Patents by Inventor Robert Stephen

Robert 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: 11144041
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for creating three dimensional (3D) visualizations of in-process products. One embodiment is an apparatus that includes a controller and an interface. The controller is able to generate a 3D scene depicting ongoing assembly of a product by a machine tool. The scene includes a 3D model of the product and a 3D model of the machine tool, and the 3D models are placed within the scene based on a location of the product and a location of the machine tool. The interface is able to receive an update from the machine tool indicating a 3D placement of a part that has been attached by the machine tool to the product. The controller is also able to acquire a 3D model of the part, to insert the 3D model of the part within the scene based on the 3D placement, and to provide the scene for display to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Robert Stephen Strong, Fredrick C. Rudnick, III, Christopher Luis Carpenter, Michael Honea, Kyle W. Lehning
  • Publication number: 20210281553
    Abstract: An enclave manager of a network enclave obtains a request to retrieve configuration information and state information corresponding to compute devices and network devices comprising a network enclave. The request specifies a set of parameters of the configuration information and the state information usable to generate a response to the request. The enclave manager evaluates the compute devices, the network devices, and network connections among these devices within the network enclave to obtain the configuration information and the state information. Based on the configuration information and the state information, the enclave manager determines whether the network enclave is trustworthy. Based on the parameters of the request, the enclave manager generates a response indicating a summary that is used to identify the trustworthiness of the network enclave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: David Delano Ward, Robert Stephen Rodgers, Andrew Phillips Thurber, Eric Voit, Thomas John Giuli
  • Patent number: 11095116
    Abstract: A system includes a vehicle including a motive electrical power path; a power distribution unit having a current protection circuit disposed in the motive electrical power path, the current protection circuit comprising a fuse; a controller, comprising: a fuse status circuit structured to determine a fuse event value; a fuse management circuit structured to provide a fuse event response based on the fuse event value; and a fuse life description circuit structured to determine a fuse life remaining value, wherein the fuse event value comprises a representation that the fuse life remaining value is below a threshold value, and wherein the fuse management circuit is further structured to provide the fuse event response further based on the fuse life remaining value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventor: Robert Stephen Douglass
  • Publication number: 20210240738
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes determining whether a level of resource utilization of an organization having a first index and a first cluster requires that the organization is assigned to a second cluster, if the level of resource utilization requires that the organization is assigned to the second cluster, creating a second index for the organization in the second cluster, adding a consul entry in a consul that points to the second index, and upon completion of a data migration operation, changing an entry of the cluster routing controller for the organization, from the first index to the second index. A connection is established using the consul entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Robert Stephen LOGAN, Gabriel Such TOBIAS, Shan-Cheng HO
  • Publication number: 20210231725
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus (20) for monitoring a condition of an electrical power transmission medium (22), the apparatus (20) comprising: a signal source (24) for transmitting a signal (30) to travel along the electrical power transmission medium (22); and a monitoring device (26) configured to detect one or more reflected signals (34) in the electrical power transmission medium (22), wherein the monitoring device (24) is configured to use the or each detected reflected signal (34) to determine a change in capacitance of the electrical power transmission medium (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Stephen WHITEHOUSE, Rosemary KING
  • Patent number: 11075047
    Abstract: A high voltage power fuse having a dramatically reduced size facilitated by silicated filler material, a formed fuse element geometry, arc barrier materials and single piece terminal fabrications. Methods of manufacture are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Stephen Douglass, John Michael Fink
  • Patent number: 11075048
    Abstract: A high voltage power fuse having a dramatically reduced size facilitated by silicated filler material, a formed fuse element geometry, and arc barrier materials. Methods of manufacture are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Stephen Douglass, John Michael Fink
  • Patent number: 11070049
