Ruggles, US
Adam M. Ruggles, Columbus, OH US
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20150013350 | Cryogenic Fluid Cylinder - A cryogenic fluid cylinder includes an inner vessel for holding cryogenic fluid, a cylindrically shaped outer vessel having a vertical longitudinal axis surrounds the inner vessel and forms an insulating space there between, and operating controls located on a top of the outer vessel. Customer or end user operating controls include a liquid-use valve for selectively dispensing liquid cryogen, a pressure-building valve for selectively controlling a pressure building circuit, and a gas-use valve for selectively dispensing cryogen gas. Supplier or maintenance personnel operating controls include an economizer regulator for selectively setting at least one desired pressure of the inner vessel, a vent valve for selectively venting cryogen fluid, and a vacuum pressure port for indicating vacuum pressure between the vessels. The end user controls are located on a front side of the outer vessel while the supplier controls are located on a rear side of the outer vessel. | 01-15-2015 |
Adam M. Ruggles, Chicago, IL US
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20100016815 | THIN FILM WOUND DRESSING - A composite wound dressing and delivery apparatus includes a substantially transparent dressing layer having a lower surface that is coated with a pressure sensitive for applying the dressing layer over a wound to define a reservoir in which a negative pressure may be maintained. A substantially transparent backing layer adhered to the lower surface of the dressing layer in a releasable manner, and a vacuum port is centrally located on the dressing layer. The vacuum port is adapted to provide fluid communication between a vacuum source and the reservoir through the dressing layer. A targeting grid associated with either the dressing layer or the backing layer includes regularly spaced reference marks along at least two axes extending from the vacuum port. | 01-21-2010 |
20110313339 | Thin Film Wound Dressing - A composite wound dressing and delivery apparatus includes a substantially transparent dressing layer having a lower surface that is coated with a pressure sensitive for applying the dressing layer over a wound to define a reservoir in which a negative pressure may be maintained. A substantially transparent backing layer adhered to the lower surface of the dressing layer in a releasable manner, and a vacuum port is centrally located on the dressing layer. The vacuum port is adapted to provide fluid communication between a vacuum source and the reservoir through the dressing layer. A targeting grid associated with either the dressing layer or the backing layer includes regularly spaced reference marks along at least two axes extending from the vacuum port. | 12-22-2011 |
Albert W. Ruggles, Waco, TX US
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20120261511 | Vehicle Elevator Systems and Methods - Ground-accessing elevator systems and methods are provided for transporting personnel between the ground level and one or more decks of multi-level vehicle such as a fixed-wing aircraft. The vehicle elevator systems and methods may be implemented using a multi-track guide rail system configured to guide an elevator car between the ground and two or more levels within a vehicle. The multi-track guide rail system may include an intra-vehicle track fixed to the vehicle structure and configured to guide the elevator car between decks of the vehicle, and a separate deployment track may be configured to telescope downward from the intra-vehicle guide rail track to guide the elevator car during deployment to the ground from the vehicle. | 10-18-2012 |
20140345979 | Vehicle Elevator Systems And Methods - Ground-accessing elevator systems and methods are provided for transporting personnel between the ground level and one or more decks of multi-level vehicle such as a fixed-wing aircraft. The vehicle elevator systems and methods may be implemented using a multi-track guide rail system configured to guide an elevator car between the ground and two or more levels within a vehicle. The multi-track guide rail system may include an intra-vehicle track fixed to the vehicle structure and configured to guide the elevator car between decks of the vehicle, and a separate deployment track may be configured to telescope downward from the intra-vehicle guide rail track to guide the elevator car during deployment to the ground from the vehicle. | 11-27-2014 |
April E. Ruggles, Durham, NC US
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20150262469 | AUDIBLE ALERT ANALYSIS - In an approach to analyzing audible alerts, one or more computer processors receive an audible alert originating external to a user. The one or more computer processors retrieve data related to the audible alert. The one or more computer processors analyze the data related to the audible alert. The one or more computer processors determine, based, at least in part, on the data related to the audible alert, a cause of the audible alert. | 09-17-2015 |
Arthur E. Ruggles, Billerica, MA US
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20100294645 | COMBINED SUMP AND INLINE HEATER FOR DISTILLATION SYSTEM - A distillation system for distilling influent liquid includes a counterflow heat exchanger for receiving and heating the influent liquid. A heater is coupled to the counterflow heat exchanger for receiving the influent liquid from the counterflow heat exchanger and heating the influent liquid. An evaporation unit is coupled to the heater and to a sump for receiving the influent liquid from the heater and for receiving liquid from the sump and forming a vapor from at least a portion of the influent liquid and the liquid received from the sump. The evaporation unit returns unevaporated liquid to the sump. A condensation unit is coupled to the evaporation unit for forming a condensate from vapor received from the evaporation unit. The condensation unit is coupled to the counterflow heat exchanger for transferring the condensate to the counterflow heat exchanger. The heater simultaneously heats the liquid in the sump and the influent liquid received from the counterflow heat exchanger. | 11-25-2010 |
Bryan K. Ruggles, Riverton, UT US
