John J Weaver

US Patent:

20120082968, Apr 5, 2012

Filed:

Oct 1, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/896689

Inventors:

Catherine D. Dowdell - Caledonia WI, US
Kristina J. Genslak - Racine WI, US
John R. Weaver - Waukesha WI, US
David Ratfelders - Mequon WI, US
James R. Crapser - Racine WI, US

International Classification:

G09B 19/00

US Classification:

434236

Abstract:

A journal system for promoting a person's personal growth and a method for guiding a journal user to use a journal are provided. The journal system includes a plurality of cards, each card having a writable portion configured to receive an entry from a user and a written content portion. The written content portion includes a prompt to the user and an intention relating to the prompt to facilitate the entry from the user.

US Patent:

20120083648, Apr 5, 2012

Filed:

Oct 4, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/897461

Inventors:

Catherine D. Dowdell - Caledonia WI, US
John R. Weaver - Waukesha WI, US
Kristina J. Genslak - Racine WI, US
James R. Crapser - Racine WI, US

Assignee:

S.C. JOHNSON & SON, INC. - Racine

International Classification:

A61M 21/00

US Classification:

600 26

Abstract:

A device for relieving user stress and method of using same are disclosed. The device may be provided in the form of a kit that the user may use to relieve himself or herself of troubling thoughts and use the dissolution features of the kit to visually observe the thought melting away. The kit may include a plurality of dissolvable substrates on which thoughts can be recorded, a writing instrument to record the thoughts on the substrate, a vessel to contain a solvent, and a medical device to monitor one or more physiological parameters of the user. The physiological parameters of the user may include blood pressure, heart rate, respiration rate, brain function, and combinations thereof.

US Patent:

20120084180, Apr 5, 2012

Filed:

Oct 1, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/896775

Inventors:

Catherine D. Dowdell - Caledonia WI, US
Michael M. Sawalski - Racine WI, US
John R. Weaver - Waukesha WI, US
Thomas A. Helf - New Berlin WI, US
Marissa A.K. Schultz - Racine WI, US
James R. Crapser - Racine WI, US
Sara Cantor Aye - Chicago IL, US
Mark King - Des Plaines IL, US
Andrew Michael Brooks - Chicago IL, US
Kristina J. Genslak - Racine WI, US
Felicia E. Zusman - Highland Park IL, US

International Classification:

G09B 19/00
G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 271, 434236

Abstract:

A personal growth system and method for personal growth are provided. The personal growth system may be web-enabled and may include a communication interface operable to communicate with an endpoint user interface. The user interface generally includes a display area. The personal growth program is operable to generate, for a user in the display area, a first information request for the user and to obtain first user input relating to the user's current state of being. The personal growth system also may include a recommendation database defining guided experiences, each of which may include at least one instruction that leads the user through the guided experience. The personal growth system may communicate applicable guided experiences to the endpoint based on the first user input. The instructions of the guided experiences may specify an act intended to generate a result. The personal growth program may be further operable to generate, for the user in the display area, a second information request and to obtain second user input relating to the result. An account database in the personal growth system stores a growth interaction history of the user, which may include the first user input, the selected guided experience, and the second user input relating to the result of the selected guided experience.

US Patent:

20120084649, Apr 5, 2012

Filed:

Oct 1, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/896663

Inventors:

Catherine D. Dowdell - Caledonia WI, US
David Ratfelders - Mequon WI, US
John R. Weaver - Waukesha WI, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715709

Abstract:

A journal system for promoting a person's personal growth and a method of guiding journal entries are provided. The journal system includes a journal page configured to receive entries from a user and a plurality of repositionable guides. Each repositionable guide of the journal system includes a different intention to assist the user in making an entry on the journal page. The repositionable guides are individually positionable on the journal to provide the intention. The journal system also includes a storage location for the plurality of repositionable guides. The storage location is separate from the journal page so that the plurality of repositionable guides are not viewable on the journal page until the selected one of the plurality of repositionable guides is positioned on the page by the user.

US Patent:

53454928, Sep 6, 1994

Filed:

Jan 4, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/000177

Inventors:

John D. Weaver - Barrington IL
Thomas J. Muchowicz - Elk Grove Village IL
Arkady Kantor - Buffalo Grove IL
George L. Awad - Schaumburg IL

Assignee:

Eureka X-Ray Tube Corp. - Arlington Heights IL

International Classification:

H01J 3510

US Classification:

375125

Abstract:

An x-ray tube (10) includes an anode (16), a cylindrical stem (22), and a rotor (24). The rotor (24) includes a cylindrical sleeve portion (32) and a head portion (34) which are joined together at a joint (36). The joint (36) is formed by a mating of a lip (46) in the sleeve portion (32) and a lip (48) in the head portion (34). The lip (48) of the head portion (34) fits about the lip (46) of the sleeve portion (32). The sleeve portion (32) is formed of a first material and the head portion (34) is formed of a second material, the first material having a thermal expansion coefficient greater than that of the second material such that the head portion (34) expands less than the sleeve portion (32) upon heating and thereby maintains the integrity of the joint (36) inasmuch as the head portion (34) overlaps the sleeve portion ( 32) in the region of the joint (36). The stem (22) is attached to the anode (16) at a first end (50) and attached to the head portion (34) at a second end (52). The stem (22) is attached at the second end (52) by both pipe threaded engagement and by brazing.