Patents by Inventor Anthony Stephen

Anthony 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).

  • Publication number: 20240310920
    Abstract: An integrated haptic system may include a digital signal processor and an amplifier communicatively coupled to the digital signal processor and integrated with the digital signal processor into the integrated haptic system. The digital signal processor may be configured to receive a force sensor signal indicative of a force applied to a force sensor and generate a haptic playback signal responsive to the force. The amplifier may be configured to amplify the haptic playback signal and drive a vibrational actuator communicatively coupled to the amplifier with the haptic playback signal as amplified by the amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Harsha RAO, Rong HU, Carl Lennart STÅHL, Jie SU, Vadim KONRADI, Teemu RAMO, Anthony Stephen DOY
  • Patent number: 12089076
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method of evaluating wireless device and/or wireless network performance and/or user experience, on a wireless electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Tutela Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Brennen Stephen Chow, Hunter Banford Bulmer MacDonald, David Daniel Yarish, Anthony Sean Kroeker, Stephen William Neville, Thomas E. Darcie
  • Publication number: 20240279670
    Abstract: This technology relates in part to methods of identifying plant cultivars based on the terpene synthase genes that are identified and/or quantified (e.g., copy number, ploidy) in the cultivars. The methods provided herein permit plant cultivars with desired characteristics/phenotypes, e.g., a desired terpene production profile, to be selected for use in various applications, such as agriculture (e.g., selecting cultivars for breeding desired characteristics and/or lineages) and medicine (e.g., therapeutic activity).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Stephen PAULI, Anthony TORRES, Reginald GAUDINO, Keith ALLEN, Thomas BLANK, Kymron B.J. DE CESARE
  • Patent number: 12065247
    Abstract: A seat unit for a passenger seating arrangement provided within a vehicle cabin, wherein—the seat unit comprising at least a forward facing seat and at least a console arranged adjacent to the seat and a wall structure, wherein the seat unit is configured to link—the forward facing seat arranged in front of the wall structure, and—an angled seat arranged behind the wall structure, wherein the console provides a footwell for a passenger of the angled seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Adient Aerospace LLC
    Inventors: Edson Manuel Ribeiro Alexandrino, Anthony Harcup, Nicholas Lendon, Andrew Stephen Fereday Williams
  • Patent number: 12032744
    Abstract: An integrated haptic system may include a digital signal processor and an amplifier communicatively coupled to the digital signal processor and integrated with the digital signal processor into the integrated haptic system. The digital signal processor may be configured to receive a force sensor signal indicative of a force applied to a force sensor and generate a haptic playback signal responsive to the force. The amplifier may be configured to amplify the haptic playback signal and drive a vibrational actuator communicatively coupled to the amplifier with the haptic playback signal as amplified by the amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.
    Inventors: Harsha Rao, Rong Hu, Carl Lennart Ståhl, Jie Su, Vadim Konradi, Teemu Ramo, Anthony Stephen Doy
  • Publication number: 20240198396
    Abstract: A kit of parts and a method for cleaning a fluid conduit. The kit of parts comprises a device comprising: a coil configured to be positioned around the fluid conduit; and a controller in electrical connection with the coil. The kit of parts also comprises a powder composition comprising sodium percarbonate, sodium metasilicate, sodium carbonate, and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), the powder composition configured to form a disinfecting and water softening cleaning solution when dissolved in a liquid within the conduit. The controller is configured to, in use, supply a varying electrical signal to the coil to generate a corresponding varying strength magnetic field within the fluid conduit having a solution of the powder composition therein for causing cleaning of the fluid conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Anthony Stephen WHITE, Jonathan Francis LEE
  • Publication number: 20240192458
    Abstract: A fiber optic cable tray system with a three dimension array of pulleys is disclosed, comprised of a central, stacked linear array of flexible, low friction through guides attached to substrate, and a multiplicity of the length buffers arrayed on the substrate, wherein the length buffers each include a spring-loaded moving sled with a multiplicity of freely rotating pulleys on a moving common shaft, and a spaced-apart fixed common shaft with an equal multiplicity of freely rotating pulleys thereon, wherein the fiber optic cable wraps in a repeated circuit around opposing sets of pulleys on the moving shaft and on the fixed shaft and is routed through one of the low friction through guides to a fiber optic connector at the distal fiber end. Multiple identical trays can be stacked on top of one another within a common housing, to produce modules with a number of cables in multiples of 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: TELESCENT INC.
