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  • Anti-accretion additives for drilling fluids
    Patent number: 6803346
    Abstract: Additives for drilling fluids, in particular for water-based drilling fluids are described which when added to the fluid at levels of up to 10% weight by volume reduces the accretion and bit-balling tendencies of shale cuttings exposed to said fluids. The additives are based on phosphonate chemistry, and are of the general class (I), wherein R, R′ and R″ are radicals exclusively containing H atoms or combinations of H, C, O or P atoms up to a maximum of 100 atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Louise Bailey, Boyd Grover
  • Camera mechanism has substitute actuator to functionally replace failed primary actuator
    Patent number: 6682232
    Abstract: A camera mechanism comprises a shutter blade movable to uncover and cover an exposure aperture; a primary spring connected to the shutter blade to normally move the shutter blade to cover the exposure aperture, but susceptible of becoming disconnected from the shutter blade, and a substitute spring connected to the shutter blade to alternatively move the shutter blade to cover the exposure aperture when the primary spring becomes disconnected from the shutter blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Stephen J. Smith, Michael P. Cramer, James D. Boyd, Craig A. Baker
  • Vehicle platooning systems and methods
    Patent number: 9645579
    Abstract: Systems and methods for coordinating and controlling vehicles, for example heavy trucks, to follow closely behind each other, or linking, in a convenient, safe manner and thus to save significant amounts of fuel while increasing safety. In an embodiment, on-board controllers in each vehicle interact with vehicular sensors to monitor and control, for example, relative distance, relative acceleration/deceleration, and speed. Additional safety features in at least some embodiments include providing each driver with one or more visual displays of forward and rearward looking cameras. Long-range communications are provided for coordinating vehicles for linking, and for communicating analytics to fleet managers or others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: PELOTON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua P Switkes, Joseph Christian Gerdes, David Frederick Lyons, Stephen Norris Boyd, Eugene Berdichevsky
  • Releasable and interchangeable connections for golf club heads and shafts
    Patent number: 10130856
    Abstract: Golf club heads are releasably engaged with shafts so that the club heads and shafts can be readily interchanged and/or so that the shaft position with respect to the club head can be readily changed. Assemblies for connecting the club head and shaft may include: a shaft adapter, a collet, a ferrule, and a club head having an interior chamber. The club head and shaft may be changed by releasing the securing system and exchanging the original parts with different parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua M. Boggs, Raymond J. Sander, Robert M. Boyd, Matthew P. Rubal
  • Camera having light-blocking label
    Patent number: 6330396
    Abstract: A camera has a casing enclosing a film area. The casing has a stray light path into the film area due to a light transmissive region, such as a region of translucent material. The light transmissive region can be bounded by an obstruction to label placement. A label is adhered to the casing. The label has an opaque portion covering the transmissive region. The label can be aligned with an obstruction boundary and spaced from the obstruction boundary by 0.8 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: James D. Boyd, Stephen J. Smith, Michael P. Cramer
  • Releasable and interchangeable connections for golf club heads and shafts
    Patent number: 9901787
    Abstract: Golf club heads are releasably engaged with shafts so that the club heads and shafts can be readily interchanged and/or so that the shaft position with respect to the club head can be readily changed. Assemblies for connecting the club head and shaft may include: a shaft adapter, a collet, a ferrule, and a club head having an interior chamber. The club head and shaft may be changed by releasing the securing system and exchanging the original parts with different parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua M. Boggs, Raymond J. Sander, Robert M. Boyd, Matthew P. Rubal
  • Method and apparatus to dynamically provide web content resources in a portal
    Patent number: 7987421
    Abstract: To display content in a user's preferred language, a content provider locates a layout information file to determine how to display the content. A layout strings file storing a layout string in a specific language is selected, according to the user's preferred languages. The content from a content provider and the layout string are then formatted as specified by the layout information file, and presented to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Inventors: Boyd H Timothy, Olin Sayre Atkinson, Christopher Jean Seiler, Matthew Gerrit Brooks, Shawn Matthew Holmstead, John Ransom VanOrman, II, James Mark Norman
  • Releasable and interchangeable connections for golf club heads and shafts
