Patrick James Moran

US Patent:

6738205, May 18, 2004

Filed:

Jul 8, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/903445

Inventors:

Patrick Moran - Shrewsbury MA
Tim Everett - Los Gatos CA
Peter McEwen - Santa Clara CA
Mike Moser - San Jose CA
Stan Shepherd - Morgan Hill CA
Eduardo Gentile Veiga - Sunnyvale CA
Murat Erkocevic - San Jose CA
Bill Baker - Redwood City CA

Assignee:

Maxtor Corporation - Longmont CO

International Classification:

G11B 586

US Classification:

360 17, 360 75

Abstract:

A method and system for self-servo writing a disk drive by transferring a servo reference pattern by magnetic printing onto at least one storage surface of a reference disk, wherein a resulting printed reference pattern includes embedded servo information providing servo timing and transducer head position information; assembling the disk drive including the steps of installing at least said disk into the disk drive and enclosing said disk and the data transducers within a housing sealed against particulate contamination from an eternal ambient environment; reading the printed reference pattern from said disk via at least one transducer head to generate a readback signal; sampling the readback signal at a sampling rate to generate a sampled signal; processing the sampled signal waveform specturm to generate a recovered signal including the embedded servo information and a fundamental frequency of the sampled signal; using the servo information from the recovered signal to precisely position and maintain the data transducers at concentric track locations of disk storage surfaces; and self-writing disk drive servo patterns onto the storage surfaces at the concentric track locations with the data transducers in accordance with disk drive servo pattern features.

US Patent:

20070133598, Jun 14, 2007

Filed:

Dec 12, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/299456

Inventors:

Patrick Moran - Shrewsbury MA, US

International Classification:

H04J 3/16

US Classification:

370466000, 370328000

Abstract:

The present invention determines distances between wireless sensor and computing nodes in a mesh computer or other network. The invention utilizes a set of sinusoidal waves, each being a multiple of a base frequency. The waves are transmitted from a first node to a second node. The second node determines the phase of the waves at the time of the zero-crossing in the first node. The distance between the nodes is determined based upon the phases. The waves may be sent as rotations of a quadrature signal.

US Patent:

20090094466, Apr 9, 2009

Filed:

Mar 31, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/059447

Inventors:

Kerry R. Matthew - Clinton MA, US
Wayne G. Shumaker - Hopkinton MA, US
Patrick J. Moran - Shrewsbury MA, US

International Classification:

G06F 1/26

US Classification:

713300

Abstract:

A system for controlling and measuring a power source switches between a first source and a second source in rapid succession to help maintain function of a load. In particular, a primary source may be replaced or augmented by an auxiliary source. Fast switching is achieved by delivering current to the output load through a nonlinear device. A record of conditions when the power sources switch modes is maintained in memory. The record is used to anticipate subsequent mode switching events.

US Patent:

20100159111, Jun 24, 2010

Filed:

Dec 22, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/644131

Inventors:

Linsen LIU - Irvine CA, US
Serpil Metin - Eden Prairie MN, US
Patrick Moran - Little Canada MN, US

Assignee:

CARGILL, INCORPORATED - Wayzata MN

International Classification:

A23D 9/00
A23L 1/01

US Classification:

426609, 426523

Abstract:

This disclosure provides cookware release compositions and methods of cooking using a cookware release composition. Some of these cookware compositions exhibit reduced oil polymerization and/or easier washing of cookware coated with the composition.

US Patent:

20110169507, Jul 14, 2011

Filed:

Jan 7, 2011

Appl. No.:

12/987037

Inventors:

Stella J. Karavas - Canton MA, US
Yiannis G. Karavas - Canton MA, US
Chris J. Lagadinos - Canton MA, US
Patrick J. Moran - Shrewsbury MA, US

Assignee:

WHLK, LLC d/b/a Voltree Power - Canton MA

International Classification:

G01R 27/04

US Classification:

324634

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus for determining water content in a bulk heterogeneous material using electromagnetic radiation. A radiation source and a radiation receiver are positioned such that the material to be measured is located between them. As the radiation signal is transmitted from the source to the receiver, the signal experiences a path loss due, at least in part to the presence of the material located between the source and the receiver. The path loss in the transmitted signal, when recorded over time may be used to determine the water content of the material.

US Patent:

62161482, Apr 10, 2001

Filed:

Nov 12, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/191249

Inventors:

Patrick J. Moran - Shrewsbury MA
Ivan Tin-Yam Chan - Kanata, CA
Ke Han - Davis CA

Assignee:

Quantum Corporation - Milpitas CA

International Classification:

G06G 702
G06F 1710

US Classification:

708819

Abstract:

A single analog filter structure within a partial response channel combines an antialias low pass filter and a time domain waveform shaping equalizer upstream of a digital sampler. The filter also improves latencies associated with timing acquisition of a sampler clock generator loop by removing the latency of a separate equalization filter. The filter also provides a method for adapting a combination of internal filter state voltages and currents in real time for optimizing pole locations of the analog filter structure, during both data and timing recovery operations of the channel.

US Patent:

20180330242, Nov 15, 2018

Filed:

May 10, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/591273

Inventors:

- Arlington VA, US
Patrick J. Moran - Shrewsbury MA, US

International Classification:

G06N 5/04
G06F 17/50
G06Q 10/06
G06Q 50/06

Abstract:

A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium to receive from customer devices, sensor messages indicating a power state of on or off, a location, and a timestamp; select an element of a utility system based on the sensor messages; determine a power state of on or off for the element based on the sensor messages and a location and time pertaining to the element; store a temporal and spatial model that includes an outage event; receive weather data pertaining to the element; generate an outage model based on the temporal and spatial model and the weather data; receive forecasted weather data; calculate a predicted outage pertaining to one or more elements of the utility system based on the outage model and the forecasted weather data; and transmit a message that includes the predicted outage.

US Patent:

20170048360, Feb 16, 2017

Filed:

Oct 31, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/338717

Inventors:

- Arlington VA, US
Patrick J. MORAN - Shrewsbury MA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/06
H04W 4/00
G06F 9/445
H04L 29/08

Abstract:

An approach is described for registering a plurality of gateway devices to a sensor platform operated by a service provider, detecting at the gateway devices, one or more sensors from a personal area network of a subscriber, determining corresponding identifiers of the sensors, collecting data from the sensors over one or more coordinated personal area networks, and designating each of a plurality of agents to process the collected data for local analysis and acting on this analysis, wherein the agents are configured to communicate with other agents.