Patents by Inventor Kevin Bowen
Kevin Bowen 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: 11951249Abstract: An apparatus for vaporizing a concentrate and/or a non-concentrate material is provided. The apparatus can include a housing, a reservoir, a vessel, and a heating element. The reservoir can be coupled to a lid of the apparatus and configured to hold the concentrate. The vessel can be disposed at least partially inside of the housing and can be configured to receive the reservoir when the lid of the apparatus is in a closed position with respect to the housing. The heating element can be configured to generate heat for heating the vessel, thereby vaporizing the concentrate in the reservoir to form an aerosol. Coupling the reservoir to the lid of the apparatus can enable the apparatus to be used for vaporizing the concentrate while decoupling the reservoir from the lid of the apparatus can enable the apparatus to be used for vaporizing the non-concentrate material. Related methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Pax Labs, Inc.Inventors: Alexander J. Gould, Adam Bowen, Ariel Atkins, Kevin Lomeli
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Publication number: 20240081401Abstract: Vaporizer device features capable of improving on current approaches to mitigating against device damage or inoperability occurring from liquid exposure (e.g. exposure to liquid vaporizable material possibly affecting a pressure sensor, internal electronic circuitry, and/or electrical contact pins) are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Adam Bowen, Nicholas J. Hatton, Kevin Lomeli, Matthew J. Taschner, Alexander Weiss, Bryan White
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Patent number: 11046099Abstract: A serviceable machine includes a door assembly having a door, and a jointed assembly that extends between an external surface of the serviceable machine and the door. The jointed assembly is operable to move the door between a closed position in which an interior region of the serviceable machine is covered, and an open position in which the interior portion of the interior region is unobstructed. The jointed assembly may extend connectivity to the door when the door is in either the open or closed positions. Additionally, the door can mechanically and electrically decouple from the jointed assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2016Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Gerald Boyum, Michael Kevin Bowen, Tod Kinsley, Lynn A Collie, Kevin Lo, Jeremy Daniel Barker
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Publication number: 20190232694Abstract: A serviceable machine includes a door assembly having a door, and a jointed assembly that extends between an external surface of the serviceable machine and the door. The jointed assembly is operable to move the door between a closed position in which an interior region of the serviceable machine is covered, and an open position in which the interior portion of the interior region is unobstructed. The jointed assembly may extend connectivity to the door when the door is in either the open or closed positions. Additionally, the door can mechanically and electrically decouple from the jointed assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2016Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Gerald Boyum, Michael Kevin Bowen, Tod Kinsley, Lynn A Collie, Kevin Lo, Jeremy Daniel Barker
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Patent number: 10338962Abstract: A system and method of using metrics to control throttling and swapping in a message processing system is provided. A workload status of a message processing system is determined, and the system polls for a new message according to the workload status. The message processing system identifies a blocked instance and calculates an expected idle time for the blocked instance. The system dehydrates the blocked instance if the expected idle time exceeds a predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Yossi Levanoni, Sanjib Saha, Bimal Kumar Mehta, Paul Maybee, Lee B. Graber, Balasubramanian Sriram, Eldar Azerovich Musayev, Kevin Bowen Smith
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Publication number: 20190001718Abstract: This invention relates to a component to modify a door of a printing system including an extension that increases a size of the door and a paper guide attached to the extension; a media handling system including a printing system, a secondary operation device adjacent to the printing system, and a door having an extension; and a door for a media handling system, where the door includes a first media travel path exiting a first exit of the door, a second media travel path exiting a second exit of the door, and a diverter diverting media from the first media travel path to the second media travel path.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2016Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Michael Kevin Bowen, Kevin Lo, Thomas W Ruhe, Catherine Elizabeth Gould, Richard Lee Brinkly, Steve o Rasmussen, Raymond C Sherman
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Publication number: 20170024252Abstract: A system and method of using metrics to control throttling and swapping in a message processing system is provided. A workload status of a message processing system is determined, and the system polls for a new message according to the workload status. The message processing system identifies a blocked instance and calculates an expected idle time for the blocked instance. The system dehydrates the blocked instance if the expected idle time exceeds a predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: Yossi Levanoni, Sanjib Saha, Bimal Kumar Mehta, Paul Maybee, Lee B. Graber, Balasubramanian Sriram, Eldar Azerovich Musayev, Kevin Bowen Smith
