Patents by Inventor James A. Stephens

James A. Stephens 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: 20250102695
    Abstract: A marine survey system and method for ultrahigh resolution (UHR) mapping of a marine bottom (B) below a body of water (W) by means of a frame (20) towed as a whole by one or more towing cables (12) at a distance (Xf) behind a marine vessel (10) moving over the water (W) in a movement direction (V). The frame (20) comprises a rigid framework (23) and a plurality of independent acoustic sources (21), wherein each acoustic source (21) is independently controlled to emit a separate acoustic wave (A) propagating through the water (W) and reflecting off bottom regions of the marine bottom (B) for the mapping thereof. The acoustic sources (21) are kept fixated by the rigid framework (23) at a source-to-source distance (Ys) less than four meters in a transverse direction (Y) perpendicular to the movement direction (V) of the vessel (10) to distinguish the bottom regions with an ultrahigh resolution (Ry) of less than two meters at least in the transverse direction (Y).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Fugro Technology B.V.
    Inventor: Angus James Stephen OGILVIE
  • Publication number: 20250099109
    Abstract: Methods and systems for pressure application are provided. A pressure application system comprises a base assembly having an upper profile and a lower profile, a chassis coupled to the base assembly, a ratchet, a handle coupled with the ratchet, and at least on strap retention mechanism coupled to the chassis. The ratchet extends through the chassis and least partially in the base assembly. The handle is coupled with the ratchet such that a movement of the handle moves the ratchet. The at least one strap retention mechanism is configured to receive a strap retention mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Chibueze Joseph Ihenacho, Thomas Trevor Bludis, Andrew James Stephens
  • Publication number: 20250099826
    Abstract: A lacrosse head removal and installation tool includes a generally cuboid body and a handle joined to the body. The body has a first end and a second end, sidewalls, and a c-shaped channel formed longitudinally through the body. The handle in joined to one of the sidewalls of the body midway between the first end and the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventor: James Stephen Stanton
  • Patent number: 12251663
    Abstract: A portable filtration system is described. The system may comprise: a mixing portion, comprising: a pump adaptor and a contaminant regulator. The pump adaptor may comprise: an upper plate, a lower plate, and a screen. The screen may axially extend between the upper and lower plates, wherein the upper plate, the lower plate, and the screen define a channel of a mixing chamber. The contaminant regulator may comprise a through-passage coupled to the upper plate, wherein the through-passage is in fluid communication with the mixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
    Inventors: Michael Jeffrey Anderson, Jeremy Stephen Walker, James Saye Dusenbury, IV
  • Publication number: 20250082545
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are glass pharmaceutical vials having sidewalls of reduced thickness. In embodiments, the glass pharmaceutical vial may include a glass body comprising a sidewall enclosing an interior volume. An outer diameter D of the glass body is equal to a diameter d1 of a glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1, wherein X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1. However, the sidewall of the glass pharmaceutical vial comprises an average wall thickness Ti that is less than or equal to 0.85*s1, wherein s1 is a wall thickness of the glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1 and X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Christy Lynn Chapman, Sinue Gomez-Mower, Weirong Jiang, Joseph Michael Matusick, Christie Leigh McCarthy, Connor Thomas O'Malley, John Stephen Peanasky, Shivani Rao Polasani, James Ernest Webb, Michael Clement Ruotolo, JR., Bryan James Musk, Jared Seaman Aaldenberg, Eric Lewis Allington, Douglas Miles Noni, JR., Amber Leigh Tremper, Kristen Dae Waight, Kevin Patrick McNelis, Patrick Joseph Cimo, Steven Edward DeMartino, Robert Anthony Schaut, Adam Robert Sarafian
  • Patent number: 12248112
    Abstract: A marine survey system and method for ultrahigh resolution (UHR) mapping of a marine bottom (B) below a body of water (W) by means of a frame (20) towed as a whole by one or more towing cables (12) at a distance (Xf) behind a marine vessel (10) moving over the water (W) in a movement direction (V). The frame (20) comprises a rigid framework (23) and a plurality of independent acoustic sources (21), wherein each acoustic source (21) is independently controlled to emit a separate acoustic wave (A) propagating through the water (W) and reflecting off bottom regions of the marine bottom (B) for the mapping thereof. The acoustic sources (21) are kept fixated by the rigid framework (23) at a source-to-source distance (Ys) less than four meters in a transverse direction (Y) perpendicular to the movement direction (V) of the vessel (10) to distinguish the bottom regions with an ultrahigh resolution (Ry) of less than two meters at least in the transverse direction (Y).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Fugro Technology B.V.
