Patents by Inventor Kevin To

Kevin To 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).

  • Satellite downlink signal performance monitoring at identified antennas
    Patent number: 10128968
    Abstract: A satellite monitoring system is disclosed. The system may monitor various downlink signals of various satellites. In response to user queries, the system may provide diagnostic and other data related to the characteristics of the downlink signals. In this manner, an independent verification and validation of downlink signal characteristics may be performed. Moreover, the system may take various actions in response to detected anomalies related to the characteristics of the downlink signals, such as automatically generating alerts for users and/or activating an uplink facility, such as a backup uplink facility and/or providing control signals to user devices, such as antenna controllers, to reorient user antennas in response to the characteristics of the downlink signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: FLYAWAY ANTENNAS, LLC
    Inventors: Zuhair Muakkit, Kevin M. O'Neil
  • Retractable takedown pin for firearm
    Patent number: 10126078
    Abstract: A takedown pin assembly for a firearm is disclosed. The takedown pin assembly comprises an elongate pin, a spring, and a head disposed on one end of the pin. The pin further comprises a channel extending along at least a portion of the elongate pin in the direction of the pin's longitudinal axis. The channel has a width sufficient to receive a detent pin from a firearm. The elongate pin is configured to fit within a hole in an upper receiver or lower receiver of a firearm. The head has a lever handle extending laterally from a center portion of the head. A user engages the lever on the head to rotate the pin and allowing the detent pin to travel in the channel. The spring pushes the pin out from the firearm receivers to allow the user to open the action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Adaptive Technical Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Courtney Harris, Glenn Banaag, Kevin Mar
  • Variably flexible insertion device and method for variably flexing an insertion device
    Patent number: 10123683
    Abstract: A torque-transmitting, variably-flexible device, comprising a hollow body having a proximal end, a distal end and a given length, a torque-transmitting element that extends substantially entirely over the given length of the hollow body, a steering element that steers the distal end of the hollow body, the steering element being comprised of steering tendons disposed within the hollow body, and stiffening tendons disposed within the hollow body to selectively maintain the hollow body in a relatively stiff condition, wherein the stiffening tendons are unassociated with the steering element of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Syntheon, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin W. Smith, Derek Dee Deville, Korey Kline, Matthew A. Palmer
  • Systems and methods for using real-time imagery in navigation
    Patent number: 10126141
    Abstract: To generate navigation directions for a driver of a vehicle, a route for guiding the driver to a destination is obtained, visual landmarks corresponding to prominent physical objects disposed along the route are retrieved, and real-time imagery is collected at the vehicle approximately from a vantage point of the driver during navigation along the route. Using (i) the retrieved visual landmarks and (ii) the imagery collected at the vehicle, a subset of the visual landmarks that are currently visible to the driver is selected. Navigation directions describing the route are provided the driver, the navigation directions referencing the selected subset of the visual landmarks and excluding the remaining visual landmarks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Andrew R. Golding, Kevin Murphy
  • Methods and systems for material fixation
    Patent number: 10123867
    Abstract: A system and method for making an orthopedic repair by fixing a soft tissue graft to bone, utilizes an implant including a body wedge having first and second outwardly expandable wedge portions, a wing portion having outwardly expandable wings, and a deployment member which is movable distally into the implant to deploy the wedge portions and the wings into an expanded deployed orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Cayenne Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin N. Baird, Derek J. Harper
  • Mud visor for roll-off film system
    Patent number: 10123907
    Abstract: A mud visor formed by a substantially transparent sheet is attached to a goggle lens. The mud visor may be attached to the goggle lens using a substantially transparent adhesive or adhesive tape. Thus, the mud visor may provide clear and improved field of view for the user. Further, the mud visor may be configured to cover and guide a top portion of a roll-off film as the roll-off film is conveyed across the goggle lens. A top portion of the mud visor may be inserted into the lens groove of a goggle frame along with the goggle lens when the goggle lens is attached to the goggle frame. The mud visor also may stretch across the goggle lens and overlap with film canisters at both sides to provide a seamless coverage to prevent mud from entering behind the mud visor or the roll-off film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: 100% SPEEDLAB, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Michael Sigismondo, Marc Guy Blanchard, Ludovic Francis Boinnard
  • Liquefier assembly for additive manufacturing systems, and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 10124539
    Abstract: A liquefier assembly for use in an additive manufacturing system, which includes a rigid member having a gap, a liquefier tube operably disposed in the gap, one or more heater assemblies disposed in the gap in contact with the liquefier tube, and configured to heat the liquefier tube in a zone-by-zone manner, preferably one or more thermal resistors disposed in the gap between the rigid member and the heater assemblies, and preferably one or more sensors configured to operably measure pressure within the liquefier tube. The one or more heater assemblies may be operated to provide dynamic heat flow control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Stratasys, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Samuel Batchelder, William J. Swanson, Kevin C. Johnson
  • Systems and methods for improving the accuracy of day-ahead load forecasts on an electric utility grid
    Patent number: 10127568
    Abstract: Systems and methods improve the forecast of electricity consumption, and/or refining such predictions. Predictions may be refined by accounting for factors such as preliminary predictions, pricing and cost information associated with future supply of energy, the extent of anticipated changes in the predictions, the time of day and/or anticipated daylight for the period of time. Coefficient values are calculated for a forecast error model that takes into account factors related to electricity consumption using existing historical electrical grid data. Using the calculated values, the forecast error model may be applied to current electricity demand forecasts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Kevin F. Forbes, Ernest M. Zampelli, O. Chris S. St. Cyr
