Patents by Inventor Kevin Roy

Kevin Roy 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).

  • Publication number: 20180298711
    Abstract: Disclosed are various to blockage remediation systems for removing blockages, e.g., hydrate plugs, debris plugs, etc., from subsea flowlines and subsea equipment. In one illustrative embodiment, the system includes, among other things, an ROV (102) deployed into a body of water from a surface vessel (10) and a blockage remediation skid (104) that is operatively coupled to the ROV (102), wherein the skid (104) includes at least a skid fluid inlet (108A) and a skid fluid outlet (106A). The system also includes a returns downline (106) and a pressurized lift-gas supply downline (108) that extends into the body of from the vessel (10). The returns downline (106) is operatively coupled to the skid fluid outlet (106A), while the pressurized lift-gas supply downline (108) is adapted to be operatively and directly coupled to the blockage remediation skid (104) or operatively and directly coupled to the returns downline (106).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Harold Brian SKEELS, Mark Alan JOHNSON, Kevin Roy KNIGHT
  • Patent number: 9975569
    Abstract: An automotive vehicle may include an engine, an electric power steering system and at least one controller. The at least one controller may, during an auto stop event of the engine, reduce at a first rate an available electric power steering system current to a non-zero threshold value before fuel to the engine is shut off and reduce at a second rate different than the first rate the available electric power steering system current from the non-zero threshold value to 0 after fuel to the engine is shut off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kirk Pebley, Sangeetha Sangameswaran, William James Bouse, John Michael Jakupco, Kevin Roy Harpenau
  • Publication number: 20180116029
    Abstract: A system can configure a luminaire for providing illumination of a selected color temperature, a selected lumen output, or a selected photometric distribution. The luminaire can comprise at least two light sources that have different illumination characteristics, for example different color temperatures, different lumen outputs, or different photometric distributions. The system can configure the luminaire to operate a first of the two light sources, a second of the two light sources, or both of the light sources based on an input. When the luminaire is configured to operate both of the light sources, the luminaire can produce illumination having a color temperature, a lumen output, or a photometric distribution that is different than either of the two light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Steven Walter Pyshos, Raymond Janik, Kevin Roy Harpenau
  • Patent number: 9834194
    Abstract: An automotive vehicle includes an engine, a plurality of electrical load subsystems, and at least one controller. During an auto start of the engine, the at least one controller detects a starter disengage condition. In response to detecting the starter disengage condition, the at least one controller periodically determines a value of an operating parameter associated with the vehicle, causes a first subset of the electrical load subsystems to be enabled when the value of the operating parameter falls with a first predefined range of values, and causes a second subset of the electrical load subsystems to be enabled when the value of the operating parameter falls within a second predefined range of values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sangeetha Sangameswaran, Kirk Pebley, Kevin Roy Harpenau, Eric Michael Rademacher, David Celinske
  • Patent number: 9820350
    Abstract: A system can configure a luminaire for providing illumination of a selected color temperature, a selected lumen output, or a selected photometric distribution. The luminaire can comprise at least two light sources that have different illumination characteristics, for example different color temperatures, different lumen outputs, or different photometric distributions. The system can configure the luminaire to operate a first of the two light sources, a second of the two light sources, or both of the light sources based on an input. When the luminaire is configured to operate both of the light sources, the luminaire can produce illumination having a color temperature, a lumen output, or a photometric distribution that is different than either of the two light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Steven Walter Pyshos, Raymond Janik, Kevin Roy Harpenau
  • Patent number: 9803836
    Abstract: In an example embodiment of the present disclosure, a light fixture assembly comprises a surface mount light fixture. The surface mount light fixture comprises a trim having a first shape. The trim comprises an outer trim perimeter and an inner trim perimeter. The inner trim perimeter defines an orifice through which light is emitted, wherein the outer trim perimeter includes a chamfered edge. The light fixture assembly further includes a skin having a second shape similar to the first shape and configured to at least partially cover the trim. The skin includes an outer skin perimeter configured to surround the outer trim perimeter, an inner skin perimeter configured to surround the inner skin perimeter, and a raised coupling feature configured to grip the chamfered edge of the trim. The skin is coupled to the trim via the engagement of the raised coupling feature and the chamfered edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Kevin Roy Harpenau, Russell Bryant Green
  • Publication number: 20170303363