    Inventor: Angus James Stephen Ogilvie
  • Patent number: 12249237
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for traffic flow control. In an aspect, an on-board computer (OBC) of a vehicle of a secondary traffic flow determines that a primary traffic flow is passing through an intersection associated with a traffic light, wherein the determination that the primary traffic flow is passing through the intersection is based on sensor data from one or more sensors of the vehicle, vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication, or any combination thereof, and reduces a speed of the vehicle to prevent the vehicle from tripping a traffic light sensor associated with the traffic light until after the primary traffic flow has passed through the intersection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Scott Scigliano, James Stephen
  • Patent number: 12239648
    Abstract: Novel RET fusion molecules and uses are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Foundation Medicine, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean R. Downing, Matthew J. Hawryluk, Doron Lipson, Alexander N. Parker, Philip James Stephens
  • Publication number: 20250058712
    Abstract: A system of object detection for a trailer. In one example, the system includes a camera configured to capture images of the trailer, where the images include an object other than the trailer. The system also includes a sensor configured to capture sensor data, a display configured to display images from the perspective of the camera, and a controller on the vehicle. The controller includes an electronic processor configured to receive the image data from the camera, receive the sensor data from the sensor, determine a blind spot, analyze the sensor data for radar data associated with the object, calculate the position of the object relative to the blind spot and the trailer, determine that the object is within the blind spot using an object detection algorithm, and in response to the determining that the object is within the blind spot, generate an augmented image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Michael R. Meier, James Stephen Miller, Frank Peter Riggi, Elizabeth E. Kao
  • Publication number: 20250058894
    Abstract: A method of aligning an aircraft with a landing platform in motion comprises measuring a GPS heading with at least one GPS sensor positioned at a known location relative to the landing platform while the landing platform is in motion, measuring an orientation of the aircraft with an orientation sensor fixed relative to the aircraft, calculating an orientation of the landing platform from the GPS heading, calculating an orientation offset between the measured orientation of the aircraft and the calculated orientation of the landing platform, and changing an orientation of the aircraft or the landing platform to reduce the orientation offset. A system for landing and securing an aircraft in an enclosure, a system for disconnecting a tether from an aircraft, and a system for landing an aircraft in an enclosure are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Joseph Pawelczyk, Kris Auker, Trevor Stephens, Jeffrey Field, James Megariotis
  • Patent number: 12226370
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are glass pharmaceutical vials having sidewalls of reduced thickness. In embodiments, the glass pharmaceutical vial may include a glass body comprising a sidewall enclosing an interior volume. An outer diameter D of the glass body is equal to a diameter d1 of a glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1, wherein X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1. However, the sidewall of the glass pharmaceutical vial comprises an average wall thickness Ti that is less than or equal to 0.85*s1, wherein s1 is a wall thickness of the glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1 and X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Christie Leigh McCarthy, Sinue Gomez-Mower, Weirong Jiang, Joseph Michael Matusick, Steven Edward DeMartino, Connor Thomas O'Malley, John Stephen Peanasky, Shivani Rao Polasani, James Ernest Webb, Michael Clement Ruotolo, Jr., Bryan James Musk, Jared Seaman Aaldenberg, Eric Lewis Allington, Douglas Miles Noni, Jr., Amber Leigh Tremper, Kristen Dae Waight, Kevin Patrick McNelis, Patrick Joseph Cimo, Christy Lynn Chapman, Robert Anthony Schaut
  • Patent number: 12227713
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to polysiloxanes, processes for preparing polysiloxanes, and hydraulic fluids comprising polysiloxanes. This disclosure also relates to hydraulic fluids comprising one or more polysiloxane compounds and diphosphonate compounds, and to the use of diphosphonate compounds in hydraulic fluids or as additives or components in various compositions, for example to provide fire retardant properties to a fluid or composition. This disclosure also relates to use of the compositions as hydraulic fluids, which may be used in various machines, vehicles and craft, including aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignees: THE BOEING COMPANY, COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION
    Inventors: Mathew John Ballard, Philip Stephen Casey, Susan Wan-Yi Holmes, Cameron David Way, Kevin Norman Winzenberg, James Hull
  • Patent number: 12229311
