bluetooth communications, magnetic stripe, magnetic memory, fingerprint and biometric identification, as well as capacitively patterned stamps and devices. The socket may have a cradle for receiving and retaining the verification module or plug. The socket may also have a shell for mechanical retention as well as aesthetics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: SnowShoeFood Inc.
    Inventors: Ned Dykstra Hayes, Charles Alan McAllister
  • Compensating platen for dual mode image input terminals
    Patent number: 4607951
    Abstract: A dual mode image input terminal having a linear scanning array with optical and illumination means supported on a carriage that, in a first scanning mode, reciprocates from a start-of-scan position to an end-of-scan position to scan a document opposite thereto on a transparent platen, and, in a second scanning mode, assumes a predetermined fixed scan position adjacent one side of the platen, with a Constant Velocity Transport (CVT) type document transport for moving the document past the fixed scan position with the document in preset spaced relation above and out of contact with the platen to avoid wear on the platen and allow room for document assisting devices ancillary to the CVT, and with the inside surface of the platen at the fixed scan position only being thicker than the remainder of the platen to raise the image focus point of the scanning array from the surface of the platen to the level of the document transported past the fixed scan position by the CVT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1986
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ned J. Seachman, Joseph P. Taillie
  • Constant frequency resonant power converter with zero voltage switching
    Patent number: 4855888
    Abstract: A full bridge DC-DC series-resonant power converter is operated at a constant switching frequency using a phase delay between the transistor legs of the bridge to control the output voltage. All power semiconductor devices switch on and switch off at approximately zero volts while operating at a constant switching frequency which is above the resonant frequency of the resonant tank circuit. Zero-voltage switching increases the efficiency of the power converter and allows high frequency operation which minimizes component volumes. Constant frequency operation simplifies design of the magnetic components, confines the EMI spectrum to known frequencies and simplifies EMI design, and reduces the voltage and current excursions and thus reduces the peak component stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1989
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher P. Henze, Ned Mohan, John G. Hayes
  • Tokenless biometric electronic debit and credit transactions
    Patent number: 6662166
    Abstract: A method and device for tokenless authorization of an electronic payment between a payor and a payee using an electronic identicator and at least one payor bid biometric sample. The method comprises a payor registration step, wherein the payor registers with an electronic identicator at least one registration biometric sample, and at least one payor credit/debit account. An electronic financial transaction is formed between the payor and the payee, comprising at least one payor bid biometric sample, wherein the bid biometric sample is obtained from the payor's person, in a transaction formation step. The payor bid biometric sample is electronically forwarded to the electronic identicator. A comparator engine compares the bid biometric sample with at least one registered biometric sample for producing either a successful or failed identification of the payor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Indivos Corporation
    Inventors: David Ferrin Pare, Jr., Ned Hoffman, Jonathan Alexander Lee
  • Mounting apparatus for night vision system
    Patent number: 9243870
    Abstract: An improved weapon mount system for night vision system includes a cage-like structure receiving the body of a night vision system, such as a night vision monocular. A mounting shoe is attached to the base and cage halves secure the body of the night vision system. The mounting shoe of the present mount provides a lower profile than an integral mounting member on the night vision system that is used to attach the night vision system to a helmet/head worn mount. In one aspect, by lowering the weapon mounting height of the night vision device, the night vision system can be mounted at an appropriate height for use in front of an optical scope. In another aspect one aspect, lowering the weapon mounting height of the night vision device allows the night vision system to be mounted at an appropriate height for use on a helmet mounting system in a binocular system having a thermal camera or other type of viewing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Wilcox Industries Corp.
