Patents by Inventor Kevin E. Hill
Kevin E. Hill 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: 11618355Abstract: A vehicle seat mounting system includes a seat mount plate and a vehicle mount plate. A vertically operable scissor linkage assembly is disposed between the seat mount plate and the vehicle mount plate and is oriented such that respective opposing ends of a first scissor arm and a second scissor arm are each secured to a respective one of the seat mount plate and the vehicle mount plate. A spring assembly is disposed between the seat mount plate and the vehicle mount plate and is oriented to cooperate with the scissor linkage assembly to resist translation between the vehicle mount plate and the seat mount plate. An adjuster assembly cooperates with the spring assembly and is operable to manipulate the proportion of the spring assembly that is available to be engaged to resist motion of the mounting system.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: MILSCO, LLCInventor: Kevin E. Hill
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Publication number: 20210282272Abstract: A ball grid array device includes a monitoring circuit of inactive solder joints and a processor such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or other processor capable of determining the open or closed status of the monitoring circuit. The monitoring circuit traverses one or more of the solder joints between components being joined, such as a printed circuit board and an integrated circuit device. In certain embodiments, the inactive solder joints may be located within regions of the ball grid array that are predisposed to failure, such as at the periphery or corners of the printed circuit board, or proximate to regions that experience a broad range of operating temperatures. The failure of a solder joint within the monitoring circuit can be used to schedule maintenance of the ball grid array device prior to failure of an active solder joint.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2018Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicant: BAE Systems Controls Inc.Inventors: Kevin E. Hill, John K. Khadjadorian, Cort D. Lansenderfer, Russell M. Petrosky
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Patent number: 10650345Abstract: A system is disclosed for providing retailer controllable access to consolidated inventory management services through a retail worker's personal smartphone. The system—operable largely within and through the retailer's private computing network—comprises data nodes, an enterprise service bus, and a device application. Inventory-related data is kept in the data nodes, with access thereto from suitably provisioned personal mobile devices moderated by the enterprise service bus pursuant to policies and parameters defined by the retailer. Provisioning the personal mobile device involves installation thereon of the device application. The device application launches a user interface for accessing the data nodes through the enterprise service bus, thus enabling the use on the worker's personal mobile device of retailer-specific, job-related inventory management tools.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Zulfiqar Ali Paracha, Aaron Santavicca, Josh Osmon, Doyle Reece, Kishore Kumar Konate, Vidanage Prabuddha Mangala Chandrasiri, Mahesh Sundar Thangaraj, Jie Ouyang, Kevin E. Hill, Michael Shawn McGuire
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Publication number: 20190381916Abstract: A vehicle seat mounting system includes a seat mount plate and a vehicle mount plate. A vertically operable scissor linkage assembly is disposed between the seat mount plate and the vehicle mount plate and is oriented such that respective opposing ends of a first scissor arm and a second scissor arm are each secured to a respective one of the seat mount plate and the vehicle mount plate. A spring assembly is disposed between the seat mount plate and the vehicle mount plate and is oriented to cooperate with the scissor linkage assembly to resist translation between the vehicle mount plate and the seat mount plate. An adjuster assembly cooperates with the spring assembly and is operable to manipulate the proportion of the spring assembly that is available to be engaged to resist motion of the mounting system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventor: Kevin E. Hill
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Patent number: 10346159Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory machine readable medium are provided for creating a structured report that aggregates information related to a plurality of source code files based on selective scanning of one or more repositories. A repository search request is received including a repository identifier, a project identifier, and a search term. The specified repository is scanned to identify source code files for the specified project that include the search term. It is determined whether an instance of a search term within the source code file corresponds to a reserved term. A report is generated identifying the source code files that include an instance of the search term. A new file directory is created, and populated with a first results file including the generated report.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventor: Kevin E. Hill