    Abstract: An improved computing tool performs an improved computing tool function to identify sensitive data risks in cloud-based deployments. A knowledge graph is built based on data schema information for a cloud-based computing environment, a set of parsed infrastructure logs, and a set of captured application queries. A set of sensitive flows in the knowledge graph are identified representing paths from a sensitive data element to an endpoint in the knowledge graph. The set of sensitive flows are scored based on a scoring algorithm and an alert is issued to an administrator in response to a score of a sensitive flow within the set of sensitive flows exceeding a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Julian James Stephen, Ted Augustus Habeck, Arjun Natarajan
  • Patent number: 12219691
    Abstract: A printed circuit board assembly comprises: a printed circuit board (PCB); an integrated circuit (IC) package that is mounted on the PCB and includes a first surface and a bare IC die disposed on the first surface; and a vapor chamber coupled to the first surface of the IC package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Haley, James Stephen Fields, Jr., Seungkug Park
  • Patent number: 12218120
    Abstract: A structure is provided that includes a first active circuit in which at least one of areas surrounding the first active circuit includes an active circuit-containing region. A second active circuit is spaced apart from the first active circuit. The second active circuit includes a circuit mimic fill area present in at least one of the areas surrounding the second active circuit. The circuit mimic fill area substantially matches the active circuit-containing region that is adjacent to the first active circuit. The circuit mimic fill area is located on an equivalent side of the second active circuit as the active circuit-containing region that is present adjacent the first active circuit. The use of the circuit mimic fill mitigates the effects over medium range and beyond distances that cause device failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dureseti Chidambarrao, Matthew Stephen Angyal, Noah Zamdmer, Varadarajan Vidya, James Strom, Grant P. Kesselring, Erik Unterborn
  • Publication number: 20250033424
    Abstract: An apparatus for removably attaching manual equipment, which includes one wheel, to a power tow vehicle. The apparatus includes a cradle clamp head assembly; a vertical body assembly having a first end and an opposing second end, the cradle clamp head assembly configured to be attached to the vertical body assembly closer to the first end than the second end of the vertical body assembly; and a hitch receiver adapter configured to be attached to the vertical body assembly, while the cradle clamp head assembly is attached to the vertical body assembly, such that the hitch receiver adapter is further from the first end of the vertical body assembly than the cradle clamp head assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventor: JAMES STEPHEN ADAMS
  • Patent number: 12193806
    Abstract: A method for detecting a marker in a body, comprising receiving an input signal from a probe, where the input signal is generated by a probe in response to detecting a marker signal from the marker; determining a marker proximity value based on the input signal, the marker proximity value corresponds to a distance between the probe and the marker; generating a feedback signal for output by a user interface device based on the marker proximity value, and outputting feedback signal, wherein range of the marker proximity value is divided into predetermined distance bands; and wherein at least one parameter of the feedback signal, or a rate of change of the at least one parameter of the feedback signal in relation to marker proximity value, is varied discontinuously at a boundary between at least two adjacent bands. The feedback signal may be an audio signal and/or a haptic signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: ENDOMAGNETICS LTD
    Inventors: Quentin John Harmer, Kevin Lorimer, Matthew James Stephens
  • Publication number: 20250012742
    Abstract: A method of analyzing a sample imaged by electron backscatter diffraction. The method comprises identifying a plurality of Kikuchi bands in an electron backscatter diffraction image of a position on the sample. The method further comprises forming, for each identified Kikuchi band, a respective vector representation of said Kikuchi band based at least in part on an estimate of the position on the sample. A configuration of the sample is determined by identifying a particular set of expected vector representations from a plurality of sets of expected vector representations as matching the vector representations of the plurality of identified Kikuchi bands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Austin Penrose Day, Christopher James Stephens, Pavel Stejskal, Martin Petrek
  • Patent number: D1058576
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: ENDOMAGNETICS LTD
    Inventors: Quentin John Harmer, Kevin Lorimer, Matthew James Stephens, David Ian Gammie, Rebecca Ann Wilkins
  • Patent number: D1059375
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: ENDOMAGNETICS LTD
    Inventors: Quentin John Harmer, Kevin Lorimer, Matthew James Stephens, David Ian Gammie, Rebecca Ann Wilkins