    Inventors: Keith Wayne Reynolds, Giuseppe Bondi, Anthony Stephen Kewitsch
  • Publication number: 20240184052
    Abstract: A high-capacity optical fiber switching system enables selective interconnection of individual input fibers to output fibers. A three-dimensional array of paired linear elements with selectable flexibility and length is arranged in horizontal rows and vertical columns to form a transverse interchange plane. Each pair consists of a stationary lower element and a movable upper element, the latter holding a terminus of a distinct optical fiber. Couplers placed within this array facilitate signal conductor connections. A transport device with an axially movable gripper moves in horizontal spaces between columns to reposition the movable fiber terminals. Signal-controlled, orthogonal linear drives provide vertical and horizontal movements of the transport device, enabling placement within the fiber array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Telescent Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Stephen Kewitsch, Don Zambos
  • Patent number: 11966513
    Abstract: The application describes systems for deriving haptic and audio drive signals from an input signal received via a single channel such as an audio channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Ivan Harvey, Anthony Stephen Doy, Anthony John Shilton
  • Patent number: 11953731
    Abstract: An automated fiber optic patch-panel/cross-connect system comprised of a stacked arrangement of multiple replaceable modules, including a first multiplicity of fiber modules, each with a second multiplicity of reconfigurable internal fiber connectors; a common robot module shared among fiber modules, wherein any connector within a fiber module in the system can be moved to any other connector of any other fiber module in the system; a power management module that distributes electrical power to the fiber modules and the robot module; and a server module that generates commands that are placed on communication bus to activate robot and fiber modules. The modules are physically separated and spatially arranged to be serviced replaced without interrupting fiber connections previously established in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Telescent Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony Stephen Kewitsch
  • Publication number: 20240102736
    Abstract: Refractory anchoring devices include a main body and a mounting feature for mounting to a thermal vessel. The main body has the shape of two end-to-end Y's forming a central segment, two branch segments extending from each end of the central segment, and an extension segment extending from each of the four branch segments, to collectively form four unenclosed cell openings that are each semi-hexagonal in shape. Some embodiments include four reinforcement segments with each one extending into a respective cell opening, four voids with each one extending through respective adjacent branch and extension segments, an underbody gap formed under the central segment for refractory interlinking between cell openings, and/or a single stud-welding stud for the mounting feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: BRAND SHARED SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Eduardo Fernando D'ORACIO DE ALMEIDA, Anthony Stephen HARRIS
  • Patent number: 11927395
    Abstract: Refractory anchoring devices include a main body and a mounting feature for mounting to a thermal vessel. The main body has the shape of two end-to-end Y's forming a central segment, two branch segments extending from each end of the central segment, and an extension segment extending from each of the four branch segments, to collectively form four unenclosed cell openings that are each semi-hexagonal in shape. Some embodiments include four reinforcement segments with each one extending into a respective cell opening, four voids with each one extending through respective adjacent branch and extension segments, an underbody gap formed under the central segment for refractory interlinking between cell openings, and/or a single stud-welding stud for the mounting feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Brand Shared Services, LLC
    Inventors: Eduardo Fernando D'Oracio De Almeida, Anthony Stephen Harris
  • Patent number: 11883553
    Abstract: Seal integrity indicators for sterilization containers are provided. For example, a seal indicator may indicate whether the container is sufficiently sealed to prevent an ingress of contaminants into the container. If the container is sufficiently sealed, the seal indicator is visible, but if not, the seal indicator is not visible. Thus, the seal indicator undergoes a change in state when the sterilization container transitions from unsealed to sealed, or vice versa, such that a user may ascertain whether the container is properly sealed to maintain the container's sterility. An exemplary seal indicator includes an invertible projection formed with the container gasket that is not visible from outside the container until inverted, due to force applied by the lid, to extend through an opening in the container body. Closure mechanisms for sterilization containers also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: O&M Halyard, Inc.
    Inventors: Namita A. Mithani, Anthony Stephen Spencer, Tracy J. White, Edward B. Madsen, Marshall R. Dean
  • Patent number: 11860434
    Abstract: A device and methods for cleaning an end of a fiber optic cable including a cleaning cartridge system for dispensing and usage monitoring of fiber end face cleaning fabric. The cleaning cartridge system includes a spool of cleaning fabric; an actuator that drives a fabric advance roller; a pressure sensor that detects when a fiber end face is in contact with fabric and outputs a contact-indicating signal; an internal control circuit that drives the actuator to advance the cleaning fabric in time-relation to the contact-indicating signal; and an external controller that determines proper advance of the cleaning fabric and consumption of the cleaning fabric over time. Methods of maintaining low loss physical fiber-optic connections in an automated cross-connect system use the cleaning device and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TELESCENT INC.
