Patents by Inventor Kevin Lane

Kevin Lane 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).

  • Patent number: 11959288
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for a mold system for molding structures (e.g., sand castles) from one or more various types of molding substances (e.g., sand, clay, snow). In one embodiment, a mold system comprises a split mold comprising at least two mold sections. In one embodiment, a modular mold system allows for different types of mold sections with corresponding joining elements to be joined together to create forms for molding various types of structures. In some embodiments, mold sections are configured to facilitate the breaking of a vacuum created when molding substances are packed into the mold system, thus making it easier to separate a mold from the formed structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Create A Castle, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Lane
  • Publication number: 20220372775
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for a mold system for molding structures (e.g., sand castles) from one or more various types of molding substances (e.g., sand, clay, snow). In one embodiment, a mold system comprises a split mold comprising at least two mold sections. In one embodiment, a modular mold system allows for different types of mold sections with corresponding joining elements to be joined together to create forms for molding various types of structures. In some embodiments, mold sections are configured to facilitate the breaking of a vacuum created when molding substances are packed into the mold system, thus making it easier to separate a mold from the formed structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventor: Kevin Lane
  • Patent number: 11408187
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for a mold system for molding structures (e.g., sand castles) from one or more various types of molding substances (e.g., sand, clay, snow). In one embodiment, a mold system comprises a split mold comprising at least two mold sections. In one embodiment, a modular mold system allows for different types of mold sections with corresponding joining elements to be joined together to create forms for molding various types of structures. In some embodiments, mold sections are configured to facilitate the breaking of a vacuum created when molding substances are packed into the mold system, thus making it easier to separate a mold from the formed structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Create A Castle, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Lane
  • Publication number: 20200056385
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for a mold system for molding structures (e.g., sand castles) from one or more various types of molding substances (e.g., sand, clay, snow). In one embodiment, a mold system comprises a split mold comprising at least two mold sections. In one embodiment, a modular mold system allows for different types of mold sections with corresponding joining elements to be joined together to create forms for molding various types of structures. In some embodiments, mold sections are configured to facilitate the breaking of a vacuum created when molding substances are packed into the mold system, thus making it easier to separate a mold from the formed structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventor: Kevin Lane
  • Patent number: 10549820
    Abstract: A method and system for heading control during ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of liquefied natural gas (LNG). A method for heading control during STS transfer of LNG while moored on a buoy includes berthing a floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) to a buoy at a forward end of the FSRU, holding a stern of the berthed FSRU at a first heading with a bow of the FSRU pointing into a current, docking an LNG carrier (LNGC) alongside the berthed FSRU, mooring the LNGC to the berthed FSRU in a double-banked configuration at the first heading, adjusting the first heading of the FSRU and moored LNGC to a second heading with the bow of the FSRU and a bow of the LNGC pointing into a swell, and transferring LNG from the LNGC to the FSRU while the FSRU and moored LNGC are pointed into the swell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Excelerate Energy Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Mark Kevin Lane, Charles Erwin Ruehl, Jr., Michael Todd Carroll
  • Publication number: 20190233058
    Abstract: A method and system for heading control during ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of liquefied natural gas (LNG). A method for heading control during STS transfer of LNG while moored on a buoy includes berthing a floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) to a buoy at a forward end of the FSRU, holding a stern of the berthed FSRU at a first heading with a bow of the FSRU pointing into a current, docking an LNG carrier (LNGC) alongside the berthed FSRU, mooring the LNGC to the berthed FSRU in a double-banked configuration at the first heading, adjusting the first heading of the FSRU and moored LNGC to a second heading with the bow of the FSRU and a bow of the LNGC pointing into a swell, and transferring LNG from the LNGC to the FSRU while the FSRU and moored LNGC are pointed into the swell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Kevin Lane, Charles Erwin Ruehl, JR., Michael Todd Carroll
  • Patent number: 10080979
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for a mold system for molding structures (e.g., sand castles) from one or more various types of molding substances (e.g., sand, clay, snow). In one embodiment, a mold system comprises a split mold comprising at least two mold sections. In one embodiment, a modular mold system allows for different types of mold sections with corresponding joining elements to be joined together to create forms for molding various types of structures. In some embodiments, mold sections are configured to facilitate the breaking of a vacuum created when molding substances are packed into the mold system, thus making it easier to separate a mold from the formed structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Create A Castle, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Lane
  • Publication number: 20180207542
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for a mold system for molding structures (e.g., sand castles) from one or more various types of molding substances (e.g., sand, clay, snow). In one embodiment, a mold system comprises a split mold comprising at least two mold sections. In one embodiment, a modular mold system allows for different types of mold sections with corresponding joining elements to be joined together to create forms for molding various types of structures. In some embodiments, mold sections are configured to facilitate the breaking of a vacuum created when molding substances are packed into the mold system, thus making it easier to separate a mold from the formed structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventor: Kevin Lane
  • Patent number: 9940328
    Abstract: Electronic files are selectively assigned to a plurality of different indexing queues by one or more dynamic throughput threshold gates based on characteristics of the different indexing queues as well as the static file characteristics associated with each of the files. The files are then indexed. Upon detecting a change in a dynamic characteristic of one or more indexed files, the throughput threshold gate(s) are then modified to obtain, maintain or modify a desired throughput for one or more of the indexing queues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Lane Brown, Anatoly Grabar
  • Publication number: 20160259785
    Abstract: Electronic files are selectively assigned to a plurality of different indexing queues by one or more dynamic throughput threshold gates based on characteristics of the different indexing queues as well as the static file characteristics associated with each of the files. The files are then indexed. Upon detecting a change in a dynamic characteristic of one or more indexed files, the throughput threshold gate(s) are then modified to obtain, maintain or modify a desired throughput for one or more of the indexing queues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Kevin Lane Brown, Anatoly Grabar
  • Patent number: 9298684
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for incorporating custom user interface (UI) forms into a personal information manager (PIM) application using a declarative form markup specification. A native PIM form specification is generated from a file containing the declarative form markup describing the custom UI form. When a request to display the custom UI form is received, a PIM native form renderer invokes a forms runtime engine that loads the original declarative form markup to process data bindings and event subscriptions contained therein. The custom UI form is then rendered to the display by the PIM native form renderer in conjunction with the forms runtime engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Todd J. Abel, Dayam Joel Zambrano, John William Strick, Emre Bogazliyanlioglu, Mohammad A. Rashid, Kevin Lane Brown
  • Patent number: D749781
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Inventor: Kevin Lane
  • Patent number: D803715
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Inventor: Kevin Lane
  • Patent number: D813708
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Inventor: Kevin Lane
  • Patent number: D848236
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Creat A Castle, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Lane
  • Patent number: D857116
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: CREATE A CASTLE, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Lane
  • Patent number: D863454
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: CREATE A CASTLE, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Lane
  • Patent number: D874579
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: CREATE A CASTLE, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Lane
  • Patent number: D884089
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: CREATE A CASTLE, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Lane
  • Patent number: D884090
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: CREATE A CASTLE, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Lane