Michael Daniel Raftery

US Patent:

7444793, Nov 4, 2008

Filed:

Mar 16, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/801505

Inventors:

Michael Christopher Raftery - Bellevue WA, US
Mark Russell Garland - Edmonds WA, US

Assignee:

W. Lease Lewis Company - Seattle WA

International Classification:

E04B 1/00

US Classification:

5274114, 52 791, 52 7914, 527411

Abstract:

Method for constructing concrete shear core buildings wherein a steel erection structure is built having steel columns and beams. The steel erection structure is made from pre-assembled segments that include the steel reinforcing bar for the concrete shear core. A peripheral steel structure is also constructed and the steel floors are built, cooperatively supported by the steel erection structure and the peripheral structure. Forms are positioned generally about the steel reinforcing bars and at least a portion of the steel erection structure. Concrete is poured in the volume defined by the forms, to build a portion of the concrete shear core. In a preferred embodiment, the steel erection structure and peripheral steel structure proceed approximately seven to nine floors ahead of the concrete shear core, and the concrete shear core is sized to support the completed building without accounting for the additional structural support provided by the steel erection structure.

US Patent:

20060206270, Sep 14, 2006

Filed:

Mar 6, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/368983

Inventors:

M. Raftery - West Lafayette IN, US
Michael Raftery - Berkeley CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 19/00

US Classification:

702019000, 702022000

Abstract:

A system couples isotope markers to molecules in mixtures to identify and quantitate the molecular components in the mixtures and detects them using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy.

US Patent:

53496540, Sep 20, 1994

Filed:

Feb 20, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/839208

Inventors:

David G. Bond - Kent WA
Vincent A. Caluori - Kent WA
Todd Hill - Seattle WA
David T. Kirkland - Kent WA
Michael L. Raftery - Federal Way WA
Derek J. VanAlen - Kent WA

Assignee:

The Boeing Company - Seattle WA

International Classification:

G06F 1108

US Classification:

395575

Abstract:

A data exchange system for use in a system that includes a plurality of redundant channels (12). A data exchange unit (30) is provided to process data, ensuring that consistent data are used by each of the channels. The data exchange unit votes the data so that an output is provided that is identical in non-faulty channels. The data exchange units communicate over an inter-channel net that includes a consistency port (160), which serves as a separate second fault containment region for each channel, enabling the data exchange system to be Byzantine resilient. If input data are provided by a single one of the redundant channels, the data are distributed to each of the data exchange units for all channels in the system using two rounds of communication. However, if nominally identical data are input to each of the data exchange units in the redundant channels, a single round of communication and a simple voting process are used to determine a consistent output for each channel. A multiplexer (112) is used to select the data source for distribution to the consistency ports of each of the data exchange units.