Patents by Inventor Nicholas Stephen

Nicholas Stephen 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).

  • Patent number: 11988191
    Abstract: Among other things, the present disclosure relates to a wind turbine rotor blade that can be assembled at the site of its wind turbine. The blade includes an internal structure which may be pre-fabricated with connections to the shell skin prior to being transported to the site of its wind turbine. A filler material may be injected into the layers of fabric making up the shell skin at the wind turbine site and allowed to harden at approximately atmospheric conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Nicole Renee Mendoza, Nicholas Aaron Johnson, Derek Stephen Berry
  • Patent number: 11975592
    Abstract: An interface system for connecting a vehicle and a transport climate control system (TCCS) is disclosed. The interface system includes a two-way communication interface that connects a vehicle electrical system (VES) controller and a TCCS controller. The interface system also includes a power interface that connects a vehicle energy source of the VES to the TCCS and a TCCS energy source of the TCCS to the VES. The two-way communication interface is configured to distribute a TCCS status from the TCCS controller to the VES controller, and is configured to distribute a VES status from the VES controller to the TCCS controller. The power interface is configured to distribute power from the vehicle energy source to the TCCS when a VES instruction is received, and distribute power from the TCCS energy source to the VES when a TCCS instruction is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Thermo King LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Wayne Schumacher, Mark D. Leasure, Nicholas Allan Cregan, Michael James Vanous, Matthew Srnec, Wallace Stephen Hubbard
  • Patent number: 11970503
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that are useful as radiopharmaceuticals and radioimaging agents which bear a radionuclide-chelating agent. These coordinated compounds are useful in radiotherapy and diagnostic imaging. The invention also relates to methods of diagnosis, prognosis and therapy utilising the non-coordinated and radiolabelled compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Clarity Pharmaceuticals Ltd
    Inventors: Nicholas Alan Zia, Paul Stephen Donnelly
  • Publication number: 20240122121
    Abstract: A cutting and harvesting assembly for an agricultural machine includes a structural frame. A feed roller is operably coupled with the structural frame. A deflector assembly is operably coupled with the structural frame. The deflector assembly includes a deflector plate at least partially laterally outward of the feed roller. The deflector plate is rotatable between a first position and a second position relative to the structural frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Stephen Shane, II, Daniel Christopher Dallman, Daenio Cleodolphi, Marco Aurelio Ramos Pereíra
  • Publication number: 20240128549
    Abstract: An iron-air battery including an iron electrode in contact with an anode current collector, wherein the iron electrode includes a plurality of channels; an oxygen reduction reaction electrode having a first surface facing the plurality of channels and an opposing second surface in contact with air; an oxygen evolution reaction electrode interdigitated with the plurality of channels of the iron electrode, wherein at least a portion of the oxygen evolution reaction electrode is disposed within the plurality of channels in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the oxygen reduction reaction electrode; and an electrolyte in contact with the iron electrode, the first surface of the oxygen reduction reaction electrode, the plurality of channels, and the oxygen evolution reaction electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph Stephen Manser, Christopher Thomas Reynolds, Karen Thomas-Alyea, Michael Chon, David Hooke, Michael Andrew Gibson, Yuto Takagi, Johanna Goodman, Robert Wesley Morgan, Valerie Christine Sacha, Angel Ruben Rivera, Joseph Anthony Pantano, Julia Sokol, Nicholas Reed Perkins
  • Patent number: 11951189
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to sarcophagine based compounds of formula (I). The compounds can complex a radioisotope, such as 64-copper and hence are useful in radioimaging and radiotherapy of cancers, e.g. colorectal cancer. The compounds work via a pre-targeting imaging approach in which the tetrazine reacts via click chemistry with a functional group such as a transcyclooctene which is pre-bound to a ligand such as a tumour specific antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Clarity Pharmaceuticals Ltd
    Inventors: Paul Stephen Donnelly, Nicholas Alan Zia
  • Patent number: 11934578
    Abstract: The disclosed haptic feedback system may include an actuator, a supply valve coupled to the actuator, an exhaust valve, and a fluidic mass controller communicatively coupled to the supply valve and the exhaust valve. The fluidic mass controller may (1) place the exhaust valve in a state that prevents a fluid from escaping the actuator, (2) activate the supply valve to fill the actuator with an amount of the fluid, (3) determine that the actuator has filled with the amount of the fluid, and then in response to that determination, (4) deactivate the supply valve to trap the amount of the fluid in the actuator. Various other apparatuses, methods, and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Priyanshu Agarwal, Nicholas Colonnese, Heng Xu, Benjamin Stephens-Fripp, Daniele Piazza
  • Patent number: 11936796
