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  • Memory interface for reading/writing data from/to a memory
    Patent number: 6799246
    Abstract: A memory interface for connecting a bus to memory comprises an input, a buffer, an address input, a generator, and a writer. The input receives a plurality of data words from the bus. The buffer buffers the data words received from the bus. The address input receives from the bus addresses associated with the plurality of data words. The generator generates a series of addresses in the memory into which the buffered data words may be written. The series of addresses are derived from the received addresses. The writer writes the buffered data words into the memory at the generated addresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Discovision Associates
    Inventors: Adrian P. Wise, Kevin Douglas Dewar, Anthony Mark Jones, Martin William Sotheran, Colin Smith, Helen Rosemary Finch, Anthony Peter J. Claydon, Donald W. Walker Patterson, Mark Barnes, Andrew Peter Kuligowski, William Philip Robbins, Nicholas Birch, David Andrew Barnes
  • Fiber optic inner string position sensor system
    Patent number: 8205669
    Abstract: The well condition during gravel packing is monitored and the gravel distribution condition is sent to the surface in real time through the preferred technique of a fiber optic line that wraps around the screens directly or indirectly on a surrounding tube around the screens. The fiber optic line has a breakaway connection that severs when the completion inner string is removed. A production string can then be run in to tag the fiber optic line through a wet connect to continue monitoring well conditions in the production phase. The fiber optic line can also be coiled above the packer so that relative movement of the inner string to the set packer can be detected and communicated to the surface in real time so as to know that the crossover has been moved the proper distance to, for example, get it from the gravel packing position to the reverse out position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Carl S. Martin, Carl W. Stoesz
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RF ABLATION PROBE WITH UNIBODY ELECTRODE ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20130283607
    Abstract: An ablation probe and method of manufacturing the ablation probe are provided. The probe comprises a probe shaft and a unibody electrode element. The unibody electrode element comprises a common electrode base located at the distal end of the shaft, and a plurality of electrode tines distally extending from the electrode base. The electrode element may be created by forming divisions (such as slits or slots) from a first end of an electrically conductive elongate member towards an opposing second end of the elongate member. Alternatively, the divisions can be formed from a first end of an electrically conductive sheet towards an opposing second end of the sheet, and then bent or rolled to form the elongate member. In either case, the common electrode base can either be separately mounted to a probe shaft, or the probe shaft can be formed from the elongate member, in which case, the electrode base will be integrated with the probe shaft as a unibody structure. The electrode tines can be optionally shaped, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Jeff W. Zerfas, Steve Pickett, James A. Teague, Martin G. Donofrio
  • Sprayer with easily locatable operational controls, hill assist, pivotal hose reel, and agitation boost
    Patent number: 9370175
    Abstract: A vehicle mounted sprayer has a plurality of spray booms equipped with downwardly facing spray nozzles. A control console includes a rounded palm rest with the most often used operational spray controls placed directly ahead of the palm rest for easy actuation by the operator as the operator rests the palm of one hand on the palm rest. A pivotal hose reel for manual spraying has pivotal motion about a vertical axis into one of a plurality of adjusted positions relative to the sprayer to ease unwinding and rewinding of the hose from the hose reel. A hill assist system holds the sprayer on a hill for a predetermined time to give the operator enough time to place the sprayer into forward motion up the hill from a standing stop. The spray through the booms can be selectively added to flow in a tank agitation system to boost agitation effectiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: The Toro Company
    Inventors: Steve A. Swinney, II, Todd A. Otto, Bart T. Ellson, David J. Martin, Chakradhari Ratala, Brannon W. Polk
  • READER APPLICATION WITH A PERSONALIZED FEED AND METHOD OF PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS WHILE MAINTAINING USER PRIVACY
    Publication number: 20160357820