    Inventors: Keith Wayne Reynolds, Giuseppe Bondi, Anthony Stephen Kewitsch
  • Publication number: 20230408418
    Abstract: A multi-modal diagnostic test reading apparatus, comprising: a diagnostic test assembly receiving component; at least one image sensor; a plurality of light sources having respective different spectral properties; and a controller; wherein the controller is configured to: (i) control operation of the light sources and the at least one image sensor to acquire a plurality of images, each of the acquired images representing at least a corresponding portion of the diagnostic test assembly as illuminated by a corresponding one of the light sources; and (ii) process the acquired images to determine a diagnostic test result of the diagnostic test, the diagnostic test result being dependent upon the processed images representing illumination by respective ones of the light sources having respective different spectral properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: William Robb Hopper, Daniel Murawczuk, Anthony Stephen Lawlor, Gavin Ramanathan, Anthony Do
  • Publication number: 20230344720
    Abstract: High-resolution optical backscatter system and method to discover the end-to-end physical topology of complex, interconnected fiber optic network, and to automatically monitor and troubleshoot its performance. Each passive cable element has unique, substantially unchanging optical backscatter signature based on microscopic random imperfections of the glass core along the length of the optical fiber, measurable along the length of the optical fiber using an optical reflection meter. The resulting signature is a two dimensional array of data points (or trace) corresponding to the optical backreflection signal strength as a function of length. When multiple cables are interconnected to produce a link, the corresponding traces of the multiple cables are concatenated to produce a composite trace for the entire link. The composite trace is compared to the traces of individual cables and the series of cables comprising the link and the serial relationship in which they are interconnected is thereby determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: TELESCENT INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Stephen Kewitsch, Bucoveanu Ramiro Voicu
  • Patent number: 11779956
    Abstract: Driver circuitry for driving an electromechanical load with a drive output signal, the driver circuitry comprising: a first control loop operable to control the drive output signal based on a drive input signal; and a second control loop operable to control the drive output signal based on a current flowing through and/or a voltage induced across the electromechanical load, wherein the second control loop is configured to have a lower latency than the first control loop, and to control the drive output signal to compensate for an impedance of the electromechanical load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.
    Inventors: Carl Lennart Ståhl, Emmanuel Marchais, Anthony Stephen Doy, John L. Melanson
  • Publication number: 20230316014
    Abstract: A mobile robot system for automated operation of a data center or telecommunications office, includes a moveable robotic platform with a multiplicity of tools integrated therein to operate on a network element within a bay, with integrated RFID (radio-frequency identification) tags and visual alignment markers attached to fiber optic connectors and ports of the network elements. The mobile robot system positions a robot probe arm with an RFID probe for proximity detection to identify a cable and associated fiber optic connector based on a unique RF identifier of a tag on the fiber optic connector. The robot probe arm has a connector gripper to engage and unplug the associated fiber optic connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Telescent Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony Stephen Kewitsch
  • Publication number: 20230300499
    Abstract: Applications of robotics applied to patch-panels and cross-connects to improve operational processes within data centers and communications networks. Systems and architectures to perform frequent, accurate and low-cost reconfigurations and measurements of the physical network are described, thereby eliminating labor and time delays when completing routine tasks such physical network provisioning and reconfiguration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: TELESCENT INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Stephen KEWITSCH, Bucoveanu Ramiro VOICU
  • Patent number: 11714241
    Abstract: A highly scalable and modular automated optical cross connect switch devices which exhibit low loss and scalability to high port counts. A device for the programmable interconnection of large numbers of optical fibers (100s-1000s) is provided, whereby a two-dimensional array of fiber optic connections is mapped in an ordered and rule-based fashion into a one-dimensional array with tensioned fiber optic circuit elements tracing substantially straight lines there between. Fiber optic elements are terminated in a stacked arrangement of flexible fiber optic circuit elements with a capacity to retain excess fiber lengths while maintaining an adequate bend radius. The combination of these elements partitions the switch volume into multiple independent, non-interfering zones, which retain their independence for arbitrary and unlimited numbers of reconfigurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: TELESCENT INC.
    Inventor: Anthony Stephen Kewitsch