Peter C Ward

6673346, Jan 6, 2004

Aug 31, 1999

09/387671

Peter A. Ward - Ann Arbor MI
Markus Huber-Lang - South Lyon MI
Vidya Sarma - Ann Arbor MI
Boris Czermak - Frieburg, DE

The Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor MI

A61K 39395

4241581, 4241301, 4241391, 4241721, 5303892, 5303893

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the prevention and treatment of blood-borne and toxin mediated diseases, and in particular anti-C5 antibodies for the prevention and treatment of sepsis in humans as well as other animals. The present invention also relates to methods of generating anti-C5 antibodies employing C-terminal truncated C5 peptides.

6866845, Mar 15, 2005

Aug 30, 2000

09/651685

Peter A. Ward - Ann Arbor MI, US
Markus Huber-Lang - South Lyon MI, US
Vidya Sarma - Ann Arbor MI, US

The Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor MI

A61K039/395
C07K016/18

4241391, 5303879, 53038825, 5303893

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the prevention and treatment of blood-borne and toxin mediated diseases, and in particular anti-C5a antibodies for the prevention and treatment of sepsis in humans as well as other animals. The present invention also relates to methods of generating anti-C5a antibodies employing C-terminal truncated C5a peptides.

6987166, Jan 17, 2006

Jun 11, 2001

09/878603

Peter A. Ward - Ann Arbor MI, US
Markus Huber-Lang - South Lyon MI, US
Vidya Sarma - Ann Arbor MI, US
Boris Czermak - Frieburg, DE

The Regents of the Univeristy of Michigan - Ann Arbor MI

A61K 39/00
A61K 47/00
C07K 7/06

530328, 530329, 530330, 4241851, 4242781

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the prevention and treatment of blood-borne and toxin mediated diseases, and in particular anti-C5a antibodies for the prevention and treatment of sepsis in humans as well as other animals. The present invention also relates to methods of generating anti-C5a antibodies employing C-terminal truncated C5a peptides.

7455837, Nov 25, 2008

Nov 5, 2003

10/701871

Renfeng Guo - Ann Arbor MI, US
Niels C. Riedemann - Hannover, DE
Peter A. Ward - Ann Arbor MI, US
Markus Huber-Lang - Blaustein-Arnegg, DE
J. Vidya Sarma - Ann Arbor MI, US

The Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor MI

A61K 39/395
A61K 39/00
A61K 38/16

4241431, 4241391, 514 8, 514921

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of sepsis. The present invention also provides methods of providing a prognosis to a patient with sepsis. In particular, the present invention relates to compositions and methods for the detection of C5aR expression and the correlation of C5aR expression level with prognosis in sepsis.

7758465, Jul 20, 2010

May 13, 2008

12/152146

Alexander Serkh - Troy MI, US
Peter Alan Ward - Farmington Hills MI, US

The Gates Corporation - Denver CO

F16H 3/44

475318

A damped planetary transmission comprising an input member, an inertial member connected to the input member, a planetary gear assembly connected to the input member, the planetary gear assembly comprising a carrier member that is directly and fixedly connected to the input member, a brake member engaged with a ring gear of the planetary gear assembly, the planetary gear assembly connected to an output member, a one-way clutch operationally disposed between the input member and the output member, and a vibration isolator directly connected for torque flow between the input member and the one-way clutch.

7815539, Oct 19, 2010

Feb 27, 2008

12/072662

Peter Ward - Farmington Hills MI, US
Alexander Serkh - Troy MI, US
Corrado Iotti - Modena, IT

The Gates Corporation - Denver CO

F16H 3/74

475259, 475261

A planetary transmission comprising an input member, an output member, a planetary gear assembly mechanically disposed between the input member and the output member, a centrifugal clutch mechanically disposed between the input member and the output member, a one-way clutch mechanically disposed between the input member and the output member, the one-way clutch for directly coupling the input member and the output member from zero rotational speed up to a first rotational speed, the centrifugal clutch for directly coupling the input member and the output member from a second rotational speed greater than zero rotational speed to a third rotational speed which is in excess of the first rotational speed, and a brake member for selectively controlling rotation of the planetary gear assembly.

7951030, May 31, 2011

Dec 4, 2008

12/315713

Peter Alan Ward - Farmington Hills MI, US
Juergen Hallen - Aachen, DE

The Gates Corporation - Denver CO

F16H 7/10

474112, 474135

A tensioner comprising a base, an arm pivotally engaged with the base, a pulley journalled to the arm, a torsion spring engaged between the arm and the base, the base comprising a cantilever leaf spring, a first friction disk operationally disposed between the cantilever leaf spring and the arm, the cantilever leaf spring biasing the first friction disk into frictional contact with the arm, the first friction disk rotationally fixed with respect to the base, a second friction disk rotationally fixed with respect to the base, a separator member disposed between the first friction disk and the second friction disk, the first friction disk and the second friction disk each having a wet coefficient of friction of approximately 0. 12, and the separator member rotationally fixed with respect to the arm.

8419574, Apr 16, 2013

Apr 6, 2010

12/798512

Alexander Serkh - Troy MI, US
Peter Ward - Farmington Hills MI, US
Imtiaz Ali - Lathrup Village MI, US
Dean Schneider - Washington MI, US

The Gates Corporation - Denver CO

F16H 55/36

474 94

An isolator comprising a shaft (), a pulley () journalled to the shaft on a first bushing () and a second bushing (), the shaft comprising a shaft stop () disposed on a shaft radially outer surface (), the pulley and the shaft rotationally moveable relative to each other, the pulley comprising an inner hub (), the inner hub having a pulley stop () disposed to cooperatively engage the shaft stop, a torsion spring () engaged with the shaft and the pulley, the torsion spring exerting a contractive force parallel to an axis of rotation (A-A) in order to retain the pulley on the shaft, a cover member () fixed to the shaft, the pulley urged into engagement with the cover member by the torsion spring axial contractive force, and a rubber member () disposed on the shaft stop for engaging the pulley stop.