Providing alternative representations of virtual content in a virtual universe
Patent No. 8,972,870
An invention for automatically reducing a load on a server functioning with a virtual universe is provided. In one embodiment, there is an alternative representation tool, including a detection component configured to detect a load on a server, and a determination component configured to determine whether the load on the server exceeds a predefined threshold. The alternative representation tool further comprises a rendering component configured to provide an alternative representation of a virtual content renderable in the virtual universe to reduce the load on the server in the case that the load on the server exceeds the predefined threshold.
Inventors: Rick A. Hamilton II (Richmond), Brian M. O’Connell (Research Triangle Park, N.C.), Clifford A. Pickover (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.), Keith R. Walker (Austin, Texas)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.)
March 3, 2015
Inhibition of water penetration into ballistic materials
Patent No. 8,969,221
Ballistic resistant articles having excellent resistance to deterioration due to liquid exposure. More particularly, ballistic resistant fibrous composites and articles that retain their superior ballistic resistance performance after exposure to liquids such as sea water and organic solvents, such as gasoline and other petroleum-based products.
Inventors: Brian D. Arvidson (Chester, Va.), David A. Hurst (Richmond), Lori L. Wagner (Richmond), Ashok Bhatnagar (Richmond), Henry G. Ardiff (Chesterfield, Va.)
Assignee: Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, N.J.)
March 3, 2015
Phytosterol nutritional supplements
8,968,768
The invention provides a nutritional supplement which includes phytosterol to facilitate reduction of cholesterol. The nutritional supplement may be a swallowable tablet, chewable tablet, sachet, capsule or suspension. The invention further provides a method for tableting one fourth to one half of the daily effective dosage of a phytosterol containing nutritional supplement in a practical sized swallowable tablet and a method for reducing blood cholesterol in humans.
Inventors: Scott W. Poxon (Mechanicsville, Va.), William Bubnis (Mechanicsville, Va.), Bruce W. Sutton (Richmond), Jeffrey V. Vernon (Fredericksburg, Va.), Denise L. Walters (Richmond), Michael G. Williams (Midlothian, Va.), Neil Wittenberg (Randolph, N.J.)
Assignee: Wyeth (New York, N.Y.)
March 3, 2015
High volume excavating and loading apparatus and method
Patent No. 8,967,363
An excavating and loading apparatus and method. The excavating and loading apparatus includes an excavator and a stacker conveyor. The excavator includes paired crawler tracks and an articulated boom with a bucket. The excavator further includes an inclined feeder conveyor with an intake end and a discharge end. A wide apron is positioned at the intake end of the feeder conveyor. The apron includes a left-hand side and right-hand side load receiving area that are arranged on opposing sides of the feeder conveyor. Two double hinged feeder blades are positioned at the apron. The feeder blades are arranged to operate asynchronously. Each feeder blade includes a main blade and a wing blade. The stacker conveyor is on paired crawler tracks and includes an intake end and a discharge end. The excavator includes a control cabin that is turreted to the crawler tracks.
Inventors: Sterling Wayne Lowery (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
March 3, 2015
Multilayered sheet
Patent No. 8,967,331
This invention is directed to a multilayered sheet comprising a release paper and an inorganic refractory layer coated onto one surface of the release paper wherein the refractory layer has a dry areal weight of from 15 to 50 gsm and a residual moisture content of no greater than 10 percent by weight. The paper comprises a blend of cellulose and cotton fibers and is hydrophilic.
Inventors: Dariusz Wlodzimierz Kawka (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Co. (Wilmington, Del.)
March 3, 2015
Co-flow microfluidic device for polymersome formation
Patent No. 8,968,873
A microfluidic device to produce polymersomes having three coaxial passageways of increasing size with fluid flowing in one direction. The first and smallest passageway contains the content of the polymersome, the middle passageway contains a block copolymer, and the largest and outer passageway contains an aqueous medium or water. The device can produce polymersomes with control of size and membrane thickness. The device will allow quantitative loading of the polymersomes in high quantities. The device is robust and easily assembled and has the ability to independently control the three streams involved in making the polymersomes.