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Publication number: 20180107477Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory machine readable medium are provided for creating a structured report that aggregates information related to a plurality of source code files based on selective scanning of one or more repositories. A repository search request is received including a repository identifier, a project identifier, and a search term. The specified repository is scanned to identify source code files for the specified project that include the search term. It is determined whether an instance of a search term within the source code file corresponds to a reserved term. A report is generated identifying the source code files that include an instance of the search term. A new file directory is created, and populated with a first results file including the generated report.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventor: Kevin E. Hill
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Publication number: 20180046977Abstract: A system is disclosed for providing retailer controllable access to consolidated inventory management services through a retail worker's personal smartphone. The system—operable largely within and through the retailer's private computing network—comprises data nodes, an enterprise service bus, and a device application. Inventory-related data is kept in the data nodes, with access thereto from suitably provisioned personal mobile devices moderated by the enterprise service bus pursuant to policies and parameters defined by the retailer. Provisioning the personal mobile device involves installation thereon of the device application. The device application launches a user interface for accessing the data nodes through the enterprise service bus, thus enabling the use on the worker's personal mobile device of retailer-specific, job-related inventory management tools.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: Zulfiqar Ali Paracha, Aaron Santavicca, Josh Osmon, Doyle Reece, Kishore Kumar Konate, Vidanage Prabuddha Mangala Chandrasiri, Mahesh Sundar Thangaraj, Jie Ouyang, Kevin E. Hill, Michael Shawn McGuire
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Patent number: 9875096Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory machine readable medium are provided for creating a structured report that aggregates information related to a plurality of source code files based on selective scanning of one or more repositories. A repository search request is received including a repository identifier, a project identifier, and a search term. The specified repository is scanned to identify source code files for the specified project that include the search term. It is determined whether an instance of a search term within the source code file corresponds to a reserved term. A report is generated identifying the source code files that include an instance of the search term. A new file directory is created, and populated with a first results file including the generated report.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2016Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Inventor: Kevin E. Hill
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Patent number: 9830573Abstract: A system is disclosed for providing retailer controllable access to consolidated inventory management services through a retail worker's personal smartphone. The system—operable largely within and through the retailer's private computing network—comprises data nodes, an enterprise service bus, and a device application. Inventory-related data is kept in the data nodes, with access thereto from suitably provisioned personal mobile devices moderated by the enterprise service bus pursuant to policies and parameters defined by the retailer. Provisioning the personal mobile device involves installation thereon of the device application. The device application launches a user interface for accessing the data nodes through the enterprise service bus, thus enabling the use on the worker's personal mobile device of retailer-specific, job-related inventory management tools.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2013Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Inventors: Zulfiqar Ali Paracha, Aaron Santavicca, Josh Osmon, Doyle Reece, Kishore Kumar Konate, Vidanage Prabuddha Mangala Chandrasiri, Mahesh Sundar Thangaraj, Jie Ouyang, Kevin E. Hill, Michael Shawn McGuire
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Publication number: 20170076240Abstract: A control circuit for a retail sales facility presents via an active display a plurality of leaderboards that correspond to a variety of different associate-level performance statistics. These statistics can include, but are not limited to, the number of products that a given associate picks as part of moving products from a stock area to the retail sales product display area (over, for example, a given amount of time) and/or an aggregated monetary value of products that are so picked, a number of products that are so picked exclusively from a particular area of the product stock area, a number of manually-created requirements to so move products, and/or a number of products that are placed for storage in the product stock area itself. Such statistics can represent any time period of choice including, for example, a particular work shift such as a current work shift.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Zulfiqar A. Paracha, Ryan W. Travis, Wallace C. King, Brian Harrison, William R. Piech, Mahesh S. Thangaraj, Brian D. Burge, Anthony W. Helms, Derric D'souza, Kevin E. Hill, Nirmal Unnikrishnan, Michael S. McGuire, Larry M. Tyler, II, Michael Andrew Budell Fischer, Darrell V. Waurio
