Patents by Inventor Joshua Stephens
Joshua 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: 20140251301Abstract: An oven appliance is provided. The oven appliance includes a pair of doors. Each door of the pair of doors includes an outer door panel and an inner door panel. The outer and inner door panels are spaced apart from each other along at least one edge of the door such that the inner and outer door panels define a thermal break therebetween. The thermal break can assist with limiting or hindering heat transfer between the inner and outer door panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2013Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: John Mark Chilton, Stephen Bernard Froelicher, Scott Thomas Kershner, Joshua Stephen Wiseman, John Adam Yantis
-
Patent number: 8826898Abstract: An oven rack constructed from an expanded or punched metal is provided. The oven rack can be coated with one or more coatings to e.g., protect the metal from discoloration or damage, and/or to provide certain properties to the surface of the rack that may be desirable for cooking operations. An oven appliance incorporating such an oven rack is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: James Lee Armstrong, Joshua Stephen Wiseman
-
Patent number: 8733862Abstract: An appliance is provided having one or more racks or shelves, the position of which may be adjusted vertically. Multiple different positions along the vertical direction can be made available for selection by a user of the appliance. One or more locking mechanisms allow for selective adjustment of the vertical position at which a shelf may be located.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2013Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: James Lee Armstrong, Stephen Bernard Froelicher, Joshua Stephen Wiseman
-
Patent number: 8689781Abstract: An oven appliance is provided. The oven appliance includes a cabinet and a pair of doors mounted to the cabinet. A latch selectively secures one of the pair of doors in a closed position. A pair of seals assists with sealing the chamber of the cabinet when the pair of doors is in the closed position. The seals of the pair of seals overlap and engage each other when the pair of doors is in the closed position such that both doors of the pair of doors are secured in the closed position when the latch secures the one of the pair of doors in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2013Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: John Mark Chilton, John Adam Yantis, Scott Thomas Kershner, Joshua Stephen Wiseman
-
Publication number: 20140026880Abstract: An oven appliance with one or more features for managing the flow of heated air within the oven cavity is provided. Such features are provided on a floor or wall that is positioned over one or more heating elements. The features are configured to disrupt the formation and/or flow of a high temperature film so that heated air is more uniformly distributed within the oven cavity in order to promote a more uniform cooking of food items therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Stephen Bernard Froelicher, Joshua Stephen Wiseman
-
Publication number: 20140000665Abstract: A dishwasher appliance is provided. The dishwasher appliance includes a door for providing access to a wash chamber of the dishwasher appliance. A low voltage electrical component is mounted within the door and is in electrical communication with a low voltage power source. By utilizing the low voltage power source and the low voltage electrical component, the reliability of the dishwasher appliance can be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Erick Paul Graven, Joshua Stephen Wiseman, Timothy Martin Wetzel
-
Publication number: 20130118475Abstract: An oven rack constructed from a flatted expanded metal sheet, a raised expanded metal sheet, or a punched metal is provided. The oven rack can be coated with one or more coatings to e.g., protect the metal from discoloration or damage, and/or to provide certain properties to the surface of the rack that may be desirable for cooking operations. An oven appliance incorporating such an oven rack is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2012Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: James Lee Armstrong, Joshua Stephen Wiseman
-
Publication number: 20130118470Abstract: An oven rack constructed from an expanded or punched metal is provided. The oven rack can be coated with one or more coatings to e.g., protect the metal from discoloration or damage, and/or to provide certain properties to the surface of the rack that may be desirable for cooking operations. An oven appliance incorporating such an oven rack is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: James Lee Armstrong, Joshua Stephen Wiseman
-
Patent number: 8402864Abstract: A wrench gripping assist apparatus includes an elongated member having a first end, a second end and a peripheral surface extending between the first and second ends. The elongated member has a slot therein extending into the peripheral surface and through each of the first and second ends. The slot is configured to receive a handle of a wrench so that opposite heads of the wrench extend away from the first and second ends. The peripheral surface has a plurality of finger grips therein.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2010Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Inventor: Joshua Stephens
-
Patent number: 8346752Abstract: In a computer system that has no single place to discover all installed software applications, a software title discovery technique uses a combination of techniques to discover installed software. One of the combined techniques is an operating system predefined interface for obtaining information about installed software application; other techniques that may be employed include searching a repository of uninstall information, searching for executable files in a portion of a filesystem for the computer, and searching for executable files pointed to by other files in the filesystem of the computer system. A client/server configuration may be employed to allow collection of the software application information across a network of computers in an enterprise by a server computer system, allowing the server system to provide reports regard installed software applications.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: BMC Software, Inc.Inventors: Joshua Stephen Sirota, Narayanan Arunachalam
-
Publication number: 20120317832Abstract: Energy efficiencies are achieved in a dryer or washer/dryer by selectively varying temperature ranges, time periods, heater power levels, and air flow rates. Efficiency improvements on the order of 16% were obtained over typical constant power, constant temperature, timed drying cycles by varying one or more of these parameters. Efficiencies can also be improved by drawing air from alternative warm sources such as an attic or warm external environment, or by heat recovery from dryer exhaust passages.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Inventors: Venkat Ramprasad Lakkineni, Martin Mitchell Zentner, Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Steve Bernard Froelicher, Nicholas Okruch, JR., Michael Thomas Beyerle, Joshua Stephen Wiseman, Nemetalla Salameh
-
