Patents by Inventor Steven Edwards
Steven Edwards 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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Patent number: 11998098Abstract: An attachment for a hair dryer that is movable between a first position and a second position in order to alter one or more characteristics of the airflow therethrough. In one embodiment, an attachment having multiple facets and types of projections with varying stiffness are provided on an outer housing that can be rotated relative to a base by the user. In a second embodiment, an attachment having a concave surface with prongs extending therethrough that can be moved such that the exposed portion of the prongs are lengthened or shortened, as desired.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Joshua Thomas Richards, Thomas Edward Kingsborough Cody, Steven Luke Bailey, Shannon Marie McSweeney, Daniel John Innes
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Patent number: 11999494Abstract: An emergency evacuation system is configured to be stored in a compartment below an exit door of an aircraft. The emergency evacuation system includes a first floatation device including an internal inflator, and a second floatation device including an open inflation system. The second floatation device is coupled to the first floatation device.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Angela Noelani Cruz, Mark Edward King, Steven Philip McDonald
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Patent number: 11998610Abstract: Disclosed are conjugates including a recognition element covalently bonded to or linked through a linker to a payload. The payload is a pharmaceutical agent (e.g., an antineoplastic agent, anti-infective agent, or anti-inflammatory agent) or a diagnostic agent. Also disclosed are methods of using the conjugates.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Flagship Pioneering Innovations V, Inc.Inventors: Spencer Cory Peck, Steven John Taylor, Elijah Lane Bogart, Devin Forest Reed Doud, Joo Hyun Im, Dervla Tamara Isaac, Jenny Liu, Ferdinand Edward Massari, Robert Walter Myers, John Robert Proudfoot, Cheri Ross, John Patrick Casey, Jr., David Arthur Berry
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Publication number: 20240175477Abstract: A head unit system for controlling an object includes a head unit device that include shear thickening fluid (STF) and a chamber configured to contain the STF. The chamber further includes a set of gates between a front channel and a back channel. The set of gates includes a bypass opening set. The head unit device further includes a piston housed at least partially radially within the chamber. The set of gates is configured to control flow of the STF between the front channel and the back channel to control rotational movement of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicant: Moshun, LLCInventors: Richard Michael Lang, David Schuda, Jason K. Resch, John Edward Buchalo, Gary W. Grube, Terence Michael Lydon, Steven Michael Barger, Timothy John Boundy, Eric McHugh
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Patent number: 11993517Abstract: The present invention is a surface-modified carbon material including chemical addends added to the surface of graphene, such that a one-dimensional periodicity corresponding to a large number of addition positions of the chemical addends can be observed in a Fourier-transformed image of a scanning probe microscopic image of the surface of graphene. The surface-modified carbon material of the present invention has a bandgap and therefore can be used as a sensor capable of electronically controlling an operation or another electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Japan Science and Technology AgencyInventors: Kazukuni Tahara, Yoshito Tobe, Toru Ishikawa, Yuki Kubo, Steven Willy Nicolas De Feyter, Brandon Edward Hirsch, Zhi Li
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Patent number: 11992182Abstract: A method of preparing a robotic surgery apparatus for a medical procedure can include covering a manipulator unit of the robotic surgery apparatus with a first sterile barrier by coupling a drape coupler of the first sterile barrier to a bottom surface of the manipulator unit and wrapping a drape of the first sterile barrier around side and top surfaces of the manipulator unit. The drape can be coupled to the drape coupler. The drape can be made of material that is more flexible than material of the drape coupler. The method can include covering an arm of the robotic surgery apparatus supporting the manipulator unit with a second sterile barrier that is distinct from the first sterile barrier by coupling the second sterile barrier to the arm and wrapping the second sterile barrier around the arm.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Titan Medical Inc.Inventors: Perry A. Genova, Chad Clayton Walters, Michael Edward Laut, Steven Wayne Bockmann, Timothy Brandon Hunt, Manuel Paez
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Publication number: 20240167729Abstract: A heliostat optical panel assembly has a curved optical panel, a curved backing panel spaced from the curved optical panel and multiple spacers interposed between and attached to the curved optical panel and the curved backing panel. The spacers are distributed between the curved optical panel and the curved backing panel in a modular pattern to provide shear stiffness to the optical panel assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2022Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Derek Evan Schulte, Steven Edward Schell
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Publication number: 20240158920Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for treating a magnesium or a magnesium alloy substrate comprising: a first pretreatment composition comprising a fluorometallic acid and free fluoride in an amount of 10 ppm to 500 ppm based on total weight of the first pretreatment composition and having a pH of 1.0 to 4.0; and a second pretreatment composition comprising a lanthanide series metal, the second pretreatment composition being substantially free of peroxide. Also disclosed are methods of treating a magnesium or magnesium alloy substrate. Treated magnesium and magnesium alloy substrates also are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Kuldeep Kumar, Rachel Dory Harris, Elizabeth Stephenie Brown-Tseng, Kristi Maree Allen, Steven Edward Bowles, Silvia Bezer, Steven Joseph Lemon, Mark William McMillen
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Publication number: 20240149329Abstract: A method for forming and installing a retaining ring comprises: feeding a wire in a linear path into a forming die having a circular bore; forming, using the forming die, the wire into a formed ring having a ring shape; transferring the formed ring from the forming die to a transfer puck; and installing the formed ring, as a retaining ring, in a tube of a product assembly. The formed ring is maintained in a constrained state between forming in the forming die and installation in the product assembly. A system for forming and installing a retaining ring into a product assembly includes a forming die configured to form a wire into a formed ring having a ring shape; and a transfer puck to transfer the formed ring from the forming die. The formed ring is maintained in a constrained state from forming through installation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Frank Gerard PIRRELLO, Steven Edward PYLE, Michael James CHISOM, Tania TANNAHILL, John Lee FORSYTH, Thomas L. FUGATE, JR.