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Patent number: 9471392Abstract: A system and method of using metrics to control throttling and swapping in a message processing system is provided. A workload status of a message processing system is determined, and the system polls for a new message according to the workload status. The message processing system identifies a blocked instance and calculates an expected idle time for the blocked instance. The system dehydrates the blocked instance if the expected idle time exceeds a predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2008Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Yossi Levanoni, Sanjib Saha, Bimal Kumar Mehta, Paul Maybee, Lee Graber, Balasubramanian Sriram, Eldar Azerovich Musayev, Kevin Bowen Smith
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Patent number: 9057278Abstract: A turbine bucket including an integral rotation controlling feature is disclosed. In one embodiment, a turbine bucket includes: a blade section having an inner radial end and an outer radial end; an integral cover section connected to the outer radial end of the blade section; and a base section for engaging a rotor body, the base section connected to the inner radial end, wherein the base section includes: a central body; a set of tangs extending axially from the central body; a set of flanges radially inboard of the set of tangs and extending axially from the central body; and an integral rotation controlling feature extending from the central body, wherein the rotation controlling feature engages a radial opening in the rotor body. The integral rotation controlling feature is sized to limit rotation of the base section, when the turbine bucket is engaged with a rotor body.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2012Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: James Royce Howes, Mark Kevin Bowen, Robert James Bracken, Laurence Scott Duclos, Scott Leroy Irwin, Nicholas Andrew Tisenchek
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Publication number: 20140056712Abstract: A turbine bucket including an integral rotation controlling feature is disclosed. In one embodiment, a turbine bucket includes: a blade section having an inner radial end and an outer radial end; an integral cover section connected to the outer radial end of the blade section; and a base section for engaging a rotor body, the base section connected to the inner radial end, wherein the base section includes: a central body; a set of tangs extending axially from the central body; a set of flanges radially inboard of the set of tangs and extending axially from the central body; and an integral rotation controlling feature extending from the central body, wherein the rotation controlling feature engages a radial opening in the rotor body. The integral rotation controlling feature is sized to limit rotation of the base section, when the turbine bucket is engaged with a rotor body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: James Royce Howes, Mark Kevin Bowen, Robert James Bracken, Laurence Scott Duclos, Scott Leroy Irwin, Nicholas Andrew Tisenchek
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Publication number: 20130323009Abstract: A stationary component includes an outer ring including a first plenum, a first passageway, and a second plenum defined therein. The first passageway extends between the first plenum and the second plenum. An airfoil is disposed radially inward of the outer ring. The airfoil includes a second passageway defined therein. The second passageway is coupled in flow communication with the second plenum.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Inventors: Mark Kevin Bowen, Stephen Roger Swan, Michael Earl Montgomery
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Patent number: 8516498Abstract: A system and method of processing a message in an asynchronous architecture is provided. In the method, a determination is made that a response to a message sent by an instance of software code is to be received, where the response indicates whether the message succeeded or failed. Another determination is made as to whether the response has been received. If the response has not been received, the instance of the software code is stored in memory, thereby suspending the instance. The response is received, the instance resumed and the response is processed.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2003Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Bimal Mehta, Paul Maybee, Lee Graber, Alexander Dadjomov, Jean-Emile Elien, Eldar Azerovich Musayev, Johannes Klein, Sanjib Saha, Kevin Bowen Smith
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Patent number: 8381724Abstract: A medical device, such as pressure support system, and a method of communicating with such a device using an information storage device. The information storage device, in one embodiment, is adapted to be provided in a slot in the medical device so that information for controlling the operating of the pressure support device can be read from the information storage device, information regarding the usage and/or operation of the pressure support device can be written to the information storage device, or both operations can be performed.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2007Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: RIC Investments, LLCInventors: Kevin Bowen, Daniel Jonczak, Gregory Yurko, Douglas M. Mechlenburg, Winslow K. Duff, Mark D'Angelo
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Patent number: 8332236Abstract: A computer-implemented method for tracking and monitoring a patient's compliance with a medical device usage prescription for a medical device is disclosed. This method and system includes the steps of: (a) providing a minimum medical device usage compliance value for the medical device for a predetermined compliance period; (b) providing the quantity of compliance periods in a measurement cycle; and (c) determining a compliance period value as the number of compliance periods in the measurement cycle in which an actual medical device usage value is at least equal to the minimum medical device usage compliance value. In another embodiment, the method also includes: providing a weighting factor, and applying the weighting factor to at least one actual medical device session usage value.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2011Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: RIC Investments, LLCInventors: Gregory Yurko, Kevin Bowen, Mark D'Angelo, Rochelle Eisert, Michael H. Kissel
