Patents by Inventor Kevin Gardner
Kevin Gardner 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: 20240124130Abstract: An actuator assembly includes an actuator drive source and a gust lock. The actuator drive source is operable to supply an actuator drive torque to drive a component. The gust lock is movable between a locked position, in which rotation of the drive source is prevented, and an unlocked position, in which rotation of the drive source is not prevented. The gust lock includes a lock shaft, a lock rotor, a lock motor, and a linear actuator. The lock shaft is rotatable with the drive source when the gust lock is in the unlocked position. The lock rotor is rotatable with the lock shaft. The lock motor is configured to supply a lock drive torque. The linear actuator is coupled to receive the lock drive torque and is configured, upon receipt of the lock drive torque, to move between an engaged position and a disengaged position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Joseph Wagner, Zachary Brown, Darrell Horner, Kevin Gardner, Ronald Vaughan
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Patent number: 11902848Abstract: A method (30) and system (10) for controlling wireless local area network (WLAN) user quality in a multi-access point environment is provided. In order to ensure good quality of service/user experience in a multi-access point Wi-Fi™ setup in which a user roams with a station (14), the access points (11, 12) continuously or at intervals assess the wireless environment's quality and report to a control entity (13). The control entity (13) determines, from the assessment data, alternative target access points (11, 12) that could be used in case the link quality of a current connection between an access point (11) and the station (14) falls below a pre-defined value. The control entity (13) then instructs the access point (11) to actively disconnect the station (14) and selects a new target access point (12) to accept the stations (14) connection request.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGSInventors: Koen Van Oost, Bart Vercammen, Kevin Gardner
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Publication number: 20220295371Abstract: A method (30) and system (10) for controlling wireless local area network (WLAN) user quality in a multi-access point environment is provided. In order to ensure good quality of service/user experience in a multi-access point Wi-Fi™ setup in which a user roams with a station (14), the access points (11, 12) continuously or at intervals assess the wireless environment's quality and report to a control entity (13). The control entity (13) determines, from the assessment data, alternative target access points (11, 12) that could be used in case the link quality of a current connection between an access point (11) and the station (14) falls below a pre-defined value. The control entity (13) then instructs the access point (11) to actively disconnect the station (14) and selects a new target access point (12) to accept the stations (14) connection request.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGSInventors: Koen VAN OOST, Bart Vercammen, Kevin Gardner
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Patent number: 11363515Abstract: A method (30) and system (10) for controlling wireless local area network (WLAN) user quality in a multi-access point environment is provided. In order to ensure good quality of service/user experience in a multi-access point Wi-Fi™ setup in which a user roams with a station (14), the access points (11, 12) continuously or at intervals assess the wireless environment's quality and report to a control entity (13). The control entity (13) determines, from the assessment data, alternative target access points (11, 12) that could be used in case the link quality of a current connection between an access point (11) and the station (14) falls below a predefined value. The control entity (13) then instructs the access point (11) to actively disconnect the station (14) and selects a new target access point (12) to accept the stations (14) connection request.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGSInventors: Koen Van Oost, Bart Vercammen, Kevin Gardner
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Publication number: 20220065318Abstract: In exemplary embodiments, a caged spring assembly is provided that includes a first end cap, a second end cap, a helical spring, and a locking post. The second end cap is opposite the first end cap. The helical spring extends between the first and second end caps. The locking post is disposed inside the helical spring between the first and second end caps. The locking post allows limited compression of the helical spring and prevents extension of the helical spring beyond a set point.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2020Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Daniel Petschow, Stephen Abel, Kevin Gardner
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Patent number: 10808737Abstract: A hydraulic lock for an actuator having a movable shaft includes a lock cylinder having a first end and a second end. A slot is defined through a perimeter of the lock cylinder adjacent to the second end, and a bore is defined through a portion of the lock cylinder at the second end to extend towards the first end. The hydraulic lock includes at least one pawl having a first pawl end and a second pawl end. The first pawl end is releasably coupled to a groove defined in the shaft, and the second pawl end is coupled to the slot. The pawl is movable relative to the slot between a first, locked position in which the first pawl end is coupled to the groove to inhibit movement of the shaft, and a second, unlocked position in which the first pawl end is released from the groove.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Kevin Gardner, Steve Abel, Kellan Geck
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Publication number: 20190203742Abstract: A hydraulic lock for an actuator having a movable shaft includes a lock cylinder having a first end and a second end. A slot is defined through a perimeter of the lock cylinder adjacent to the second end, and a bore is defined through a portion of the lock cylinder at the second end to extend towards the first end. The hydraulic lock includes at least one pawl having a first pawl end and a second pawl end. The first pawl end is releasably coupled to a groove defined in the shaft, and the second pawl end is coupled to the slot. The pawl is movable relative to the slot between a first, locked position in which the first pawl end is coupled to the groove to inhibit movement of the shaft, and a second, unlocked position in which the first pawl end is released from the groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Kevin Gardner, Steve Abel, Kellan Geck