    Abstract: A system can configure a luminaire for providing illumination of a selected color temperature, a selected lumen output, or a selected photometric distribution. The luminaire can comprise at least two light sources that have different illumination characteristics, for example different color temperatures, different lumen outputs, or different photometric distributions. The system can configure the luminaire to operate a first of the two light sources, a second of the two light sources, or both of the light sources based on an input. When the luminaire is configured to operate both of the light sources, the luminaire can produce illumination having a color temperature, a lumen output, or a photometric distribution that is different than either of the two light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Walter Pyshos, Raymond Janik, Kevin Roy Harpenau
  • Publication number: 20170268736
    Abstract: A light fixture mounting assembly comprises an extender and a bracket. The extender comprises a junction box end configured to couple to a junction box, a fixture end located a distance from the junction box end, a perimeter wall extending from the junction box end to the fixture end, and a first set of screw holes formed within the junction box end or the fixture end. The bracket comprises a raised portion and one or more flange portions coupled to the raised portion. The one or more flange portions have a second set of screw holes formed therein. The one or more flange portions are disposed against the fixture end of the extender. The raised portion is disposed through an opening formed in the extender, and the second set of screw holes of the bracket is aligned with the first set of screw holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Kevin Roy Harpenau, Russell Bryant Green, William Randolph Johnson, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170191641
    Abstract: An optical attachment feature of a light-emitting diode (LED) lighting system includes an enclosure, a trim, a reflector, and a diffuser. The enclosure can include an enclosure wall forming a cavity and an enclosure collar having a first profile. The trim can include a trim collar that abuts to the enclosure collar, wherein the trim collar has a second profile. The reflector can include an outer surface, an inner surface having reflective material disposed thereon, and a reflector collar having a first optical attachment mechanism. The diffuser can include a diffuser collar, where the diffuser collar can include a second optical attachment mechanism and a third optical attachment mechanism, where the second optical attachment mechanism can couple to the first optical attachment mechanism, and where the third optical attachment mechanism is disposed within a feature formed by the first profile and the second profile when the enclosure collar is mechanically coupled to the trim collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Kevin Roy Harpenau, Jyoti Kathawate, James Richard Christ, Jason Q. Paulsel, Russell Bryant Green
  • Patent number: 9618678
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) light fixture is described. The LED light fixture can include a wave guide having an aperture that traverses therethrough. The LED light fixture can also include at least one LED disposed adjacent to the aperture in the wave guide. The LED light fixture can further include a LED driver electrically coupled to the at least one LED. The LED light fixture can also include a heat sink thermally coupled to the at least one LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Jerold Alan Tickner, Kevin Roy Harpenau, Russell Bryant Green
  • Patent number: 9599315
    Abstract: An optical attachment feature of a light-emitting diode (LED) lighting system includes an enclosure, a trim, a reflector, and a diffuser. The enclosure can include an enclosure wall forming a cavity and an enclosure collar having a first profile. The trim can include a trim collar that abuts to the enclosure collar, wherein the trim collar has a second profile. The reflector can include an outer surface, an inner surface having reflective material disposed thereon, and a reflector collar having a first optical attachment mechanism. The diffuser can include a diffuser collar, where the diffuser collar can include a second optical attachment mechanism and a third optical attachment mechanism, where the second optical attachment mechanism can couple to the first optical attachment mechanism, and where the third optical attachment mechanism is disposed within a feature formed by the first profile and the second profile when the enclosure collar is mechanically coupled to the trim collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Kevin Roy Harpenau, Jyoti Kathawate, James Richard Christ, Jason Q. Paulsel, Russell Bryant Green
  • Patent number: 9575527
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for a memory device comprising a memory system and power delivery circuitry comprising an energy storage, wherein the power delivery circuitry is configured to simultaneously deliver a first power from the energy storage and a second power from an external power supply coupled to the memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaun Alan Stickel, João Elmiro Chaves, Kevin Roy Brandt
  • Patent number: 9523490
    Abstract: The luminaire includes a light emitting diode (LED) module that includes a heat sink with an outer wall defining a top cavity and a bottom cavity and a mounting flange generally positioned along the bottom of the outer wall. A LED light source is positioned within the bottom cavity and in thermal communication with the heat sink. The bottom surface of the mounting flange includes one or more alignment features or keys extending out from the bottom surface. A trim having a corresponding alignment aperture is matingly engaged by positioning all or a portion of the alignment feature into the alignment aperture to ensure proper orientation of the trim with the LED module and to provide sufficient surface area for good thermal transfer between the heat sink and the trim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Jyoti Gururaj Kathawate, Evans Edward Thompson, III, Russell Bryant Green, Kevin Roy Harpenau
