Patents by Inventor Chris Stewart
Chris Stewart 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).
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Publication number: 20240074560Abstract: A system, device and method for nail care is provided. The nail care system includes a shaping system, a polish removal system and/or a cuticle management system; a vision system; a nail polish application system; and a mobility system. The nail system may further include an accelerated drying system, a hand massage system, a nail identification/diagnosis/estimation of conditions system, an enclosure, a hand/foot rest system, a computer software system, a computer hardware system, a cartridge/pod system, and a multi-tool system. Related apparatuses, techniques and articles are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2020Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Alexander Shashou, Justin Effron, Gabe Greeley, Marcus R. Williams, Margaret Mathieu, Lucile Driscoll, Lu Lyu, Charles C. Shortlidge, Peter Duerst, Douglas Stewart, Chris Casey, Ndungu Muturi, Ryan Wood, Zhi Teoh, Harald Quintus-Bosz, Jesse Gray, Matt Berlin, Juhi Kalra, Christine Noh, Oliver Zhang, Will Burke, Chris Evans, Allison Tse, Anthony Parker, Eric Maxwell, Genevieve Laing
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Patent number: 11919365Abstract: A method of operating a vehicle climate system when an ambient temperature is below a threshold temperature is provided. In response to an ambient temperature being less than a threshold temperature, a controller is adapted to operate a blower motor at a voltage that depends on whether the vehicle is in charge sustain mode or charge deplete mode. In response to an ambient temperature being greater than a threshold temperature, the controller is adapted to operate the blower motor at a voltage that does not depend on whether in the charge sustain or charge deplete modes.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jasbir Jaglan, William Stewart Johnston, Alan Douglas Wallington, Curtis Mark Jones, Chris George Oehring, Mark G. Smith
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Publication number: 20230061119Abstract: A suspension system for a wheel of a vehicle includes a first arm, a second arm, a support structure positioned between the first arm and the second arm, a first bearing assembly coupled to the first arm and supporting the support structure for movement, and a second bearing assembly coupled to the second arm and supporting the support structure for movement. The support structure is configured to be coupled to the wheel that is rotatable about a wheel rotation axis. The first bearing includes a spherical bearing, and the second bearing assembly includes a first spherical bearing and a second spherical bearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Alex Connell, Chris Stewart
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Patent number: 10295112Abstract: A leveling pad for stabilizing a device is provided. The leveling pad comprises a metal base having a socket configured to receive a portion of the device and a liner coupled to the metal base and being configured to cold flow into a profile of a floor surface when a weight of the device is applied to the leveling pad. The liner may be of a polymer, such as vinyl. The liner is further configured to plastically deform into the profile of the floor surface. The plastic deformation is designed to increase a magnitude of a shear force or a tensile force required to separate the liner from a portion of the floor surface into which it is configured to plastically deform.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2018Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: HAAS AUTOMATION, INC.Inventors: Gene F. Haas, Donald Paul Earl, Chris Stewart
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Patent number: 10079017Abstract: An electronic device may operate in different modes of operations. In a first mode of operation, the electronic device may receive user speech via a microphone, generate audio data that represents the user speech, and then send the audio data to one or more remote computing device for analysis. In a second mode of operation, the electronic device may receive user speech via the microphone, generate audio data that represents the user speech, and then analyze the audio data using speech processing. In some instances, the electronic device may operate in the first mode of operation and/or the second mode of operation based on whether the electronic device is receiving power from an external source.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Marcello Typrin, Steve Hoonsuck Yum, Chris Stewart Hagler
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Publication number: 20180202598Abstract: A leveling pad for stabilizing a device is provided. The leveling pad comprises a metal base having a socket configured to receive a portion of the device and a liner coupled to the metal base and being configured to cold flow into a profile of a floor surface when a weight of the device is applied to the leveling pad. The liner may be of a polymer, such as vinyl. The liner is further configured to plastically deform into the profile of the floor surface. The plastic deformation is designed to increase a magnitude of a shear force or a tensile force required to separate the liner from a portion of the floor surface into which it is configured to plastically deform.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: Gene F. HAAS, Donald Paul EARL, Chris STEWART
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Patent number: 9939099Abstract: A leveling pad for stabilizing a device is provided. The leveling pad comprises a metal base having a socket configured to receive a portion of the device and a liner coupled to the metal base and being configured to cold flow into a profile of a floor surface when a weight of the device is applied to the leveling pad. The liner may be of a polymer, such as vinyl. The liner is further configured to plastically deform into the profile of the floor surface. The plastic deformation is designed to increase a magnitude of a shear force or a tensile force required to separate the liner from a portion of the floor surface into which it is configured to plastically deform.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: HAAS AUTOMATION, INC.Inventors: Gene F. Haas, Donald Paul Earl, Chris Stewart
