Patents by Inventor Kevin Lee

Kevin Lee 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).

  • IN-CONFERENCE QUESTION SUMMARY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220182425
    Abstract: A communication system adapted to allow participants, during a collaboration event or session, to ask questions while also serving up or providing relevant context to the presenter. This can be done by the participant clicking anywhere on the screen of their display on their client device during an online presentation and then presenting their question (e.g., typing or otherwise entering their input) about that particular portion of the presentation. When a user clicks on their screen during the presentation, a new dialog will open with a screenshot of the point of the presentation that occurred as well as a dialog box to type in a question. When the participant submits their question, a question report can be created and sent to the server. This report may include a user identifier (ID), a timestamp of when the screenshot was taken, the coordinates of the click/selection location, and the question itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Mitel Networks (International) Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan Braganza, Kevin Lee, Logendra Naidoo
  • VARIABLE STATOR VANES WITH ANTI-LOCK TRUNNIONS
    Publication number: 20220178270
    Abstract: Variable stator vanes with anti-lock trunnions are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes an airfoil to be disposed within a flow path of a gas turbine engine, the gas turbine engine defining an axial axis, a radial axis and a circumferential axis, an outer trunnion, and an inner trunnion including a curved surface in an axial-radial plane, the inner trunnion enabling the airfoil to be rotatably mounted to an inner shroud of the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Kevin Lee Kirkeng, Vishnu Das K, Reddi Hari Prasad Reddy Mylapalli
  • Stimulation probe for robotic and laparoscopic surgery
    Patent number: 11351369
    Abstract: A stimulation probe includes a proximal end connector and a flexible wire coupled to the end connector. A handle is coupled to the wire and a needle extends from the handle and terminates at a conductive tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC.
    Inventors: David C. Hacker, Wenjeng Li, Kevin Lee McFarlin
  • VEHICLE MULTI-FUNCTION LED LAMP WITH INPUT CURRENT SWITCH
    Publication number: 20220169170
    Abstract: A multi-function vehicle lamp having a plurality of light emitting diodes includes a turn input and a tail input with a switch configured to stop current flowing through the tail input when the turn input is energized to increase current flow through the turn input to satisfy minimum current draw requirements of a vehicle current meter that detects turn indicator failure. The lamp may include a single combined turn/stop input, or may include separate turn and stop inputs. Lamps having separate turn and stop inputs block current flow through the stop input when the turn input is energized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: North American Lighting, Inc.
    Inventors: Penghao CHEN, Kevin Lee MARKELL
  • Electronic communication system and method with sentiment analysis
    Patent number: 11349982
    Abstract: Electronic communication methods and systems for determining sentiment associated with a communication, conveniently displaying indicia of the sentiment information, and scoring the sentiment information are disclosed. The methods and systems can include associating an emoji with a sentiment and annotating information, for example, a highlight reel or a waveform, with the emoji.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Mitel Networks Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Lee, Jonathan Braganza, Justin Ghantous, Logendra Naidoo
  • Canopy windshield retention
    Patent number: 11345409
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle that includes a windshield and a frame. In addition, the vehicle includes a first pillar that extends from one side of the windshield. The first pillar includes a first wall and a second wall coupled to the first wall. The first pillar also includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a first interior support coupled to the first wall and a second interior support coupled to the second wall. Further, the first interior support includes a first end which is spaced from a second end in the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jamil M. Alwan, Chunhui Kevin Lee, Thiag Subbian, Djamal Eddine Midoun, Suraj Jadhav, Petros Frantzeskakis
  • HANDS-FREE DOOR LATCH
    Publication number: 20220154501
    Abstract: A hands-free door latch allows closing the door and latching the door shut without a person using the person's hands, and further allows unlatching the latch without the person using the person's hands. In one preferred embodiment, shutting the door causes the latch to close by the force of gravity. In some embodiments, the latch can be unlatched with a person's foot. In other embodiments, the latch can be unlatched with a person's arm or elbow. The hands-free door latch allows a person to latch and unlatch a door without hands, thereby decreasing the likelihood of exposing a person's hands to germs left by someone else.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin Lee Johnson, Megan Louise Crozier, Dane DeMasters Gardner, Andrew Glen Hightower
  • Drive controller-override mechanism
    Patent number: 11335376
    Abstract: A data storage device includes a primary storage media, a drive storage controller electrically coupled to media recording electronics and a controller-override mechanism. The controller-override mechanism is selectively controllable by a user to override control actions of the drive storage controller to prevent the drive storage controller from altering the primary storage media at a time when the storage device is otherwise configured for nominal data storage operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Riyan Alex Mendonsa, Brett R. Herdendorf, Jon D. Trantham, Kevin Lee Van Pelt
  • Sleeve for repairing vehicle frame rail
    Patent number: 11325649
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a sleeve for repairing or reconstructing a frame rail of a motor vehicle. An exemplary repair sleeve includes a base wall, first and second side walls projecting from opposite sides of the base wall, and a sectioned wall including first and second sections spaced-apart from one another such that the two side walls are moveable relative to one another in a pre-installed condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachuk, Gerry Bonanni, Ryan Smith, Shawn Michael Morgans, Steven William Gallagher, Chunhui Kevin Lee
