Texaco Inc.

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Pacific Scientific Company

Ame Group, Incorporated

American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.

Protectus, LLC

Linwell, Inc.

Wendell B Leimbach

James Wheeler Marshall

Robert E Childress

John R Farrell

James A Martin

Albert A Wilhelmi

David Gotchy

Bradley L Uffelman

William Alan George

Kenneth Joseph Bunk

Daniel Stafford O′Banion

Robert Somers

James Wheeler Marshal

Grant C Pecoraro

Michael Lester O′Banion

Rick Wallace

A containment system for use by a user and an assistant to be thrown by the user onto a fugitive disposed between the user and the assistant. The containment system includes: a net having a perimeter and a center; a first weight disposed at the perimeter; a second weight disposed at the perimeter; a primary weight connected to the net a user one-way cord lock; and a user cord disposed through the user one-way cord lock and associated with the perimeter. The user one-way cord lock enables one-way movement of the user cord therethrough when pulled upon so as to constrict the net at the perimeter.

Portable net and deployment system

A method includes: loading a vehicle onto a connector boat; loading the loaded connector boat onto the semi-submersible ship; transporting the semi-submersible ship having the loaded connector boat stored thereon to a location; taking water ballast onto the semi-submersible ship at the location; floating the loaded connector boat off of the semi-submersible ship; transporting the loaded connector boat to a second location; unloading the vehicle into water; and transporting the vehicle to a third location.

Amphibious deployment system and method

A barrier system and method for providing a barrier system are disclosed. The barrier system and method relate to a vehicle and pedestrian barrier system which can be positioned in vehicle and pedestrian passageways adjacent a protected structure or area to preclude the vehicle or the pedestrian from reaching and engaging the protected structure or area.

Barrier system

A tire loading apparatus and method of packing tires that includes placing the tires in a rack, compressing the tires, and assembling the rack are disclosed. The apparatus includes one or more conveyors, scanners, and robots that load tires from a conveyor to a rack. A tire unloading apparatus is also disclosed. The unloading apparatus includes a scissor mechanism to raise and/or lower tire racks to an unloading platform. The unloading apparatus additionally includes one or more unloaders and conveyors. The sorting and unloading of tires is accomplished with one or more automated conveyors, scanners, and storage structures for reading information from incoming tires and using the tire information to sort and store the tires. A rack to improve compression and support of tires during storage and shipment is also disclosed.

Tire rack, loading and unloading systems and methods

An apparatus for carrying out a multi-step process of converting hydrocarbon fuel to a substantially pure hydrogen gas feed includes a plurality of reaction zones arranged in an insulated, box-shaped, compact fuel processor. The multi-step process includes preheating the hydrocarbon fuel utilizing integration with the inherent exothermic processes utilized with the fuel processor, reacting the preheated hydrocarbon fuel to form the hydrogen rich gas, and purifying the hydrogen rich gas to produce a gas that is suitable for consumption in a fuel cell.

Compact fuel processor

An apparatus for carrying out a multi-step process of converting hydrocarbon fuel to a substantially pure hydrogen gas feed includes a plurality of modules stacked end-to-end along a common axis. Each module includes a shell having an interior space defining a passageway for the flow of gas from a first end of the shell to a second end of the shell opposite the first end, and a processing core being contained within the interior space for effecting a chemical, thermal, or physical change to a gas stream passing axially through the module. The multi-step process includes: providing a fuel processor having a plurality of modules stacked end-to-end along a common axis; and feeding the hydrocarbon fuel successively through each of the modules in an axial direction through the tubular reactor to produce the hydrogen rich gas.

Compact fuel processor for producing a hydrogen rich gas

A system and method for automatically loading tires into a tire transport frame is disclosed. The system stacks a plurality of tires in a herringbone pattern within a tire transport frame. The tire transport frame provides a structure that maintains the stacked tires in a stable, compressed state. Further, the tire transport frame may be adapted to withstand external loads so that multiple tire transport frames may be stacked atop one another for long term storage of tires. Further, the loaded tire transport frames may be easily loaded by forklift into a vessel for storage and/or transportation without requiring significant expenditures of manual labor, time, space, or cost. As a result, the instant invention enables significant improvements in reliability, cost, and capacity in the storage and/or transportation of tires. The system of the instant invention comprises a conveyor to maintain a flow of tires; a tire transport frame for receiving and retaining a plurality of tires stacked in a herringbone pattern; and a plurality of pick-and-place loaders for seizing a plurality of tires from the conveyor, rotating the plurality of tires into alignment with one another as well as in complementary herringbone pattern alignment with the tires in the tire transport frame, placing the plurality of tires together, and placing the plurality of tires into the tire transport frame to propagate the herringbone pattern of the stack of tires.

Automated tire loading/unloading and compression system and tire transport frame

A hand-held portable lawn and garden tool having implements. A housing encloses a motor and at least two sets of gears arranged in cascade to provide low speed and high torque to the implements. Each set of gears is a sun gear with a plurality of planetary gears. The tool may be energized by battery packs, line power or internal combustion engines.

Lawn and garden tool

The rotor of an electrical motor, such as a hybrid permanent magnet stepping motor or a variable reluctance motor is assembled on a rotor shaft, and includes at least one lamination stack and a pair of supporting bearings, with the outer diameter of the bearings being slightly larger than that of the lamination stack. A stator is assembled from a stator lamination stack including a pole configuration and a pair of unmachined end caps registered and secured to the lamination stack such as by thru bolts. The registered stator assembly is potted to unitize the assembly, fixing the relationship between the end caps and the lamination stack, and providing a smooth continuous bore through the center of the stator assembly. The thus potted assembly is machined as by diamond lapping to form a continuous bore accurately machined through the center of the stator, concurrently forming bearing surfaces in the end caps and an intermediate machined section in the lamination stack. The rotor assembly is inserted into the stator assembly, with the machined bore providing bearing mounting surfaces in the end caps and an air gap for rotation of the rotor in the lamination stack.

Encapsulated motor with precision bearing registration

A method of fabricating an electrical motor, such as a hybrid permanent magnet stepping motor or a variable reluctance motor. A rotor is assembled on a rotor shaft and includes at least one lamination stack and a pair of supporting bearings, with the outer diameter of the bearings being slightly larger than that of the lamination stack. A stator is assembled from a stator lamination stack including a pole configuration and a pair of unmachined end caps registered and secured to the lamination stack such as by thru bolts. The registered stator assembly is potted to unitize the assembly, fixing the relationship between the end caps and the lamination stack, and providing a smooth continuous bore through the center of the stator assembly. The thus potted assembly is then machined as by diamond lapping to form a continuous bore accurately machined through the center of the stator, concurrently forming bearing surfaces in the end caps and an intermediate machined section in the lamination stack. The rotor assembly is inserted into the stator assembly with the machined bore providing bearing mounting surfaces in the end caps and an air gap for rotation of the rotor in the lamination stack.

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Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Wendell B Leimbach