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20110041407 | LOUVER ROTATING MECHANISM - A louver rotating mechanism for louvers of a sectional covering for architectural openings is adapted to rotate the louvers between an open position and a closed position. In the open position, the louvers are in generally parallel planes, and in the closed position, the louvers are generally in a common plane. The rotating mechanism includes a slot and gate system. | 02-24-2011 |
20120312213 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING STITCHING USING A MOVABLE SENSOR - A device controls the speed of needle movement in a sewing machine and thus the stitch length based upon the movement of a motion detection device relative to a reference surface. The formation of stitches by the sewing machine is controlled by detected changes in position of the detection device relative to the reference surface in connection with a predetermined stitch length setting and starting speed, set on either the detection device, an adapter or as part of the sewing machine control. The detection device may move together with the article being sewn while the sewing machine and reference surface remain stationary, or the detection device may move with the sewing machine while the article that is being sewn and reference surface remain stationary. | 12-13-2012 |
David A. Ruggles, San Antonio, TX US
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20130069488 | PIEZOELECTRIC PRESSURE SENSITIVE TRANSDUCER APPARATUS AND METHOD - A sensor includes a first plate, a second plate, and a piezoelectric material portions. The piezoelectric material portions are positioned between the first plate and the second plate. The area of the piezoelectric material portions is less than the area of the plates. The plates can be supported with a center support structure. The width of the sensor is significantly greater than its height. The interstitial space is filled with a flexible material. An outside wall isolates the inside from the outside | 03-21-2013 |
Harold T. Ruggles, Merrillville, IN US
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20130061482 | Rail Cant Measurement Tool and Method - A rail cant measurement tool and associated methods enable users to measure rail cant. The measurement tool comprises a reference assembly, and a cant angle measurement assembly. The reference assembly comprises a track plane reference bar. | 03-14-2013 |
20140325857 | Rail Cant Measurement Tool and Method - Rail cant measurement tools and associated methods enable users to measure rail cant. The measurement tools comprise a reference assembly, and a cant angle measurement assembly. The reference assembly comprises a track plane reference bar, a rail centerline reference head, and a measurement gauge for measuring rail cant. | 11-06-2014 |
Jeffrey Ralph Ruggles, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20090030937 | Automatic Management of Dependencies Between Physical and Logical Elements in an Application Set - A mechanism minimizes the management issues of the participant objects of the logical target set, such as an application set. The mechanism maps the current physical implementation. The mechanism then identifies the target and extraneous object set locations to facilitate isolation. Thereafter, the mechanism optimizes the logical target set placement for best manageability and performance. The mechanism minimizes the management issues by providing a small application footprint. This is accomplished by placing the object set on the fewest necessary volumes to facilitate both application performance and independence of administrative action. | 01-29-2009 |
Kay Ruggles, Salt Lake City, UT US
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20110114270 | COLLAPSIBLE LIGHT-WEIGHT PERFORATED PARTITION - A semi-private partition or covering includes a collapsible structure having a plurality of uniform perforations formed therein. The plurality of uniform perforations can be configured in size, shape, and dimension to provide not only aesthetic but functional differences from one partition to the next. A manufacturer can make a partition by forming a collapsible structure, such as by bonding a plurality of elongate cells along a plurality of different horizontal seams. The manufacturer can then position a plurality of cutout apparatus about the structure and apply the cutout apparatus to create hollow perforations passing through the entire depth of the collapsible structure (e.g., when expanded). The partition can be mounted to a top or side support structure for any combination of vertical or horizontal expansion/contraction of the partition. | 05-19-2011 |
Mark D. Ruggles, Anaheim, CA US
Sandra W. Ruggles, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20130274600 | Devices and Method for Maxillary Sinus Lavage - A lavage catheter for the treatment of a maxillary sinus is described. The catheter comprises a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion comprises an irrigation tip. The irrigation tip has a tip opening through which fluid may be delivered by one handed operation of the catheter. A method for lavaging the maxillary sinus includes inserting the lavage catheter into a patient's anatomy and advancing the irrigation tip into the maxillary sinus using one hand. | 10-17-2013 |
20140074065 | Bioabsorbable Spacers and Spacer Delivery Systems for Use in the Ear, Nose and Throat - A spacer for delivery into the natural or man-made openings to the frontal, maxillary, sphenoid, anterior or posterior ethmoid sinuses, or other cells or cavities, anatomical regions such as nostrils, nasal cavities, nasal meatus, and other passageways such as the Eustachian tubes, naso-lachrymal ducts or airway is described. The bioabsorbable polymeric spacers maintain the opening and/or are useful for delivering drugs or other substances to the natural or man-made openings. | 03-13-2014 |
Sandra Waugh Ruggles, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20090098103 | Modified factor VII polypeptides and uses thereof - Modified factor VII polypeptides and uses thereof are provided. Such modified FVII polypeptides include Factor VIIa and other forms of Factor VII. Among modified FVII polypeptides provided are those that have altered activities, typically altered procoagulant activity, including increased procoagulant activities. Hence, such modified polypeptides are therapeutics. | 04-16-2009 |