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Patent number: 10247210Abstract: A hydraulic lock for a thrust vector actuator includes a lock cylinder. The lock cylinder includes at least one slot and at least one bore. The slot is defined through a perimeter of the lock cylinder, and the bore is defined through a portion of the lock cylinder at a second end to extend towards a first end. The hydraulic lock includes at least one biasing member coupled to the bore. The hydraulic lock includes at least one pawl having a first pawl end and a second pawl end. The first pawl end is releasably coupled to the shaft of the thrust vector actuator. The second pawl end is coupled to the slot. The pawl is movable relative to the slot between a first, locked position in which the first pawl end is coupled to inhibit movement of the shaft, and a second, unlocked position.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Kevin Gardner, Steve Abel, Kellan Geck
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Publication number: 20180270728Abstract: A method (30) and system (10) for controlling wireless local area network (WLAN) user quality in a multi-access point environment is provided. In order to ensure good quality of service/user experience in a multi-access point Wi-Fi™ setup in which a user roams with a station (14), the access points (11, 12) continuously or at intervals assess the wireless environment's quality and report to a control entity (13). The control entity (13) determines, from the assessment data, alternative target access points (11, 12) that could be used in case the link quality of a current connection between an access point (11) and the station (14) falls below a pre-defined value. The control entity (13) then instructs the access point (11) to actively disconnect the station (14) and selects a new target access point (12) to accept the stations (14) connection request.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2015Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Koen VAN OOST, Bart Vercammen, Kevin Gardner
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Publication number: 20180231031Abstract: A hydraulic lock for a thrust vector actuator includes a lock cylinder. The lock cylinder includes at least one slot and at least one bore. The slot is defined through a perimeter of the lock cylinder, and the bore is defined through a portion of the lock cylinder at a second end to extend towards a first end. The hydraulic lock includes at least one biasing member coupled to the bore. The hydraulic lock includes at least one pawl having a first pawl end and a second pawl end. The first pawl end is releasably coupled to the shaft of the thrust vector actuator. The second pawl end is coupled to the slot. The pawl is movable relative to the slot between a first, locked position in which the first pawl end is coupled to inhibit movement of the shaft, and a second, unlocked position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Kevin Gardner, Steve Abel, Kellan Geck
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Patent number: 9961843Abstract: A process for harvesting organic material recovers sugars, proteins, aromatics, organic acids and mixtures thereof, from the sapwood of trees or recently pruned sections, e.g. branches. The process involves drilling entry and exit ports to access the sapwood layer and the use of spiles, driven into the ports, to create fluid tight seals for the tubing, which delivers and recovers the solution, which solubilizes the harvested organic material and flows through the sapwood layer. The close proximity of entry and exit ports permits the flow of a pressurized solution. The recovered pumped solution or products therefrom, if desired, can be used in a fermentation medium to prepare products, e.g. alcohol, fatty acids.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2016Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Inventor: Kevin Gardner
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Publication number: 20170112077Abstract: A process for harvesting organic material recovers sugars, proteins, aromatics, organic acids and mixtures thereof, from the sapwood of trees or recently pruned sections, e.g. branches. The process involves drilling entry and exit ports to access the sapwood layer and the use of spiles, driven into the ports, to create fluid tight seals for the tubing, which delivers and recovers the solution, which solubilizes the harvested organic material and flows through the sapwood layer. The close proximity of entry and exit ports permits the flow of a pressurized solution. The recovered pumped solution or products therefrom, if desired, can be used in a fermentation medium to prepare products, e.g. alcohol, fatty acids.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2016Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventor: Kevin GARDNER
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Patent number: 7132278Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions relating to a novel kinase designated PAS Kinase (PASK). The compositions include isolated polypeptides comprising a native PASK protein or a PASK N-terminal domain and polypeptides consisting of a PASK PAS-A or PAS-B domain, as well as isolated polynucleotides encoding such polypeptides, and expression vectors and cells comprising such polynucleotides. The methods include binding assays comprising the steps of incubating a mixture comprising a subject polypeptide with a ligand under conditions wherein the polypeptide binds the ligand; and detecting binding of the polypeptide to the ligand.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2001Date of Patent: November 7, 2006Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas SystemInventors: Steven L. McKnight, Kevin Gardner, Shannon Harper, Jared Rutter, Carolyn Michnoff, Carlos Amezcua