  • Publication number: 20160195255
    Abstract: The luminaire includes a light emitting diode (LED) module that includes a heat sink with an outer wall defining a top cavity and a bottom cavity and a mounting flange generally positioned along the bottom of the outer wall. A LED light source is positioned within the bottom cavity and in thermal communication with the heat sink. The bottom surface of the mounting flange includes one or more alignment features or keys extending out from the bottom surface. A trim having a corresponding alignment aperture is matingly engaged by positioning all or a portion of the alignment feature into the alignment aperture to ensure proper orientation of the trim with the LED module and to provide sufficient surface area for good thermal transfer between the heat sink and the trim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Jyoti Gururaj Kathawate, Evans Edward Thompson, III, Russell Bryant Green, Kevin Roy Harpenau
  • Patent number: 9291319
    Abstract: The luminaire includes a light emitting diode (LED) module that includes a heat sink with an outer wall defining a top cavity and a bottom cavity and a mounting flange generally positioned along the bottom of the outer wall. A LED light source is positioned within the bottom cavity and in thermal communication with the heat sink. The bottom surface of the mounting flange includes one or more alignment features or keys extending out from the bottom surface. A trim having a corresponding alignment aperture is matingly engaged by positioning all or a portion of the alignment feature into the alignment aperture to ensure proper orientation of the trim with the LED module and to provide sufficient surface area for good thermal transfer between the heat sink and the trim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Jyoti Gururaj Kathawate, Kevin Roy Harpenau, Russell Bryant Green, Evans Edward Thompson, III
  • Publication number: 20160077560
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for a memory device comprising a memory system and power delivery circuitry comprising an energy storage, wherein the power delivery circuitry is configured to simultaneously deliver a first power from the energy storage and a second power from an external power supply coupled to the memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Shaun Alan Stickel, João Elmiro Chaves, Kevin Roy Brandt
  • Patent number: 9188318
    Abstract: A system for mounting a light emitting diode (LED) wave guide down light retrofit fixture. The system can include a mounting plate having a number of apertures symmetrically positioned around a center of the mounting plate. The system can also include at least one fastening device mechanically coupled to an upper surface of the mounting plate using at least a first aperture of the apertures, where the at least one fastening device mechanically couples to a base of an existing fixture. The system can further include a coupling device mechanically coupled to a lower surface of the mounting plate. The system can also include a trim assembly having a frame and a LED light source mechanically coupled to the frame. The frame can have a coupling feature disposed on a top surface of the frame, where the coupling feature mechanically couples to the coupling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Jerold Alan Tickner, Kevin Roy Harpenau, Russell Bryant Green
  • Patent number: 9178742
    Abstract: A system and method for maintaining provisioned configuration for an endpoint in a packet switched communications network are disclosed, the communications network utilizing a signalling protocol between the endpoint and at least one gatekeeper. The gatekeeper receives a request from the endpoint, determines the addresses of an assigned gatekeeper and at least one alternate gatekeeper, and transmits the addresses to the endpoint within the signalling protocol. The endpoint sends a message to its assigned gatekeeper, and if the assigned gatekeeper is responsive, the endpoint receives an indication confirming that the Gatekeeper is available. If the assigned gatekeeper is unresponsive, the endpoint registers with an alternate gatekeeper, but periodically sends a polling status request to its assigned gatekeeper, so that when the assigned gatekeeper becomes responsive, the endpoint may then register with its assigned gatekeeper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Roy McMenamy, Graham Geoffrey Gudgin, Vivek Bhargava, Paul Edwin Jones
  • Publication number: 20150240853
    Abstract: A staple includes a length of metal wire shaped to form a crown and two spikes. Each spike depends from a respective end of the crown and includes a shoulder at each end of the crown, a sharpened tip portion and an elbow interposed between each tip portion and shoulder, the elbow comprised of a proximal limb and a distal limb such that the tip portions depend from respective distal limbs. An included angle between each shoulder and the crown is between about 91° and 96°, an included angle between each proximal limb and the crown is between about 60° and 85° and an included angle between each distal limb and the crown is between about 95° and 130°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: QUICK GRIP STAPLES (HK) LIMITED
    Inventors: Kevin Roy Smeaton, Kevin Graham Doole
  • Patent number: D746826
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Shannon Tyler Moore, Amanda Adelaide Hancock, Kevin Roy Sugden, Donald Somerset McKenzie