Peter Alan Ward

US Patent:

6673346, Jan 6, 2004

Filed:

Aug 31, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/387671

Inventors:

Peter A. Ward - Ann Arbor MI
Markus Huber-Lang - South Lyon MI
Vidya Sarma - Ann Arbor MI
Boris Czermak - Frieburg, DE

Assignee:

The Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor MI

International Classification:

A61K 39395

US Classification:

4241581, 4241301, 4241391, 4241721, 5303892, 5303893

Abstract:

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the prevention and treatment of blood-borne and toxin mediated diseases, and in particular anti-C5 antibodies for the prevention and treatment of sepsis in humans as well as other animals. The present invention also relates to methods of generating anti-C5 antibodies employing C-terminal truncated C5 peptides.

US Patent:

6866845, Mar 15, 2005

Filed:

Aug 30, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/651685

Inventors:

Peter A. Ward - Ann Arbor MI, US
Markus Huber-Lang - South Lyon MI, US
Vidya Sarma - Ann Arbor MI, US

Assignee:

The Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor MI

International Classification:

A61K039/395
C07K016/18

US Classification:

4241391, 5303879, 53038825, 5303893

Abstract:

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the prevention and treatment of blood-borne and toxin mediated diseases, and in particular anti-C5a antibodies for the prevention and treatment of sepsis in humans as well as other animals. The present invention also relates to methods of generating anti-C5a antibodies employing C-terminal truncated C5a peptides.

US Patent:

6987166, Jan 17, 2006

Filed:

Jun 11, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/878603

Inventors:

Peter A. Ward - Ann Arbor MI, US
Markus Huber-Lang - South Lyon MI, US
Vidya Sarma - Ann Arbor MI, US
Boris Czermak - Frieburg, DE

Assignee:

The Regents of the Univeristy of Michigan - Ann Arbor MI

International Classification:

A61K 39/00
A61K 47/00
C07K 7/06

US Classification:

530328, 530329, 530330, 4241851, 4242781

Abstract:

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the prevention and treatment of blood-borne and toxin mediated diseases, and in particular anti-C5a antibodies for the prevention and treatment of sepsis in humans as well as other animals. The present invention also relates to methods of generating anti-C5a antibodies employing C-terminal truncated C5a peptides.

US Patent:

7455837, Nov 25, 2008

Filed:

Nov 5, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/701871

Inventors:

Renfeng Guo - Ann Arbor MI, US
Niels C. Riedemann - Hannover, DE
Peter A. Ward - Ann Arbor MI, US
Markus Huber-Lang - Blaustein-Arnegg, DE
J. Vidya Sarma - Ann Arbor MI, US

Assignee:

The Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor MI

International Classification:

A61K 39/395
A61K 39/00
A61K 38/16

US Classification:

4241431, 4241391, 514 8, 514921

Abstract:

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of sepsis. The present invention also provides methods of providing a prognosis to a patient with sepsis. In particular, the present invention relates to compositions and methods for the detection of C5aR expression and the correlation of C5aR expression level with prognosis in sepsis.

US Patent:

7758465, Jul 20, 2010

Filed:

May 13, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/152146

Inventors:

Alexander Serkh - Troy MI, US
Peter Alan Ward - Farmington Hills MI, US

Assignee:

The Gates Corporation - Denver CO

International Classification:

F16H 3/44

US Classification:

475318

Abstract:

A damped planetary transmission comprising an input member, an inertial member connected to the input member, a planetary gear assembly connected to the input member, the planetary gear assembly comprising a carrier member that is directly and fixedly connected to the input member, a brake member engaged with a ring gear of the planetary gear assembly, the planetary gear assembly connected to an output member, a one-way clutch operationally disposed between the input member and the output member, and a vibration isolator directly connected for torque flow between the input member and the one-way clutch.

US Patent:

7815539, Oct 19, 2010

Filed:

Feb 27, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/072662

Inventors:

Peter Ward - Farmington Hills MI, US
Alexander Serkh - Troy MI, US
Corrado Iotti - Modena, IT

Assignee:

The Gates Corporation - Denver CO

International Classification:

F16H 3/74

US Classification:

475259, 475261

Abstract:

A planetary transmission comprising an input member, an output member, a planetary gear assembly mechanically disposed between the input member and the output member, a centrifugal clutch mechanically disposed between the input member and the output member, a one-way clutch mechanically disposed between the input member and the output member, the one-way clutch for directly coupling the input member and the output member from zero rotational speed up to a first rotational speed, the centrifugal clutch for directly coupling the input member and the output member from a second rotational speed greater than zero rotational speed to a third rotational speed which is in excess of the first rotational speed, and a brake member for selectively controlling rotation of the planetary gear assembly.

US Patent:

7951030, May 31, 2011

Filed:

Dec 4, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/315713

Inventors:

Peter Alan Ward - Farmington Hills MI, US
Juergen Hallen - Aachen, DE

Assignee:

The Gates Corporation - Denver CO

International Classification:

F16H 7/10

US Classification:

474112, 474135

Abstract:

A tensioner comprising a base, an arm pivotally engaged with the base, a pulley journalled to the arm, a torsion spring engaged between the arm and the base, the base comprising a cantilever leaf spring, a first friction disk operationally disposed between the cantilever leaf spring and the arm, the cantilever leaf spring biasing the first friction disk into frictional contact with the arm, the first friction disk rotationally fixed with respect to the base, a second friction disk rotationally fixed with respect to the base, a separator member disposed between the first friction disk and the second friction disk, the first friction disk and the second friction disk each having a wet coefficient of friction of approximately 0. 12, and the separator member rotationally fixed with respect to the arm.

US Patent:

8418568, Apr 16, 2013

Filed:

Mar 3, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/039355

Inventors:

Dean Schneider - Washington MI, US
Alexander Serkh - Troy MI, US
Imtiaz Ali - Lathrup Village MI, US
Peter Ward - Farmington Hills MI, US

Assignee:

The Gates Corporation - Denver CO

International Classification:

G01L 3/02
G01L 3/00

US Classification:

73862194, 7386208, 196 356, 196 0076

Abstract:

A flexible member test apparatus comprising a driver member having a first diameter and a second diameter, the first diameter is not equal to the second diameter, a first driven member coupled by a first flexible member to the driver member through contact of the first flexible member with a first diameter surface, a second driven member coupled by a second flexible member to the driver member through contact of the second flexible member with a second diameter surface, the first driven member rotationally coupled to a magnetic particle clutch, and the second driven member rotationally coupled to the magnetic particle clutch.