Patents by Inventor Kevin Fry
Kevin Fry 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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Publication number: 20230340902Abstract: An electric turbomachine for use with an internal combustion engine, a turbocharger or a fuel cell e-compressor, said electric turbomachine comprising: a high-speed electrical machine located internally within a housing that is arranged to be rotationally drive a shaft (30) about a rotational axis (R); a compressor that is arranged to compress fluid within a turbo compressor when it is rotationally driven about the rotational axis (R) by the shaft; and a power electronics assembly (190) that is arranged to supply power to the electrical machine; a control assembly (230) that is arranged to control the power supplied by the power electronics assembly to the electrical machine, wherein the power electronics assembly is mounted externally on the housing (50) on a first surface of the housing and the control assembly is mounted externally on the housing on a second surface of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2020Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Steve Wallington, Rob Fallon, Owen Creese-Smith, Kevin Fry, Ivan Cordero-Orille, Mike Hartridge, Shinri Szymko, Paul Dowman-Tucker
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Publication number: 20230118102Abstract: An electric turbomachine for use with an internal combustion engine, turbocharger or a fuel cell e-compressor, said electric turbomachine comprising: a compressor (20) that is arranged to compress fluid within a turbo compressor when it is rotationally driven about a rotational axis (R) by a shaft, said shaft being rotational supported by a drive-end bearing (65) and a non-drive-end bearing (85), and a high-speed electrical machine located within a housing (50) that is arranged to rotationally drive the shaft about the rotational axis (R); said housing comprising a drive-end wall (60) that the shafts extends through to rotationally drive the compressor, a non-drive- end wall (80) at the opposing end of the electric turbomachine to the compressor, and a side wall (55) that extends between the drive-end wall and the non-drive-end wall, and wherein the electric turbomachine comprises a cooling system (330), for receiving a flow of a coolant fluid to cool the electric turbomachine, that is integrated within the hType: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2020Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Steve Wallington, Rob Fallon, Owen Creese-Smith, Kevin Fry, Ivan Cordero-Orille, Mike Hartridge, Shinri Szymko, Paul Dowman-Tucker
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Patent number: 10193886Abstract: Conventional wireless interface (WiFi) controllers cannot resolve authentication for trusted client devices without calculation from a host processor. Leaving the host processor on or awaking it from a sleep state each time a non-authenticated trusted client device attempts to connect wastes power. A hostless authenticated wake service allows a host controller to enter a sleep state while the WiFi controller responds to multicast domain name service-service discovery (mDNS-SD) queries from trusted client devices. Once a client device is authenticated, the WiFi controller may respond to a trusted client request to awake the host processor for further command processing and service provision. Not only does this approach reduce power consumption by allowing the host processor to remain in the sleep state, it allows trusted client devices to discover its presence while ensuring security.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: GOPRO, INC.Inventors: Joseph Anthony Enke, David Boone, Jeffrey S. Youel, Bich Nguyen, Mark Petersen, Kevin Fry
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Publication number: 20180205730Abstract: Conventional wireless interface (WiFi) controllers cannot resolve authentication for trusted client devices without calculation from a host processor. Leaving the host processor on or awaking it from a sleep state each time a non-authenticated trusted client device attempts to connect wastes power. A hostless authenticated wake service allows a host controller to enter a sleep state while the WiFi controller responds to multicast domain name service—service discovery (mDNS-SD) queries from trusted client devices. Once a client device is authenticated, the WiFi controller may respond to a trusted client request to awake the host processor for further command processing and service provision. Not only does this approach reduce power consumption by allowing the host processor to remain in the sleep state, it allows trusted client devices to discover its presence while ensuring security.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2017Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: Joseph Anthony Enke, David Boone, Jeffrey S. Youel, Bich Nguyen, Mark Petersen, Kevin Fry
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Patent number: 9871792Abstract: Conventional wireless interface (WiFi) controllers cannot resolve authentication for trusted client devices without calculation from a host processor. Leaving the host processor on or awaking it from a sleep state each time a non-authenticated trusted client device attempts to connect wastes power. A hostless authenticated wake service allows a host controller to enter a sleep state while the WiFi controller responds to multicast domain name service-service discovery (mDNS-SD) queries from trusted client devices. Once a client device is authenticated, the WiFi controller may respond to a trusted client request to awake the host processor for further command processing and service provision. Not only does this approach reduce power consumption by allowing the host processor to remain in the sleep state, it allows trusted client devices to discover its presence while ensuring security.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2015Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Anthony Enke, David Boone, Jeffrey S. Youel, Bich Nguyen, Mark Petersen, Kevin Fry
