Patents by Inventor Mark A. Stephens

Mark A. 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: 20220235792
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a combustor section arranged between a compressor section and a turbine section. The compressor section includes at least a low pressure compressor and a high pressure compressor. The high pressure compressor is arranged upstream of the combustor section. A fan section is included. The low pressure compressor is downstream from the fan section. An airfoil is arranged in the low pressure compressor and includes pressure and suction sides extending in a radial direction from a 0% span position to a 100% span position. The airfoil has an axial stacking offset at a 10% span position that is positive and greater than or equal to an axial stacking offset at the 100% span position. The axial stacking offsets measured relative to an aftward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Edward J. Gallagher, Lisa I. Brilliant, Joseph C. Straccia, Stanley J. Balamucki, Mark A. Stephens, Kate Hudon
  • Patent number: 11398005
    Abstract: When rendering a frame, e.g. that is to be used for rendering subsequent frames to be rendered, two versions of the frame are rendered, and sets of information representative of the content of the versions of the frame are compared to determine whether the first and second versions of the frame match or not. When the comparison determines that the two versions of the frame match, the frame is, e.g. used for rendering subsequent frames, but when the comparison determines that the two versions of the frame do not match, an error operation is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Arm Limited
    Inventor: Mark Stephen Bellamy
  • Publication number: 20220226683
    Abstract: Various sprinkler head protective case devices are disclosed. These devices provide substantial physical protection to sprinkler heads from accidental damage and/or activation thereof during temporary periods of construction and maintenance. The devices include fire and heat resistant shells that selectively close to surround the sprinkler head and open to permit removal therefrom. Cushioning pads are provided for more stable assemblies, and the shells can be locked into place so that the protective case devices do not accidentally become dislodged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Ouellette, Carol Ann Leofanti
  • Patent number: 11391294
    Abstract: A compressor airfoil of a turbine engine having a geared architecture includes pressure and suction sides that extend in a radial direction from a 0% span position to a 100% span position. The airfoil has a relationship between a tangential stacking offset and span position that defines a curve that is non-linear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Edward J. Gallagher, Lisa I. Brilliant, Joseph C. Straccia, Stanley J. Balamucki, Mark A. Stephens, Kate Hudon
  • Publication number: 20220219431
    Abstract: A new laminated glass structure for automotive glazing, architectural window and other applications that includes two sheets of relatively thin, optionally chemically strengthened glass, such as Corning® Gorilla® Glass, with a composite interlayer structure that includes at least one relatively stiff layer having relatively high Young's modulus of 50 MPa or higher and a relatively softer polymer layer having a relatively low Young's modulus of 20 MPa or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: William Keith Fisher, Mark Stephen Friske, Anurag Jain
  • Publication number: 20220206128
    Abstract: Airborne LiDAR bathymetry systems and methods of use are provided. The airborne LiDAR bathymetry system can collect topographic data and bathymetric data at high altitudes. The airborne LiDAR bathymetry system has a receiver system, a detector system, and a laser transmission system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Nathan Lee Hopper, Joseph R. Seppi, Rodney Ross Faulkner, II, Mark Douglas Smits, II, Joong Yong Park, Mark Stephen Millman, Eric Josef Cahoon, Christopher T. Cotton, Joshua Gluckman, Alexander Cheff Halterman, Grady Tuell, Andrew Wallace Stark, John Henry Gerhard, William Jeffrey Lillycrop
  • Publication number: 20220176679
    Abstract: A decorated laminate including: an outer ply; an inner ply; a polymer interlayer between the inner ply and the outer ply; and organic ink printed decoration on one or both of internal surfaces of the laminate between the outer ply and the polymer interlayer or between the inner ply and polymer interlayer, wherein the decorated laminate has a stone impact resistance as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of making and using the decorated laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Cleary, Mark Stephen Friske, Timothy Scott Huten
  • Publication number: 20220172817
    Abstract: A system configured to be coupled with a participant of an activity. The system comprises: a participant activity monitoring unit configured for monitoring a performance of the activity by the participant; an activity information module configured for storing performance information corresponding to the activity; and a participant performance correlator configured for delivering comparative performance data based on the monitored performance of the activity by the participant and the stored performance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Mario GALASSO, Wesley E. ALLINGER, David M. HAUGEN, Robert David KASWEN, Mark Stephen FITZSIMMONS
  • Patent number: 11341430
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method performed by a classification scanner comprises receiving an electronic message and determining a classification that applies to the electronic message. The classification is determined based on an express indication from a user. The method further comprises providing a machine learning trainer with the electronic message and an identification of the classification that applies to the electronic message. The machine learning trainer is adapted to determine a machine learning policy that associates attributes of the electronic message with the classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: ZixCorp Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Potkalesky, Mark Stephen DeMichele
  • Publication number: 20220144047
    Abstract: The principles and embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to complexly curved laminates made from a complexly curved substrate and a flat substrate, such as automotive window glazings, and methods of cold forming complexly-curved glass products from a curved substrate and a flat substrate. In one or more embodiments, the laminate includes first complexly-curved glass substrate with a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a second complexly-curved glass substrate with a third surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface with a thickness therebetween; and a polymer interlayer affixed to the second convex surface and third surface, wherein the third surface and fourth surface have compressive stress values respectively that differ such that the fourth surface has as compressive stress value that is greater than the compressive stress value of the third surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: William Keith Fisher, Mark Stephen Friske, Steven Luther Moyer, Paul George Rickerl