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Publication number: 20060051829Abstract: A functional surface binding specificity of a PAS domain, wherein the PAS domain is predetermined, prefolded in its native state, and comprises a hydrophobic core that has no NMR-apparent a priori formed ligand cavity, is changed by (a) introducing into the hydrophobic core of the PAS domain a foreign ligand of the PAS domain; and (b) detecting a change in the functional surface binding specificity of the PAS domain.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2005Publication date: March 9, 2006Inventors: Kevin Gardner, Carlos Amezcua, Paulus Erbel, Paul Card, Shannon Harper, Jared Rutter, Richard Bruick, Steven McKnight
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Patent number: 6969615Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to devices, arrays, kits and methods for detecting biomolecules in a tissue section (such as a fresh or archival sample, tissue microarray, or cells harvested by an LCM procedure) or other substantially two-dimensional sample (such as an electrophoretic gel or cDNA microarray) by creating “carbon copies” of the biomolecules eluted from the sample and visualizing the biomolecules on the copies using one or more detector molecules (e.g., antibodies or DNA probes) having specific affinity for the biomolecules of interest. Specific methods are provided for identifying the pattern of biomolecules (e.g., proteins and nucleic acids) in the samples. Other specific methods are provided for the identification and analysis of proteins and other biological molecules produced by cells and/or tissue, especially human cells and/or tissue.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2001Date of Patent: November 29, 2005Assignees: 20/20 GeneSystems, Inc., The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Vladimir Knezevic, Michael R. Emmert-Buck, Galina Baibakova, Dan-Paul Hartmann, Stephen M. Hewitt, Capre Denise Mitchell, Kevin Gardner
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Publication number: 20050238563Abstract: A method for permanently sequestering CO2 by bringing a gas containing the CO2, which may be the atmosphere, into contact with alkaline waste materials containing Ca to form a carbonate that is stable and environmentally benign.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2005Publication date: October 27, 2005Inventors: T. Eighmy, Kevin Gardner, Thomas Seager
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Publication number: 20050153304Abstract: The present invention relates, e.g., to a method for generating and analyzing multi-factorial biological response profiles, comprising (a) exposing each member of a plurality of expression control sequences, each of which is operatively linked to a heterologous reporter sequence, independently, to at least about three stimuli from a first set of stimuli, wherein at least about two of the stimuli in said first set of stimuli are, optionally, combined in an intra-set combinatorial fashion; (b) detecting a first category of responses of said expression control sequences to said stimuli; and (c) generating a response profile for each of said expression control sequences.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2004Publication date: July 14, 2005Applicant: Government of the USA, as represented by the secretary, Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Kevin Gardner, Wendy Freebern
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Publication number: 20050074846Abstract: Specific binding of a foreign core ligand to a PAS domain, wherein the PAS domain is predetermined, prefolded in its native state, and comprises a hydrophobic core that has no NMR-apparent a priori formed ligand cavity, is determined by (a) detecting a first NMR spectrum of the PAS domain in the presence of a foreign ligand; and (b) comparing the first NMR spectrum with a second NMR spectrum of the PAS domain in the absence of the ligand to infer the presence the ligand specifically bound within the hydrophobic core of the PAS domain. A functional surface binding specificity of a PAS domain, wherein the PAS domain is predetermined, prefolded in its native state, and comprises a hydrophobic core that has no NMR-apparent a priori formed ligand cavity, is changed by (a) introducing into the hydrophobic core of the PAS domain a foreign ligand of the PAS domain; and (b) detecting a change in the functional surface binding specificity of the PAS domain.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2003Publication date: April 7, 2005Inventors: Kevin Gardner, Carlos Amezcua, Paulus Erbel, Paul Card, Shannon Harper, Jared Rutter, Richard Bruick, Steven McKnight
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Publication number: 20040081979Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to devices, arrays, kits and methods for detecting biomolecules in a tissue section (such as a fresh or archival sample, tissue microarray, or cells harvested by an LCM procedure) or other substantially two-dimensional sample (such as an electrophoretic gel or cDNA microarray) by creating “carbon copies” of the biomolecules eluted from the sample and visualizing the biomolecules on the copies using one or more detector molecules (e.g., antibodies or DNA probes) having specific affinity for the biomolecules of interest. Specific methods are provided for identifying the pattern of biomolecules (e.g., proteins and nucleic acids) in the samples. Other specific methods are provided for the identification and analysis of proteins and other biological molecules produced by cells and/or tissue, especially human cells and/or tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2003Publication date: April 29, 2004Inventors: Vladimir Knezevic, Michael R Emmert-Buck, Galina Baibakova, Dan-Paul Hartmann, Stephen M Hewitt, Capre Denise Mitchell, Kevin Gardner
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Publication number: 20030059917Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions relating to a novel kinase designated PAS Kinase (PASK). The compositions include isolated polypeptides comprising a native PASK protein or a PASK N-terminal domain and polypeptides consisting of a PASK PAS-A or PAS-B domain, as well as isolated polynucleotides encoding such polypeptides, and expression vectors and cells comprising such polynucleotides. The methods include binding assays comprising the steps of incubating a mixture comprising a subject polypeptide with a ligand under conditions wherein the polypeptide binds the ligand; and detecting binding of the polypeptide to the ligand.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2001Publication date: March 27, 2003Applicant: Board of Regents, The University of Texas SystemInventors: Steven L. McKnight, Kevin Gardner, Shannon Harper, Jared Rutter, Carolyn Michnoff, Carlos Amezcua