Patents by Inventor Alexander Stephens

Alexander Stephens has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240138934
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing concomitant medical procedures are disclosed. In one aspect, the method involves controlling a first robotic arm to insert a first medical instrument through a first opening of a patient and controlling a second robotic arm to insert a second medical instrument through a second opening of the patient. The first robotic arm and the second robotic arm are part of a first platform and the first opening and the second opening are positioned at two different anatomical regions of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Joshua F. DEFONZO, Alexander Tarek HASSAN, Frederic H. MOLL, David Stephen MINTZ, David M. SCHUMMERS, Paxton H. MAEDER-YORK, Andrew F. O'ROURKE
  • Publication number: 20240100717
    Abstract: Inspection robots with removeable interface plates and method for configuring payload interfaces are described. An example robot may include a payload, with at least one sensor, mounted to a housing of the inspection robot. The housing may include a removeable interface plate coupled to the at least one sensor and to an electronic board, the electronic board positioned within the housing. The removeable interface plate may define an electrical coupling interface compatible with the payload, and the electronic board may include an electrical processing configuration compatible with the payload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Edward A. Bryner, Dillon R. Jourde, Edwin H. Cho, Mark Cho, Michael A. Binger, Katherine Virginia Denner, Michael Stephen Auda, Kevin Y. Low, Samuel Theodore Westenberg, Alexander R. Cuti, Ignacio J. Cordova, Francesco H. Trogu
  • Publication number: 20240102565
    Abstract: Bypass valves for pool heaters are disclosed. Embodiments may include pool heaters with a heat exchanger, a support, and an automatic bypass valve coupled to the support. The automatic bypass valve may include a cylindrical bypass shaft, and a bypass valve having a non-circular opening configured to receive the bypass shaft, where the bypass valve is configured to slide along the cylindrical bypass shaft responsive to water pressure in the heat exchanger, and where water and debris can flow through the non-circular opening when the bypass valve is in a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan Joseph Valencia, Alexander Stephen Chow
  • Patent number: 11937701
    Abstract: A bed system includes microclimate control capabilities for providing quality sleep experience. The bed system can include a microclimate control subsystem configured to supply conditioned air (e.g., heated or cooled air) to a mattress, or draw ambient air from the mattress, to achieve a desired temperature at the top of the mattress. Utilizing supply of conditioned air to provide air at desired temperature to the mattress system, or utilizing air suction to drain heat away from the mattress system, can provide precise microclimate control at the mattress, thereby permitting conformable sleep.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Sleep Number Corporation
    Inventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Chee Nong Yang, Eric Stephen Rose, Caleb Siffring, Alexander Norell, Reuben Wesley Meline
  • Patent number: 11918119
    Abstract: A bed system includes microclimate control capabilities for providing quality sleep experience. The bed system can include a microclimate control subsystem configured to supply conditioned air (e.g., heated or cooled air) to a mattress, or draw ambient air from the mattress, to achieve a desired temperature at the top of the mattress. Utilizing supply of conditioned air to provide air at desired temperature to the mattress system, or utilizing air suction to drain heat away from the mattress system, can provide precise microclimate control at the mattress, thereby permitting conformable sleep.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Sleep Number Corporation
    Inventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Chee Nong Yang, Eric Stephen Rose, Caleb Siffring, Alexander Norell, Cristina Marie Jocson
  • Publication number: 20240073473
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for providing interactive content contextually related to an occurrence. An illustrative method generates for display, at a media consumption device, a display of the live event, wherein the display of the live event comprises the occurrence, determines a beginning of the occurrence in the display of the live event, in response to determining the beginning of the occurrence in the display of the live event, generates for simultaneous display, with the display of the live event, interactive content related to the occurrence, determines whether the occurrence in the live event has ended in real time, and in response to determining that the occurrence in the live event has ended in real time, ceases the generating for display of the interactive content related to the occurrence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Sahir Nasir, Alexander Liston, Edwin Stephen Mack
  • Publication number: 20230077908