Patent number: 8173942Abstract: An over the range oven includes a main body defining a cooking cavity therein, wherein the cooking cavity includes a front edge surrounding an opening. An RF generation module is coupled to the cooking cavity and is configured to deliver microwave energy into the cooking cavity. At least one radiant heat source is coupled to the cooking cavity and is configured to supply heat energy to the cooking cavity. The oven is configured to operate in a radiant heat mode of operation, a microwave mode of operation, a dual mode of operation, and a self clean mode of operation.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2005Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Joshua Stephen Wiseman, Christopher E. O'Malley, Stephen Bernard Froelicher, Charles Ray Smith, Karen Marie Edberg, Jay Andrew Broniak
-
Publication number: 20100223494Abstract: A telecommunications system has been developed that includes an on-premise IP PBX and an offsite hosted IP PBX. The system includes logic that automatically and/or manually migrates system configuration data from the on-premise IP PBX to the offsite IP PBX during a failure of the on-premise IP PBX.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2010Publication date: September 2, 2010Inventors: Tristan Barnum Degenhardt, Joshua Stephens, Brian Mason Degenhardt, David Podolsky
-
Publication number: 20100198843Abstract: In a computer system that has no single place to discover all installed software applications, a software title discovery technique uses a combination of techniques to discover installed software. One of the combined techniques is an operating system predefined interface for obtaining information about installed software application; other techniques that may be employed include searching a repository of uninstall information, searching for executable files in a portion of a filesystem for the computer, and searching for executable files pointed to by other files in the filesystem of the computer system. A client/server configuration may be employed to allow collection of the software application information across a network of computers in an enterprise by a server computer system, allowing the server system to provide reports regard installed software applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2009Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: BMC SOFTWARE, INC.Inventors: Joshua Stephen Sirota, Narayanan Arunachalam
-
Publication number: 20100162034Abstract: A telecommunications system has been developed that includes an on premise IP PBX and an offsite hosted IP PBX. The system includes software that allows migration of data between the PBXs as needed by system requirements.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: Digium, Inc.Inventors: Tristan Barnum Degenhardt, Joshua Stephens, Brian Mason Degenhardt, David Podolsky
-
Patent number: 7376581Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for providing access to electronic works over a network. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention offers a user access to electronic copies of works, such as songs, albums, movies, or music videos, over a network. The user responds to the offer by requesting to access to a particular work. Before such a request is granted, the present invention may verify that the user is authorized to access to the work. In one embodiment, the user verifies that they are authorized to access an electronic copy of the work by demonstrating that they possess a physical copy of the work. In another embodiment, the user verifies that they are authorized to access an electronic copy of the work by demonstrating that they ordered or purchased a copy of the work. If a user's authorization is verified, the user may then be provided with access to an electronic copy of the work by such techniques as downloading or streaming.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2002Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: Universal Music Group, Inc.Inventors: John William DeRose, Alexander T. Van Zoest, Matthew John Dimeo, Brian Mason Degenhardt, Charles Lawrence Sismondo, Brian Callahan, George Matthew Costello, Tristan Anne Barnum, James Park, Joshua Stephens, Michael Oliphant, David M Story, John P. Knott, James Martin Moore
-
Publication number: 20080109107Abstract: An integrated computer control process is used for a decoking cycle that takes into account all affected process variables including temperature, pressure, flow rates, and time related functions. Manual operator input is limited to setting the basis of the decoking cycle, which can include temperatures and pressure ranges, and monitoring key parameters, such as pressure tests.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2006Publication date: May 8, 2008Inventors: Arthur N. Stefani, Joshua Stephen Hogue, Eberhard Lucke, Rick O. Castillo
-
Publication number: 20070199439Abstract: A vehicle is disclosed having a hydraulic control system with a user input to select a range of metering rates.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2006Publication date: August 30, 2007Inventors: Joshua Stephens, Leonard Mast
-
Patent number: 7041940Abstract: A cooking platform includes at least one surface heating element having a first power consumption level and an oven located under the surface heating element. The oven includes a first heating element having a second power consumption level and a second heating element having a third power consumption level. The second heating element has at least two heating sub-elements. One of the two heating sub-elements is configured to be deenergized when a sum of the first, second, and third power consumption levels exceeds a power consumption limit of the cooking platform.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2003Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Stephen Michael Bakanowski, David Laurence Kinny, Lawrence Michael Portaro, Timothy Francis Powell, Mark Patrick Schoenegge, Joshua Stephen Wiseman, Charles Ray Smith, Cecilia Maria Blanchard
-
Patent number: 6609105Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for providing access to electronic works over a network. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention offers a user access to electronic copies of works, such as songs, albums, movies, or music videos, over a network. The user responds to the offer by requesting to access to a particular work. Before such a request is granted, the present invention may verify that the user is authorized to access to the work. In one embodiment, the user verifies that they are authorized to access an electronic copy of the work by demonstrating that they possess a physical copy of the work. In another embodiment, the user verifies that they are authorized to access an electronic copy of the work by demonstrating that they ordered or purchased a copy of the work. If a user's authorization is verified, the user may then be provided with access to an electronic copy of the work by such techniques as downloading or streaming.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2001Date of Patent: August 19, 2003Assignee: MP3.com, Inc.Inventors: Alexander T. Van Zoest, Matthew John Dimeo, Brian Mason Degenhardt, Charles Lawerence Sismondo, Brian Callahan, John William DeRose, George Matthew Costello, Tristan Anne Barnum, James Park, Joshua Stephens, Michael Oliphant, David M. Story, John P. Knott, James Martin Moore