Inventors: Douglas H. Adamson (Mansfield Center, Conn.), Michael Stredney (Powhatan, Va.), Robert K. Prud’homme (Lawrenceville, N.J.), Mustafa Erhan Yildiz (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)
Assignee: University of Connecticut (Farmington, Conn.)
Princeton University (Princeton, N.J.)
March 3, 2015
System and method for determining a lubricant discard interval
Patent No. 8,977,421
A system, a method and a computer program to determine the usability of a lubricant such as, e.g., engine oil, and when to replace the lubricant in a particular engine. The system, method, and computer program are further configured to generate a lubricant discard interval for each engine in, e.g., a company’s fleet of vehicles. The system, method, and computer program are configured to generate lubricant discard interval schedule for each of the vehicles in the company’s fleet based on the lubricant discard intervals.
Inventors: Todd M. Dvorak (Glen Allen, Va.), Robert T. Dittmeier (Richmond), Dewey P. Szemenyei (Suzhou, China)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
March 10, 2015
Fuel additive for improved performance in fuel injected engines
Patent No. 8,974,551
The disclosure provides a fuel additive concentrate, a method for cleaning fuel injectors, a method for restoring power to a diesel fuel injected engine, a fuel composition, and a method of operating a fuel injected diesel engine. The additive concentrate includes (a) a hydrocarbyl substituted quaternary ammonium internal salt and (b) a hydrocarbyl substituted dicarboxylic anhydride derivative, wherein the hydrocarbyl substituent has a number average molecular weight ranging from about 450 to about 1500. A weight ratio of (a) to (b) in the additive concentrate ranges from about 1:20 to about 2:1, and the additive concentrate is devoid of a reaction product of a hydrocarbyl substituted dicarboxylic acid, anhydride or ester and an amine compound of the formula ##STR00001## wherein R.sup.2 is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group containing from 1 to 15 carbon atoms, and R.sup.3 is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group containing from 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
Inventors: Xinggao Fang (Midlothian, Va.), Scott D. Schwab (Richmond)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
March 10, 2015
Interspinous implant, tools and methods of implanting
Patent No. 8,974,496
Devices, tools and methods for minimally invasive implantation and distraction between spinous processes for treatment of spinous disorders. An interspinous implant device for distracting at least one pair of adjacent spinous processes includes a main body including a shaft having a longitudinal axis; and first and second arms extending transversely from the main body, wherein at least one of the first and second arms is slidably mounted with respect to the shaft. The arms are configured and dimensioned to extend laterally from both sides of the spinous processes when implanted therebetween and to be inserted between the spinous processes laterally from a single side thereof. The arms are variably positionable between a closed configuration, to facilitate insertion of the arms between the adjacent spinous processes, and an open configuration, in which the arms are separated from one another.
Inventors: Jeffrey Chun Wang (Sherman Oaks, Calif.), Thomas Neil Scioscia (Midlothian, Va.), Adrian Slattery (Rocky River, Ohio), Alan W. Cannon (Sunnyvale, Calif.)
Assignee: N/A
March 10, 2015
Refrigeration system
Patent No. 8,973,385
A temperature controlled case is provided that includes an enclosure defining an airspace for receiving products therein, a refrigeration system configured to circulate a refrigerant through an expansion device and at least one cooling element to cool the airspace and a control module having a first predetermined setpoint corresponding to a first cooling mode and a second predetermined setpoint corresponding to a second cooling mode. The control module is configured to determine which one of the first cooling mode and the second cooling mode the refrigeration system is to operate within and to apply the corresponding predetermined setpoint for reference in modulating a position of the expansion device.
Inventors: Timothy Dean Swofford (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Hill Phoenix Inc. (Conyers, Ga.)