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a mobile or computer reader application that obtains articles or other computer files from a central database and displays the articles to a user of the device. The reader application may be customizable around one or more characteristics of the user of the device. In one embodiment, the type and number of articles provided to the device and displayed in the reader application may be based on the determination of a category or type of usage of the application is performed by the user. Further, the determination of the use of the reader application on the device is performed by and contained within the device such that usage information is not shared with overall article providing system. In another embodiment, the article providing system and/or device may determine recommendations to provide to a user of the reading application. These recommendations may be based on one or more selected interests or topics of the user of the reading application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Martin J. Murrett, Ian J. Elseth, Guillermo Ortiz, Ravi Chandra Jammalamadaka, Dominic J. Hughes, Steve E. Marmon, Casey M. Dougherty, Gregory C. Langmead, Mark A. Gingrich, Donald R. Beaver, Amogh Mahapatra, Collin D. Ruffenach, Georgios Sofianatos, Justin W. Sung, Kang Tu, Jason A. Novak
  • Method of manufacturing RF ablation probe with unibody electrode element
    Patent number: 9078678
    Abstract: An ablation probe and method of manufacturing the ablation probe are provided. The probe comprises a probe shaft and a unibody electrode element. The unibody electrode element comprises a common electrode base located at the distal end of the shaft, and a plurality of electrode tines distally extending from the electrode base. The electrode element may be created by forming divisions (such as slits or slots) from a first end of an electrically conductive elongate member towards an opposing second end of the elongate member. Alternatively, the divisions can be formed from a first end of an electrically conductive sheet towards an opposing second end of the sheet, and then bent or rolled to form the elongate member. In either case, the common electrode base can either be separately mounted to a probe shaft, or the probe shaft can be formed from the elongate member, in which case, the electrode base will be integrated with the probe shaft as a unibody structure. The electrode tines can be optionally shaped, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Zerfas, Steve Pickett, James A. Teague, Martin G. Donofrio
  • RF ablation probe with unibody electrode element
    Patent number: 7458971
    Abstract: An ablation probe and method of manufacturing the ablation probe are provided. The probe comprises a probe shaft and a unibody electrode element. The unibody electrode element comprises a common electrode base located at the distal end of the shaft, and a plurality of electrode tines distally extending from the electrode base. The electrode element may be created by forming divisions (such as slits or slots) from a first end of an electrically conductive elongate member towards an opposing second end of the elongate member. Alternatively, the divisions can be formed from a first end of an electrically conductive sheet towards an opposing second end of the sheet, and then bent or rolled to form the elongate member. In either case, the common electrode base can either be separately mounted to a probe shaft, or the probe shaft can be formed from the elongate member, in which case, the electrode base will be integrated with the probe shaft as a unibody structure. The electrode tines can be optionally shaped, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff W. Zerfas, Steve Pickett, James A. Teague, Martin G. Donfrio
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RF ABLATION PROBE WITH UNIBODY ELECTRODE ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20100280514
    Abstract: An ablation probe and method of manufacturing the ablation probe are provided. The probe comprises a probe shaft and a unibody electrode element. The unibody electrode element comprises a common electrode base located at the distal end of the shaft, and a plurality of electrode tines distally extending from the electrode base. The electrode element may be created by forming divisions (such as slits or slots) from a first end of an electrically conductive elongate member towards an opposing second end of the elongate member. Alternatively, the divisions can be formed from a first end of an electrically conductive sheet towards an opposing second end of the sheet, and then bent or rolled to form the elongate member. In either case, the common electrode base can either be separately mounted to a probe shaft, or the probe shaft can be formed from the elongate member, in which case, the electrode base will be integrated with the probe shaft as a unibody structure. The electrode tines can be optionally shaped, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Jeff W. Zerfas, Steve Pickett, James A. Teague, Martin G. Donofrio
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RF ABLATION PROBE WITH UNIBODY ELECTRODE ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20090064492
