Patents by Inventor Kerry A. Stevens

Kerry A. Stevens 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: 20230022182
    Abstract: Thermal management systems having pre-stressed biasing elements and related methods are disclosed. An example electronic component includes a circuit board, a processor coupled to the circuit board, and a thermally conductive structure positioned adjacent the processor. The thermally conductive structure is to dissipate heat generated by the processor. The electronic component includes a pre-stressed biasing element coupled to the thermally conductive structure and positioned between the processor and the thermally conductive structure. The pre-stressed biasing element is pre-stressed prior to attachment to the thermally conductive structure and the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Juha Paavola, Justin M. Huttula, Jerrod Peterson, Shawn McEuen, Kerry A. Stevens
  • Publication number: 20230016486
    Abstract: Electrically conductive compressible gaskets can be employed to ground a heat solution and provide electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding. A plurality of gaskets may be arranged around the perimeter of an integrated circuit package such as a processor or system on a chip. Each of the gaskets is in contact with a ground plane in the package, and upon contact with a heat sink or cold plate, creates an electrical path that grounds the heat sink or cold plate and thereby minimizes the emission of spurious radio signals. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Dong-Ho Han, Bala Subramanya, Greeshmaja Govind, Sun Ye E, Boon Ping Koh, Juha Paavola, Kerry Stevens, Neil Delaplane, Quek Liang Wee
  • Patent number: 10720783
    Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device, that includes a first housing and a wireless charging stand. The first housing can include a display. The wireless charging stand can include a power receiving unit and is configured to wireless charge the electronic device and support the first housing at different viewing angles of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen John Allen, Gregory A. Peek, Yoshifumi Nishi, Rolf Laido, Shaun Gerrit Immeker, Kerry A. Stevens, Andrew Larson, Ralph V. Miele, Kimi Jensen, Duck Young Kong, Dan H. Gerbus
  • Patent number: 10321857
    Abstract: Low-cost, easy-to-use alignment target generators for aligning a user's own face or eye to a camera or scanner are based on field-of-view visual feedback from a filtered or apertured planar light source. These approaches may be made agnostic to the scanner's operating system or other software. Alternatively, software on the scanner or its host device may create a solid light-colored section of an existing display screen to use as a planar light source. In some embodiments, the planar light source may be the virtual image of an object viewed in a plane mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kerry A. Stevens, Yoshifumi Nishi
  • Publication number: 20180358826
    Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device, that includes a first housing and a wireless charging stand. The first housing can include a display. The wireless charging stand can include a power receiving unit and is configured to wireless charge the electronic device and support the first housing at different viewing angles of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen John Allen, Gregory A. Peek, Yoshifumi Nishi, Rolf Laido, Shaun Gerrit Immeker, Kerry A. Stevens, Andrew Larson, Ralph V. Miele, Kimi Jensen, Duck Young Kong, Dan H. Gerbus
  • Patent number: 10117603
    Abstract: Low-cost, easy-to-use alignment target generators for aligning a user's own face or eye to a camera or scanner are based on field-of-view visual feedback from a filtered or apertured planar light source. These approaches may be made agnostic to the scanner's operating system or other software. Alternatively, software on the scanner or its host device may create a solid light-colored section of an existing display screen to use as a planar light source. In some embodiments, the planar light source may be the virtual image of an object viewed in a plane mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kerry A. Stevens, Yoshifumi Nishi
  • Patent number: 10003218
    Abstract: This disclosure pertains to wireless power transfer systems, and in particular (but not exclusively), to techniques to improve the coupling efficiency between a power transmitting unit and a power receiving unit within a computing device. The present disclosure includes a system which comprises a computing unit which includes a power receiving unit and a conductive surface. The conductive surface has an opening that is adjacent to the power receiving unit and a slot extending from the opening towards the perimeter of the conductive surface. The computing unit further includes a system base coupled to the power receiving unit wherein the power receiving unit is to provide power to the system base. The system also includes a power transmitting unit adjacent to the computing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Songnan Yang, Janardhan Narayan, Jonathan Rosenfeld, Kerry Stevens, Patrick Chewning
  • Publication number: 20170258371
    Abstract: Low-cost, easy-to-use alignment target generators for aligning a user's own face or eye to a camera or scanner are based on field-of-view visual feedback from a filtered or apertured planar light source. These approaches may be made agnostic to the scanner's operating system or other software. Alternatively, software on the scanner or its host device may create a solid light-colored section of an existing display screen to use as a planar light source. In some embodiments, the planar light source may be the virtual image of an object viewed in a plane mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Kerry A. Stevens, Yoshifumi Nishi
  • Publication number: 20160374550
    Abstract: Low-cost, easy-to-use alignment target generators for aligning a user's own face or eye to a camera or scanner are based on field-of-view visual feedback from a filtered or apertured planar light source. These approaches may be made agnostic to the scanner's operating system or other software. Alternatively, software on the scanner or its host device may create a solid light-colored section of an existing display screen to use as a planar light source. In some embodiments, the planar light source may be the virtual image of an object viewed in a plane mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Kerry A. Stevens, Yoshifumi Nishi
  • Publication number: 20160204656