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and storage media for optimizing automated modelling of resource allocation are disclosed. Exemplary implementations include operations for: receive or retrieve by a computer system, operational information associated with a plurality of users; allocate, by the computer system, at least a first time portion to at least a first task associated with a first user of the plurality of users based on analysis of the operational information; and dynamically modify, by the computer system, the first time portion responsive to receiving or retrieving additional operational information over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Orthogonal Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Arcolano, Glenn Stephen Barnett, Philip Joseph Braden, David James Gourley, Matthew Paul Klein, Andrew Man-Hon Lau, Alexander Stephen Metzger
  • Patent number: 11573979
    Abstract: A method for making a playlist available to the public, in which the playlist comprises user-defined descriptor information. The user-defined descriptor information is entered as free form text or prose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Spiegelman, David E. Brown, Lori Ann Sutton, Pierre Schiro, Christa Maria Stelzmuller, Siddhartha S. Sahay, Daniel Baird, Adam Korman, Alexander Stephen Toth, Poorna Chandra Gowda Bannikuppe Ramachandra, Bipin Suresh
  • Patent number: 11490679
    Abstract: Foot support components include plural foot support members (e.g., arched slats or other support members) forming at least a portion of a footbed for a sole structure/article of footwear. Spacings between individual foot support members enable selective activation of one or more individual members, thereby providing support where needed and enhancing overall comfort without overly stiffening the footbed. When made from sufficiently rigid/resilient materials, the foot support components may apply return energy to the wearer's foot. This may occur, for example, by vertically deflecting (e.g., flattening out) one or more foot support members under applied force, and then the deflected foot support member(s) will spring back to and/or toward its/their original shape when the force sufficiently abates/relaxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel T. Maselino, Alexander Stephens
  • Patent number: 11488081
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and storage media for optimizing automated modelling of resource allocation are disclosed. Exemplary implementations include operations for: receive or retrieve by a computer system, operational information associated with a plurality of users; allocate, by the computer system, at least a first time portion to at least a first task associated with a first user of the plurality of users based on analysis of the operational information; and dynamically modify, by the computer system, the first time portion responsive to receiving or retrieving additional operational information over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Orthogonal Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Arcolano, Glenn Stephen Barnett, Philip Joseph Braden, David James Gourley, Matthew Paul Klein, Andrew Man-Hon Lau, Alexander Stephen Metzger
  • Patent number: 11426955
    Abstract: A method of forming a laminate charge, and a forming tool and apparatus for forming a laminate charge is disclosed. In a forming step, a suction force is generated between a forming tool and an impermeable sheet which causes the impermeable sheet to press the laminate charge against a male corner of the forming tool and into a female corner of the forming tool. The male corner of the forming tool is positioned between first and second parts of the laminate charge, and the female corner of the forming tool is positioned between second and third parts of the laminate charge. During the forming step, gas is injected between the forming tool and part of the laminate charge to create a gas cushion between the forming tool and the third part of the laminate charge. This gas cushion inhibits the third part of the laminate charge from becoming clamped against the forming tool as the laminate charge is pressed into the female corner of the forming tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Alexander Stephen Wallace
  • Publication number: 20220234226
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments a system of foldable shears is provided, comprising a pair of shearing blades, each blade having a sharp side and a blunt side. The blades are connected to handles via a hinge, and the handles have one side that is straighter and another side that is more rounded or irregularly shaped. One of the blades includes a backward facing hook on the blade's blunt side. Additionally, the blunt side may have partially sharpened serrations or other features. The blades can fold about the hinge for easier transport and storage and the shears are configured so that the hook does not extend past the handles when folded to prevent catching the hook on anything or damaging any nearby equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander Stephen Swan, Cameron J Nielson
  • Patent number: 11285630