March 10, 2015
Providing alternative representations of virtual content in a virtual universe
Patent No. 8,972,870
An invention for automatically reducing a load on a server functioning with a virtual universe is provided. In one embodiment, there is an alternative representation tool, including a detection component configured to detect a load on a server, and a determination component configured to determine whether the load on the server exceeds a predefined threshold. The alternative representation tool further comprises a rendering component configured to provide an alternative representation of a virtual content renderable in the virtual universe to reduce the load on the server in the case that the load on the server exceeds the predefined threshold.
Inventors: Rick A. Hamilton II (Richmond), Brian M. O’Connell (Research Triangle Park, N.C.), Clifford A. Pickover (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.), Keith R. Walker (Austin, Texas)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.)
March 3, 2015
Inhibition of water penetration into ballistic materials
Patent No. 8,969,221
Ballistic resistant articles having excellent resistance to deterioration due to liquid exposure. More particularly, ballistic resistant fibrous composites and articles that retain their superior ballistic resistance performance after exposure to liquids such as sea water and organic solvents, such as gasoline and other petroleum-based products.
Inventors: Brian D. Arvidson (Chester, Va.), David A. Hurst (Richmond), Lori L. Wagner (Richmond), Ashok Bhatnagar (Richmond), Henry G. Ardiff (Chesterfield, Va.)
Assignee: Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, N.J.)
March 3, 2015
Phytosterol nutritional supplements
8,968,768
The invention provides a nutritional supplement which includes phytosterol to facilitate reduction of cholesterol. The nutritional supplement may be a swallowable tablet, chewable tablet, sachet, capsule or suspension. The invention further provides a method for tableting one fourth to one half of the daily effective dosage of a phytosterol containing nutritional supplement in a practical sized swallowable tablet and a method for reducing blood cholesterol in humans.
Inventors: Scott W. Poxon (Mechanicsville, Va.), William Bubnis (Mechanicsville, Va.), Bruce W. Sutton (Richmond), Jeffrey V. Vernon (Fredericksburg, Va.), Denise L. Walters (Richmond), Michael G. Williams (Midlothian, Va.), Neil Wittenberg (Randolph, N.J.)
Assignee: Wyeth (New York, N.Y.)
March 3, 2015
High volume excavating and loading apparatus and method
Patent No. 8,967,363
An excavating and loading apparatus and method. The excavating and loading apparatus includes an excavator and a stacker conveyor. The excavator includes paired crawler tracks and an articulated boom with a bucket. The excavator further includes an inclined feeder conveyor with an intake end and a discharge end. A wide apron is positioned at the intake end of the feeder conveyor. The apron includes a left-hand side and right-hand side load receiving area that are arranged on opposing sides of the feeder conveyor. Two double hinged feeder blades are positioned at the apron. The feeder blades are arranged to operate asynchronously. Each feeder blade includes a main blade and a wing blade. The stacker conveyor is on paired crawler tracks and includes an intake end and a discharge end. The excavator includes a control cabin that is turreted to the crawler tracks.
Inventors: Sterling Wayne Lowery (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
March 3, 2015
Multilayered sheet
Patent No. 8,967,331
This invention is directed to a multilayered sheet comprising a release paper and an inorganic refractory layer coated onto one surface of the release paper wherein the refractory layer has a dry areal weight of from 15 to 50 gsm and a residual moisture content of no greater than 10 percent by weight. The paper comprises a blend of cellulose and cotton fibers and is hydrophilic.
Inventors: Dariusz Wlodzimierz Kawka (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Co. (Wilmington, Del.)
March 3, 2015
Co-flow microfluidic device for polymersome formation
Patent No. 8,968,873
A microfluidic device to produce polymersomes having three coaxial passageways of increasing size with fluid flowing in one direction. The first and smallest passageway contains the content of the polymersome, the middle passageway contains a block copolymer, and the largest and outer passageway contains an aqueous medium or water. The device can produce polymersomes with control of size and membrane thickness. The device will allow quantitative loading of the polymersomes in high quantities. The device is robust and easily assembled and has the ability to independently control the three streams involved in making the polymersomes.