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Publication number: 20160274903Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory machine readable medium are provided for creating a structured report that aggregates information related to a plurality of source code files based on selective scanning of one or more repositories. A repository search request is received including a repository identifier, a project identifier, and a search term. The specified repository is scanned to identify source code files for the specified project that include the search term. It is determined whether an instance of a search term within the source code file corresponds to a reserved term. A report is generated identifying the source code files that include an instance of the search term. A new file directory is created, and populated with a first results file including the generated report.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventor: Kevin E. Hill
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Publication number: 20140344116Abstract: A system is disclosed for providing retailer controllable access to consolidated inventory management services through a retail worker's personal smartphone. The system—operable largely within and through the retailer's private computing network—comprises data nodes, an enterprise service bus, and a device application. Inventory-related data is kept in the data nodes, with access thereto from suitably provisioned personal mobile devices moderated by the enterprise service bus pursuant to policies and parameters defined by the retailer. Provisioning the personal mobile device involves installation thereon of the device application. The device application launches a user interface for accessing the data nodes through the enterprise service bus, thus enabling the use on the worker's personal mobile device of retailer-specific, job-related inventory management tools.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2013Publication date: November 20, 2014Inventors: Zulfiqar Ali Paracha, Aaron Santavicca, Josh Osmon, Doyle Reece, Kishore Kumar Konate, Vidanage Prabuddha Mangala Chandrasiri, Mahesh Sundar Thangaraj, Jie Ouyang, Kevin E. Hill, Michael Shawn McGuire
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Publication number: 20090127908Abstract: A swivel mechanism for a vehicle seat that includes a plurality of pairs of plates that are rotatively coupled providing a first stage of movement where the seat and at least one plate rotates while displacing out of the way of an obstacle and a second stage where the seat and at least one plate rotates without displacing. In an embodiment, a base plate that remains fixed in a home position while a coupling plate and seat-supporting plate rotate about a first pivot offset from the center of the base plate during the first stage and the seat-supporting plate rotates about a second pivot disposed in a center of the coupling plate during the second stage. The coupling plate is slidably coupled to the base plate and to the seat-supporting plate with at least one guide pin and slot arrangement limiting relative movement during the first and second stages.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2008Publication date: May 21, 2009Inventors: John Kucharski, Kevin E. Hill
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Patent number: 5927679Abstract: A vehicle seat suspension having a scissors arm linkage disposed between a platform and base with a link pivotally connected at one end to a scissor arm of the linkage at a point spaced from a pivot interconnecting scissor arms of the linkage and operably connected at its other end to a slide carried by the platform for communicating scissor linkage motion to a spring carrier also connected to the link. The carrier includes at least one coil spring held captive preferably in compression between two spaced apart brackets, one of which is pivotally connected to the end of the link adjacent the slide. The point of pivotal attachment of the link to the scissor arm is spaced from the linkage pivot to create a moment about the pivot tending to resist collapse of the linkage when force from the spring is communicated to the linkage.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 1997Date of Patent: July 27, 1999Assignee: Milsco Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Kevin E. Hill
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Patent number: 5876085Abstract: A vehicle seat having a base that is carried by a floor on a seat adjuster that comprises two pairs of seat slide rails that permit the seat to be moved relative to the floor with at least one of the rails being of non-metallic, preferably plastic, construction. The non-metallic rails have an upper rail portion spaced from a lower rail portion defining a channel therebetween for receiving a flange of the other seat slide, preferably without requiring ball, roller or needle bearings. Preferably, the base and plastic rails are of one piece unitary construction for producing a low profile adjuster. Each of the other rails is preferably constructed of a metal, has a bottom wall anchored to the floor, and a pair of sidewalls with one of the sidewalls carrying the flange and the other of the sidewalls being notched. A latch is pivotally connected to the base enabling a grip of the latch to be lifted to free a latch tooth from a slide rail notch enabling the seat to be moved.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 1997Date of Patent: March 2, 1999Assignee: Milsco Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Kevin E. Hill
