Patents by Inventor Charles Hughes
Charles Hughes 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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Publication number: 20250218628Abstract: Systems for disconnecting a surge arrester. One embodiment provides a surge arrester comprising a housing, a connecting interface configured to connect to an electrical power grid, and a disconnector device coupled to the connecting interface. A metal oxide varistor stack is coupled to the disconnector device, and a ground side connection is coupled to the metal oxide varistor stack, the ground side connection configured to connect to a system ground. The disconnector device is configured to disconnect the connecting interface from the system ground based on a predetermined disconnection condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2025Publication date: July 3, 2025Inventors: Bastiaan Hubertus van Besouw, David Charles Hughes
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Patent number: 12283773Abstract: A tap plug for engaging a conductor lug and a stud is provided. The tap plug includes a housing, a first member, and a second member. The housing has an inner bore defining a longitudinal axis. The first member is in the inner bore and is rotatable with respect to the housing about the longitudinal axis. The first member has an external thread at a first end, where the external thread engages the conductor lug. The second member is rotatable with respect to the housing about the longitudinal axis and has an internal thread at the first end. The first end is open so that the internal thread can engage the stud.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2022Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: Hubbell IncorporatedInventor: David Charles Hughes
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Patent number: 12255001Abstract: Systems for disconnecting a surge arrester. One embodiment provides a surge arrester comprising a housing, a connecting interface configured to connect to an electrical power grid, and a disconnector device coupled to the connecting interface. A metal oxide varistor stack is coupled to the disconnector device, and a ground side connection is coupled to the metal oxide varistor stack, the ground side connection configured to connect to a system ground. The disconnector device is configured to disconnect the connecting interface from the system ground based on a predetermined disconnection condition.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2023Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: Hubbell IncorporatedInventors: Bastiaan Hubertus van Besouw, David Charles Hughes
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Patent number: 12178938Abstract: Ocular lenses having UV absorbing properties are disclosed. The ocular lens comprises a hydrogel polymer comprising polymerised residues derived from a polymerisable UV absorber of formula (I): U-L-Py??(I) wherein: U is a UV absorbing moiety; L is a hydrophilic non-polyalkylene glycol linker comprising an anionic, a zwitterionic or a saccharide moiety; and Py is an ethylenically unsaturated polymerisable moiety.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: SEED CO., LTD.Inventors: Takao Sato, Yoshiko Yamazaki, Johan Sebastian Basuki, Timothy Charles Hughes, James Matthew MacDonald, Kimmo Petteri Kemppinen
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Patent number: 12159442Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, and non-transitory machine-readable storage media are provided for detecting recapture attacks of images. One method comprises extracting one or more features from an image captured by a device; applying the one or more features as input to a trained machine learning model, wherein the trained machine learning model outputs a first score based on the extracted features; obtaining metadata of the image; performing a statistical analysis of the metadata of the image; generating a second score based on the statistical analysis of the metadata of the image; and generating a probability that the image is a recapture of an original image based on the first score and the second score.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: TruePic Inc.Inventors: Oliver Rice, Justin Mark Stayton, Gordon Charles Hughes
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Publication number: 20240396260Abstract: A loadbreak bushing including a housing with a bore extending along the longitudinal axis from a first end of the housing toward a second end of the housing. The bore has a first end positioned at or adjacent the first end of the housing and a second end opposite the first end of the bore. A first electrical contact is positioned within the bore adjacent the second end and is configured to be in electrical communication with an electrical component. The first electrical contact is configured to be physically and electrically coupled to a second electrical contact of a power connection. An arc quenching member is positioned within the bore between the first end of the bore and the first electrical contact. A resistive member is coupled to either the first electrical contact or the arc quenching member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2024Publication date: November 28, 2024Inventors: David Charles Hughes, Bastiaan Hubertus van Besouw
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Publication number: 20240371548Abstract: Surge arresters having secured MOV stacks. One surge arrester device includes a first housing portion including a first end and a second end, the first end including a first opening and the second end including a second opening, and a second housing portion protruding from an intermediate section of the first housing portion. The surge arrester device includes an MOV stack secured within the second housing portion by a MOV stack housing. The MOV stack is maintained within the second housing portion during a fault to ground condition of the surge arrester.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Inventors: David Charles Hughes, Bastiaan Hubertus Van Besouw