Inventors: Douglas H. Adamson (Mansfield Center, Conn.), Michael Stredney (Powhatan, Va.), Robert K. Prud’homme (Lawrenceville, N.J.), Mustafa Erhan Yildiz (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)
Assignee: University of Connecticut (Farmington, Conn.)
Princeton University (Princeton, N.J.)
March 3, 2015
System and method for determining a lubricant discard interval
Patent No. 8,977,421
A system, a method and a computer program to determine the usability of a lubricant such as, e.g., engine oil, and when to replace the lubricant in a particular engine. The system, method, and computer program are further configured to generate a lubricant discard interval for each engine in, e.g., a company’s fleet of vehicles. The system, method, and computer program are configured to generate lubricant discard interval schedule for each of the vehicles in the company’s fleet based on the lubricant discard intervals.
Inventors: Todd M. Dvorak (Glen Allen, Va.), Robert T. Dittmeier (Richmond), Dewey P. Szemenyei (Suzhou, China)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
March 10, 2015
Fuel additive for improved performance in fuel injected engines
Patent No. 8,974,551
The disclosure provides a fuel additive concentrate, a method for cleaning fuel injectors, a method for restoring power to a diesel fuel injected engine, a fuel composition, and a method of operating a fuel injected diesel engine. The additive concentrate includes (a) a hydrocarbyl substituted quaternary ammonium internal salt and (b) a hydrocarbyl substituted dicarboxylic anhydride derivative, wherein the hydrocarbyl substituent has a number average molecular weight ranging from about 450 to about 1500. A weight ratio of (a) to (b) in the additive concentrate ranges from about 1:20 to about 2:1, and the additive concentrate is devoid of a reaction product of a hydrocarbyl substituted dicarboxylic acid, anhydride or ester and an amine compound of the formula ##STR00001## wherein R.sup.2 is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group containing from 1 to 15 carbon atoms, and R.sup.3 is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group containing from 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
Inventors: Xinggao Fang (Midlothian, Va.), Scott D. Schwab (Richmond)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
March 10, 2015
Interspinous implant, tools and methods of implanting
Patent No. 8,974,496
Devices, tools and methods for minimally invasive implantation and distraction between spinous processes for treatment of spinous disorders. An interspinous implant device for distracting at least one pair of adjacent spinous processes includes a main body including a shaft having a longitudinal axis; and first and second arms extending transversely from the main body, wherein at least one of the first and second arms is slidably mounted with respect to the shaft. The arms are configured and dimensioned to extend laterally from both sides of the spinous processes when implanted therebetween and to be inserted between the spinous processes laterally from a single side thereof. The arms are variably positionable between a closed configuration, to facilitate insertion of the arms between the adjacent spinous processes, and an open configuration, in which the arms are separated from one another.
Inventors: Jeffrey Chun Wang (Sherman Oaks, Calif.), Thomas Neil Scioscia (Midlothian, Va.), Adrian Slattery (Rocky River, Ohio), Alan W. Cannon (Sunnyvale, Calif.)
Assignee: N/A
March 10, 2015
Refrigeration system
Patent No. 8,973,385
A temperature controlled case is provided that includes an enclosure defining an airspace for receiving products therein, a refrigeration system configured to circulate a refrigerant through an expansion device and at least one cooling element to cool the airspace and a control module having a first predetermined setpoint corresponding to a first cooling mode and a second predetermined setpoint corresponding to a second cooling mode. The control module is configured to determine which one of the first cooling mode and the second cooling mode the refrigeration system is to operate within and to apply the corresponding predetermined setpoint for reference in modulating a position of the expansion device.
Inventors: Timothy Dean Swofford (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Hill Phoenix Inc. (Conyers, Ga.)
March 10, 2015