    Abstract: A mobile application includes a motive power circuit having a power storage device and an electrical load, where the power storage device and the electrical load are selectively electrically coupled through a power bus. The application includes a power distribution unit (PDU) electrically interposed between the power storage device and the electrical load, where the PDU includes a breaker/relay positioned on one of a high side and a low side of the power storage device. The breaker/relay includes a fixed contact and a moveable contact selectively electrically coupled to the fixed contact, where the moveable contact allows power flow through the power bus when electrically coupled to the fixed contact, and prevents power flow through the power bus when not electrically coupled to the fixed contact. The breaker/relay includes an armature coupled to the moveable contact, and capable to open or close the motive power circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Martin Wayne Mensch, Brandon William Fisher, Robert Stephen Douglass, Austin Robert Zurface, Jeff Howard Urian, James David, Bharath Suda, Asheesh Soni, Karsten Gerving, Guido Völlmar, Gerd Schmitz, Christoph Bausch, Ute Molitor, Lutz Friedrichsen, Kai Schroeder, Julia Otte, Madeline Philipsohn, Norbert Roesner, Volker Lang, Johannes Meissner, Paolo D'amico, Jalpa Shah, Meng Wang, Damrongrit Piyabongkarn, Niles Stephen Ramseyer, Dennis Dukaric, Matt Haylock, Justin Keith Griffiths
  • Patent number: 11066965
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for oil flow for hydraulic lash adjusters of a vehicle engine. In one example, an engine cylinder bank includes a plurality of deactivatable hydraulic lash adjusters and a plurality of non-deactivatable hydraulic lash adjusters. A first linear oil supply passage and a second linear oil supply passage are formed within the cylinder bank and extend linearly through the cylinder bank without bends or curvature to the deactivatable and non-deactivatable hydraulic lash adjusters, with the deactivatable and non-deactivatable hydraulic lash adjusters having a same length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Forest Heggie, Robert Stephen Furby, Jeff D. Fluharty
  • Patent number: 11065860
    Abstract: A method of printing a 3D object includes feeding one or more preformed materials from a feed outlet into a build zone in which a hot spot is located and using the hot spot to selectively heat the one or more preformed materials to a viscous state. Object layers are formed by depositing portions of the preformed materials on a build surface, or on another object layer on the build surface, while effecting relative motion between the build surface and the feed outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Christopher William Drewnowski, Michael Thomas Gallagher, Scott Michael Jarvis, Xinghua Li, Moussa N'Gom, Robert Stephen Wagner, Nicholas Ryan Wheeler
  • Publication number: 20210218242
    Abstract: A multi-port power converter includes a housing that includes a plurality of ports structured to electrically interface to a plurality of loads, the plurality of loads having distinct electrical characteristics. The multi-port power converter also includes a plurality of solid state components configured to provide selected electrical power outputs and to accept selected electrical power inputs and a plurality of solid state switches configured to provide selected connectivity between the plurality of solid state components and the plurality of ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Martin Wayne Mensch, Brandon William Fisher, Robert Stephen Douglass, Austin Robert Zurface, Jeff Howard Urian, James David, Bharath Suda, Asheesh Soni, Karsten Gerving, Guido Völlmar, Gerd Schmitz, Christoph Bausch, Ute Molitor, Lutz Friedrichsen, Kai Schroeder, Julia Otte, Madeline Philipsohn, Norbert Roesner, Volker Lang, Johannes Meissner, Paolo D'amico, Jalpa Shah, Meng Wang, Damrongrit Piyabongkarn, Niles Stephen Ramseyer, Dennis Dukaric, Matt Haylock, Justin Keith Griffiths
  • Patent number: 11052784
    Abstract: A system include a vehicle having a motive electrical power path and a power distribution unit (PDU). The PDU includes a current protection circuit disposed in the motive electrical power path, the current protection circuit including a thermal fuse and a contactor in a series arrangement with the thermal fuse, and a high voltage power input coupling having a first electrical interface for a high voltage power source. The high voltage power output coupling includes a second electrical interface for a motive power load. The current protection circuit electrically couples the high voltage power input to the high voltage power output, and the current protection circuit is at least partially disposed in a laminated layer of the PDU. The laminated layer includes an electrically conductive flow path disposed between two electrically insulating layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Martin Wayne Mensch, Brandon William Fisher, Robert Stephen Douglass, Austin Robert Zurface, Jeff Howard Urian, James David, Bharath Suda, Asheesh Soni
  • Patent number: 11046914
    Abstract: A cleaning agent, preferably a dishwashing detergent, in particular an automatic dishwashing detergent, having at least one low-water, preferably substantially water-free, gel phase, which contains at least one particular non-ionic surfactant, preferably in quantities from 0.1 to 15 wt. %, from 0.5 to 10 wt. %, in particular from 0.8 to 8.5 wt. %, particularly preferably from 1 to 7 wt. %, for example from 1.0 to 4.0 wt. %, based on the total weight of the gel phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Oliver Kurth, Robert Stephen Cappleman, Michael Kreis, Boray Torun, Filiz Yapici, Thomas Weber, Thomas Doering, Matthias Sunder
  • Patent number: 11038362
    Abstract: The present general inventive concept is directed to a signal generation system, device, and method for meter testing, including a digital signal generator to generate an arbitrary digital test signal, a digital-to-analog converter to convert the arbitrary digital test signal to an analog test signal, a signal converter to convert the analog test signal to a differential pair of signals corresponding to the analog test signal, and a power signal generator including: an input module to receive the differential pair of signals; an amplifier to amplify the differential pair of test signals; and an output module to output an output differential pair of signals to a load, to feed back a proportional representation of the output differential pair of signals to the input module, and to receive the amplified differential pair of signals from the amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Technology for Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Christopher Omoumi, Allen Vaughn Blalock, Kai Bouse, Robert Stephen Hudson
