Patents by Inventor Christopher A. Hughes
Christopher A. 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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Patent number: 9788625Abstract: This invention relates to a hair styling device having a body defining a chamber adapted to accommodate a length of hair, the length of hair being styled while it is located within the chamber. The chamber has a primary opening through which the length of hair may pass into the chamber. An elongate member is located within the chamber. A rotatable element is provided which is adapted to engage the length of hair adjacent to the primary opening and to apply a force to the length of hair to wind the length of hair around the elongate member. The rotation of the rotatable element is controlled by a control system which includes means to detect the force applied to the length of hair. In the event of hair entanglement the force applied to the length of hair increases and if the force detected by the control system exceeds a predetermined threshold the rotation of the rotatable element is stopped and can be reversed so as to relieve the tension and allow the length of hair to be removed from the device.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: TF3 LIMITEDInventors: Alfredo De Benedictis, Mark Christopher Hughes
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Patent number: 9678750Abstract: In one embodiment, a processor may include a vector unit to perform operations on multiple data elements responsive to a single instruction, and a control unit coupled to the vector unit to provide the data elements to the vector unit, where the control unit is to enable an atomic vector operation to be performed on at least some of the data elements responsive to a first vector instruction to be executed under a first mask and a second vector instruction to be executed under a second mask. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Mikhail Smelyanskiy, Victor Lee, Christopher Hughes, Daehyun Kim, Yen-Kuang Chen, Changkyu Kim, Jatin Chhugani, Anthony D. Nguyen, Sanjeev Kumar
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Patent number: 9629434Abstract: A hair styling device is described having a body defining a chamber adapted to accommodate a length of hair, the chamber having a primary opening through which the length of hair may pass into the chamber; a rotatable element adapted to engage the length of hair adjacent to the primary opening; an elongate member non-detachably mounted to the body and around which, in use, the length of hair is wound by the rotatable element, the elongate member having a free end; the chamber having a secondary opening through which the length of hair may pass out of the chamber, the secondary opening being located adjacent to the free end; and a movable abutment which can engage the length of hair in use, the movable abutment being movable relative to the elongate member and having an open position in which the length of hair can pass through the secondary opening, and a closed position in which the length of hair is retained within the chamber, wherein the movable abutment is located within one of (i) the secondary opening,Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2016Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: TF3 LIMITEDInventors: Alfredo DeBenedictis, Mark Christopher Hughes
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Patent number: 9615643Abstract: A hair styling device is disclosed. In one aspect the hair styling device includes: a body defining a chamber adapted to accommodate a length of hair, the chamber having a primary opening through which the length of hair may enter the chamber; a rotatable element adapted to engage the length of hair adjacent to the primary opening; an elongate member around which, in use, the length of hair is wound by the rotatable element; a guide part adapted to guide the length of hair towards the primary opening, the rotatable element being rotatable relative to the guide part, the guide part being movable relative to the body. The movable guide part may also serve to press the length of hair towards the primary opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: TF3 LIMITEDInventors: Alfredo De Benedictis, Janusz Lucien Holland, Mark Christopher Hughes
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Patent number: 9615644Abstract: This invention relates to a hair styling device. According to the invention the hair styling device comprises a body adapted to accommodate a length of hair, the body having a primary opening through which the length of hair may pass; a rotatable element adapted to engage the length of hair adjacent to the primary opening; an elongate member around which, in use, the length of hair is wound by the rotatable element; a movable panel having an open position in which the primary opening is open to receive the length of hair, and a closed position in which the primary opening is covered, the movable panel having a heating element.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: TF3 LIMITEDInventors: Alfredo De Benedictis, Janusz Lucien Holland, Mark Christopher Hughes
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Publication number: 20170074869Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of reversibly binding polypeptides to a solid phase comprising a hydrophilic surface, preferably for the use in mass spectrometry based proteomics. Kits providing reagents for the method of the invention and uses of said kits.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Jeroen KRIJGSVELD, Lars STEINMETZ, Christopher HUGHES
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Publication number: 20170013928Abstract: This invention relates to a hair styling device (10). The device has a body (12) defining a chamber (16) adapted to accommodate a length of hair (24), the chamber having an opening (22) through which the length of hair may pass into the chamber. A rotatable element (26) is adapted to engage the length of hair adjacent to the opening and to wind the length of hair around a protrusion within the chamber. A first hair-straightening panel (44) and a second hair-straightening panel (46) are provided, the first hair-straightening panel and the second hair-straightening panel facing one another and defining a passage (50) through which the length of hair passes as it leaves the chamber, the first hair-straightening panel and the second hair-straightening panel being movable relative to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Alfredo Debenedictis, Mark Christopher Hughes, Janusz Lucien Holland
