Patents by Inventor Chris Edwards
Chris Edwards 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: 11220265Abstract: A method of controlling the engine of a vehicle having a stop-in-gear (SIG) stop-start system includes: a control module determining that a brake is being applied, based on an output from a brake sensor, and that a transmission is in an in-gear position, based on an output from a transmission sensor; and, while the brake is applied and the transmission is in an in-gear position, the control module causing the engine to start in response to detecting movement of a clutch pedal towards a released position based on an output from a clutch pedal sensor.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: David Hesketh, Gary Paisley, Dilli Poudel, Chris Edward Pedlar
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Patent number: 11086612Abstract: An information handling system may include at least one processor, an information handling resource including a firmware, and a memory having an initial identifier stored therein. The information handling system may receive a first firmware update package specifying the initial identifier, wherein the first firmware update package includes therein an intermediate identifier different from the initial identifier; based on the first firmware update package specifying the initial identifier, update the firmware with contents of the first firmware update package, and update the initial identifier in the memory with the intermediate identifier; receive a second firmware update package specifying the intermediate identifier; and based on the second firmware update package specifying the intermediate identifier, update the firmware with contents of the second firmware update package.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Balasingh Ponraj Samuel, Anand Prakash Joshi, Zhao Hui Yu, Chris Edward Pepper
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Patent number: 11046220Abstract: A seating system for a vehicle includes a seat-back frame and a backboard attached to the seat-back frame. An attachment arrangement includes an elongated member attached to the seat-back frame and the backboard, and is configured to remain attached to the seat-back frame and the backboard by plastically deforming when the seat-back frame and the backboard are subjected to a separation force of a predetermined magnitude greater than a magnitude otherwise required to detach the elongated member from the backboard.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Lear CorporationInventors: Chris Edwards, Adam Clark
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Publication number: 20210140400Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an engine. In one example, a method of operating an engine of a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a brake pedal, a clutch pedal and a transmission having a neutral position and at least one in-gear position, comprises starting the engine if either the brake pedal of the vehicle is released or the transmission has been in neutral for a predetermined period of time, and the clutch pedal of the vehicle is depressed concurrently with the transmission being moved out of the neutral position into an in-gear position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2020Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventors: Gary Paisley, Hank Kwong, Dilli Poudel, Chris Edward Pedlar, David Hesketh
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Publication number: 20210093903Abstract: A wearable, garment-supported air-purification system has a source of filtered forced air communicating with a face mask filter for securing over a user's mouth and nose. The source of filtered forced air is supported in the garment, such as a scarf, at a location spaced from the face filter mask. The source of filtered forced air communicates with the face filter mask through a closed air channel such as a flexible hose.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Chris EDWARDS, James HENDERSON, Elmien DICKER
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Publication number: 20210078474Abstract: A seating system for a vehicle includes a seat-back frame and a backboard attached to the seat-back frame. An attachment arrangement includes an elongated member attached to the seat-back frame and the backboard, and is configured to remain attached to the seat-back frame and the backboard by plastically deforming when the seat-back frame and the backboard are subjected to a separation force of a predetermined magnitude greater than a magnitude otherwise required to detach the elongated member from the backboard.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2019Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Chris EDWARDS, Adam CLARK
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Publication number: 20210070297Abstract: A method of controlling the engine of a vehicle having a stop-in-gear (SIG) stop-start system comprises: a control module determining that a brake is being applied, based on an output from a brake sensor, and that a transmission is in an in-gear position, based on an output from a transmission sensor; and, while the brake is applied and the transmission is in an in-gear position, the control module causing the engine to start in response to detecting movement of a clutch pedal towards a released position based on an output from a clutch pedal sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: David Hesketh, Gary Paisley, Dilli Poudel, Chris Edward Pedlar
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Publication number: 20210048997Abstract: An information handling system may include at least one processor, an information handling resource including a firmware, and a memory having an initial identifier stored therein. The information handling system may receive a first firmware update package specifying the initial identifier, wherein the first firmware update package includes therein an intermediate identifier different from the initial identifier; based on the first firmware update package specifying the initial identifier, update the firmware with contents of the first firmware update package, and update the initial identifier in the memory with the intermediate identifier; receive a second firmware update package specifying the intermediate identifier; and based on the second firmware update package specifying the intermediate identifier, update the firmware with contents of the second firmware update package.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Balasingh Ponraj SAMUEL, Anand Prakash JOSHI, Zhao Hui YU, Chris Edward PEPPER