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Publication number: 20160352564Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing data communication between two or more host systems is provided. The method comprises designating a first network as a primary network by updating a routing table, monitoring network connections on the first network channel and a second network channel, transmitting data on the first network channel according to the routing table, detecting termination of network connection on the first network channel, determining to transmit data traffic on the first network channel, modifying the routing table, transmitting data traffic on the second network channel according to the routing table, detecting connection on the first network channel, and in response to the detection of data traffic on the first network channel, measuring a network attribute and comparing against a satisfactory threshold, and selecting the first network channel for data communication if the network attribute value satisfies the threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Inventors: Frank S. SANDA, Yasushi KUDO, Naohisa FUKUDA, Greg DEICKMAN, Kevin FRIES, James Marcus WINN, Brian KREWSON, Nobuhisa YODA, Jonathan SOMERS
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Publication number: 20160099940Abstract: Conventional wireless interface (WiFi) controllers cannot resolve authentication for trusted client devices without calculation from a host processor. Leaving the host processor on or awaking it from a sleep state each time a non-authenticated trusted client device attempts to connect wastes power. A hostless authenticated wake service allows a host controller to enter a sleep state while the WiFi controller responds to multicast domain name service-service discovery (mDNS-SD) queries from trusted client devices. Once a client device is authenticated, the WiFi controller may respond to a trusted client request to awake the host processor for further command processing and service provision. Not only does this approach reduce power consumption by allowing the host processor to remain in the sleep state, it allows trusted client devices to discover its presence while ensuring security.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Inventors: Joseph Anthony Enke, David Boone, Jeffrey S. Youel, Bich Nguyen, Mark Peterson, Kevin Fry
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Patent number: 7664872Abstract: A computer device selected as a media server is connected to a consumer electronic (CE) device over multiple media transfer channels. The multiple media transfer channels together with an improved media transfer protocol allow for efficient, real-time transfer of different types of digital media, in various combinations, for playing on the CE device. Each type of media is transferred over its own dedicated channel according to its individual data rate. The improved media transfer protocol allows the data to be transmitted in either an asynchronous mode or a synchronous stream or timestamp mode depending on whether synchronization is desired. A dedicated control channel allows for the transfer of control information from the CE device to the media server as well as for resynchronizing media position of the server upon a change in play mode of the corresponding media.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2005Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: DIVX, Inc.Inventors: Roland Osborne, Alexander van Zoest, Aaron Robinson, Brian Fudge, Mayur Srinivasan, Kevin Fry
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Publication number: 20080046879Abstract: Certain aspects and embodiments of the present invention provide a local device capable of delivering selected functionalities without requiring users with little or no familiarity with computers or other processor-based devices to configure the local device. In some embodiments of the present invention, the local device includes a display integrated with a housing having a keyboard input that is adapted to communicate with a remote server and/or datacenter through a network. The local device can include network interface that is a telecom battery adapted to connect to the network and datacenter. The datacenter can include user data and/or functions that the user can access over the network using the local device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2007Publication date: February 21, 2008Inventors: Michael Hostetler, Kevin Fries, Brian Gregory Krewson
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Publication number: 20070044265Abstract: A wall-mountable mounting bracket and fluid-dispensing attachment for a vacuum cleaner. The attachment can be used to dispense cleaning fluid to an area to be cleaned. The fluid is sucked up along with dirt by the vacuum. A remotely-activatable valve allows user's to selectively shut off the flow of fluid. Retractable wheels can be moved between a usage position and a storage position. In the storage position, the axis of the wheels is above the lowermost side of the attachment and any overhang of the lowermost edge of the wheels is less than the thickness of a corresponding part of the mounting bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2005Publication date: March 1, 2007Inventors: Robert Crevling, Kevin Fry
