William Sachs Hunter

US Patent:

7637303, Dec 29, 2009

Filed:

Aug 7, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/500201

Inventors:

William Allan Hunter - Palatine IL, US

Assignee:

Hunter Automated Machinery Corporation - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

B22D 47/00

US Classification:

164130, 164324

Abstract:

Method and apparatus for feeding sand molds from multiple sand mold forming stations to a common metal pouring station. The method and apparatus of this invention utilize walking-beam-type conveyors having spaced apart fixed outboard rails and a central reciprocating rail. Walking-beam conveyors are disposed in perpendicular directions with a junction therebetween that allows for a perpendicular change in direction. The method and apparatus of this invention allow multiple parallel walking-beam conveyors to feed sand molds to a single junction for transfer to a metal pouring station.

US Patent:

8121873, Feb 21, 2012

Filed:

Aug 1, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/497905

Inventors:

Alan S. Wolff - Louisville CO, US
Jeffrey S. Demoff - Littleton CO, US
William F. Hunter - Denver CO, US

Assignee:

Oracle America, Inc. - Redwood City CA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 7, 705 10, 705 14, 705 26, 705 35

Abstract:

In one embodiment, a method and apparatus for rapid categorization of data center serviceability characteristics is disclosed. The method includes identifying one or more variables of interest relating to serviceability of data centers, identifying one or more archetypal data center patterns using historical data for the one or more variables of interest, wherein the one or more archetypal data center patterns do not include mythical measurements, collecting data for the one or more variables of interest from a target data center, and determining a best match of the collected data from the target data center to one of the archetypal data center patterns. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

US Patent:

8133057, Mar 13, 2012

Filed:

Jun 30, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/478988

Inventors:

William F. Hunter - Denver CO, US
Jeffrey S. Demoff - Littleton CO, US
Alan S. Wolff - Louisville CO, US

Assignee:

Oracle America, Inc. - Redwood City CA

International Classification:

G09B 19/00

US Classification:

434219, 434308, 434350

Abstract:

A method for providing training media to a mobile device involves obtaining a training media file selected from multiple training media files, based on user metadata, and communicating the training media file to the mobile device, where the user metadata is associated with a user of the mobile device, and where the training media file includes training information associated with a job function of the user.

US Patent:

8309017, Nov 13, 2012

Filed:

Nov 18, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/621474

Inventors:

William C. Hunter - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

B65H 20/00

US Classification:

266157, 266156

Abstract:

An exhaust stream buffering system is described to temper a temperature profile and reduce a particulate load to permit heat recovery and cleaning. The buffering system may reduce the volatile temperature profile to even the temperature spikes, and produce a more even cyclical temperature profile. When used in steel making facilities, the buffered stream may also be augmented by blast furnace gases to provide additional energy for a heat recovery system.

US Patent:

20090282140, Nov 12, 2009

Filed:

May 9, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/151876

Inventors:

Christopher White - Redmond WA, US
William Hunter - Bothell WA, US

Assignee:

DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. - BURBANK CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709223

Abstract:

There is provided a method of locating a first server coupled to a network of servers in a data center having a plurality of servers including the first server, the network including a data center management computer. The method comprises obtaining, by a first server, an identification data from a locator coupled to the server, wherein the identification data can be utilized to determine a location of the locator in the data center; storing the identification data in a memory of the first server; and providing, by the first server, an information based on the identification data to the data center management computer.

US Patent:

20110083593, Apr 14, 2011

Filed:

Oct 12, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/903026

Inventors:

William C. Hunter - Seattle WA, US
Eric A. Hille - Tacoma WA, US

Assignee:

AirClean Technologies, Inc. - Seattle WA

International Classification:

F23G 5/30
F23L 9/00
F23K 3/00

US Classification:

110346, 110244, 110297, 110104 R

Abstract:

A system and method to permit fluidized combustion without requiring a separate fluidizing medium, such as sand. The system may include a combustion chamber, a fuel feed system coupled to the combustion chamber, an ignition system coupled to the combustion chamber, a fluidizing system coupled to the combustion chamber, where the fluidizing system includes a fuel and fluidizing medium formed from the same material, and a heat recovery system. The method may include delivering a pelletized fuel into a combustion chamber by a fuel feed system and onto a fluidizing plate, igniting the pelletized fuel with an igniter system coupled to the fluidizing plate, fluidizing the pelletized fuel after combustion is started in the absence of a fluidizing medium beyond the pelletized fuel, and heating a medium in a heat exchanger with combustion gases.

US Patent:

41564502, May 29, 1979

Filed:

Jul 14, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/815574

Inventors:

William A. Hunter - Schaumburg IL

Assignee:

Heatherwill Company - Inverness-Palatine IL

International Classification:

B22C 920
B22C 1104

US Classification:

164 24

Abstract:

A machine for forming foundry moulds includes a turret supporting spaced mould frames, each of the latter having a mould portion formed therein by rotation of the turret toward a sand filling and compacting station and away therefrom. The completed mould portion may be moved to a position where a core can be set thereon and then moved to a position where the mould portions are positioned one atop another to make a stack of finished and cored moulds. When the moulds are not cored, a pair of said filling and compacting stations are provided, the turret oscillating or rotating unidirectionally from a loading position to a delivery position. Where a pair of filling and compacting stations are provided for forming cope and drag mould portions, the turret oscillates to place the two mould portions in proper position to form a mould comprised of cope and drag portions. The machine makes foundry moulds capable of being placed one atop another, a pair of moulds defining a pouring lip connected to a pouring channel in turn connected to runners and mould cavities.

US Patent:

59273747, Jul 27, 1999

Filed:

Feb 12, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/249504

Inventors:

William A. Hunter - Schaumburg IL
William G. Hunter - Schaumburg IL

Assignee:

Hunter Automated Machinery Corporation - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

B22D 4702

US Classification:

164130

Abstract:

The upper level of a pouring conveyor receives sand molds and conveys the empty molds to a pouring station wherein molten material is deposited therein to form castings. Each mold is provided with a supportive weight and jacket before pouring. After the castings have been poured, the molds are transferred to the lower level of the pouring conveyor for cooling purposes, and then back to the upper level to remove the weight and jacket. The sand molds are then transferred to the upper level of a cooling conveyor and are deposited into trays provided on the cooling conveyor. Each tray is adapted to receive a plurality of molds to enable the molds to move from serial to parallel movement. An indexable pusher arm is provided to accurately place each mold in a respective tray to insure proper spacing for uniform cooling. After each tray has traversed the upper and lower levels of the cooling conveyor, the molds are removed from the trays and the sand is broken away to reveal the castings for harvest.