    Inventors: James W. Teetzel, Ned A. Dalzell, Nathaniel G. Wright
  • Tokenless biometric electronic transactions using an audio signature to identify the transaction processor
    Patent number: 6920435
    Abstract: The invention discloses a tokenless biometric identification computer system, comprising at least a database containing registered biometric samples of users. A comparator compares a bid biometric sample of a user to at least one registered biometric sample, the bid biometric sample obtained directly from the user during an identification process for conducting an electronic transaction by the user. A stored audio signature is associated with a transaction processor entity, which the transaction processor entity is responsible for conducting the electronic transaction. A sound generator generates an analog or digital signal from the stored audio signature, and a transducer converts the analog or digital signal to a play back audio signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Indivos Corporation
    Inventors: Ned Hoffman, David Ferrin Pare, Jr., Jonathan Alexander Lee, Philip Dean Lapsley
  • Tokenless biometric electronic financial transactions via a third party identicator
    Patent number: 6950810
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and device for tokenless authorization of an electronic payment between a payor and a payee using an electronic third party identicator and at least one payor bid biometric sample. In a payor registration step, the payor registers with an electronic third party identicator at least one registration biometric sample, and at least one payor financial account identifier. The payee registers a payee identification data with the electronic third party identicator. A payee bid identification data and a payor bid biometric sample collected from the payor's person are electronically forwarded to the third party electronic identicator. A comparator engine compares the bid biometric sample with at least one registered biometric sample for producing either a successful or failed identification of the payor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Indivos Corporation
    Inventors: Philip D. Lapsley, Jonathan Alexander Lee, David Ferrin Pare, Jr., Ned Hoffman
  • Tokenless biometric electronic financial transactions via a third party identicator
    Patent number: 6879966
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and device for tokenless authorization of an electronic payment between a payor and a payee using an electronic third party identicator and at least one payor bid biometric sample. In a payor registration step, the payor registers with an electronic third party identicator at least one registration biometric sample, and at least one payor financial account identifier. The payee registers a payee identification data with the electronic third party identicator. A payee bid identification data and a payor bid biometric sample collected from the payor's person are electronically forwarded to the third party electronic identicator. A comparator engine compares the bid biometric sample with at least one registered biometric sample for producing either a successful or failed identification of the payor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Indivos Corporation
    Inventors: Philip Dean Lapsley, Jonathan Alexander Lee, David Ferrin Pare, Jr., Ned Hoffman
  • Tokenless biometric electronic debit and credit transactions
    Patent number: 6269348
    Abstract: The invention satisfies these needs by providing a method and device for tokenless authorization of an electronic payment between a payor and a payee using an electronic third party identicator and at least one payor bid biometric sample. The method comprises a payor registration step, wherein the payor registers with an electronic third party identicator at least one registration biometric sample, and at least one payor credit/debit account. The payee registers a payee identification data with the electronic third party identicator. An electronic financial transaction is formed between the payor and the payee, comprising payee bid identification data, a transaction amount, and at least one payor bid biometric sample, wherein the bid biometric sample is obtained from the payor's person, in a transaction formation step. The payee bid identification data, the transaction amount, and payor bid biometric sample are electronically forwarded to the third party electronic identicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Veristar Corporation
    Inventors: David Ferrin Pare, Jr., Ned Hoffman, Jonathan Alexander Lee
  • Calendaring Location-Based Events and Associated Travel
    Publication number: 20100175001
    Abstract: A user interface for an electronic calendar represents different locations or different users or different user calendars in different portions of the display. Calendar entries can be associated with one or more locations, one or more users, and with one or more user calendars. The different locations may reside in different time zones and a timeline for each time zone is displayed. The position of the calendar entry provides a visual identifier of the timeline with which the event is associated. Travel time to and from events in the calendar are calculated for calendared events and shown adjacent to the beginning and end of the event. A user's future location at a point in time is inferred from patterns in the user's locations and by analyzing the user's calendared events and correspondence in order to calculate travel time to calendared events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: KIHA SOFTWARE INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Lazarus, Ned Dykstra Hayes, Michael Perkowitz, Kevin Francis Eustice
  • Calendaring location-based events and associated travel
    Patent number: 9886683
    Abstract: A user interface for an electronic calendar represents different locations or different users or different user calendars in different portions of the display. Calendar entries can be associated with one or more locations, one or more users, and with one or more user calendars. The different locations may reside in different time zones and a timeline for each time zone is displayed. The position of the calendar entry provides a visual identifier of the timeline with which the event is associated. Travel time to and from events in the calendar are calculated for calendared events and shown adjacent to the beginning and end of the event. A user's future location at a point in time is inferred from patterns in the user's locations and by analyzing the user's calendared events and correspondence in order to calculate travel time to calendared events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: ARO, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Lazarus, Ned Dykstra Hayes, Michael Perkowitz, Kevin Francis Eustice
