Patents by Inventor Steven Madsen
Steven Madsen 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: 11209590Abstract: A luminaire includes a first plurality of lighting elements, a housing, and a first lightguide. The housing includes a body and first and second edge frames coupled with the body. The first and second edge frames are positioned on opposing sides of the body and are separated by a first distance. The first plurality of lighting elements is further positioned on the first edge frame. The first lightguide is positioned along the first edge frame in proximity to the first plurality of lighting elements and is configured to receive light from the first plurality of lighting elements. Further, the first lightguide extends a second distance along a plane toward the second edge frame, with the second distance being less than the first distance.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: RAB Lighting Inc.Inventors: Dan Wang-Munson, Wengang Gao, Cecil Thomas, Mario A. Turchi, Steven Madsen
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Patent number: 10905187Abstract: A collapsible helmet for use in various athletic activities, and which includes a structure that facilitates collapsing the helmet into a compact position for storage and/or transport of same. The helmet includes an outer shell having an inner cavity, and one or more flexible sheets, each of which includes a center portion and a plurality of segments. The sheets are positioned in the inner cavity such that they are movable and slideable relative to the outer shell and each other so as to allow the helmet to be collapsed from an open position to a collapsed position.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: GWENVENTIONS, LLCInventors: Ronnie Z. Bochner, Mario A. Turchi, Steven Madsen
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Publication number: 20190350808Abstract: A sample collection kit is described for ensuring positive sample identification. The sample collection kit includes a sample container configured to hold a biological sample. The sample container has a lower end, an upper end, a sidewall that extends from the lower end to the upper end, and an identifier disposed along the sidewall. The identifier includes information encoded therein related to the sample container and the sample. The kit includes a sample container holder. The sample container holder has a bottom end, an open top end, a sidewall, and a window in the sidewall. The window is positioned in the sidewall of the container holder such that when the collection tube is inserted inside the sample container holder, the identifier of the sample container is aligned with window of the sample container holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2017Publication date: November 21, 2019Inventors: Eric Olson, Kathryn Wong, Christopher DiPasquale, Scott Salmon, Benjamin Pollack, Steven Bellofatto, Steven Madsen, Courtney Nicholls, Neil Berenholz
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Patent number: 10479567Abstract: A drink container with torque-limiting lid is provided. The drink container includes a lid that can be threadably coupled to a container body having a volume to hold fluids. The lid can include an inner lid assembly concentric with an outer lid assembly. The inner lid assembly can include a multiple ratchet teeth along an outer perimeter and the outer lid assembly can include one or more ratchet pawls along an inner perimeter and configured to engage the ratchet teeth. Rotational force on the outer lid assembly can be transferred to the inner lid assembly from the ratchet pawls to the ratchet teeth to threadably couple the inner lid assembly to the container body. Once a torque limit is reached, the ratchet pawls can slip along the ratchet teeth preventing further tightening of the inner lid assembly to the container body.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: NUK USA LLCInventors: Peter Therrien, Richard Rubin, Mario A. Turchi, Steven Madsen
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Publication number: 20190331703Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sample preparation device and a related method. The sample preparation device includes a sample preparation module having a holder configured to hold the sample container, and an actuator coupled to the holder. The actuator is configured to cause the holder to repeatedly change a position of the sample container a set number of times in order when the sample container is held by the holder. The sample preparation device also includes a staging module configured to hold the sample container for a set period of time. The staging module includes a rack that holds the sample container when the sample container is released from the holder. The set period of time is sufficient to allow the blood in the sample container to further clot.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2017Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Eric Olson, Kathryn Wong, Christopher DiPasquale, Scott Salmon, Steven Bellofatto, Steven Madsen, Courtney Nicholls
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Publication number: 20190320960Abstract: A blood collection device includes a housing and an interface. The blood collection device includes at least one blood collection container engaged with the interface and at least one lancet coupled to the interface. The at least one lancet extends or is configured to extend from the interface. The at least one lancet is configured to pierce tissue. The blood collection device also includes an absorbent material integrated with the housing. The absorbent material is configured to absorb fluids emanating from the tissue after the at least one lancet pierces the tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2017Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventors: Eric Olson, Steven Bellofatto, Steven Madsen, Courtney Nicholls
