Patents by Inventor Alfred Webster

Alfred Webster 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: 11934090
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a camera with folded optics and lens shifting capabilities. Some embodiments include voice coil motor (VCM) actuator arrangements to provide autofocus (AF) and/or optical image stabilization (OIS) movement. Some embodiments include suspension arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Scott W. Miller, Alfred N. Mireault, Brad V. Johnson, Nicholas D. Smyth, Rummel R. Adriano, Shashank Sharma, Steven Webster
  • Publication number: 20060151338
    Abstract: A gas sensor system includes an ammonia-sensing cell for generating a signal upon exposure to an unknown gas comprising ammonia, an A/F cell for generating a signal upon exposure to hydrocarbons in the gas, a heater in thermal communication with the cells and a housing in which the cells and the heater are mounted. The housing permits an unknown gas to flow therethrough for contact with the cells, and there is a sensor control circuit in communication with the cells. The sensor control circuit is configured to utilize the signals from the cells to generate an ammonia concentration signal indicating the concentration of ammonia in the unknown gas. Ammonia may be sensed in an unknown gas by heating such cells to selected working temperatures, exposing them to an unknown gas, obtaining signals from the cells, and using the cell signals to determine the ammonia content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Da Wang, Walter Symons, Robert Farhat, Joachim Kupe, David Ehle, Alfred Webster, Paul Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 6267850
    Abstract: Improved processing apparatus and methods are provided which involve the selective ionisation of a feed material and the separation of ionised and non-ionised species. Introduction of a chemical material to cause selective transition to a non-ionised and/or solid or liquid state of part of the feed is provided. The process offers high through puts by virtue of the ionised and non-ionised species being in equilibrium with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: British Nuclear Fuel PLC
    Inventors: Geoffrey Horrocks Bailey, Colin Whitehead, Paul Gilchrist, Duncan Alfred Webster