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Publication number: 20200249654Abstract: A system has a virtual-world (VW) controller and a physical-world (PW) controller. The pairing of a PW element with a VW element establishes them as corresponding physical and virtual twins. The VW controller and/or the PW controller receives measurements from one or more sensors characterizing aspects of the physical world, the VW controller generates the virtual twin, and the VW controller and/or the PW controller generates commands for one or more actuators affecting aspects of the physical world. To coordinate the corresponding virtual and physical twins, (i) the VW controller controls the virtual twin based on the physical twin or (ii) the PW controller controls the physical twin based on the virtual twin. Depending on the operating mode, one of the VW and PW controllers is a master controller, and the other is a slave controller, where the virtual and physical twins are both controlled based on one of VW or PW forces.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Cy-Fighter LLCInventors: Chris Edwards, Tristan Fogt
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Patent number: 10734237Abstract: Methods and apparatus for subtractively fabricating three-dimensional structures relative to a surface of a substrate and for additively depositing metal and dopant atoms onto the surface and for diffusing them into the bulk. A chemical solution is applied to the surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a spatial pattern of electron-hole pairs is generated by projecting a spatial pattern of illumination characterized by a specified intensity, wavelength and duration at each pixel of a plurality of pixels on the surface. Charge carriers are driven away from the surface of the semiconductor on a timescale short compared to the carrier recombination lifetime. Such methods are applied to creating a spatially varying doping profile in the semiconductor substrate, a photonic integrated circuit and an integrated photonic microfluidic circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of IllinoisInventors: Lynford Goddard, Kaiyuan Wang, Chris Edwards, Lonna Edwards, Xin Yu, Gang Logan Liu, Samuel Washington, Shailendra Srivastava, Terry Koker, Julianne Lee, Catherine Britt Carlson
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Patent number: 10693664Abstract: Systems and methods to build a trusted HTTPS session on a limited pre-boot BIOS environment in an information handling system. The information handling system may include a BIOS that may be stored in a secure read-only region of a flash storage. The BIOS may download signed certification authority (CA) information from a server based on a target location that may be stored at the secure read-only region. The BIOS may authenticate the signed CA information based on a public key that may be stored at the secure read-only region. The BIOS may, when the signed CA information is authenticated, download a root CA chain from the server and authenticate the root CA chain. The BIOS may, when the root CA chain is authenticated, establish a secure encrypted transport layer security (TLS) session with the server based the root CA chain.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Purushothama R. Malluru, Christopher Channing Griffin, Chris Edward Pepper, Ibrahim Sayyed, Alok Pant
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Publication number: 20200028696Abstract: Systems and methods to build a trusted HTTPS session on a limited pre-boot BIOS environment in an information handling system. The information handling system may include a BIOS that may be stored in a secure read-only region of a flash storage. The BIOS may download signed certification authority (CA) information from a server based on a target location that may be stored at the secure read-only region. The BIOS may authenticate the signed CA information based on a public key that may be stored at the secure read-only region. The BIOS may, when the signed CA information is authenticated, download a root CA chain from the server and authenticate the root CA chain. The BIOS may, when the root CA chain is authenticated, establish a secure encrypted transport layer security (TLS) session with the server based the root CA chain.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2018Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: Purushothama R. Malluru, Christopher Channing Griffin, Chris Edward Pepper, Ibrahim Sayyed, Alok Pant
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Publication number: 20190338945Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include high-temperature staged recirculating burners and radiant tube burner assemblies that provide high efficiency, low NOx and CO emissions, and uniform temperature characteristics. One such staged recirculating burner includes a combustion tube having inside and outside helical fins forming opposing spiral pathways for combustion gases and products of combustion, a combustion nozzle coupled to the combustion tube, a gas tube running axially into the combustion tube, and a staging gas nozzle coupled to the gas tube, where the staging gas nozzle includes radial exit holes into the combustion tube and an axial gas staging tube extending into the combustion nozzle to stage combustion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Inventors: Chris Edward VANDEGRIFT, Thomas D. BRISELDEN, Mitchell D. CORNELIUS, Anthony J. ZAMBANINI, Thomas M. REILLY