    Patent number: 9586100
    Abstract: Golf club heads are releasably engaged with shafts so that the club heads and shafts can be readily interchanged and/or so that the shaft position with respect to the club head can be readily changed. Assemblies for connecting the club head and shaft may include: a shaft adapter, a collet, a ferrule, and a club head having an interior chamber. The club head and shaft may be changed by releasing the securing system and exchanging the original parts with different parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua M. Boggs, Raymond J. Sander, Robert M. Boyd, Matthew P. Rubal
  • Releasable and interchangeable connections for golf club heads and shafts
    Patent number: 9050506
    Abstract: Golf club heads are releasably engaged with shafts so that the club heads and shafts can be readily interchanged and/or so that the shaft position with respect to the club head can be readily changed. Assemblies for connecting the club head and shaft may include: a shaft adapter, a collet, a ferrule, and a club head having an interior chamber. The club head and shaft may be changed by releasing the securing system and exchanging the original parts with different parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Boyd, Raymond J. Sander, Joshua Michael Boggs, Matthew P. Rubal
  • Method for assembling critically positioned camera component on camera body
    Patent number: 6368447
    Abstract: In a method for assembling, a component is critically positioned on a larger body, such as a camera. The component is joined to a predetermined attachment area of a support sheet. The support sheet is floated into alignment with a labeler head. The labeler head is positioned in alignment with a predetermined location on the body. The body is contacted with the support sheet and the component while maintaining the alignments. A camera can be maintained light-tight during the joining, floating, positioning, and contacting steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: James D. Boyd, Stephen J. Smith, Michael P. Cramer
  • Wind diverter
    Patent number: 8251638
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are provided for a wind diverter at least partially encircling a wind turbine support column to direct the wind from an area around a wind turbine to the rotor blades of the wind turbine. The wind diverter may also reduce turbulence and increases the laminar flow of the airstream delivered to the rotor blades. Additionally, the wind diverter increases both the volume of air and the velocity of the airstream reaching the rotor so as to increase the rotor speed. Increasing the rotor speed increases the energy available to the wind turbine. Energy increases as the cube of the rotor speed and the increased energy produces an increase in the power generated by the wind turbine. The wind diverter also allows a wind turbine to begin producing energy at lower initial wind speeds due to the concentration of air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Inventor: Stephen David Boyd
  • Releasable and interchangeable connections for golf club heads and shafts
    Patent number: 9050507
    Abstract: Golf club heads are releasably engaged with shafts so that the club heads and shafts can be readily interchanged and/or so that the shaft position with respect to the club head can be readily changed. Assemblies for connecting the club head and shaft may include: a shaft adapter, a collet, a ferrule, and a club head having an interior chamber. The club head and shaft may be changed by releasing the securing system and exchanging the original parts with different parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Boyd, Raymond J. Sander, Joshua Michael Boggs, Matthew P. Rubal
  • Camera with circuit board having light baffle opening
    Patent number: 6072963
    Abstract: A camera comprising a front taking lens, an exposure chamber centered about an optical axis of the taking lens and having a rear backframe opening for exposing successive sections of a filmstrip, and a circuit board located between the taking lens and the backframe opening and having an opening centered about the optical axis which is smaller the backframe opening, is characterized in that the opening in the circuit board is located within the exposure chamber to make a peripheral edge of the opening serve as a light baffle for the backframe opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Stephen J. Smith, James D. Boyd, Michael P. Cramer
  • Releasable and interchangeable connections for golf club heads and shafts
    Patent number: 9782641
    Abstract: Golf club heads are releasably engaged with shafts so that the club heads and shafts can be readily interchanged and/or so that the shaft position with respect to the club head can be readily changed. Assemblies for connecting the club head and shaft may include: a shaft adapter, a collet, a ferrule, and a club head having an interior chamber. The club head and shaft may be changed by releasing the securing system and exchanging the original parts with different parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua M. Boggs, Raymond J. Sander, Robert M. Boyd, Matthew P. Rubal
  • Polarizing beam splitter
    Patent number: 6721096
