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).

  • Publication number: 20250218628
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Bastiaan Hubertus van Besouw, David Charles Hughes
  • Patent number: 12283773
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventor: David Charles Hughes
  • Patent number: 12255001
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Bastiaan Hubertus van Besouw, David Charles Hughes
  • Patent number: 12178938
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SEED CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Sato, Yoshiko Yamazaki, Johan Sebastian Basuki, Timothy Charles Hughes, James Matthew MacDonald, Kimmo Petteri Kemppinen
  • Patent number: 12159442
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: TruePic Inc.
    Inventors: Oliver Rice, Justin Mark Stayton, Gordon Charles Hughes
  • Publication number: 20240396260
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: David Charles Hughes, Bastiaan Hubertus van Besouw
  • Publication number: 20240371548
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: David Charles Hughes, Bastiaan Hubertus Van Besouw
  • Publication number: 20240331859
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Madison Ragna Lowe, Cole Sawyer Franz, Matthew Charles Hughes
  • Publication number: 20240184102
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventor: Charles Hugh Wu
  • Patent number: 11996650
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: David Charles Hughes, Bastiaan Hubertus van Besouw
  • Patent number: 11995241
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS LP
    Inventors: Priyank J. Gajiwala, Trevor R. Todd, Charles Hughes, Wu Chin-Chung, Robert D. Hrehor, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20230377782
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Bastiaan Hubertus van Besouw, David Charles Hughes
  • Patent number: 11791071
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: David Charles Hughes, Bastiaan Hubertus van Besouw
  • Patent number: 11721457
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Bastiaan Hubertus van Besouw, David Charles Hughes
  • Publication number: 20230145027
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: David Charles Hughes, Bastiaan Hubertus van Besouw
  • Patent number: 11600189
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Lisa A. Dieker, Michael Hynes, Charles Hughes, Eleazar Vasquez, Kathleen Ingraham, Claire Donehower Paul, Taylor Bousfield
  • Patent number: 11600188
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Lisa A. Dieker, Michael Hynes, Charles Hughes, Eleazar Vasquez, Kathleen Ingraham, Claire Donehower Paul, Taylor Bousfield
  • Patent number: 11600190
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Lisa A. Dieker, Michael Hynes, Charles Hughes, Eleazar Vasquez, Kathleen Ingraham, Claire Donehower Paul, Taylor Bousfield
  • Patent number: 11551836
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: David Charles Hughes, Bastiaan Hubertus van Besouw
  • Patent number: 11544835
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: TruePic Inc.
    Inventors: Oliver Rice, Justin Mark Stayton, Gordon Charles Hughes