    Abstract: Described implementations obtain credential information including an encrypted digital identity (ID). The encrypted digital ID may include a public component of a credential and identity data. Furthermore, the credential information may include cryptographically obfuscated data based on the identity data and a private component of the credential. A proof is obtained that includes proof data. The proof data may confirm that the credential information was correctly generated. Verification of the proof data, and confirmation that the cryptographically obfuscated data is not associated in a collection of cryptographically obfuscated data, cause a computer-implemented service to issue a pseudonym. The pseudonym is usable to generate a relationship associated with a computer-implemented service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Alexander Allen, Matthew Stephen Bullock, Daniel Ron Simon
  • Publication number: 20240081185
    Abstract: A cutting and harvesting assembly for an agricultural machine includes a structural frame. A central portion divider set is operably coupled with the structural frame and includes one or more central portion feed rollers. A first line divider set is laterally offset from the central portion divider set. The first line divider set includes a first pivoting frame, a first connection element operably coupled to the first pivoting frame and the structural frame, one or more first set feed rollers operably coupled with the first pivoting frame. A second line divider set is positioned on an opposing side of the central portion divider set from the first line divider set. The second line divider set includes a second pivoting frame, a second connection element operably coupled to the second pivoting frame and the structural frame, and one or more second set feed rollers operably coupled with the second pivoting frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Stephen Shane, II, Daniel Christopher Dallman, Daenio Cleodolphi, Marco Aurelio Ramos Pereíra
  • Publication number: 20240070625
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for generating and authenticating use of a voucher associated with a resource in a distributed network. A distribution authentication system, like that described herein, is configured to generate a resource voucher based on a resource distribution from a transferor account to a recipient account, the resource voucher comprising an expiration period; receive a request for a voucher distribution; and authenticate, in response to receiving the request for the voucher distribution, whether the voucher distribution has met the expiration period, wherein, in the instance where the voucher distribution has met the expiration period, automatically redistribute the resource distribution to the transferor account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jennifer Tiffany Renckert, Mary Clark, Mayakoothan Krishnan, Nagalakshmi Nagendra, Nariah Uchechi Kamalu Barnes, Nicholas Stephen Rose, Nicolas Kouamou Kabse, Tyler McFadden
  • Publication number: 20230334547
    Abstract: The systems and methods disclosed herein can increase the speed and ease with which a user can discover compatible replacement parts for a specified model of a product by automatically determining when the user is interested in replacement parts. A replacement part system can conclude that a user is looking for replacement parts based on the user's search queries, the user's browsing behavior, or the user's prior purchases. By automatically deducing an intention to purchase a replacement part, the replacement part system can make it easier for a user to locate suitable replacement parts. In addition, the replacement part system can be configured to tailor listing set of replacement parts search results it provides to a user. The set of search results can be tailored based on a number of criteria to increase the speed with which the user finds a compatible replacement part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Meghan Lagoni, Chad Pham Driesbach, Andrew Robert Toner, Sachin Midha, Jai P. Chabria, Nirav Praful Desai, Brad P. Bonnett, Nicholas Stephen Bogert, Thiyagarajan Ramasamy
  • Patent number: 11762851
    Abstract: The current document is directed to a universal-query adapter that provides, to users and clients, a universal-query-language interface to multiple different management applications and/or services within a cloud-computing facility or distributed cloud-computing facility. In one implementation, the universal-query adapter provides, for input of universal-query-language queries, a universal-query interface and, in turn, interfaces to service adapters, semantic providers, and translators associated with the multiple different management applications and/or services. The modular implementation of the universal-query adapter facilitates both implementation of the universal-query adapter as well as scalability of the universal-query adapter, allowing new and newly discovered management applications and/or services to be easily included in the set of target management applications and/or services for query execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Kshitij Gupta, Nicholas Stephen
  • Publication number: 20230289034
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for enabling an activity using a computer system. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for invoking an activity associated with an application are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for customizing displayed content based on circumstances under which the content was invoked are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing applications that were used to enable activities are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing settings for applications used to enable activities are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Yongjun ZHANG, Reza ABBASIAN, Darin ADLER, Patrick L. COFFMAN, Nicholas Stephen DOHERTY, Steven FALKENBURG, Craig M. FEDERIGHI, Kenneth Arthur Abraham FERRY, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Brian Erik GOLDBERG, Heena KO, Grant PAUL, Grant C. RITCHIE, Caelan G. STACK, Charles H. YING, Xiaoyue ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230284559