  • Scuff Resistant and Chip Resistant Architectural Compositions
    Publication number: 20220135808
    Abstract: Solutions to the problems of scuffing and chipping of the paint films in high traffic areas and in tight spaces, such as dressing rooms in department stores, where multiple scrapings of the wall paints are created by consumers, clothes hangers, shoes, etc., and hallways and conference rooms in office and other commercial buildings are disclosed. Wax seeded latex polymers admixed with an added wax in architectural compositions and optionally with polyurethane resin are utilized to create paint films that are resistant to scuffing and chipping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Jonathan Dugan, Ashlee Agens, Ed Ament, Glenn Cooper, Johanna Garcia, Jeff Hood, Kevin Lee, Kate O'Connor, Rogina Saad, Marie Saturne, Jeffrey T. Spillane
  • Operating room black-box device, system, method and computer readable medium for event and error prediction
    Patent number: 11322248
    Abstract: A multi-channel recorder/encoder for collecting, integrating, synchronizing and recording medical or surgical data received as independent live or real-time data streams from a plurality of hardware units. The medical or surgical data relating to a live or real-time medical procedure. Example hardware units include a control interface, cameras, sensors, audio devices, and patient monitoring hardware. Further example systems may include a cloud based platform incorporating the encoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SURGICAL SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Teodor Pantchev Grantcharov, Kevin Lee Yang
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CAMERA-LIDAR FUSED OBJECT DETECTION WITH LIDAR-TO-IMAGE DETECTION MATCHING
    Publication number: 20220128701
    Abstract: Systems and methods for object detection. The object detection may be used to control an autonomous vehicle. For example, the methods comprise: obtaining, by a computing device, a LiDAR dataset generated by a LiDAR system of the autonomous vehicle; and using, by the computing device, the LiDAR dataset and at least one image to detect an object that is in proximity to the autonomous vehicle. The object is detected by: matching points of the LiDAR dataset to pixels in the at least one image; and detecting the object in a point cloud defined by the LiDAR dataset based on the matching. The object detection may be used to facilitate at least one autonomous driving operation (e.g., autonomous driving operation comprises an object tracking operation, an object trajectory prediction operation, a vehicle trajectory determination operation, and/or a collision avoidance operation).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Basel Alghanem, Arsenii Saranin, G. Peter K. Carr, Kevin Lee Wyffels
  • PREPARATION AND USE OF PLANT EMBRYO EXPLANTS FOR TRANSFORMATION
    Publication number: 20220119826
    Abstract: The present invention relates to excision of explant material comprising meristematic tissue from seeds, and storage of such material prior to subsequent use in plant tissue culture and genetic transformation. Methods for tissue preparation, storage, and transformation are disclosed, as is transformable meristem tissue produced by such methods, and apparati for tissue preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Beth Jo Calabotta, Kevin Lee Depperman, Erik D. Dersch, Jerald D. Heise, Angela Ranae Koestel, Cindy L. Ludwig, Brian J. Martinell, Edward Williams
  • Integrated multipoint fixation screw
    Patent number: 11304728
    Abstract: Bone anchor assemblies and related methods are disclosed herein that can provide for improved fixation of a primary bone anchor. A bone anchor assembly can include a base rotatably received within a rod-receiving member. The base can have a toroid body with a radially-extending portion including at least one auxiliary bone anchor opening that can receive an auxiliary bone anchor to augment fixation of a primary bone anchor of the bone anchor assembly. The base can be rotated relative to the rod-receiving member and the primary bone anchor such that the at least one auxiliary bone anchor opening can be placed in a desired position for supplemental fixation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Medos International Sarl
    Inventors: Kevin Lee, Joseph Peterson
  • AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING MULTI-SENSOR, MULTI-RESOLUTION FUSION OF OBJECT TYPE AND ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20220114406
    Abstract: A system receives an observation probability distribution function associated with a target object that was detected by sensors of an autonomous vehicle. The system identifies a target attribute of the target object, and detects a target attribute value associated with the target object. The system determines a first probability distribution function representing a probability of the autonomous vehicle detecting an object having an object label, determines a second probability distribution function defining a probability of the autonomous vehicle detecting the target attribute, determines a third probability distribution function defining a probability of the target attribute being present for the target object based on the target attribute value, and determines an attribute probability distribution function defining a probability that the target attribute is actually present for the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Kevin Lee Wyffels
  • Automotive wheel
    Patent number: D949079
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: MKW ALLOY, INC.
    Inventor: Kevin Lee
  • Automotive wheel
    Patent number: D949080
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: MKW ALLOY, INC.
    Inventor: Kevin Lee
  • Automotive wheel
    Patent number: D949081
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: MKW ALLOY, INC.
    Inventor: Kevin Lee
  • Automotive wheel
    Patent number: D950456
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: MKW Alloy, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Lee
  • Automotive wheel
    Patent number: D950457
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: MKW Alloy, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Lee