DR. WILLIAM GRAY ADAMS, M.D.
Osteopathic Medicine at Montclair Rd, Birmingham, AL

4830266, May 16, 1989

Apr 29, 1988

7/187977

William T. Adams - Birmingham AL

American Cast Iron Pipe Company - Birmingham AL

B23K 3102, B23K 3524

228231

A method of producing substantially distortion-free weld metal tubing wherein a mandrel and a thin metal layer covering the mandrel are used to provide structural support for a starter tube while a weld metal is being deposited on the exterior surface of the starter tube to a desired thickness. The material used for the thin metal layer is selected to have a lower melting temperature than that of the mandrel, starter tube and weld metal, and after the weld metal deposit process is completed, the entire assembly is heated to a temperature in excess of the melting temperature of the thin metal layer, the molten material is flowed out from between the mandrel and the starter tube, thereby facilitating extraction of the mandrel from the weld metal tubing.

2013028, Oct 31, 2013

Jun 26, 2013

13/928228

Kurt Donald Huber - Kennesaw GA, US
Judson John Flynn - Decatur GA, US
William Gordon Mansfield - Sugar Hill GA, US
Jefferey Thomas Seymour - Douglasville GA, US
Rahul Neelakantan - Johns Creek GA, US
Thomas Joseph Pitassi - Harrisburg PA, US
John Potts Davis - Marietta GA, US
Alfreda Downie - Atlanta GA, US
Stephen Leon Favor - Bothell WA, US
Brian Keith Rainer - Lawrenceville GA, US
Dipak Kumar Sahoo - Bothell WA, US
Victoria Collier - Somerset NJ, US
William Adams - Birmingham AL, US
Glen Zdroik - Long Valley NJ, US
Gerald V. Porter - Chesterfield MO, US
Daniela Pechova Diefenbach - Atlanta GA, US
Robert Bryon Chambers - Cumming GA, US
David Raymond Glass - Redmond WA, US
Ewa Monika Reppling Sack - Seattle WA, US
Liane F. Rulifson - Seattle WA, US

H04W 60/00

4554351

A femto cell service framework is employed for registration, activation, and provisioning of femtocell service. An account management service enables femtocell account creation, and registration thereof. Registration includes validation of wireless coverage for a location of operation of a femto AP, and validation of availability enhanced 911 (E911) service. As part of registration provisioning, record(s) are updated to indicate registration status. Connection of femto AP to a network interface triggers activation process; the femto AP delivers an activation request. A femto network validates registration of the connected femto AP and conducts a location tolerance check of a received actual location of the femto AP and a registered location. Upon tolerance validation, a cell identifier and radio frequency channel(s) are assigned to femto AP. When femto AP radiates wireless signal, network activation status indicators are provisioned. Handling of errors that arise during registration or activation is provided.

5480196, Jan 2, 1996

Aug 15, 1994

8/288725

William T. Adams - Hoover AL

American Cast Iron Pipe Company - Birmingham AL

F16L 7100

285369

A pipe joint capable of transmitting high axial compressive loads includes a reduced wall thickness section at the ends of the pipe to be joined and a coupling sleeve supported in telescoping relation with the reduced wall thickness section. Shoulders formed at the ends of the reduced sections bear against the ends of the sleeve, and the ends of the reduced thickness sections bear against each other so that a portion of the axial compressive load is transmitted through the coupling sleeve and a portion through the reduced thickness sections and a substantially uniform unit stress is maintained. O-rings carried by the coupling sleeve provide a fluid-tight seal between the sleeve and the adjacent surface of the reduced thickness section of the pipe.

2002012, Sep 5, 2002

Mar 1, 2001

09/795107

William Adams - Hoover AL, US
Gene Oliver - Hoover AL, US

F16L017/00

285/374000

A steel pipe element and a pipe joint for steel pipe are provided, in which the steel pipe element has a bell end including a necked-down terminal end, an annular recess portion extending axially inwardly of the necked-down portion, and being of greater interior diameter than a main cylindrical section of the pipe. A gasket retaining ring is secured in the bell end at a position extending circumferentially around the annular recess portion, and retains thereon a resilient gasket held in slight compression by the bell end of the pipe element. In the pipe joint, a spigot end of a second pipe element is inserted, in a “push-on” manner, into the bell end, whereupon the spigot end is engaged by the gasket, which itself is further compressed between the bell end and the spigot end, thereby providing a fluid-tight seal and an ability to allow for joint deflection at the joint.

4327798, May 4, 1982

May 1, 1980

6/145482

Edward D. McCauley - Columbiana AL
James C. Farlow - Birmingham AL
William T. Adams - Birmingham AL

American Cast Iron Pipe Company - Birmingham AL

B22D 1302, B22D 2718

164 561

A method for introducing fluxing material (flux) into a tubular, centrifugal casting mold in the manufacture of centrifugally cast metallic tubes. The flux is injected directly into the pouring stream of the molten metal in a steady, continuous flow by the pressure from a stream of non-reactive gas such as nitrogen. The injection of the flux into the pouring stream begins only after the wetting of all the casting surfaces of the mold by the molten metal. This flux is supplied from a hopper with a variable speed control auger.