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Patent number: 9865259Abstract: An electronic device may operate in different modes of operations. In a first mode of operation, the electronic device may receive user speech via a microphone, generate an audio signal that represents the user speech, and then send the audio signal to one or more remote computing device for analysis. In a second mode of operation, the electronic device may receive audio data from a peripheral device and then output audible content represented by the audio data. In some instances, the electronic device may operate in the first mode of operation and/or the second mode of operation based on whether the electronic device can communicate with the one or more computing devices over a wide-area network.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2017Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Marcello Typrin, Steve Hoonsuck Yum, Chris Stewart Hagler
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Patent number: 9787530Abstract: A recovery network may provide communication recovery and backup services to an organization. The organization may comprise an internal network, such as Internet Protocol (IP) network. An alternative communication path communicatively couples communication devices of the organization to a public communication network. A recovery application operates on devices of the organization. The recovery network receives periodic availability indicators from devices within the organization. The recovery network identifies a communication endpoint of the intended recipient of a communication request using the availability indicators.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2014Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Disaster Recovery Center, Inc.Inventors: Chris Stewart Poulson, James Rex Gledhill, Timothy Alan Ruff
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Patent number: 9633661Abstract: A portable music device may operate in response to user speech. In situations in which the music device is operating primarily from battery power, a push-to-talk (PTT) button may be used to indicate when the user is directing speech to the device. When the music device is receiving external power, the music device may continuously monitor a microphone signal to detect a user utterance of a wakeword, which may be used to indicate that subsequent speech is directed to the device. When operating from battery power, the device may send audio to a network-based support service for speech recognition and natural language understanding. When operating from external power, the speech recognition and/or natural language understanding may be performed by the music device itself.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Marcello Typrin, Steve Hoonsuck Yum, Chris Stewart Hagler
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Publication number: 20150036485Abstract: A recovery network may provide communication recovery and backup services to an organization. The organization may comprise an internal network, such as Internet Protocol (IP) network. An alternative communication path communicatively couples communication devices of the organization to a public communication network. A recovery application operates on devices of the organization. The recovery network receives periodic availability indicators from devices within the organization. The recovery network identifies a communication endpoint of the intended recipient of a communication request using the availability indicators.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventors: Chris Stewart Poulson, James Rex Gledhill, Timothy Alan Ruff
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Publication number: 20140263912Abstract: A leveling pad for stabilizing a device is provided. The leveling pad comprises a metal base having a socket configured to receive a portion of the device and a liner coupled to the metal base and being configured to cold flow into a profile of a floor surface when a weight of the device is applied to the leveling pad. The liner may be of a polymer, such as vinyl. The liner is further configured to plastically deform into the profile of the floor surface. The plastic deformation is designed to increase a magnitude of a shear force or a tensile force required to separate the liner from a portion of the floor surface into which it is configured to plastically deform.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: HAAS AUTOMATION, INC.Inventors: Gene F. HAAS, Donald Paul EARL, Chris STEWART
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Patent number: 8775674Abstract: A recovery network may provide communication recovery and backup services to an organization. The organization may comprise an internal network, such as Internet Protocol (IP) network. An alternative communication path communicatively couples communication devices of the organization to a public communication network. A recovery application operates on devices of the organization. The recovery network receives periodic availability indicators from devices within the organization. The recovery network identifies a communication endpoint of the intended recipient of a communication request using the availability indicators.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2011Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Telecom RecoveryInventors: Chris Stewart Poulson, James Rex Gledhill, Timothy Alan Ruff
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Patent number: 8537663Abstract: A recovery network may provide communication recovery and backup services to a carrier having a service area. The recovery network may be configured to communicatively couple the carrier to the public communication network (PCN) using one or more alternative communication paths, such as a satellite network. The alternative communication paths may couple the recovery network to the carrier independently of the PCN. When the carrier detects a failure in its uplink to the PCN, it may failover to the recovery network, which may service the communication requests using the alternative communication path(s). Similarly, the recovery network may be used to service inbound communication requests directed to the carrier or other organization, such as a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). When used with a PSAP, the recovery network may be configured to access and/or provide metadata related to inbound communication requests.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Telecom RecoveryInventors: Chris Stewart Poulson, James Rex Gledhill, Timothy Alan Ruff