  • Publication number: 20220122712
    Abstract: A system configured to be coupled with a participant of an activity. The system comprises: a participant activity monitoring unit configured for monitoring a performance of the activity by the participant; an activity information module configured for storing performance information corresponding to the activity; and a participant performance correlator configured for delivering comparative performance data based on the monitored performance of the activity by the participant and the stored performance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Mario GALASSO, Wesley E. ALLINGER, David M. HAUGEN, Robert David KASWEN, Mark Stephen FITZSIMMONS
  • Patent number: 11305517
    Abstract: A new laminated glass structure for automotive glazing, architectural window and other applications that includes two sheets of relatively thin, optionally chemically strengthened glass, such as Corning® Gorilla® Glass, with a composite interlayer structure that includes at least one relatively stiff layer having relatively high Young's modulus of 50 MPa or higher and a relatively softer polymer layer having a relatively low Young's modulus of 20 MPa or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: William Keith Fisher, Mark Stephen Friske, Anurag Jain
  • Publication number: 20220106965
    Abstract: An airfoil for a gas turbine engine includes a pressure side and a suction side that extends in a radially outward direction from a 0% span position to a 100% span position. The airfoil has a stagger angle defined as an angle between an airfoil chord and a tangential plane normal to an engine longitudinal axis. The airfoil has a relationship between stagger angle and span position that defines a curve with the stagger angle greater than 35° from 0% span to at least 50% span. The stagger angle at 100% span is greater than the stagger angle at 50% span.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Edward J. Gallagher, Lisa I. Brilliant, Joseph C. Straccia, Stanley J. Balamucki, Mark A. Stephens, Kate Hudon
  • Patent number: 11287967
    Abstract: Changes in display area automatically lead to changes in the format used to display graphical content of a list of items such as thumbnails or application icons, for example. A list display controller transitions between scrollable format and fixed format, and transitions between fixed formats with different numbers of display slots. Transitions may be triggered by window resizing, by moving a graphical user interface from one device to another while the application runs, or by switching between landscape and portrait mode, for example. Even when the format is not changed in response to a display area change, graphical content is automatically resized to match changes in the size of the display area containing the graphical content. Format transitions and content resizing help provide a pleasant user experience by maintaining content density with expected usage patterns for a given device, and reduce proliferation of code versions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ankit Goel, Hillary Mucheru Mutisya, Mark Stephen Foster, Nathan Oshlag, Chantal M. Leonard
  • Patent number: 11281852
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for creating tables using auto-generated templates. Reports including lines of text to be extracted into tables are received. An auto define input is received to auto-generate the tables corresponding to the reports. Groups of lines are identified from among the lines of text in the reports. A detail group and relevant groups are selected and identified from among the groups of lines. A final detail group is created by merging the detail group with at least a portion of the relevant groups. Append groups are identified from among the groups of lines not included in the final detail group. Templates corresponding to the final detail group and the append groups are generated. Text is extracted from the reports based on the templates. Tables are generated using the text extracted from the reports, by assigning the text from the text fragments to entries in the tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Datawatch Corporation
    Inventor: Mark Stephen Kyre
  • Patent number: 11283208
    Abstract: A single piece electrical connector having a housing with a mating face, a wire receiving face, and housing side walls. Terminal receiving cavities extend from the mating face to the wire receiving face. The terminal receiving cavities have cavity side walls. Resilient securing arms are provided in the terminal receiving cavities. The resilient securing arms have fixed portions which extend from and are integrally attached to base members which extend from and are integrally attached to the cavity side walls of the terminal receiving cavities. The resilient securing arms are made from the same material and in the same manufacturing process that forms the housing. The fixed ends are spaced from the cavity side walls by gaps. The gaps between the resilient securing arms and the cavity side walls facilitate the cleaning or removal of excess material formed during the manufacturing process of the electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GmbH
    Inventors: Xiaoming Luo, Hailing Liu, Thierry Emile Marin-Martinod, Andrew M. Martin, Matt Mcalonis, Mark Stephen Ostasiuk, Kevin Michael Thackston
  • Publication number: 20220073167
    Abstract: A performance instrument for a vehicle wherein an electronic device receives one or more operational quantities from internal sensors and/or external sensors and represents the one or more operational quantities as an analog clock face so that each clock hand is a function of one of the one or more operational quantities. The analog clock face representation provides at-a-glance apparency of the operational quantities for a user of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Schumacher, Michael Peter Schumacher, Jane Mitchel Schumacher
  • Patent number: 11260629
    Abstract: A decorated laminate including: an outer ply; an inner ply; a polymer interlayer between the inner ply and the outer ply; and organic ink printed decoration on one or both of internal surfaces of the laminate between the outer ply and the polymer interlayer or between the inner ply and polymer interlayer, wherein the decorated laminate has a stone impact resistance as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of making and using the decorated laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Cleary, Mark Stephen Friske, Timothy Scott Huten
  • Patent number: D950021
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventor: Mark Stephen Keillor
  • Patent number: D956686
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: mophie inc.
    Inventor: Mark Stephen DiLella