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Publication number: 20240331859Abstract: An image viewing pipeline is provided as an independently releasable component of an image viewing application. Images are provided for viewing in the application using dedicated infrastructure for the image viewing pipeline that is separate from infrastructure used to provide other functionality of the image viewing application. The image viewing pipeline receives images from a DICOM image service and provides the images to a client application. The client application is operative to request images, process images, and cache images. The client application is further operative to satisfy individual image requests and may prefetch stacks of images using the image viewing pipeline.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Madison Ragna Lowe, Cole Sawyer Franz, Matthew Charles Hughes
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Publication number: 20240184102Abstract: An air veil system includes a housing containing a sensor, and a manifold mounted to the housing. The manifold defines an air outlet as a continuous loop surrounding the sensor. The air outlet is configured to receive a supply of pressurized air from an air source and generate an airflow that extends outward from the continuous loop in front of the housing, the airflow creating an air veil surrounding the sensor. The air veil extends outward from the continuous loop in front of the housing at an angle such that the air veil converges at a point in an axial direction of the manifold in front of the housing. The manifold includes a first surface and a second surface disposed at a predetermined gap relative the first surface. The air outlet as the continuous loop is defined by the predetermined gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2023Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventor: Charles Hugh Wu
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Patent number: 11996650Abstract: A loadbreak bushing including a housing with a bore extending along the longitudinal axis from a first end of the housing toward a second end of the housing. The bore has a first end positioned at or adjacent the first end of the housing and a second end opposite the first end of the bore. A first electrical contact is positioned within the bore adjacent the second end and is configured to be in electrical communication with an electrical component. The first electrical contact is configured to be physically and electrically coupled to a second electrical contact of a power connection. An arc quenching member is positioned within the bore between the first end of the bore and the first electrical contact. A resistive member is coupled to either the first electrical contact or the arc quenching member.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Hubbell IncorporatedInventors: David Charles Hughes, Bastiaan Hubertus van Besouw
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Patent number: 11995241Abstract: An apparatus and method of manufacture for a modular seamless touchpad assembly comprising a seamless glass layer extending to a plurality of palm rest surfaces formed over a touchpad support bracket that extends across a top cover of a base chassis of an information handling system and including a touchpad printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) and a haptic actuator array coupled between the touchpad PCBA and the touchpad support bracket for generating haptic user feedback. The touchpad support bracket is formed under the haptic actuator array to support the modular seamless touchpad assembly as an installable hardware module to modularly fit within a touchpad opening formed in the top cover of the base chassis and a connector port to operatively couple a haptic touchpad controller with a reciprocal connector in the touchpad opening such that the modular seamless touchpad assembly is testable via the connector port before installation.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS LPInventors: Priyank J. Gajiwala, Trevor R. Todd, Charles Hughes, Wu Chin-Chung, Robert D. Hrehor, Jr.
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Publication number: 20230377782Abstract: Systems for disconnecting a surge arrester. One embodiment provides a surge arrester comprising a housing, a connecting interface configured to connect to an electrical power grid, and a disconnector device coupled to the connecting interface. A metal oxide varistor stack is coupled to the disconnector device, and a ground side connection is coupled to the metal oxide varistor stack, the ground side connection configured to connect to a system ground. The disconnector device is configured to disconnect the connecting interface from the system ground based on a predetermined disconnection condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Bastiaan Hubertus van Besouw, David Charles Hughes
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Patent number: 11791071Abstract: A surge arrester device comprising a first housing portion including a first end and a second end, the first end including a first opening and the second end including a second opening. The device includes a first axis parallel to the first housing portion, the first axis intersecting a first center of the first opening and a second center of the second opening, and a second axis perpendicular to the first housing portion, the second axis intersecting an intermediate section of the first housing portion. The device includes a second housing portion protruding from the intermediate section of the first housing portion, the second housing portion protruding at an angle between the first axis and the second axis, and a metal oxide varistor (MOV) stack within the second housing portion, wherein the MOV stack is released through an opening of the second housing portion if the arrester faults to ground.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2023Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Hubbell IncorporatedInventors: David Charles Hughes, Bastiaan Hubertus van Besouw
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Patent number: 11721457Abstract: Systems for disconnecting a surge arrester. One embodiment provides a surge arrester comprising a housing, a connecting interface configured to connect to an electrical power grid, and a disconnector device coupled to the connecting interface. A metal oxide varistor stack is coupled to the disconnector device, and a ground side connection is coupled to the metal oxide varistor stack, the ground side connection configured to connect to a system ground. The disconnector device is configured to disconnect the connecting interface from the system ground based on a predetermined disconnection condition.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Hubbell IncorporatedInventors: Bastiaan Hubertus van Besouw, David Charles Hughes