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Patent number: 8310918Abstract: A recovery network may provide communication recovery and backup services to an organization. The recovery network may be communicatively coupled to the existing communication infrastructure of an organization via one or more alternative communication paths. The alternative communication paths may couple the recovery network to the organization independently of a public communication network. Upon activation of recovery services, the recovery network may receive communication requests directed to the organization from the public communication network. The recovery network may service one or more of the requests using one or more of the alternative communication paths. Similarly, the recovery network may service outbound communication requests originating at the organization over an alternative communication path. Communication requests may be backed up (e.g.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2010Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Telecom RecoveryInventors: Chris Stewart Poulson, James Rex Gledhill, Timothy Alan Ruff
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Publication number: 20120239822Abstract: A recovery network may provide communication recovery and backup services to an organization. The organization may comprise an internal network, such as Internet Protocol (IP) network. An alternative communication path communicatively couples communication devices of the organization to a public communication network. A recovery application operates on devices of the organization. The recovery network receives periodic availability indicators from devices within the organization. The recovery network identifies a communication endpoint of the intended recipient of a communication request using the availability indicators.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2011Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: Telecom RecoveryInventors: Chris Stewart Poulson, James Rex Gledhill, Timothy Alan Ruff
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Publication number: 20120213060Abstract: A recovery network may provide communication recovery and backup services to a carrier having a service area. The recovery network may be configured to communicatively couple the carrier to the public communication network (PCN) using one or more alternative communication paths, such as a satellite network. The alternative communication paths may couple the recovery network to the carrier independently of the PCN. When the carrier detects a failure in its uplink to the PCN, it may failover to the recovery network, which may service the communication requests using the alternative communication path(s). Similarly, the recovery network may be used to service inbound communication requests directed to the carrier or other organization, such as a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). When used with a PSAP, the recovery network may be configured to access and/or provide metadata related to inbound communication requests.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2011Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: TELECOM RECOVERYInventors: Chris Stewart Poulson, James Rex Gledhill, Timothy Alan Ruff
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Publication number: 20100220585Abstract: A recovery network may provide communication recovery and backup services to an organization. The recovery network may be communicatively coupled to the existing communication infrastructure of an organization via one or more alternative communication paths. The alternative communication paths may couple the recovery network to the organization independently of a public communication network. Upon activation of recovery services, the recovery network may receive communication requests directed to the organization from the public communication network. The recovery network may service one or more of the requests using one or more of the alternative communication paths. Similarly, the recovery network may service outbound communication requests originating at the organization over an alternative communication path. Communication requests may be backed up (e.g.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2010Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: TELECOM RECOVERYInventors: Chris Stewart Poulson, James Rex Gledhill, Timothy Alan Ruff
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Publication number: 20060201484Abstract: Mixing of lubrication fluid and pumped fluid within a pump can undermine lubricity of the lubrication fluid and/or contaminate the pumped fluid (e.g. fuel) with lubrication fluid. In order to reduce mixing of fluids within a high pressure pump of the present disclosure, a lubrication fluid is supplied to the high pressure pump. A low pressure pump supplies a second fluid to the high pressure pump. The pressure of the second fluid is increased within at least one piston bore of the high pressure pump. Mixing of the lubrication fluid and the second fluid is reduced by fluidly connecting a weep annulus which is opened to the at least one piston bore to a low pressure pump inlet of the low pressure pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2005Publication date: September 14, 2006Inventors: Scott Shafer, Alan Stockner, Greg Hefler, Chris Stewart, Dan Rushton
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Patent number: 6996564Abstract: A system and method for providing an Internet user that has no pre-conceived notion of the specific subject matter he or she wishes to initially view, with a graphical user interface which assists the user in locating a web site of interest by first displaying a variety of general categories, each corresponding to a plurality of content-related web sites, and gradually guiding the user to a web page of interest. The system allows an Internet user to review information that has been acquired solely to stimulate their imagination. The invention utilizes an “Imagination Guide”, which presents, on the use's computer screen, a plurality of subject category headings, each heading identifying a unique area of interest. The user can select a preferred language, and is then presented by the list of subject categories corresponding to the selected language.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2002Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: The DirecTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Edward Lester, Chris Stewart