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Publication number: 20170006989Abstract: This invention relates to a hair styling device, and in particular a hair waving device. The device has a chamber for containing the length of hair, and a first forming member and a second forming member within the chamber, a first hair-receiving region between the first forming member and the second forming member. A first driving member can move relative to the first forming member between an inoperative position outside the first hair-receiving region and an operative position within the first hair-receiving region. The first driving member drives a portion of the length of hair into the first hair-receiving region to form a first wave in the length of hair. The device can comprise multiple forming members and multiple driving members to produce multiple waves.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Alfredo DeBenedictis, Martin Malcolm Harris, Janusz Lucien Holland, Mark Christopher Hughes
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Publication number: 20160353852Abstract: A hair styling device is described having a body defining a chamber adapted to accommodate a length of hair, the chamber having a primary opening through which the length of hair may pass into the chamber; a rotatable element adapted to engage the length of hair adjacent to the primary opening; an elongate member non-detachably mounted to the body and around which, in use, the length of hair is wound by the rotatable element, the elongate member having a free end; the chamber having a secondary opening through which the length of hair may pass out of the chamber, the secondary opening being located adjacent to the free end; and a movable abutment which can engage the length of hair in use, the movable abutment being movable relative to the elongate member and having an open position in which the length of hair can pass through the secondary opening, and a closed position in which the length of hair is retained within the chamber, wherein the movable abutment is located within one of (i) the secondary opening,Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: TF3 LIMITEDInventors: Alfredo DeBenedictis, Mark Christopher Hughes
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Publication number: 20160255937Abstract: This invention relates to a hair styling device. The invention provides a hair styling device (10; 210; 310) having a body (12; 112; 312; 412) with a chamber (16; 116; 216; 316) adapted to accommodate a length of hair (24). The chamber has an opening (22; 322) through which the length of hair may pass into the chamber. A rotatable element (32) is adapted to engage the length of hair adjacent to the opening. A pressing means (28, 30; 330; 430) drives the length of hair towards the opening. The device has a capture region (364; 464) which is spaced from the opening (22; 322) and which retains misplaced hair. Holding means (330; 406) holds the misplaced hair within the capture region where it is detected by a detector (382; 482).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: TF3 LIMITEDInventors: Alfredo De Benedictis, Janusz Lucien Holland, Mark Christopher Hughes
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Publication number: 20160228570Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising an antibody or fragment thereof against oxidised Collagen II (CII) in which the antibody or fragment thereof is conjugated to a pharmaceutically active moiety. The invention also provides a composition comprising an antibody or fragment thereof against oxidised Collagen II (CII) and a detectable label. The invention further provides the use of such compositions in medicine, in particular for the treatment of an arthropathy, and in methods of diagnosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2016Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Ahuva Nissim, Yuti Chernajovsky, Bjarne Faurholm, David Perrett, Paul Winyard, Christopher Hughes, Stephen Mather, Francesco Dell'Accio
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Patent number: 9400650Abstract: A processor executes a mask update instruction to perform updates to a first mask register and a second mask register. A register file within the processor includes the first mask register and the second mask register. The processor includes execution circuitry to execute the mask update instruction. In response to the mask update instruction, the execution circuitry is to invert a given number of mask bits in the first mask register, and also to invert the given number of mask bits in the second mask register.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Mikhail Plotnikov, Andrey Naraikin, Christopher Hughes
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Patent number: 9378182Abstract: A processor executes a vector move instruction to move data elements from a second vector register to a first vector register under the control of a first mask register and a second mask register. A register file within the processor includes the first vector register, the second vector register, the first mask register and the second mask register. In response to the vector move instruction, execution circuitry in the processor is to replace a given number of target data elements in the first vector register with the given number of source data elements in the second vector register. Each source data element corresponds to a mask bit in the second mask register having a second bit value, and wherein each target data element corresponds to a mask bit in the first mask register having a first bit value.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Mikhail Plotnikov, Andrey Naraikin, Christopher Hughes
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Publication number: 20150216281Abstract: This invention relates to a hair styling device. According to the invention the hair styling device comprises a body adapted to accommodate a length of hair, the body having a primary opening through which the length of hair may pass; a rotatable element adapted to engage the length of hair adjacent to the primary opening; an elongate member around which, in use, the length of hair is wound by the rotatable element; a movable panel having an open position in which the primary opening is open to receive the length of hair, and a closed position in which the primary opening is covered, the movable panel having a heating element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2015Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: TF3 LIMITEDInventors: Alfredo De Benedictis, Janusz Lucien Holland, Mark Christopher Hughes