    Abstract: A header to be coupled to an agricultural machine, such as harvesters of tall and stemmed plants, and sugar cane and sorghum. The header includes at least one base cutting assembly mounted in a floating manner in relation to a structural frame of the header through at least one pantographic arm and at least one actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Jean Carlos Pereira de Camargo, Alan Patrick Dos Santos, Nicholas Stephen Shane, Daenio Cleodolphi
  • Patent number: 11727459
    Abstract: The systems and methods disclosed herein can increase the speed and ease with which a user can discover compatible replacement parts for a specified model of a product by automatically determining when the user is interested in replacement parts. A replacement part system can conclude that a user is looking for replacement parts based on the user's search queries, the user's browsing behavior, or the user's prior purchases. By automatically deducing an intention to purchase a replacement part, the replacement part system can make it easier for a user to locate suitable replacement parts. In addition, the replacement part system can be configured to tailor listing set of replacement parts search results it provides to a user. The set of search results can be tailored based on a number of criteria to increase the speed with which the user finds a compatible replacement part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Meghan Lagoni, Chad Pham Driesbach, Andrew Robert Toner, Sachin Midha, Jai P. Chabria, Nirav Praful Desai, Brad P. Bonnett, Nicholas Stephen Bogert, Thiyagarajan Ramasamy
  • Patent number: 11656555
    Abstract: An illumination adjustment apparatus, to adjust a cross slot illumination of a beam in a lithographic apparatus, includes a plurality of fingers to adjust the cross slot illumination to conform to a selected intensity profile. Each finger has a distal edge that includes at least two segments. The two segments form an indentation of the distal edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: ASML HOLDING N.V., ASML NETHERLANDS B V
    Inventors: Janardan Nath, Kalyan Kumar Mankala, Todd R. Downey, Joseph Harry Lyons, Ozer Unluhisarcikli, Alexander Harris Ledbetter, Nicholas Stephen Apone, Tian Gang
  • Patent number: 11635604
    Abstract: A luminous flux collector comprises a housing, a wide-angle light capturing device and an optical collimating device, arranged around a longitudinal axis. The housing surrounds and protects the wide-angle light capturing device and the optical collimating device. The housing also provides structural support to hold the other elements in position. The wide-angle light capturing device can include a receptacle for receiving a light source, and the wide-angle light capturing device collects light with a spread angle of at least 120 degrees from the light source. The wide-angle light capturing device is disposed within a proximal end of the housing along the longitudinal axis. The optical collimating device extends from the wide-angle light capturing device to a distal end of the housing along the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Methode Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Lee Measel, Hamed Karimi Sharif, Nicholas Stephen Downes
  • Publication number: 20230068191
    Abstract: In a described example, an integrated circuit (IC) is disclosed that includes a transistor. The transistor includes a substrate, and a buffer structure overlying the substrate. The buffer structure has a first buffer layer, a second buffer layer overlying the first buffer layer, and a third buffer layer overlying the second buffer layer. The first buffer layer has a first carbon concentration, the second buffer layer has a second carbon concentration lower than the first carbon concentration, and the third buffer layer has a third carbon concentration higher than the second carbon concentration. An active structure overlies the buffer structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas Stephen Dellas, Dong Seup Lee, Andinet Tefera Desalegn
  • Publication number: 20220377973
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for modeling the environment proximate an autonomous system. The method and apparatus accesses vision data, assigns semantic labels to points in the vision data, processes points that are identified as being a drivable surface (ground) and performs an optimization over the identified points to form a surface model. The model is subsequently used for detecting objects, planning, and mapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Andres Leonardo Milioto, Nicholas Stephen Peretti, Kevin Eliot Stone
  • Patent number: 11508830
    Abstract: In a described example, an integrated circuit (IC) is disclosed that includes a transistor. The transistor includes a substrate, and a buffer structure overlying the substrate. The buffer structure has a first buffer layer, a second buffer layer overlying the first buffer layer, and a third buffer layer overlying the second buffer layer. The first buffer layer has a first carbon concentration, the second buffer layer has a second carbon concentration lower than the first carbon concentration, and the third buffer layer has a third carbon concentration higher than the second carbon concentration. An active structure overlies the buffer structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Nicholas Stephen Dellas, Dong Seup Lee, Andinet Tefera Desalegn