    Abstract: This disclosure pertains to wireless power transfer systems, and in particular (but not exclusively), to techniques to improve the coupling efficiency between a power transmitting unit and a power receiving unit within a computing device. The present disclosure includes a system which comprises a computing unit which includes a power receiving unit and a conductive surface. The conductive surface has an opening that is adjacent to the power receiving unit and a slot extending from the opening towards the perimeter of the conductive surface. The computing unit further includes a system base coupled to the power receiving unit wherein the power receiving unit is to provide power to the system base. The system also includes a power transmitting unit adjacent to the computing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Songnan Yang, Janardhan Narayan, Jonathan Rosenfeld, Kerry Stevens, Patrick Chewning
  • Publication number: 20160179140
    Abstract: This disclosure pertains to wireless-power transfer systems, and in particular (but not exclusively), to techniques to improve the coupling efficiency between a power transmitting unit and a power receiving unit within a computing system. The present disclosure includes a system which comprises a computing unit and a power transmitting unit adjacent thereto. The computing unit includes a system base, a conductive surface, and a power receiving unit. The conductive surface may have an opening that is adjacent to the power receiving unit and a slot extending from the opening towards the perimeter of the conductive surface. The system base may be coupled to the power receiving unit. The power receiving unit provides power to the system base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Songnan Yang, Janardhan Narayan, Jonathan Rosenfeld, Kerry Stevens, Patrick Chewning
  • Patent number: 9369029
    Abstract: An electric machine having a rectifier assembly placed within a rotating shaft of the electric machine to convert the AC output of the electric machine to DC prior to transmission of the electricity from the electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Raed Zuhair Hasan, Xiaochuan Jia, Kerry Steven Reynolds, Hao Huang
  • Publication number: 20140239777
    Abstract: An electric machine having a rectifier assembly placed within a rotating shaft of the electric machine to convert the AC output of the electric machine to DC prior to transmission of the electricity from the electric machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Raed Zuhair Hasan, Xiaochuan Jia, Kerry Steven Reynolds, Hao Huang
  • Patent number: 7526972
    Abstract: A probe holder for a signal acquisition probe has a cradle receiving the signal acquisition probe and a pedestal adapted for receiving substrates of various thicknesses. The pedestal has a base member and an upright member with the upright member coupled to the cradle. The base member has at least a first lateral slot formed therein having a plurality of clearances for receiving substrates of varying thicknesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventor: Kerry A. Stevens
  • Patent number: 7358717
    Abstract: An input by-pass circuit for a current probe has first and second switches coupled between current probe inputs and current sensing circuit inputs. A switch control is coupled to the switching circuit for selectively coupling and decoupling the current probe inputs to the current sensing circuit such that the current signal continuously flows in the device under test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan S. Dandy, Kerry A. Stevens, Michael J. Mende, Thomas J. Sharp
  • Publication number: 20070273361
    Abstract: An input by-pass circuit for a current probe has first and second switches coupled between current probe inputs and current sensing circuit inputs. A switch control is coupled to the switching circuit for selectively coupling and decoupling the current probe inputs to the current sensing circuit such that the current signal continuously flows in the device under test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Jonathan Dandy, Kerry Stevens, Michael Mende, Thomas Sharp
  • Patent number: 7294995
    Abstract: A current probing system has a current probe and a detachable adapter. The current probe has a probe body with electrically conductive contacts that mate with electrically conductive contacts on the adapter. Leads extend from the adapter for coupling to a current carrying conductor. The leads can connect to a plug that is coupled to a current diverting device for coupling a current signal to the current probe. The adapter may also include a switch that selectively couples the current signal to the current probe when the adapter is mated with the current probe. The contacts of the current probe are coupled to a current sensing circuit which generates a voltage output representative of the current signal. The voltage output is coupled to an oscilloscope via an electrical cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Kerry A. Stevens, Michael J. Mende, Jonathan S. Dandy, Thomas J. Sharp
  • Publication number: 20070257657
    Abstract: A current probing system has a current probe and a detachable adapter. The current probe has a probe body with electrically conductive contacts that mate with electrically conductive contacts on the adapter. Leads extend from the adapter for coupling to a current carrying conductor. The leads can connect to a plug that is coupled to a current diverting device for coupling a current signal to the current probe. The adapter may also include a switch that selectively couples the current signal to the current probe when the adapter is mated with the current probe. The contacts of the current probe are coupled to a current sensing circuit which generates a voltage output representative of the current signal. The voltage output is coupled to an oscilloscope via an electrical cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Kerry Stevens, Michael Mende, Jonathan Dandy, Thomas Sharp
  • Publication number: 20070256511
    Abstract: A probe holder for a signal acquisition probe has a cradle receiving the signal acquisition probe and a pedestal adapted for receiving substrates of various thicknesses. The pedestal has a base member and an upright member with the upright member coupled to the cradle. The base member has at least a first lateral slot formed therein having a plurality of clearances for receiving substrates of varying thicknesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventor: Kerry Stevens
  • Publication number: 20050072265
    Abstract: The pedal assembly includes a pedal and a rod is movably extended through a passage defined longitudinally through the pedal. A side part is connected to one side of the peal and includes two chambers defined therein. The two chambers define two openings communicating with the passage and two a hole through an outside wall of the side part. The rod has a plurality of notches defined in one side thereof and the notches are in communication with each other. Two pins respectively and movably extend through the two holes, the two chambers and the two openings and are engaged with the notches to position the pedal relative to the rod. Each pin has a spring mounted thereto so that the pins extend into the notches when the user releases them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2004
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventor: Kerry Stevens