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Patent number: 8257015Abstract: A steam turbine is provided. The steam turbine includes a rotor shaft including a plurality of buckets coupled thereto. The steam turbine further includes a stationary component coupled to a steam turbine casing, wherein the stationary component is coupled upstream from the buckets such that a wheelspace is defined between the buckets and the stationary component. The stationary component includes a first ring coupled to the steam turbine, a second ring coupled to the steam turbine radially inward from the first ring, and at least one airfoil extending between the first ring and the second ring. The steam turbine includes a cooling fluid flowpath defined through at least the first ring, the airfoil, and the second ring. The cooling fluid flowpath is configured to channel a cooling fluid to the wheelspace.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2008Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mark Kevin Bowen, Stephen Roger Swan, Michael Earl Montgomery
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Publication number: 20110112857Abstract: A computer-implemented method for tracking and monitoring a patient's compliance with a medical device usage prescription for a medical device is disclosed. This method and system includes the steps of: (a) providing a minimum medical device usage compliance value for the medical device for a predetermined compliance period; (b) providing the quantity of compliance periods in a measurement cycle; and (c) determining a compliance period value as the number of compliance periods in the measurement cycle in which an actual medical device usage value is at least equal to the minimum medical device usage compliance value. In another embodiment, the method also includes: providing a weighting factor, and applying the weighting factor to at least one actual medical device session usage value.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2011Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: RIC INVESTMENTS, LLCInventors: GREGORY YURKO, KEVIN BOWEN, MARK D'ANGELO, ROCHELLE EISERT, MICHAEL H. KISSEL
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Patent number: 7890342Abstract: A computer-implemented method for tracking and monitoring a patient's compliance with a medical device usage prescription for a medical device is disclosed. This method and system includes the steps of: (a) providing a minimum medical device usage compliance value for the medical device for a predetermined compliance period; (b) providing the quantity of compliance periods in a measurement cycle; and (c) determining a compliance period value as the number of compliance periods in the measurement cycle in which an actual medical device usage value is at least equal to the minimum medical device usage compliance value. In another embodiment, the method also includes: providing a weighting factor, and applying the weighting factor to at least one actual medical device session usage value.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2003Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: RIC Investments, LLCInventors: Gregory Yruko, Kevin Bowen, Mark D'Angelo, Rochelle Eisert, Michael H Kissel
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Patent number: 7870187Abstract: Transport agnostic pull mode messaging service enables clients of diverse types to send and receive messages to one another while guaranteeing delivery of messages. Client specific adapters connect to a server and pull messages waiting for them in a queue. Clients may specify themselves as the recipients of the pulled messages, or specify another client as a recipient. This allows users of diverse types of clients to communicate and provides users with greater flexibility regarding how, when, and where they view their messages.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2003Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Derek N. LaSalle, Kevin Bowen Smith, Jean-Emile Elien, Akash Jeevan Sagar
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Patent number: 7747894Abstract: A transport-neutral in-order delivery in a distributed environment is provided. Typically, in-order delivery guarantees that sequential orders received by a transport engine are sent out in the same order they are received. Such delivery may be forwarded either to another transport engine or to some application. In case there is a failure of delivery of messages in a stream, the messages are either resubmitted, suspended, or moved to backup. A user or administrator can configure the desired action. Additionally, any stream can be manually aborted or a specified port can be unenlisted. Deliverable streams of messages are locked on to a back-end transport engines or applications and dequeued sequentially unless one of the above mentioned failure scenarios occurs.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2005Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Eldar A. Musayev, Jean-Emile Elien, Kartik Paramasivam, Kevin Bowen Smith, Lee B. Graber, Sanjib Saha, Satish R. Thatte
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Publication number: 20090208323Abstract: A method for cooling a rotating component within a steam turbine is provided. The method includes channeling a cooling fluid through an outer plenum defined in a stationary component of the steam turbine and channeling the cooling fluid from the outer plenum through a passageway defined in an airfoil of the stationary component. The cooling fluid is discharged from the airfoil passageway through an inner plenum of the stationary component to facilitate cooling an adjacent rotating component.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2008Publication date: August 20, 2009Inventors: Mark Kevin Bowen, Stephen Roger Swan, Michael Earl Montgomery