    Abstract: An ablation probe and method of manufacturing the ablation probe are provided. The probe comprises a probe shaft and a unibody electrode element. The unibody electrode element comprises a common electrode base located at the distal end of the shaft, and a plurality of electrode tines distally extending from the electrode base. The electrode element may be created by forming divisions (such as slits or slots) from a first end of an electrically conductive elongate member towards an opposing second end of the elongate member. Alternatively, the divisions can be formed from a first end of an electrically conductive sheet towards an opposing second end of the sheet, and then bent or rolled to form the elongate member. In either case, the common electrode base can either be separately mounted to a probe shaft, or the probe shaft can be formed from the elongate member, in which case, the electrode base will be integrated with the probe shaft as a unibody structure. The electrode tines can be optionally shaped, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Jeff W. Zerfas, Steve Pickett, James A. Teague, Martin G. Donofrio
  • READER APPLICATION WITH A PERSONALIZED FEED AND METHOD OF PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS WHILE MAINTAINING USER PRIVACY
    Publication number: 20160357843
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a mobile or computer reader application that obtains articles or other computer files from a central database and displays the articles to a user of the device. The reader application may be customizable around one or more characteristics of the user of the device. In one embodiment, the type and number of articles provided to the device and displayed in the reader application may be based on the determination of a category or type of usage of the application is performed by the user. Further, the determination of the use of the reader application on the device is performed by and contained within the device such that usage information is not shared with overall article providing system. In another embodiment, the article providing system and/or device may determine recommendations to provide to a user of the reading application. These recommendations may be based on one or more selected interests or topics of the user of the reading application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Martin J. Murrett, Ian J. Elseth, Guillermo Ortiz, Ravi Chandra Jammalamadaka, Dominic J. Hughes, Steve E. Marmon, Casey M. Dougherty, Gregory C. Langmead, Mark A. Gingrich, Donald R. Beaver, Amogh Mahapatra, Collin D. Ruffenach, Georgios Sofianatos, Justin W. Sung, Kang Tu, Jason A. Novak
  • Method of manufacturing RF ablation probe with unibody electrode element
    Patent number: 8418362
    Abstract: An ablation probe and method of manufacturing the ablation probe are provided. The probe comprises a probe shaft and a unibody electrode element. The unibody electrode element comprises a common electrode base located at the distal end of the shaft, and a plurality of electrode tines distally extending from the electrode base. The electrode element may be created by forming divisions (such as slits or slots) from a first end of an electrically conductive elongate member towards an opposing second end of the elongate member. Alternatively, the divisions can be formed from a first end of an electrically conductive sheet towards an opposing second end of the sheet, and then bent or rolled to form the elongate member. In either case, the common electrode base can either be separately mounted to a probe shaft, or the probe shaft can be formed from the elongate member, in which case, the electrode base will be integrated with the probe shaft as a unibody structure. The electrode tines can be optionally shaped, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff W. Zerfas, Steve Pickett, James A. Teague, Martin G. Donofrio
  • Method of manufacturing RF ablation probe with unibody electrode element
    Patent number: 7779537
    Abstract: An ablation probe and method of manufacturing the ablation probe are provided. The probe comprises a probe shaft and a unibody electrode element. The unibody electrode element comprises a common electrode base located at the distal end of the shaft, and a plurality of electrode tines distally extending from the electrode base. The electrode element may be created by forming divisions (such as slits or slots) from a first end of an electrically conductive elongate member towards an opposing second end of the elongate member. Alternatively, the divisions can be formed from a first end of an electrically conductive sheet towards an opposing second end of the sheet, and then bent or rolled to form the elongate member. In either case, the common electrode base can either be separately mounted to a probe shaft, or the probe shaft can be formed from the elongate member, in which case, the electrode base will be integrated with the probe shaft as a unibody structure. The electrode tines can be optionally shaped, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff W. Zerfas, Steve Pickett, James A. Teague, Martin G. Donofrio
  • Heteroaryl fused azapolycyclic compounds
    Patent number: 7456177