  • CALENDARING LOCATION-BASED EVENTS AND ASSOCIATED TRAVEL
    Publication number: 20180107981
    Abstract: A user interface for an electronic calendar represents different locations or different users or different user calendars in different portions of the display. Calendar entries can be associated with one or more locations, one or more users, and with one or more user calendars. The different locations may reside in different time zones and a timeline for each time zone is displayed. The position of the calendar entry provides a visual identifier of the timeline with which the event is associated. Travel time to and from events in the calendar are calculated for calendared events and shown adjacent to the beginning and end of the event. A user's future location at a point in time is inferred from patterns in the user's locations and by analyzing the user's calendared events and correspondence in order to calculate travel time to calendared events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Lazarus, Ned Dykstra Hayes, Michael Perkowitz, Kevin Francis Eustice
  • Calendaring Location-Based Events and Associated Travel
    Publication number: 20100174998
    Abstract: A user interface for an electronic calendar represents different locations or different users or different user calendars in different portions of the display. Calendar entries can be associated with one or more locations, one or more users, and with one or more user calendars. The different locations may reside in different time zones and a timeline for each time zone is displayed. The position of the calendar entry provides a visual identifier of the timeline with which the event is associated. Travel time to and from events in the calendar are calculated for calendared events and shown adjacent to the beginning and end of the event. A user's future location at a point in time is inferred from patterns in the user's locations and by analyzing the user's calendared events and correspondence in order to calculate travel time to calendared events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: KIHA SOFTWARE INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Lazarus, Ned Dykstra Hayes, Michael Perkowitz, Kevin Francis Eustice
  • Tokenless biometric electronic transactions using an audio signature to identify the transaction processor
    Patent number: 6397198
    Abstract: The invention discloses a tokenless biometric identification computer system, comprising at least a database containing registered biometric samples of users. A comparator compares a bid biometric sample of a user to at least one registered biometric sample, the bid biometric sample obtained directly from the user during an identification process for conducting an electronic transaction by the user. A stored audio signature is associated with a transaction processor entity, which the transaction processor entity is responsible for conducting the electronic transaction. A sound generator generates an analog or digital signal from the stored audio signature, and a transducer converts the analog or digital signal to a play back audio signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Indivos Corporation
    Inventors: Ned Hoffman, David Ferrin Pare, Jr., Jonathan Alexander Lee, Philip Dean Lapsley
  • System and method for designing electronic forms and hierarchical schemas
    Patent number: 7275216
    Abstract: A system and method that enables a designer to build electronic forms and corresponding hierarchical schemas are described. Displays of hierarchical schemas, electronic forms, and components used to build the hierarchical schemas and electronic forms are provided to the designer. The designer selects components and arranges them on a display to visually build an electronic form. As the form is built, the corresponding hierarchical schema is incrementally updated to reflect changes made to the electronic form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jean D. Paoli, Laurent Mollicone, Ned B. Friend, Matthew J. Kotler, Thomas R. Lawrence, Shuk-Yan Lai, Sharma K. Hendel, Jason Whitmarsh
  • Data-Oriented User Interface for Mobile Device
    Publication number: 20100070910
    Abstract: A user interface for a mobile device allows users to interact across applications with information relevant to known people, organizations, or locations, referred to herein as “recognized entities.” Every type of recognized entity has associated action options that populate a node menu for that type. The node menu options are selectable, for example, through a touchscreen interface, to rapidly execute the associated action. In another embodiment, a plurality of data windows, referred to as “spinners,” are viewed simultaneously on one display. Each spinner is a view of one or more data objects provided that are distinguished from one another by data type, context, parsing or sorting algorithms, or user interaction with this data. The spinners respond to user actions, to new information from the server, or external events by automatically visibly scrolling the data displayed in the spinner windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Zimmerman, Philip A. Rogan, Ned Dykstra Hayes, Edward Ross Witus, Patrick James Ferrel, Jonathan D. Lazarus
  • Data-Oriented User Interface for Mobile Device
    Publication number: 20100031198
    Abstract: A user interface for a mobile device allows users to interact across applications with information relevant to known people, organizations, or locations, referred to herein as “recognized entities.” Every type of recognized entity has associated action options that populate a node menu for that type. The node menu options are selectable, for example, through a touchscreen interface, to rapidly execute the associated action. In another embodiment, a plurality of data windows, referred to as “spinners,” are viewed simultaneously on one display. Each spinner is a view of one or more data objects provided that are distinguished from one another by data type, context, parsing or sorting algorithms, or user interaction with this data. The spinners respond to user actions, to new information from the server, or external events by automatically visibly scrolling the data displayed in the spinner windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Zimmerman, Philip A. Rogan, Ned Dykstra Hayes, Edward Ross Witus, Patrick James Ferrel, Jonathan D. Lazarus
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