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Publication number: 20190039790Abstract: A drink container with torque-limiting lid is provided. The drink container includes a lid that can be threadably coupled to a container body having a volume to hold fluids. The lid can include an inner lid assembly concentric with an outer lid assembly. The inner lid assembly can include a multiple ratchet teeth along an outer perimeter and the outer lid assembly can include one or more ratchet pawls along an inner perimeter and configured to engage the ratchet teeth. Rotational force on the outer lid assembly can be transferred to the inner lid assembly from the ratchet pawls to the ratchet teeth to threadably couple the inner lid assembly to the container body. Once a torque limit is reached, the ratchet pawls can slip along the ratchet teeth preventing further tightening of the inner lid assembly to the container body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicant: NUK USA LLCInventors: Peter Therrien, Richard Rubin, Mario A. Turchi, Steven Madsen
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Patent number: 9961613Abstract: A system for minimizing driver distractions from a mobile device can include a blocking device and a blocking engine. The blocking device can include a first end, a second end, a cable, and a control board. The first end can include a first connector for coupling to a first port of a mobile device. The second end can include a second connector for coupling to a second port of a vehicle to receive a power signal from the vehicle. The cable can connect the first end to the second end. The control board can determine when movement of the vehicle exceeds a threshold value and transmit a launch signal. The blocking engine can receive the launch signal from the control board and launch a mobile application on the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: RIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Tyler Marshall Nathan, Matthew P. Csillag, Richard Rubin, Kai Lin, Mario A. Turchi, Steven Madsen, Kurt Laurence Shuster, Bruce Meeks, Jr.
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Publication number: 20170303185Abstract: A system for minimizing driver distractions from a mobile device can include a blocking device and a blocking engine. The blocking device can include a first end, a second end, a cable, and a control board. The first end can include a first connector for coupling to a first port of a mobile device. The second end can include a second connector for coupling to a second port of a vehicle to receive a power signal from the vehicle. The cable can connect the first end to the second end. The control board can determine when movement of the vehicle exceeds a threshold value and transmit a launch signal. The blocking engine can receive the launch signal from the control board and launch a mobile application on the mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Tyler Marshall Nathan, Matthew P. Csillag, Richard Rubin, Kai Lin, Mario A. Turchi, Steven Madsen, Kurt Laurence Shuster, Bruce Meeks, JR.
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Publication number: 20130032131Abstract: A storage box to be used with an outdoor cooking device has a base part having an inside area, an outside area and a base rim portion, and of a lid part having an inside area, an outside area and a lid rim portion. The lid rim portion is attachable to the base rim portion such that a closed interior space is formed between the base part and the lid part. The base part further comprises at least one fastening means on the outside area such that the storage box can be attached to the outdoor cooking device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2011Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: FENIX OUTDOOR ABInventors: Michael HORITO, Lee CROY, John R. OMDAHL, II, Steven MADSEN
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Publication number: 20120234309Abstract: The invention relates to a foldable cooking device comprising: a first partial shell (2); a second partial shell (3) pivotably connected to the first partial shell (2) via a hinge (6); a heating unit (8) mounted to an inside (9) of the first partial shell (2); and a lighting unit (14, 14a) for illuminating the heating unit (8) in the unfolded state (US) of the cooking device, the lighting unit (14, 14a) being attached to an inside (15) of the second partial shell (3), wherein the insides (9, 15) of the first partial shell (2) and the second partial shell (3) face each other in the folded state of the cooking device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Inventors: Michael HORITO, Lee Croy, John R. Omdahl, II, Steven Madsen
