Ronald Floyd Bell, 61San Bruno, CA

7797295, Sep 14, 2010

Jan 4, 2007

11/650194

Ronald S. Bell - Menlo Park CA, US
Oliver M. Raskin - Portland OR, US
Duke T. Fan - San Jose CA, US
Chris T. Kalaboukis - Los Gatos CA, US
Ronald G. Martinez - San Francisco CA, US

Yahoo! Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

G06F 17/30

707705, 707706, 707708, 707709, 707711, 707726

Allowing unhosted user content feeds to a public search engine, such as a web search engine, involves a user easily identifying a file as a file the user wants to share with others by, for example, storing the file in a particular directory folder on the user's device. Once identified, the file is scanned and a corresponding entry is inserted into a search index. The storage location on the user's device may be captured, and that information added to the search index for linking to the stored file. The file may be uploaded to a caching server, for serving either primarily from the caching server or secondarily from the caching server when the file is not available from the user's storage. An access policy, which indicates what portion of the public has permission to access the file, may be associated with the shared file.

2007024, Oct 25, 2007

Dec 5, 2006

11/567146

Doug Phil - Portland OR, US
Ronald Bell - Forest Grove OR, US
Kevin Atkinson - Madison Lake MN, US
David Trawick - Plano TX, US
Fuk Ng - Plano TX, US
Liem Nguyen - Plano TX, US

MathStar - Hillsboro OR

H03K 19/177

326041000

A field-programmable object array integrated circuit employs a course gain architecture comprising a core array of highly optimized silicon objects that are individually programmed and synchronously connected via high performance parallel communications structures permitting the user to configure the device to implement a variety of very high performance algorithms. The high level functions available in the objects combined with the unique interconnect structures enables performance superior to existing field programmable solutions while maintaining and enhancing the flexibility. A consistent peripheral “donut” structure around the core of each object makes them interchangeable to build up complex circuits without redesign of standard objects.

4280074, Jul 21, 1981

Feb 16, 1979

6/012687

Ronald L. Bell - Woodside CA

Varian Associates, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

H02N 300

310306

An improved collector is provided for a thermionic energy converter. The collector comprises a p-type layer of a semiconductor material formed on an n-type layer of a semiconductor material. The p-n junction is maintained in a forward biased condition. The electron affinity of the exposed surface of the p-type layer is effectively lowered to a low level near zero by the presence of a work function lowering activator. The dissipation of energy during collection is reduced by the passage of electrons through the p-type layer in the metastable conduction band state. A significant portion of the electron current remains at the potential of the Fermi level of the n-type layer rather than dropping to the Fermi level of the p-type layer. Less energy is therefore dissipated as heat and a higher net power output is delivered from a thermionic energy converter incorporating the collector.

4338480, Jul 6, 1982

Dec 29, 1980

6/221100

George A. Antypas - Los Altos CA
Ronald L. Bell - Woodside CA
Ronald L. Moon - Atherton CA

Varian Associates, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

H01L 3104

136249

Solar cells with different bandgaps are stacked to form a multijunction photovoltaic converter with a high conversion efficiency. By stacking the cells mechanically rather than by growing them all at one time, the most convenient combination of materials may be selected for the cells. The stacking is completed by means of a glass sealing layer with moats containing inter-cell contacts which are bonded to the cells.

4115149, Sep 19, 1978

Jun 20, 1977

5/807937

Ronald L. Bell - Woodside CA

Varian Associates, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

H01L 3104

136 89PC

A lens or mirror is employed to concentrate sunlight onto a photovoltaic cell. The cell employs a broad conductor around the periphery of its active surface, and narrow higher resistance conductor strips over the inner part of the surface. The cell and mirror are sized, positioned and shaped such that the image of the sun on the cell's surface is non-uniform, with a proportionately higher concentration of light falling near the periphery of the cell adjacent the peripheral conductors. Thus, the generated current is greater at the periphery, so that less energy is lost due to series resistance of the surface conductors, for more efficiency compared to a uniformly illuminated cell. The non-uniformity can conveniently be obtained by utilizing the natural spherical aberrations of a simple spherical mirror or lens. Also the cell can be positioned relatively close to the mirror outside the focal plane, so that the illuminated area on the cell is larger than the focused image of the sun in the focal plane. Thus, for given diameters of cell and mirror, the arrangement is more compact, and much less sensitive to inaccuracies in mirror curvature.

4379944, Apr 12, 1983

Feb 5, 1981

6/232062

Peter G. Borden - Menlo Park CA
Ronald L. Bell - Woodside CA
Syed B. Hyder - Los Altos Hills CA

Varian Associates, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

H01L 3106

136259

A grooved solar cell for deployment at a set angle with respect to incoming radiation has reduced contact obscuration and series resistance. A regular array of walls formed by grooves in a crystalline semiconductor substrate is exposed to incoming radiation. Metallic contacts are formed on those walls of the grooves which are not to be exposed to sunlight. The solar cell is mounted in an apparatus at a set angle with respect to incoming radiation. The array of walls is exposed to incoming radiation while the walls with metal contacts are substantially shadowed. In a preferred embodiment the grooves are formed by using orientation specific etches.

4400868, Aug 30, 1983

Feb 24, 1982

6/351707

George A. Antypas - Los Altos CA
Ronald L. Bell - Woodside CA
Ronald L. Moon - Atherton CA

Varian Associates, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

H01L 21283
H01L 3104

29572

Solar cells with different bandgaps are stacked to form a multijunction photovoltaic converter with a high conversion efficiency. By stacking the cells mechanically rather than by growing them all at one time, the most convenient combination of materials may be selected for the cells. The stacking is completed by means of a glass sealing layer with moats containing inter-cell contacts which are bonded to the cells.

4002031, Jan 11, 1977

Jul 7, 1975

5/593913

Ronald L. Bell - Woodside CA

Varian Associates, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

F03G 702
H01L 3106

60641

A solar energy converter uses gallium arsenide photovoltaic cells to convert light to direct current. Optical concentrators reduce the needed area of cells. Gallium arsenide retains high conversion efficiency up to several hundred degrees, so the waste heat may be used to produce mechanical power in a Rankine cycle engine.