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Patent number: 5794911Abstract: A suspension for a vehicle seat having a scissors arm linkage with a load carrying flexible member secured to a spring and in operable contact with a cam-shaped pulley carried by the linkage for producing a suspension of compact structure, which enables seat height to be adjusted independently of weight adjustment, and which produces a suspension having desirable load-deflection characteristics. The suspension has a platform for carrying the seat which overlies the linkage and a base underlying the linkage that supports the suspension and permits mounting to the floor of a vehicle. Weight adjustment of the suspension is accomplished by selectively tensioning the springs without changing the distance between the platform and base. Height adjustment of the seat is accomplished by moving the spring and flexible member in unison to controllably collapse or expand the linkage thereby selectively changing the distance between the platform and base.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 1996Date of Patent: August 18, 1998Assignee: Milsco Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Kevin E. Hill
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Patent number: 5221071Abstract: A seat suspension for resiliently mounting an operator's seat on a vehicle for floating movement in fore-to-aft and vertical directions. The seat suspension includes a base part that has lower front and rear pivot axes and a lower spring end seat; and a support part on which the operator's seat can be mounted with the support part having upper front and rear pivot axes and an upper spring end seat. One of the spring seats has a fulcrum and a lateral movement retainer while the other spring seat has an anchor. Front and rear links pivotally interconnect the upper and lower front pivot axes and the upper and lower rear pivot axes, respectively. Compression springs each having an axis and spaced apart upper and lower end portions that are generally transverse to the spring axis are mounted between the base part and the support part. One transverse end portion of each compression spring is mounted in the anchor and secured thereby against movement.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 1991Date of Patent: June 22, 1993Assignee: Milsco Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Kevin E. Hill
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Patent number: 5220218Abstract: A novel double diffused complementary MOS (DCMOS) logic family is disclosed which allows greater tolerance to total dose gamma radiation. The logic family may be fabricated in conventional power BiCMOS IC technology in which complementary power DMOS output devices and Bi-polar transistors are integrated with high performance complementary MOS devices to perform both digital and analog functions. The incorporation is achieved without the additional masks or process modifications normally required for improving radiation tolerance.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 1991Date of Patent: June 15, 1993Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Kevin E. Hill, Gary A. Stefura
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Patent number: 5194802Abstract: A current regulator providing a highly accurate bidirectional output current, proportional to a control voltage (V.sub.i) and suited to monolithic integration is disclosed. The regulator uses a clocked integrator which integrates an error charge, arrived at by taking a precisely ratioed sample charge proportional to a voltage drop (V.sub.F), free of its common mode voltage, which is in turn proportional to the load current, and one proportional to the control voltage (V.sub.i), and combining them subtractively to form the error charge. The arrangement uses two small charge ratioing capacitors charged respectively to V.sub.F and V.sub.i, and a slightly larger integrating capacitor. The clocking is at a 10 KHZ rate. High impedance circuitry is utilized so that highly accurate, integrated capacitors of modest size and high relative accuracy may be used. These establish a regulator transfer function of high accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 1991Date of Patent: March 16, 1993Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Kevin E. Hill, Gary A. Stefura
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Patent number: 5154402Abstract: A seat suspension for resiliently mounting a seat for vertical floating movement between upper and lower positions comprising a base part mountable on a vehicle and a seat support part on which the seat is mounted. The base part has lower front and rear pivot axes and the seat support part has upper front and rear pivot axes that are vertically spaced apart. Front and rear links are pivotally interconnected respectively between the upper front and lower front pivot axes and the upper rear and lower rear pivot axes. An extension spring is located between the base part and the seat support part and is oriented so that its line of force is generally horizontal.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 1991Date of Patent: October 13, 1992Assignee: Milsco Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Kevin E. Hill, Charles G. Mwakisunga