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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Colorado (Aug. 19)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 19 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Colorado. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 19 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,000,101) developed by Tom J. Searby, Eaton, Colo., for a "system and method for attaching liquid cooling apparatus to a chassis." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for attaching liquid cooling apparatus includes a fan, a chassis and a grill. The chassis is configured to house electronic components in an interior volume and has an air flow opening large enough to receive the fan. The grill is configured to be fastened to the fan and to the chassis such that, when the grill is so fastened, the fan is disposed at least partially in the interior volume and the grill substantially covers the air flow opening. At least one recess is formed either in the chassis or the grill such that a coolant conduit may be inserted into the recess when the grill is not fastened to the chassis and the coolant conduit is confined within the recess when the grill is fastened to the chassis." The patent application was filed on July 23, 2009 (12/508,289). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,000,101.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,101&RS=PN/8,000,101 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Seagate Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 19 -- Seagate Technology, Scotts Valley, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,049) developed by John W. Vanlaanen, Louisville, Colo., and Charles R. Watt, Longmont, Colo., for a "self-servo writing using reference patterns with timing correction." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods for writing servo fields on a rotatable data storage disk using reference patterns on the data storage disk include generating a clock signal, reading a reference pattern signal from a surface of the disk, generating a phase error signal in response to a phase offset between the clock signal and the reference pattern signal, subtracting a timing control value from the phase error to provide an adjusted phase error, generating a frequency control signal in response to the adjusted phase error, and adjusting the frequency of the clock signal. The timing control value is generated in response to the phase error signal and the frequency control signal." The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2007 (11/704,750). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,000,049&OS=8,000,049&RS=8,000,049 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Western Digital Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 19 -- Western Digital Technologies, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,053) developed by Kent D. Anderson, Broomfield, Colo., for a "write jog value determination for a disk drive." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A disk drive for determining a write jog value is disclosed. The disk drive comprises: a disk; a head including a reader and a writer; and a processor. The processor controls operations in the disk drive including: commanding the reader to track follow on a first track, wherein the writer is located over an uncalibrated track position; commanding the writer to write a first test pattern on a section of the disk; commanding the writer to move by a plurality of step amounts to write a plurality of test patterns; commanding the reader to move by a second plurality of step amounts to read the plurality of test patterns; determining a reader signal value associated with each test pattern; determining the uncalibrated track position based on the read signal values; and determining the write jog value based on the distance between the first track and the uncalibrated track position." The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2008 (12/343,285). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,000,053.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,053&RS=PN/8,000,053 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Sikorsky Aircraft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 19 -- Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,999,790) developed by Frank Scott, Breckenridge, Colo., for a "multi-functional mission grip for a vehicle." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mission control grip mounted to a consol to provide a crew interface with a multitude of systems through a multitude of Multi-Functional Displays (MFDs). The mission control grip includes a fist-shaped grip movable about a first axis and a second axis, a thumb-operated control switch and a switch for each finger. Even while steering one system the crewmember may still move a cursor to interact with that system modes/menu controls such as changing focus or magnitude on the MFD selected for the sensor system--or perform other tasks on another MFD not related to the MFD upon which the current system field of view is displayed." The patent application was filed on May 12, 2006 (11/432,880). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,999,790.PN.&OS=PN/7,999,790&RS=PN/7,999,790 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Colorado Inventors Develop Patent for System and Method for Animated Computer Visualization of Historic Events ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 19 -- Gina L. Boice, Parker, Colo., and James L. Black, Centennial, Colo., have developed a patent (7,999,810) for a "system and method for animated computer visualization of historic events." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented method for collecting, animating in chronological sequence, and presenting the progression of events is disclosed. The method includes providing a set of event data to form a database, the data relating to events that constrained or led up to some of the events. Then presenting the database as a grid to allow user selection and editing of the Event data in the database to create a set of Events to be presented in an animated manner, and then assigning properties to the manner of presentation of the set of Events to be presented in an animated manner to create a movie. The movement of the movie is provided by an engine that moves a cursor along the timeline to represent the forward or backward change of time and displaying a marker representing an Event from Event data contained in the database." The patent application was filed on Aug. 30, 2006 (11/514,025). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7999810.PN.&OS=PN/7999810&RS=PN/7999810 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1058196 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |