Kevin B O'Connor

US Patent:

6904871, Jun 14, 2005

Filed:

Jul 28, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/900790

Inventors:

James A. Archetti - Haverhill MA, US
Dennis La Roche - Hampstead NH, US
Kevin O'Connor - Sandown NH, US

International Classification:

A01K001/04

US Classification:

119786, 119787, 119789

Abstract:

Provided is an animal tethering device for confining an animal to a location and allowing it to move freely within a prescribed area, while preventing entanglement. The device includes a central shaft through which a spool is rotatably and retractably attached. The device also includes a housing which may resemble a sports ball or other desired ornamental design. The device provides optimum rotation by allowing forces in the horizontal plane, and also offers maximum strength in the entire spool assembly.

US Patent:

7251611, Jul 31, 2007

Filed:

Mar 14, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/808067

Inventors:

Steve Abbott - Wellesley MA, US
William E. Dickey - Wappingers Falls NY, US
Larry M. Leibovich - Rochester MN, US
Joseph V. Stehle - Trafford PA, US
Ronald A. Warfel - Duncannon PA, US
Yung-Joon Lee - Cambridge MA, US
Kevin P. O'Connor - Hyde Park NY, US
Pitipong Veerakamolmal - Boston MA, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

705 7

Abstract:

An economic supply optimization system is provided whereby an optimal machine dismantling configuration of a machine supply is determined to meet a parts demand at a lowest cost. The parts supply is calculated and it is determined what portions of the demand cannot be met from the machine supply and what portions of the demand it is not economically justifiable to meet from the machine supply. A parts supply is then determined from the machine supply. The remaining parts demand is matched to the parts supply to create a list of parts covered by the parts supply and a list of parts not covered by the parts supply, if there are any. The optimal dismantling configuration of the machine supply is calculated for the covered parts list and an optimal harvesting configuration is calculated for the not-covered parts list.

US Patent:

20020128976, Sep 12, 2002

Filed:

Oct 1, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/969386

Inventors:

Kevin O'Connor - Marblehead MA, US
Alex Kotopoulis - San Jose CA, US
Wolfgang Karas - Horn, AT

Assignee:

Segue Software, Inc.

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/059000, 705/065000

Abstract:

Method and system for discrete soft handoff of a mobile terminal in a wireless CDMA network. A plurality of mobile terminal-base station channels used for soft handoff are reserved to perform soft handoff of a mobile terminal. Soft handoff of the mobile terminal is then performed in a discrete fashion by first predicting which of the reserved channels will be “strong” and “weak” channels for transmission of the next CDMA data frame. At least one of the strong channels is included in the active set of handoff legs used to transmit the next CDMA data frame. The next data frame is then transmitted via only those channels within the active set. This process repeats, wherein the strong and weak channels are predicted prior to the transmission of each CDMA data frame, at least one strong channel is included in the active set for each CDMA data frame, and each CDMA data frame is transmitted via those channels in the active set. Soft handoff occurs because those channels used to communicate each CDMA data frame will change based on the predicted channel strength for each reserved handoff leg. Because weak channels are not used for soft handoff, additional processing complexity, power consumption, and network architecture difficulties associated with prior art soft handoff methods are avoided. Yet there is no substantial loss in performance, because those CDMA data frames that would have been communicated over weak channels are insignificant when a best CDMA data frame is obtained by either CDMA frame aggregation or selection techniques. Thus, the present invention reduces processing requirements, power consumption, and architectural difficulties associated with soft handoff at substantially no performance loss.

US Patent:

57436142, Apr 28, 1998

Filed:

Jun 7, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/480966

Inventors:

Jack Salerno - Waban MA
Stephen Offsey - Brookline MA
David Chastain - Acton MA
Michel Arney - Needham MA
Benjamin Beck - Boston MA
Gregory Hunter - Westwood MA
Kevin O'Connor - South Easton MA
Alan Richard - Wrentham MA

Assignee:

Kopin Corporation - Taunton MA

International Classification:

G03B 2100

US Classification:

353122

Abstract:

A housing is mountable on a carousel slide projector. The housing contains a movable light valve slide assembly that is coupled to a video signal source. The light valve slide assembly is movable between a position within the housing and a position outside the housing. When mounted on the slide projector, the light valve slide assembly can be moved into the projection chamber of the slide projector. The video signal source transmits a video signal to the light valve slide assembly, where the video signal is converted to a drive signal to actuate pixels on the light valve. The light valve thus generates a video image that is projected onto a viewing surface. Preferably the light valve is an active matrix liquid crystal display.

US Patent:

53963040, Mar 7, 1995

Filed:

Feb 10, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/016138

Inventors:

Jack P. Salerno - Waban MA
Matthew Zavracky - Attleboro MA
Stephen Offsey - Brookline MA
Thomas Striegler - San Jose CA
Kevin O'Connor - South Easton MA
David Chastain - Acton MA
Michel Arney - Needham MA
Benjamin Beck - Boston MA
Gregory Hunter - Westwood MA

Assignee:

Kopin Corporation - Taunton MA

International Classification:

G03B 2100

US Classification:

353122

Abstract:

A display panel is formed using a single crystal thin-film transistors that are transferred to substrates for display fabrication. Pixel arrays form light valves or switches that can be fabricated with color filter elements over the pixel elements. The resulting circuit panel is then incorporated into a color projection display system with a light emitting or liquid crystal material to provide the desired light valve.

US Patent:

20190344546, Nov 14, 2019

Filed:

May 9, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/408106

Inventors:

- Waltham MA, US
Mariusz Jachtorowicz - Maynard MA, US
Lee R. Kariger - Nashua MA, US
Kenneth T. Hachey - Manchester MA, US
Kevin T. O'Connor - South Yarmouth MA, US

International Classification:

B32B 27/08
B32B 27/32
B29C 70/02
C08L 23/06
C08L 27/18
C08L 23/16

Abstract:

An assembly system includes a fixture configured to support a structure including at least one component to receive a malleable material, and a bladder system coupled to the fixture. The bladder system includes a hollowed frame having sidewalls that support a bladder disposed therein. The hollowed frame has an opening that exposes an outer portion of the bladder and is configured to guide the exposed outer portion externally from the hollowed frame toward a targeted area of the structure. In response to inflating the bladder, the outer portion of the bladder extends through the opening and applies a force against the at least one component so as to form a design feature element from the malleable material.