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Patent number: 10458646Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include high-temperature staged recirculating burners and radiant tube burner assemblies that provide high efficiency, low NOx and CO emissions, and uniform temperature characteristics. One such staged recirculating burner includes a combustion tube having inside and outside helical fins forming opposing spiral pathways for combustion gases and products of combustion, a combustion nozzle coupled to the combustion tube, a gas tube running axially into the combustion tube, and a staging gas nozzle coupled to the gas tube, where the staging gas nozzle includes radial exit holes into the combustion tube and an axial gas staging tube extending into the combustion nozzle to stage combustion.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2015Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignees: Selas Heat Technology Company LLC, Spinworks International CorporationInventors: Chris Edward Vandegrift, Thomas D. Briselden, Mitchell D. Cornelius, Anthony J. Zambanini, Thomas M. Reilly
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Patent number: 10337728Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include high-temperature staged recirculating burners and radiant tube burner assemblies that provide high efficiency, low NOx and CO emissions, and uniform temperature characteristics. One such staged recirculating burner includes a combustion tube having inside and outside helical fins forming opposing spiral pathways for combustion gases and products of combustion, a combustion nozzle coupled to the combustion tube, a gas tube running axially into the combustion tube, and a staging gas nozzle coupled to the gas tube, where the staging gas nozzle includes radial exit holes into the combustion tube and an axial gas staging tube extending into the combustion nozzle to stage combustion.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2015Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignees: Selas Heat Technology Company LLC, Spinworks International CorporationInventors: Chris Edward Vandegrift, Thomas D. Briselden, Mitchell D. Cornelius, Anthony J. Zambanini, Thomas M. Reilly
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Publication number: 20190193493Abstract: A mower and cart are attached with a hitch that allows movement of the cart relative to the mower about two axes and constrains movement of the cart relative to the mower about another axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventor: Chris Edward Gaalema
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Patent number: 10227027Abstract: A seat assembly includes a seat back that is mounted on a base for relative movement between a first seat position and a second seat position. An armrest is mounted on the seat back for relative movement between a stowed position and a use position. An armrest restrictor prevents movement of the armrest relative to the seat back when the seat back is moved from the first seat position toward the second seat position and allows movement of the armrest relative to the seat back when the seat back is in the first seat position.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Lear CorporationInventor: Chris Edwards
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Patent number: 10174941Abstract: A gas burner system comprising a longitudinal burner body defining a longitudinal central cavity, and a ribbon pack configured to be removably installed into the central cavity, the ribbon pack comprising: (i) at least one ribbon positioned between a first vertical wall and a second vertical wall; (ii) a first transverse arm extending horizontally outward from a first longitudinal side of the ribbon pack; (iii) a second transverse arm extending horizontally outward from a second longitudinal side of the ribbon pack, wherein the first and second transverse arms are configured to attach to the longitudinal burner body.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: SELAS HEAT TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LLCInventors: Guoguang Su, Steve Mathis, Chris Edward Vandegrift, James Pezzuto, Matthew M. Knepper
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Publication number: 20190001849Abstract: A seat assembly includes a seat back that is mounted on a base for relative movement between a first seat position and a second seat position. An armrest is mounted on the seat back for relative movement between a stowed position and a use position. An armrest restrictor prevents movement of the armrest relative to the seat back when the seat back is moved from the first seat position toward the second seat position and allows movement of the armrest relative to the seat back when the seat back is in the first seat position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2017Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: Lear CorporationInventor: Chris Edwards
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Patent number: 10115599Abstract: Methods and apparatus for subtractively fabricating three-dimensional structures relative to a surface of a substrate and for additively depositing metal and dopant atoms onto the surface and for diffusing them into the bulk. A chemical solution is applied to the surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a spatial pattern of electron-hole pairs is generated by projecting a spatial pattern of illumination characterized by a specified intensity, wavelength and duration at each pixel of a plurality of pixels on the surface. An electrical potential is applied across the interface of the semiconductor and the solution with a specified temporal profile relative to the temporal profile of the spatial pattern of illumination. Such methods are applied to the fabrication of a photodetector integral with a parabolic reflector, cell size sorting chips, a three-dimensional photonic bandgap chip, a photonic integrated circuit, and an integrated photonic microfluidic circuit.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2016Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of IllinoisInventors: Lynford Goddard, Kaiyuan Wang, Chris Edwards, Lonna Edwards, Xin Yu, Gang Logan Liu, Terry Koker