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Publication number: 20240150593Abstract: Disclosed is a sealing composition for treating a metal substrate comprising: a polyolefin component; and a colloidal layered silicate. Also disclosed is a system for treating a metal substrate comprising: a cleaner composition; and/or a pretreatment composition for treating at least a portion of the substrate, the pretreatment composition comprising a Group IVB metal; and a sealing composition for treating at least a portion of the substrate treated with the cleaner composition and/or the pretreated composition, the sealing composition comprising a polyolefin component. Also disclosed is a method of treating a substrate comprising contacting at least a portion of a surface of the substrate with any of the compositions disclosed herein or any of the systems disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Corey James DeDomenic, Kristi Maree Allen, Elizabeth Stephenie Brown-Tseng, Peter Lawrence Votruba-Drzal, Silvia Bezer, Michael Gerard Olah, Steven Edward Bowles, Mary Lyn Chong Lim, Mark William McMillen
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Patent number: 11975815Abstract: A method includes determining a target acoustic profile based on acoustic conditions at an exterior surface exposed to weather. The method further includes determining a plurality of foam layer characteristics based on the target acoustic profile. The method further includes determining one or more of elastomer characteristics based on the target acoustic profile and the plurality of foam layer characteristics. The method further includes providing a foam layer comprising the plurality of foam layer characteristics. The method further includes depositing an elastomer into the provided foam layer according to the one or more elastomer characteristics. The method further includes coupling the foam layer comprising the deposited elastomer onto the exterior surface exposed to weather. The foam layer including the deposited elastomer absorbs acoustic energy corresponding to the target acoustic profile.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Steven Edward Bullock, Vernecia Sharaé Meredith, Charles J. Novak
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Patent number: 11975369Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for separating an amount of a substance from groundwater, comprising an elongate chamber (18) having an inlet (22) which is arranged in use to admit groundwater into the chamber near a lower first end (24). There is also a gas sparger (26) located near the first end (24) which admits gas into the chamber for inducing groundwater to flow from the first end (24) of the chamber toward a second end upper end, and for producing a froth layer (32) which rises above an interface with the groundwater including a concentrated amount of the substance. A suction hood (38) can be moved downward from the top of the chamber (18) into a position to collapse the froth layer (32) and to cause it to be removed from the well body (14). The suction hood (38) (acting as a froth depth regulation device) controls the amount of groundwater in the froth layer (32), which influences the concentration of the contaminant substance achieved in the froth layer (32).Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: OPEC Remediation Technologies Pty LimitedInventors: Steven Edward Phillips, Gregory Raymond Brickle, David John Burns
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Patent number: 11971056Abstract: A head unit device for controlling motion of an object includes a chamber filled with a shear thickening fluid (STF) and a piston. The piston is housed within the chamber and exerts pressure against the STF from a force applied to the piston from the object. The STF is configured to have a decreasing viscosity in response to a first range of shear rates and an increasing viscosity in response to a second range of shear rates. The piston includes at least one piston bypass between opposite sides of the piston that controls flow of the STF between the opposite sides of the piston to selectively react with a shear threshold effect of the first range of shear rates or the second range of shear rates.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Moshun, LLCInventors: Timothy John Boundy, Steven Michael Barger, Terence Michael Lydon, Richard Michael Lang, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jr., Darren Michael Boundy, Eric McHugh, David Schuda, George L Wilson, IV, Gary W. Grube, Jason K. Resch, Mario F. DeRango, John Edward Buchalo, Richard A. Herbst, Kurt Estes, Evan Anderson
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Patent number: 11972994Abstract: In some examples, a sensor package includes a semiconductor die having a sensor; a mold compound covering a portion of the semiconductor die; and a cavity formed in a top surface of the mold compound, the sensor being in the cavity. The sensor package includes an adhesive abutting the top surface of the mold compound, and a semi-permeable film abutting the adhesive and covering the cavity. The semi-permeable film is approximately flush with at least four edges of the top surface of the mold compound.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Sreenivasan Kalyani Koduri, Leslie Edward Stark, Steven Alfred Kummerl, Wai Lee