    Abstract: A razor handle for a razor cartridge is provided. The handle comprises a head, a body, a cover layer, and a clip member. The head has a cartridge engaging end and an attachment end. The body has a front end and a rear end and comprises a first shell and a second shell that are releasably coupled together. The front end is coupled with the attachment end. The cover layer at least partially surrounds the body. The clip member is coupled with the first shell and the second shell at the rear end of the body such that the first and second shells are held together at least partially by the clip member. The clip member has a plurality of features which are coupled to a plurality of features on the body. These are retention features such as recesses or projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Hong Lu, Stephen Charles Witkus, Alexander Stephen Forti, Huibin Gong
  • Publication number: 20220062319
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination of bedaquiline, a macrolide (e.g. clarithromycin) and, optionally, ethambutol for use in the treatment of a disease associated with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Nacer LOUNIS, Alexander Stephen PYM, Chrispin KAMBILI
  • Patent number: 11130247
    Abstract: A handle for a razor cartridge is provided. The handle includes a body formed of a first material and defining a centerline, the body having a front end and a rear end, wherein the front end is coupled with the attachment end and wherein the body comprises a first shell and a second shell that are releasably coupled together. A cover layer formed of a second material at least partially overlies the body and surrounds entirely at least a portion of the body. The cover layer has a base surface having a plurality of projections extending therefrom. Each projection of the plurality of projections is interposed between a pair of immediately adjacent projections. Each projection defines a height where the height of each projection is greater than the height of one of the immediately adjacent projections and less than the height of the other immediately adjacent projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Hong Lu, Stephen Charles Witkus, Alexander Stephen Forti, Huibin Gong
  • Patent number: 11058916
    Abstract: A trampoline comprises multiple movement sensors associated with one or more parts of the trampoline which move when the trampoline is bounced on by a user such as the trampoline mat, and an electrical wiring loom which connects to the movement sensors to a controller or a common connector at another end of the wiring loom. Various sensor mount and wiring loom options are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: TGOMA NZ LIMITED
    Inventors: Rhiannon Emrys McGrane, John Robert Howe, Neil Adrian Trimboy, Nigel James Sharplin, Steven Paul Morrison, Logan Alexander Stephens
  • Publication number: 20210149916
    Abstract: A method for making a playlist available to the public, in which the playlist comprises user-defined descriptor information. The user-defined descriptor information is entered as free form text or prose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Spiegelman, David E. Brown, Lori Ann Sutton, Pierre Schiro, Christa Maria Stelzmuller, Siddhartha S. Sahay, Daniel Baird, Adam Korman, Alexander Stephen Toth, Poorna Chandra Gowda Bannikuppe Ramachandra, Bipin Suresh
  • Publication number: 20210085019
    Abstract: Foot support components include plural foot support members (e.g., arched slats or other support members) forming at least a portion of a footbed for a sole structure/article of footwear. Spacings between individual foot support members enable selective activation of one or more individual members, thereby providing support where needed and enhancing overall comfort without overly stiffening the footbed. When made from sufficiently rigid/resilient materials, the foot support components may apply return energy to the wearer's foot. This may occur, for example, by vertically deflecting (e.g., flattening out) one or more foot support members under applied force, and then the deflected foot support member(s) will spring back to and/or toward its/their original shape when the force sufficiently abates/relaxes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Gabriel T. Maselino, Alexander Stephens
  • Patent number: 10940598
    Abstract: A method for assembling a razor handle is provided. The method includes installing a rod into a first shell of a body of a razor handle, installing an attachment end of a head onto a front end of the first shell, installing a clip member onto a rear end of the first shell, positioning a second shell adjacent to the first shell, compressing the first shell and the second shell together, and covering the first and second shell with a cover layer. The clip member includes retention features to facilitate coupling to the first and second shells. The cover layer can entirely surround the first and second shells, can be overmolded on both shells, and can be formed of thermoplastic elastomer with a durometer value of between about 15 and about 20. The thermoplastic elastomer is substantially translucent or less opaque than the first and second shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Hong Lu, Stephen Charles Witkus, Alexander Stephen Forti, Huibin Gong
  • Patent number: D992390
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander Stephen Swan, Cameron J Nielsen