20090136477 | Methods of generating and screening for proteases with altered specificity - Disclosed herein are methods for generating proteases with altered specificity for the target molecules they cleave. The invention further discloses methods of using these proteases to treat diseases in which the target proteins are involved with. Cleaving certain target proteins at certain substrate sequences with a protease is a method for treating these pathologies. | 05-28-2009 |
20100166729 | Modified factor VII polypeptides and uses thereof - Modified factor VII polypeptides and uses thereof are provided. Such modified FVII polypeptides include Factor VIIa and other forms of Factor VII. Among modified FVII polypeptides provided are those that have altered activities, typically altered procoagulant activity, including increased procoagulant activities. Hence, such modified polypeptides are therapeutics. | 07-01-2010 |
20120244139 | Modified proteases that inhibit complement activation - Provided are methods for and compounds for modulating the complement system. In particular, compounds are provided that inhibit complement activation and compounds are provided that promote complement activation. The compounds are therapeutics by virtue of their effects on the complement system. Hence, the compounds that inhibit complement activation can be used for treatment of ischemic and reperfusion disorders, including myocardial infarction and stroke, sepsis, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases and diseases with an inflammatory component, including Alzheimer's Disease and other neurodegenerative disorder. | 09-27-2012 |
20140242062 | MODIFIED PROTEASES THAT INHIBIT COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION - Provided are methods for and compounds for modulating the complement system. In particular, compounds are provided that inhibit complement activation and compounds are provided that promote complement activation. The compounds are therapeutics by virtue of their effects on the complement system. Hence, the compounds that inhibit complement activation can be used for treatment of ischemic and reperfusion disorders, including myocardial infarction and stroke, sepsis, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases and diseases with an inflammatory component, including Alzheimer's Disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. | 08-28-2014 |
Sandra Waugh Ruggles, South San Francisco, CA US
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20110177581 | Mutant MT-SP1 proteases with altered substrate specificity or activity - MT-SP1 mutein proteases with altered specificity for the target molecules they cleave can be used to treat human diseases, such as cancer. Cleaving VEGF or VEGFR at certain substrate sequences with wild-type and mutein MT-SP1 proteases can be used to treat pathologies associated with angiogenesis. | 07-21-2011 |
Sandra Waugh Ruggles, San Francisco, CA US
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20140030791 | Mutant MT-SP1 proteases with altered substrate specificity or activity - MT-SP1 mutein proteases with altered specificity for the target molecules they cleave can be used to treat human diseases, such as cancer. Cleaving VEGF or VEGFR at certain substrate sequences with wild-type and mutein MT-SP1 proteases can be used to treat pathologies associated with angiogenesis. | 01-30-2014 |
Sandra Waugh Ruggles, South San Franciso, CA US
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20090047210 | Cleavage of VEGF and VEGF receptor by wildtype and mutant MT-SP1 - MT-SP1 mutein proteases with altered specificity for the target molecules they cleave can be used to treat human diseases, such as cancer. Cleaving VEGF or VEGFR at certain substrate sequences with wild-type and mutein MT-SP1 proteases can be used to treat pathologies associated with angiogenesis. | 02-19-2009 |
Tim Ruggles, Round Rock, TX US
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20100131164 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL OF TRANSMISSION AND/OR PRIME MOVER - Disclosed here are inventive systems and methods for a powertrain of an electric vehicle (EV). In some embodiments, said powertrain includes a continuously variable transmission (CVT) coupled to an electric drive motor, wherein a control system is configured to control the CVT and/or the drive motor to optimize various efficiencies associated with the EV and/or its subsystems. In one specific embodiment, the control system is configured to operate the EV in an economy mode. Operating in said mode, the control system simultaneously manages the CVT and the drive motor to optimize the range of the EV. The control system can be configured to manage the current provided to the drive motor, as well as adjust a transmission speed ratio of the CVT. Other modes of operation are also disclosed. The control system can be configured to manage the power to the drive motor and adjust the transmission speed ratio of the CVT taking into account battery voltage, throttle position, and transmission speed ratio, for example. | 05-27-2010 |
20140257650 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL OF TRANSMISSION AND/OR PRIME MOVER - Disclosed here are inventive systems and methods for a powertrain of an electric vehicle (EV). In some embodiments, said powertrain includes a continuously variable transmission (CVT) coupled to an electric drive motor, wherein a control system is configured to control the CVT and/or the drive motor to optimize various efficiencies associated with the EV and/or its subsystems. In one specific embodiment, the control system is configured to operate the EV in an economy mode. Operating in said mode, the control system simultaneously manages the CVT and the drive motor to optimize the range of the EV. The control system can be configured to manage the current provided to the drive motor, as well as adjust a transmission speed ratio of the CVT. Other modes of operation are also disclosed. The control system can be configured to manage the power to the drive motor and adjust the transmission speed ratio of the CVT taking into account battery voltage, throttle position, and transmission speed ratio, for example. | 09-11-2014 |