Patents by Inventor Steven A. MacDonald

Steven A. MacDonald 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: 11943042
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a device for detecting a zone of communication between a user terminal and a satellite constellation including a plurality of satellites in non-geosynchronous (non-GEO) orbit includes one or more processors and memory. The memory stores instructions that, as a result of being executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to: determine a location of the device, wherein the location corresponds to a field of regard for detecting the zone of communication, and wherein the field of regard corresponds to an antenna aperture of the phased array antenna; evaluate a level of communication between the phased array antenna and the satellite constellation associated with the field of regard; and output, to a user of the device, an indication of the level of communication between the phased array antenna and the satellite constellation associated with the field of regard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Thomas Laurance Robinson, Calder Christiansen Foster Coalson, Jared Michael Greene, Steven Douglas Gregory, Elliott Macdonald Schwartz, Aidan Bauer
  • Patent number: 11920405
    Abstract: The present invention relates to shaker doors with solid cores and methods for making the same. The shaker doors contain different core materials at the recessed panel than the raise peripheral region to provide dimensional stability and reduced distortion when the doors are exposed to high humidity. The devices and methods also provide for easy assembly of solid core shaker doors, including fire rated doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: MASONITE CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Robinson, Steven B. Swartzmiller, Steven Gutkowski, Robert C. Allen, Roland Karsch, Michael Macdonald
  • Publication number: 20200222141
    Abstract: Surgical trays, tools and methods for use in hip replacement surgery wherein the hip replacement prosthesis is a reverse hip prosthesis. The trial components, specialized tools and methods of the invention enable a surgeon to identify the optimum components of the reverse hip prosthesis for implantation in a patient based on the sizes and angles best adapted to the patent's anatomy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Zafer TERMANINI, Steven MACDONALD, Brian VANHIEL, Taylor Davis
  • Patent number: 10188407
    Abstract: When an acetabular cup used in hip replacement surgery is to be affixed to the acetabulum using screws, the drill guide instruments of the invention are used to position a drill bit so that the screw holes drilled in the acetabulum are properly placed for optimum implantation of the acetabular cup. The drill guide is locked into the acetabular cup by spring loaded pins which position the guide over holes in the cup which accommodate the screws. The guide is used to position the drill bits and allow drilling. After drilling the guide is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: HIP INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Zafer Termanini, Steven MacDonald, Brian Vanhiel, Linda Braddon
  • Publication number: 20180214233
    Abstract: Surgical trays, tools and methods for use in hip replacement surgery wherein the hip replacement prosthesis is a reverse hip prosthesis. The trial components, specialized tools and methods of the invention enable a surgeon to identify the optimum components of the reverse hip prosthesis for implantation in a patient based on the sizes and angles best adapted to the patent's anatomy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Zafer TERMANINI, Steven MACDONALD, Brian VANHIEL, Taylor Davis
  • Publication number: 20180214164
    Abstract: When an acetabular cup used in hip replacement surgery is to be affixed to the acetabulum using screws, the drill guide instruments of the invention are used to position a drill bit so that the screw holes drilled in the acetabulum are properly placed for optimum implantation of the acetabular cup. The drill guide is locked into the acetabular cup by spring loaded pins which position the guide over holes in the cup which accommodate the screws. The guide is used to position the drill bits and allow drilling. After drilling the guide is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Zafer TERMANINI, Steven MACDONALD, Brian VANHIEL, Linda BRADDON
  • Publication number: 20140067431
    Abstract: A computer system including a server and software, for example, provides items and services for injuries under workman's compensation coverage through a web portal. An automated request to provide an item is transmitted from the server over the network setting a specific price, such that the one or more of a plurality of providers is capable of accepting the automated request using the network connected to the server. A care cart may be customizable by the adjuster or the adjuster's employer. Items are added to automatically by the system to a care cart using an automated algorithm relating specific items to both an injury code and a zip code, and the system transmits the care cart to the adjuster portal and presents the adjuster with options.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Steven MacDonald, John Kime, Charles Sweat, Nicholas DiMola, James Pace, Jason Hillhouse
  • Patent number: 8510134
    Abstract: A computer system including a server and software, for example, provides items and services for injuries under workman's compensation coverage through a web portal. An automated request to provide an item is transmitted from the server over the network setting a specific price, such that the one or more of a plurality of providers is capable of accepting the automated request using the network connected to the server. A care cart may be customizable by the adjuster or the adjuster's employer. Items are added automatically by the system to a care cart using an automated algorithm relating specific items to both an injury code and a zip code, and the system transmits the care cart to the adjuster portal and presents the adjuster with options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Matrix Healthcare Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Sweat, Nicholas DiMola, Steven MacDonald, John Kime, James Pace, Jason Hillhouse
  • Publication number: 20090237648
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing Raman spectrometry wherein a Raman spectroscopy system is mounted on a vehicle for on the move contaminant analysis. The system is configured to interrogate a target with a laser at a predetermined pulse repetition frequency (PRF), wherein during each PRF cycle, defined as 1/PRF, the laser is dual pulsed at a first wavelength and at a second wavelength. Raman spectra are collected and used to identify the target by matching a Raman signature with a given collected Raman spectra.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Wayne T. Armstrong, Robert D. Battis, Robert M. Jones, Thomas H. Chyba, Steven A. MacDonald, Stewart McKechnie
  • Publication number: 20090196033
    Abstract: An illumination system includes a housing, at least one first light source, and at least one second light source. The at least one first light source emits visible light. The at least one second light source emits IR light. The at least one first light source and the at least one second light source are arranged to emit steady and intermittent light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventor: Andrew Steven MACDONALD
  • Publication number: 20050230334
    Abstract: A portable folding field stand for supporting multiple fully assembled paintball markers by their barrels and air tanks in a horizontal, upright position; consisting of a rectangular base section; a barrel support bulkhead; and a tank support bulkhead. The base section is hingedly attached along one edge to the barrel support bulkhead edge and along an opposing edge to the tank support bulkhead. The tank support bulkhead has uniformly spaced tank support yokes, and the barrel support bulkhead has corresponding barrel support yokes. The bulkheads are foldable on the base section between two positions, open for use and closed for transport or storage. Both bulkheads have L shaped profiles that extend the available underside area of support when open and provide a suitcase-like profile to the stand when closed. The barrel support yokes are individually vertically adjustable to accommodate different markers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL PAINTBALL SYSTEMS, LLC.
    Inventors: John MacDonald, Steven MacDonald