  • Patent number: 11022745
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are light guide plates (100, 100?, 100?) comprising a transparent substrate (110) having an edge surface (150), a light emitting first major surface (160), and an opposing second major surface (170); and a polymeric film (120) disposed on at least one of the first (160) and second (170) major surfaces of the transparent substrate, wherein the polymeric film (120) comprises a plurality of microstructures (130) and/or a plurality of light extraction features. At least one light source (140) may be coupled to the edge surface (150) of the transparent substrate (110). Display and lighting devices comprising such light guide plates are further disclosed, as well as methods for manufacturing such light guide plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Steven S Rosenblum, Natesan Venkataraman, Robert Stephen Wagner, James Andrew West, Nathaniel David Wetmore
  • Publication number: 20210149957
    Abstract: In a search and database system, a graph generator builds a graph, comprising nodes and edges, and stores that graph in a database or other data structure and uses a repeated extending and culling process to build the graph. From that storage, the graph can be used to generate displays for users interested in learning about the graph and/or for performing queries and the like on that graph data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Jeremiah Jacob Grossman, Robert Stephen Hansen
  • Publication number: 20210142491
    Abstract: Navigation instructions are determined using visual data or other sensory information. Individual frames can be extracted from video data, captured from passes through an environment, to generate a sequence of image frames. The frames are processed using a feature extractor to generate frame-specific feature vectors. Image triplets are generated, including a representative image frame (or corresponding feature vector), a similar image frame adjacent in the sequence, and a disparate image frame that is separated by a number of frames in the sequence. The embedding network is trained using the triplets. Image data for a current position and a target destination can then be provided as input to the trained embedding model, which outputs a navigation vector indicating a direction and distance over which the vehicle is to be navigated in the physical environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Abel Karl Brown, Robert Stephen DiPietro
  • Patent number: 11005266
    Abstract: There is provided an electrical assembly for use in a power transmission network. The electrical assembly includes a converter including terminals for connection to an electrical network, where the first terminal is a DC terminal. The assembly also includes a DC power transmission medium connected to the DC terminal, and a circuit interruption device including switching element(s) and an energy absorption element, each switching element being switchable to divert a flow of current in the DC power transmission medium through the energy absorption element in order to reduce the flow of current in the DC power transmission medium; The assembly also includes a converter control unit programmed to operate the converter to control a DC voltage at the DC terminal in a leakage current reduction mode to control a voltage across the energy absorption element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Robin Gupta, Robert Stephen Whitehouse, Carl David Barker
  • Patent number: 11001523
    Abstract: Strengthened glass articles having laser etched features, electronic devices, and methods of fabricating etched features in strengthened glass articles are disclosed. In one embodiment, a strengthened glass article includes a first strengthened surface layer and a second strengthened surface layer under a compressive stress and extending from a first surface and a second surface, respectively, of the strengthened glass article to a depth of layer, and a central region between the first strengthened surface layer and the second strengthened surface layer that is under tensile stress. The strengthened glass article further includes at least one etched feature formed by laser ablation within the first surface or the second surface having a depth that is less than the depth of layer and a surface roughness that is greater than a surface roughness of the first surface or second surface outside of the at least one etched feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Johannes Moll, James Joseph Price, Alranzo Boh Ruffin, Sergio Tsuda, Robert Stephen Wagner, James Joseph Watkins
  • Publication number: 20210133742
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for training a machine learning model to identify one or more network events associated with a network and representing a network security threat, the one or more network events being within a population comprising a plurality of network events, the method comprising: obtaining a dataset comprising data representative of the plurality of network events; defining a machine learning model associated with a type of network event and having an associated first feature vector; generating a training dataset comprising a fraction of the dataset, the fraction associated with network events corresponding to the type of network event; and training the machine learning model using the training dataset to produce a trained machine learning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Jeremy Robert Stephens, Prina Rajendra Kumar Patel, Michael Alan Dewar