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Patent number: 7770276Abstract: A device and a method are provided to allow a user to ream a hole to an accurate final diameter as desired, and at the same time, to cold work the hole to induce a beneficial residual stress that will enhance the life of the component by retarding the onset and growth of fatigue cracks in the hole. The basic design of the device has an elongated body having a forward end portion to extend through a hole to be reamed and cold worked, a reamer section formed on the circumference of the forward end portion to enlarge the hole, and a burnishing section formed on the circumference of the elongated body adjacent to the reamer. The burnishing section is operative to upset the material around the hole, so as to result in a residual stress beneficial to the hole. The reamer section is in the form of a plurality of cutting edges extending from a tip of the elongated body, while the burnishing section is also in the form of a plurality of cutting edges adjacent to the reamer section along the elongate body.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2006Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Northrop Grumman CorporationInventors: Robert J. Christ, Jr., Jerrell A. Nardiello, John M. Papazian, John Steven Madsen
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Patent number: 7559233Abstract: A method of inspecting a specimen under test may comprise the step of disposing melted thermoplastic media onto a surface under test of the specimen under test, maintaining a constant temperature of the specimen under test at or about room temperature wherein the temperature of the specimen under test is initially lower than the temperature of the melted thermoplastic media, hardening the melted thermoplastic media to produce a replica with imperfections molded into a mating surface of the replica, and inspecting the mating surface of the replica for unsatisfactory or satisfactory imperfections in the specimen under test.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2007Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Northrop Grumman CorporationInventors: Robert J. Christ, Jr., Jerrell A. Nardiello, John M. Papazian, John Steven Madsen
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Publication number: 20080173078Abstract: A method of inspecting a specimen under test may comprise the step of disposing melted thermoplastic media onto a surface under test of the specimen under test, maintaining a constant temperature of the specimen under test at or about room temperature wherein the temperature of the specimen under test is initially lower than the temperature of the melted thermoplastic media, hardening the melted thermoplastic media to produce a replica with imperfections molded into a mating surface of the replica, and inspecting the mating surface of the replica for unsatisfactory or satisfactory imperfections in the specimen under test.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2007Publication date: July 24, 2008Inventors: Robert J. Christ, Jerrell A. Nardiello, John M. Papazian, John Steven Madsen
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Patent number: 7377181Abstract: A method of measuring strain in a test specimen comprises the steps of placing a pattern of marks on a surface of the test specimen, wherein the pattern of marks includes a plurality of target marks and a plurality of sets of coded marks, using the sets of coded marks to identify locations of at least two of the target marks, and using a change in distance between at least two of the marks to determine strain in the test specimen. An apparatus that performs the method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2006Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: Northrop Grumman CorporationInventors: Robert J. Christ, Jr., Jerrell Anthony Nardiello, John M. Papazian, John Steven Madsen
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Publication number: 20080047320Abstract: A device and a method are provided to allow a user to ream a hole to an accurate final diameter as desired, and at the same time, to cold work the hole to induce a beneficial residual stress that will enhance the life of the component by retarding the onset and growth of fatigue cracks in the hole. The basic design of the device has an elongated body having a forward end portion to extend through a hole to be reamed and cold worked, a reamer section formed on the circumference of the forward end portion to enlarge the hole, and a burnishing section formed on the circumference of the elongated body adjacent to the reamer. The burnishing section is operative to upset the material around the hole, so as to result in a residual stress beneficial to the hole. The reamer section is in the form of a plurality of cutting edges extending from a tip of the elongated body, while the burnishing section is also in the form of a plurality of cutting edges adjacent to the reamer section along the elongate body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2006Publication date: February 28, 2008Inventors: Robert J. Christ, Jerrell A. Nardiello, John M. Papazian, John Steven Madsen
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Patent number: D656316Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2011Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Fenix Outdoor ABInventors: Michael Horito, Lee Croy, John R. Omdahl, II, Steven Madsen
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Patent number: D677106Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2011Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Fenix Outdoor ABInventors: Michael Horito, Lee Croy, John R. Omdahl, II, Steven Madsen
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Patent number: D743740Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2014Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: HELEN OF TROY LIMITEDInventors: Steven Madsen, Mario Turchi, Noah Pentelovitch, Lua O'Brien
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Patent number: D934488Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: RAB Lighting Inc.Inventors: Dan Wang-Munson, Wengang Gao, Cecil Thomas, Mario A. Turchi, Steven Madsen