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Publication number: 20060195884Abstract: Multimedia distribution systems are disclosed in which servers communicate with clients via audio, video, overlay and/or control channels. In many instances, the audio, video and/or overlay information is transcoded prior to transmission. In many embodiments, the servers and/or clients can be updated. In several embodiments, the updates can be performed in a manner that preserves the ability of all devices connected to a network to communication. One embodiment of the invention includes a server connected to a client via a network and at least one storage device containing audio, video and/or overlay information formatted in accordance with a first format. In addition, the client includes a storage device that stores information indicative of the audio, video and/or overlay formats that the client is capable of decoding and the server is configured to transmit audio, video, overlay and control information via separate audio, video and overlay and control channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2005Publication date: August 31, 2006Inventors: Alexander van Zoest, Aaron Robinson, Roland Osborne, Brian Fudge, Kevin Fry, Mayur Srinivasan, Jason Braness, William MacDonald
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Publication number: 20060191099Abstract: The disclosed vacuum cleaner has a smaller, separable vacuum unit that is releasably attached to a larger, base unit tank assembly. It provides a combination vacuum cleaner that has small- and large-capacity configurations suited for vacuum applications having different volumes, locations, or other features. The vacuum cleaner includes a single vacuum source sized for use with the larger tank structure, yet coupled to and removable integrally with the smaller vacuum unit. The smaller vacuum unit can be quickly and easily attached to and removed from the larger tank assembly to facilitate use of the vacuum cleaner in the desired configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2006Publication date: August 31, 2006Applicant: SHOP VAC CORPORATIONInventors: Kevin Fry, Robert Crevling
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Publication number: 20060174021Abstract: A computer device selected as a media server is connected to a consumer electronic (CE) device over multiple media transfer channels. The multiple media transfer channels together with an improved media transfer protocol allow for efficient, real-time transfer of different types of digital media, in various combinations, for playing on the CE device. Each type of media is transferred over its own dedicated channel according to its individual data rate. The improved media transfer protocol allows the data to be transmitted in either an asynchronous mode or a synchronous stream or timestamp mode depending on whether synchronization is desired. A dedicated control channel allows for the transfer of control information from the CE device to the media server as well as for resynchronizing media position of the server upon a change in play mode of the corresponding media.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2005Publication date: August 3, 2006Inventors: Roland Osborne, Alexander van Zoest, Aaron Robinson, Brian Fudge, Mayur Srinivasan, Kevin Fry
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Publication number: 20060168291Abstract: Multimedia distribution systems are disclosed in which servers communicate with clients via audio, video, overlay and/or control channels. Information sent between the clients and servers on the audio, video and/or overlay channels includes timestamps. The timestamps coordinate the queuing and processing of information received by the client. Once information has been processed by the client, the client can report information concerning the timestamps associated with the processed information to the server. In one embodiment, the invention includes a server connected to a client via a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2005Publication date: July 27, 2006Inventors: Alexander van Zoest, Aaron Robinson, Roland Osborne, Brian Fudge, Kevin Fry, Mayur Srinivasan, Jason Braness, William McDonald
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Patent number: 6510583Abstract: A vacuum cleaner has a cord retainer for holding looped cord in a horizontal position against the housing of the vacuum cleaner. The cord retainer includes two cord locks that are pivotally mounted to the vacuum cleaner housing. The cord locks are limited in their pivotal movement from a horizontal or near horizontal position to a vertical or near vertical position. The cord locks are mounted onto shafts which, in turn, are either integrally molded with the vacuum cleaner housing or connected to the vacuum cleaner housing in a suitable fashion.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2001Date of Patent: January 28, 2003Assignee: Shop Vac CorporationInventors: Ronald Griffin, Kevin Fry
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Patent number: D506042Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2004Date of Patent: June 7, 2005Assignee: Shop Vac CorporationInventors: John Griffin, Kevin Fry, Robert L. Crevling, Jr.
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Patent number: D507386Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2004Date of Patent: July 12, 2005Assignee: Shop Vac CorporationInventors: John Griffin, Kevin Fry, Robert L. Crevling, Jr.
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Patent number: D638180Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2009Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Shop Vac CorporationInventors: John Griffin, Robert L. Crevling, Kevin Fry
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Patent number: D638181Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2010Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Shop Vac CorporationInventors: Robert Lent Crevling, Jr., Kevin Fry, John Griffin
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Patent number: D679877Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2011Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Shop Vac CorporationInventors: Robert Lent Crevling, Jr., Kevin Fry, John Griffin