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Publication number: 20230145027Abstract: A surge arrester device comprising a first housing portion including a first end and a second end, the first end including a first opening and the second end including a second opening. The device includes a first axis parallel to the first housing portion, the first axis intersecting a first center of the first opening and a second center of the second opening, and a second axis perpendicular to the first housing portion, the second axis intersecting an intermediate section of the first housing portion. The device includes a second housing portion protruding from the intermediate section of the first housing portion, the second housing portion protruding at an angle between the first axis and the second axis, and a metal oxide varistor (MOV) stack within the second housing portion, wherein the MOV stack is released through an opening of the second housing portion if the arrester faults to ground.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2023Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: David Charles Hughes, Bastiaan Hubertus van Besouw
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Patent number: 11600189Abstract: An adaptive computer simulation rendering system is disclosed for conditioning an individual suffering from a stress disorder, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), to real-world environments through variable sensory output in computer simulations. The subject is fully or partially immersed in a computer-simulated environment for a time-limited session. Real-time monitoring of the human subject is performed for a change in a sensor-derived, quantified sensory load level. Responsive to an increase in sensory load level, the computer-simulated environment modulates the sensor load on the individual. The human subject adapts to increasingly complex environments by this modulation of simulation.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Lisa A. Dieker, Michael Hynes, Charles Hughes, Eleazar Vasquez, Kathleen Ingraham, Claire Donehower Paul, Taylor Bousfield
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Patent number: 11600188Abstract: An adaptive audio rendering system is disclosed for conditioning an individual to real-world environments through variable audio output in computer simulations. The subject is fully or partially immersed in a computer-simulated environment for a time-limited session. Real-time monitoring of the human subject is performed for a change in a sensor-derived, quantified sensory load level. Responsive to an increase in sensory load level, the computer-simulated environment modulates the quantity of audio information such as background noise, background dialog, foreground dialog and foreground noise. The human subject adapts to increasingly complex environments by this modulation of audible information.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Lisa A. Dieker, Michael Hynes, Charles Hughes, Eleazar Vasquez, Kathleen Ingraham, Claire Donehower Paul, Taylor Bousfield
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Patent number: 11600190Abstract: An adaptive computer simulation rendering system is disclosed for conditioning an individual having Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to real-world environments through variable sensory output in computer simulations. The subject is fully or partially immersed in a computer-simulated environment for a time-limited session. Real-time monitoring of the human subject is performed for a change in a sensor-derived, quantified sensory load level. Responsive to an increase in sensory load level, the computer-simulated environment modulates the sensor load on the individual. The human subject adapts to increasingly complex environments by this modulation of simulation thereby providing therapeutic benefit to the individual with ASD.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Lisa A. Dieker, Michael Hynes, Charles Hughes, Eleazar Vasquez, Kathleen Ingraham, Claire Donehower Paul, Taylor Bousfield
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Patent number: 11551836Abstract: A surge arrester device comprising a first housing portion including a first end and a second end, the first end including a first opening and the second end including a second opening. The device includes a first axis parallel to the first housing portion, the first axis intersecting a first center of the first opening and a second center of the second opening, and a second axis perpendicular to the first housing portion, the second axis intersecting an intermediate section of the first housing portion. The device includes a second housing portion protruding from the intermediate section of the first housing portion, the second housing portion protruding at an angle between the first axis and the second axis, and a metal oxide varistor (MOV) stack within the second housing portion, wherein the MOV stack is released through an opening of the second housing portion if the arrester faults to ground.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Hubbell IncorporatedInventors: David Charles Hughes, Bastiaan Hubertus van Besouw
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Patent number: 11544835Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, and non-transitory machine-readable storage media are provided for detecting recapture attacks of images. One method comprises extracting one or more features from an image captured by a device; applying the one or more features as input to a trained machine learning model, wherein the trained machine learning model outputs a first score based on the extracted features; obtaining metadata of the image; performing a statistical analysis of the metadata of the image; generating a second score based on the statistical analysis of the metadata of the image; and generating a probability that the image is a recapture of an original image based on the first score and the second score.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: TruePic Inc.Inventors: Oliver Rice, Justin Mark Stayton, Gordon Charles Hughes