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Publication number: 20150201727Abstract: This invention relates to a hair styling device having a body defining a chamber adapted to accommodate a length of hair, the length of hair being styled whilst it is located within the chamber. The chamber has a primary opening through which the length of hair may pass into the chamber. An elongate member is located within the chamber. A rotatable element is provided which is adapted to engage the length of hair adjacent to the primary opening and to apply a force to the length of hair to wind the length of hair around the elongate member. The rotation of the rotatable element is controlled by a control system which includes means to detect the force applied to the length of hair. In the event of hair entanglement the force applied to the length of hair increases and if the force detected by the control system exceeds a predetermined threshold the rotation of the rotatable element is stopped and can be reversed so as to relieve the tension and allow the length of hair to be removed from the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2015Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: TF3 LIMITEDInventors: Alfredo De Benedictis, Mark Christopher Hughes
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Publication number: 20150128987Abstract: This invention relates to a hair styling device. According to one aspect of the invention the hair styling device comprises a body (112) defining a chamber (116) adapted to accommodate a length of hair, the chamber having a primary opening (124) through which the length of hair may enter the chamber; a rotatable element (134) adapted to engage the length of hair adjacent to the primary opening; an elongate member (120) around which, in use, the length of hair is wound by the rotatable element; a guide part (254) adapted to guide the length of hair towards the primary opening, the rotatable element being rotatable relative to the guide part, the guide part being movable relative to the body. The movable guide part may also serve to press the length of hair towards the primary opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: TF3 LIMITEDInventors: Alfredo De Benedictis, Janusz Lucien Holland, Mark Christopher Hughes
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Patent number: 9027570Abstract: A hair styling device is described, having a body defining a chamber adapted to accommodate a length of hair, with the length of hair being styled while it is located within the chamber. The chamber has a primary opening through which the length of hair may pass into the chamber. A rotatable element is provided which is adapted to engage the length of hair adjacent to the primary opening. An elongate member is located within the chamber, the length of hair being wound around the elongate member by the rotatable element. The device has a pressing part adapted to press a portion of the length of hair towards the primary opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2014Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: TF3 LimitedInventors: Alfredo De Benedictis, Mark Christopher Hughes
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Patent number: 8943848Abstract: An integrated ventilation unit configured to provide ventilation and conditioned air to an indoor space may include a heat pump system, an energy recovery device and a control unit. The heat pump system may include a first coil located at a supply air side of the ventilation unit, a second coil located at an exhaust air side of the ventilation unit, and a compressor. The energy recovery device may be configured to transfer heat between a return air stream and a supply air stream and the control unit may be configured to control operation of the heat pump system and the energy recovery device.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2011Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Reznor LLCInventors: Seng K. Phannavong, Christopher A. Hughes, Thomas W. Clark, John P. McKissack, David G. Street, Timothy J. Roberts
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Publication number: 20140216494Abstract: A hair styling device is described, having a body defining a chamber adapted to accommodate a length of hair, with the length of hair being styled while it is located within the chamber. The chamber has a primary opening through which the length of hair may pass into the chamber. A rotatable element is provided which is adapted to engage the length of hair adjacent to the primary opening. An elongate member is located within the chamber, the length of hair being wound around the elongate member by the rotatable element. The device has a pressing part adapted to press a portion of the length of hair towards the primary opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: TF3 LIMITEDInventors: Alfredo De Benedictis, Mark Christopher Hughes
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Patent number: 8794862Abstract: A seal is for sealing an axial space between first and second axially-spaced members, the first member having a radial surface and the second member having an outer circumferential surface. The seal includes an annular body having inner and outer circumferential surfaces and first and second axial ends, a radial sealing surface proximal to the first end to sealingly engage with the first member radial surface, and a circumferential sealing surface proximal to the second end to sealingly engage with the second member outer surface. At least a portion of the seal body extends circumferentially about and encloses the axial space. The seal may be incorporated in a joint assembly for a linkage having first and second links, the assembly including a shaft coupled with the first link and a boss coupled with the second link, receiving the shaft, and defining an axial space in which the seal is disposed.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKFInventors: Tadd McBride, Christopher Hughes