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having the structure of formula I: wherein R1 is hydrogen, (C1–C6) alkyl, unconjugated (C3–C6) alkenyl, benzyl, YC(?O)(C1–C6) alkyl or —CH2CH2—O—(C1–C4) alkyl; X is CH2 or CH2CH2; Y is (C2–C6) alkylene; Z is (CH2)m, CF2, or C(?O), where m is 0, 1 or 2; R2 and R3 are selected independently from hydrogen, halogen, —(C1–C6) alkyl optionally substituted with from 1 to 7 halogen atoms, and —O(C1–C6) alkyl optionally substituted with from 1 to 7 halogen atoms, or R2 and R3 each together with the atom to which it is connected independently form C(?O), S?O, S(?O)2, or N?O; and is a 5- to 7-membered monocyclic heteroaryl group selected from pyridinyl, pyridone, pyridazinyl, imidazolyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrazolyl, triazolyl, pyrazinyl, furyl, thienyl, isoxazolyl, thiazolyl, oxazolyl, isothiazolyl, pyrrolyl, cinnolinyl, triazinyl, oxadiazolyl, thiadiazolyl and furazanyl groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Martin P. Allen, Jotham W. Coe, Spiros Liras, Christopher J. O'Donnell, Brian T. O'Neill
  • Reader application with a personalized feed and method of providing recommendations while maintaining user privacy
    Patent number: 10268748
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a mobile or computer reader application that obtains articles or other computer files from a central database and displays the articles to a user of the device. The reader application may be customizable around one or more characteristics of the user of the device. In one embodiment, the type and number of articles provided to the device and displayed in the reader application may be based on the determination of a category or type of usage of the application is performed by the user. Further, the determination of the use of the reader application on the device is performed by and contained within the device such that usage information is not shared with overall article providing system. In another embodiment, the article providing system and/or device may determine recommendations to provide to a user of the reading application. These recommendations may be based on one or more selected interests or topics of the user of the reading application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Martin J. Murrett, Ian J. Elseth, Guillermo Ortiz, Ravi Chandra Jammalamadaka, Dominic J. Hughes, Steve E. Marmon, Casey M. Dougherty, Gregory C. Langmead, Mark A. Gingrich, Donald R. Beaver, Amogh Mahapatra, Collin D. Ruffenach, Georgios Sofianatos, Justin W. Sung, Kang Tu, Jason A. Novak
  • Reader application with a personalized feed and method of providing recommendations while maintaining user privacy
    Patent number: 10268747
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a mobile or computer reader application that obtains articles or other computer files from a central database and displays the articles to a user of the device. The reader application may be customizable around one or more characteristics of the user of the device. In one embodiment, the type and number of articles provided to the device and displayed in the reader application may be based on the determination of a category or type of usage of the application is performed by the user. Further, the determination of the use of the reader application on the device is performed by and contained within the device such that usage information is not shared with overall article providing system. In another embodiment, the article providing system and/or device may determine recommendations to provide to a user of the reading application. These recommendations may be based on one or more selected interests or topics of the user of the reading application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Martin J. Murrett, Ian J. Elseth, Guillermo Ortiz, Ravi Chandra Jammalamadaka, Dominic J. Hughes, Steve E. Marmon, Casey M. Dougherty, Gregory C. Langmead, Mark A. Gingrich, Donald R. Beaver, Amogh Mahapatra, Collin D. Ruffenach, Georgios Sofianatos, Justin W. Sung, Kang Tu, Jason A. Novak
  • Conveyor belt cleaner and tensioner
    Patent number: 6321901
    Abstract: A conveyor belt cleaner and tensioner assembly including a conveyor belt cleaner and a conveyor belt cleaner tensioner. The conveyor belt cleaner includes a scraper blade assembly having a mounting member and a scraper blade. The mounting member includes a base member adapted to be attached to a cross shaft and first and second flanges extending outwardly from the base member forming a first slot therebetween. The scraper blade includes a mounting base having a bore through which the mounting member extends, second and third slots adapted to receive the first and second flanges of the mounting member, and a third flange adapted to be inserted in the first slot of the mounting member such that the scraper blade is rotatably attached to the mounting member. The tensioner includes a support arm rotatably attached to a rotatable tensioning rod and a pivot arm pivotally attached to the support arm which receives the cross shaft. A biasing member extends between the support arm and the pivot arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Martin Engineering Company
    Inventors: Mark Strebel, Terry Swearingen, Steve Brody
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