Mark J Hamilton

US Patent:

6632261, Oct 14, 2003

Filed:

Jul 13, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/905613

Inventors:

Mark Hamilton - Merritt Island FL 32952
Brian Gardner - Gaston OR 97119
Roy Browning - Hillsboro OR 97123

International Classification:

B01D 2956

US Classification:

55418, 55482, 55DIG 20, 220 882, 48192

Abstract:

A flash arrestor applicable to suppress explosions in gas lines generally, but specifically appropriate for suppressing explosions of pyrophoric gases, particularly silane in connection with integrated circuit manufacturing, has two identical flash suppression assemblies that are interconnected and act bidirectionally so as to suppress explosions occurring on either side of the apparatus. The positioning of a poppet relative to a poppet seat can be set manually into âopen,â âclosedâ and âarmedâ positions, the latter indicating that the apparatus has been configured so as to intercept automatically any explosion that is transmitted to it through a gas line so as to yield a valve âclosedâ configuration, and that closed position can then be locked in manually. Sets of baffles, suppression media and shock resonating orifice plates serve not only to close the necessary valves to prevent damage to equipment to which the apparatus is connected, but also to extinguish combustion within the apparatus itself and back up the line to the source of the explosion. The valves are self-actuating under breach conditions.

US Patent:

7882253, Feb 1, 2011

Filed:

Apr 5, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/118470

Inventors:

Gerardo Pardo-Castellote - Palo Alto CA, US
Mark Hamilton - San Jose CA, US
Stefaan Sonck Thiebaut - Berlin, DE

Assignee:

Real-Time Innovations, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 15/173
G06F 3/00

US Classification:

709230, 709224, 719315

Abstract:

A real-time protocol for real-time network programming applications is disclosed. The protocol is executable on a computer network having a plurality of nodes that include applications, a network stack, an operating system, and middleware capable of executing real-time operations. The protocol can use group objects to model physical and logical devices connected to the network wherein each group object comprises at least one variable. Changes in these variables are encapsulated in variable change messages which are propagated in the network using communication objects. Also described is a real-time messaging format useful for implementing the protocol.

US Patent:

8150988, Apr 3, 2012

Filed:

Dec 10, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/965589

Inventors:

Gerardo Pardo-Castellote - Palo Alto CA, US
Mark Hamilton - San Jose CA, US
Stefaan Sonck Thiebaut - Berlin, DE

Assignee:

Real-Time Innovations, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 15/173
G06F 3/00

US Classification:

709230, 709224, 719315

Abstract:

A real-time protocol for real-time network programming applications is disclosed. The protocol is executable on a computer network having a plurality of nodes that include applications, a network stack, an operating system, and middleware capable of executing real-time operations. The protocol can use group objects to model physical and logical devices connected to the network wherein each group object comprises at least one variable. Changes in these variables are encapsulated in variable change messages which are propagated in the network using communication objects. Also described is a real-time messaging format useful for implementing the protocol.