    Abstract: An optical imaging system including a wide-angle Cartesian polarizing beam splitter, light valve illumination optics having an f/#≦2.5, and at least one reflective light valve. The Cartesian polarizing beam splitter (PBS) has a structural orientation defining fixed polarization axes. The use of a Cartesian PBS allows the development of systems using curved PBS that provide higher light output and/or replace or augment other optical components. By recognizing and advantageously applying properties of wide-angle Cartesian polarizers, the present invention discloses a high-efficiency optical imaging system capable of functioning at f/#'s equal to or below f/2.5 while maintaining a contrast ratio of at least 100 to 1, or, more preferably, 150 to 1 in a projection system configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Charles L. Bruzzone, David J. W. Aastuen, Roger J. Strharsky, Stephen K. Eckhardt, Michael F. Weber, Gary T. Boyd
  • External perimeter monitoring system
    Patent number: 6937647
    Abstract: A system for monitoring activity along a wire-bounded perimeter. The monitoring system includes a single-conductor wire which bounds a protected area. In communication with the wire at predetermined locations is a series of sensors which are either physically or inductively coupled to the wire. The sensors measure activity the wire bounded perimeter. The measured activity is analyzed by the transponder unit which categorizes the activity. The monitoring system can operate as a stand-alone system or be integrated with a conventional residential and light commercial security system. Further, the monitoring system may incorporate a pet containment transmitter for use with an electronic pet containment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Radio Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Randall D. Boyd, Christopher E. Mainini
  • Compositions for the coating of substrates of matt appearance
    Patent number: 5907006
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions for the coating of substrates of matt surface appearance, based on thermoplastic and/or heat-curable resins such as PA, PP, polyesters and epoxy resins and containing one or a number of matting agents which are predominantly in the form of terephthalic acid dianilide or its substituted derivatives needles or flakes of average length of between 1 and 200 .mu.m and of aspect ratio of between 10 and 40.These compositions, generally in the form of powders, are employed for coating various substrates. The coatings are applied especially by dipping in a fluidized bed or by electrostatic spraying. The coated articles may be components of furnishing, of decoration or of construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Inventors: Stephen Rennie, Arnaud Tedoldi, Didier Juhue
  • Underwater camera with elastic shutter release button that is deformed by water pressure to provide underwater depth indication
    Patent number: 6047131
    Abstract: An underwater camera which comprises a shutter release button having an elastic construction that permits the shutter release button to be manually depressed to initiate shutter opening and to be increasingly depressed because of increases in the water pressure as the underwater depth of the camera is increased, and an underwater depth gauge that indicates increases in the underwater depth of the camera, is characterized in that the underwater depth gauge is coupled with the shutter release button for the underwater depth gauge to indicate increases in the underwater depth of the camera in accordance with increases in the depression of the shutter release button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Stephen J. Smith, James D. Boyd, Michael P. Cramer
  • Frontlit display
    Patent number: 6592234
    Abstract: An illuminated frontlit display includes a front light guide having at least one light input face that supplies light to the guide, a viewing face, and a light output face opposite the viewing face, the light output face having a light extraction layer thereon, the extraction layer having a substantially flat light exit face and containing buried reflective facets that extract supplied light from the guide through the light exit face to a reflective light valve and back through the viewing face of the guide to a viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Epstein, Robert P. Wenz, Gary T. Boyd, Stephan J. Pankratz
  • Mediators of hedgehog signaling pathways, compositions and uses related thereto
    Patent number: 8168653
    Abstract: The present invention makes available methods and reagents for inhibiting aberrant growth states resulting from hedgehog gain-of-function, ptc loss-of-function or smoothened gain-of-function comprising contacting the cell with a hedgehog antagonist of formula (I) in a sufficient amount to aberrant growth state, e.g., to agonize a normal ptc pathway or antagonize smoothened or hedgehog activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignees: Curis, Inc., Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Oivin M. Guicherit, Edward Andrew Boyd, Shirley Ann Brunton, Stephen Price, John Harry Alexander Stibbard, Colin H. Mackinnon
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