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Patent number: 11971606Abstract: A ruggedized adjustable mounting system is described for adjustably coupling and selectively locking a component supported in a fixture of the mount in a desired orientation. In some embodiments, the mounting system includes one or more kinematic couplings that support a fixture on a base and one or more adjustable couplings that are configured to adjust a separation distance between two opposing portions of the fixture and the base to selectively pivot the fixture about one or more axes of rotation.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Andrew Guzman, Joseph Flaherty, Steven R. Gillmer, Kevin Edward Sullivan, Steven Augst
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Publication number: 20240131630Abstract: Systems and methods for low-manganese welding alloys are disclosed. An example arc welding consumable may comprise: between 0.4 and 1.0 wt % manganese; strengthening agents selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, copper, carbon, molybdenum, chromium, vanadium, silicon, and boron; and grain control agents selected from the group consisting of niobium, tantalum, titanium, zirconium, and boron. The grain control agents may comprise greater than 0.06 wt % and less than 0.6 wt % of the welding consumable. The resulting weld deposit may comprise a tensile strength greater than or equal to 70 ksi, a yield strength greater than or equal to 58 ksi, a ductility (as measured by percent elongation) of at least 22%, and a Charpy V-notch toughness greater than or equal to 20 ft-lbs at ?20° F. The welding consumable may provide a manganese fume generation rate less than 0.01 grams per minute during the arc welding operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Steven Edward Barhorst, Kevin M. Krieger, Joseph C. Bundy, Mario Anthony Amata, Daryl L. Duncan, Susan Renata Fiore
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Publication number: 20240131631Abstract: Systems and methods for low-manganese welding alloys are disclosed. An example arc welding consumable may comprise: between 0.4 and 1.0 wt % manganese; strengthening agents selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, copper, carbon, molybdenum, chromium, vanadium, silicon, and boron; and grain control agents selected from the group consisting of niobium, tantalum, titanium, zirconium, and boron. The grain control agents may comprise greater than 0.06 wt % and less than 0.6 wt % of the welding consumable. The resulting weld deposit may comprise a tensile strength greater than or equal to 70 ksi, a yield strength greater than or equal to 58 ksi, a ductility (as measured by percent elongation) of at least 22%, and a Charpy V-notch toughness greater than or equal to 20 ft-lbs at ?20° F. The welding consumable may provide a manganese fume generation rate less than 0.01 grams per minute during the arc welding operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Steven Edward Barhorst, Kevin M. Krieger, Joseph C. Bundy, Mario Anthony Amata, Daryl L. Duncan, Susan Renata Fiore
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Publication number: 20240134473Abstract: Embodiments of a vehicle interior system are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the system includes a base with a curved surface, and a display or touch panel disposed on the curved surface. The display includes a cold-bent glass substrate with a thickness of 1.5 mm or less and a first radius of curvature of 20 mm or greater, and a display module and/or touch panel attached to the glass substrate having a second radius of curvature that is within 10% of the first radius of curvature. Methods for forming such systems are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Thomas Michael Cleary, Steven Edward DeMartino, Timothy Michael Gross, Atul Kumar, Cheng-Chung Li, Torsten Nath, Fabio Lopes Brandao Salgado, Wendell Porter Weeks
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Patent number: 11963928Abstract: Disclosed herein are glass pharmaceutical vials having sidewalls of reduced thickness. In embodiments, the glass pharmaceutical vial may include a glass body comprising a sidewall enclosing an interior volume. An outer diameter D of the glass body is equal to a diameter d1 of a glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1, wherein X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1. However, the sidewall of the glass pharmaceutical vial comprises an average wall thickness Ti that is less than or equal to 0.85*s1, wherein s1 is a wall thickness of the glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1 and X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: James Ernest Webb, Sinue Gomez-Mower, Weirong Jiang, Joseph Michael Matusick, Christie Leigh McCarthy, Connor Thomas O'Malley, John Stephen Peanasky, Shivani Rao Polasani, Steven Edward DeMartino, Michael Clement Ruotolo, Jr., Bryan James Musk, Jared Seaman Aaldenberg, Eric Lewis Allington, Douglas Miles Noni, Jr., Amber Leigh Tremper, Kristen Dae Waight, Kevin Patrick McNelis, Patrick Joseph Cimo, Christy Lynn Chapman, Robert Anthony Schaut, Adam Robert Sarafian
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Patent number: D1028279Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: CEM CorporationInventors: Timothy Adam Zawatsky, Steven Francis Guilmette, William Edward Jennings, Ian Stuart Goldstein