  • Application update using multiple network connections
    Patent number: 10129810
    Abstract: A system and method that enables an application to retrieve application update from the software vendor using one or more network connection. The application checks for updates when it is invoked by the user. The checking of updates is done by sending a request to the vendor server via one or multiple network connections. The network connection can be wired or wireless. By using multiple network connections, the update process can send and receive update data faster than using one network connections. Another aspect of the invention is if the checking for update request failed via the default or 1st network connection, the application will check for the next available network connection to send the update request. By checking for update from the vendor, the application will always have the most up to date patches, fixes, and/or new features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
    Inventor: Kevin V. Nguyen
  • Automatic application wizard
    Patent number: 10127056
    Abstract: A system to automate creation of a configuration wizard from, for example, an underlying control application. In one instance, a complex application may be represented with a simple configuration view such as that of a configuration wizard. When an application is being created, a user may be provided with a feature that defines the configuration wizard. Some aspects of the present approach are that a wizard user interface may be automatically generated, a standard approach may be provided to define the wizard, and, for changes which are performed in the application, the wizard may easily be edited and regenerated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Francis D'Souza, Lavanya Bhadriraju, Soumya Ramesh, Thejasvini Shivanagendra, Gutha Stalin Sanghamitra, Subramanya Tavarekere Nagaraj, Kevin B. Moore
  • Container for oral care tools and method of assembly and use
    Patent number: 10123611
    Abstract: A container for storing a set of oral care tools in which multiple oral care tools are removably connected to connecting portion. The container includes a first portion that defines a first cavity configured to receive and capture the connecting portion therein and a second portion including first and second side walls defining a second cavity in which the oral care tools are stored. At least one of the first or second side walls can be pivoted to an open position to allow a consumer to access and separate an oral care tool from the connecting portion while the connecting portion is retained within the first cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Ranir, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Friedt, Kevin Kollar
  • Shuttle valve stabilization through pressure differential and shuttle valve with hollow poppet with weep hole
    Patent number: 10125877
    Abstract: A shuttle valve has a valve body including a first valve seat defining a first fluid inlet, a second valve seat defining a second fluid inlet, and a center portion that is connected to the valve seats, the center portion defining a fluid outlet and a bore. A moveable member is moveable within the bore between a first position against the first valve seat and a second position against the second valve seat to control the flow of fluid from either of the first or second inlet to the outlet. The moveable member may be configured to have a unitary construction formed of a single component, by which a unitary shell defines a substantially hollow interior. The moveable member has a hollow interior and a weep hole for equalizing pressure between the hollow interior and exterior of the moveable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Morgan, Kevin Lawrence Bresnahan, Tyler James Kooser, Bipin Goraksha Kashid
  • Roof mounted imager module
    Patent number: 10129445
    Abstract: A roof mounted module for a vehicle includes a base plate configured to be operably coupled with a vehicle roof. An outer housing operably coupled with the base plate. An inner housing proximate the outer housing, including an imager sealing portion defining a sealing plane. The inner housing defines an inner cavity. An imager module is disposed in the cavity and is in communication with a viewing aperture defined through the outer housing. An imager mounting feature is disposed between the imager module and the inner housing. The imager mounting feature applies a force acting in a direction normal to the sealing plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Danny L. Minikey, Jr., Michael G. Hendricks, Kevin A. Schueler, Peter T. Kantola
  • Refrigeration appliance having side air intake vent with sound dampening
    Patent number: 10126039
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes an insulated cabinet having a side wall and a machine compartment positioned adjacent the side wall. An aperture is provided through the first side wall to allow air to flow into the machine compartment. An air vent is provided at the exterior surface of the side wall so as to cover the aperture. The air vent having a first set of louvers. A sound barrier is provided at the interior surface of the side wall at the aperture. The sound barrier has a second set of louvers, where the second set of louvers are positioned with respect to the first set of louvers such that there is no mechanical access to components in the machine compartment through the air vent, and such that sounds from within the machine compartment are dampened while still allowing air to flow through the air vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Bruno Boehringer, Darci Cavali, Derek Lehman, Daniel J. Lesko, Kevin Noel, Douglas Pohl
  • Spinal implant system and method
    Patent number: 10123882
    Abstract: A spinal implant includes an implant body including a first endplate and a second endplate. A plurality of electrodes include at least one electrode disposed with the first endplate and at least one electrode disposed with the second endplate such that the electrodes conduct an electric current to stimulate tissue growth adjacent the implant body. Systems, surgical instruments and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler S. Stevenson, Nicholas M. Benson, Richard L. Brown, Calvert S. Bontemps, Newton H. Metcalf, Larry Tyler, Kevin T. Foley, Mark E. Henschel, Michael W. Barror
  • Information security threat identification, analysis, and management
    Patent number: 10129215
    Abstract: A method and systems for information security threat identification, management, and analysis, including identifying and managing threats posed by senders of unsolicited e-mail, pirates, hackers, and virus-spreaders. Methods are provided for identifying and facilitating legal action against a sender of unsolicited e-mail. A secure evidence repository can be used for storing copies of and information regarding unsolicited e-mails in a forensically sound manner. A relational knowledge database can be used for storing copies of and information regarding unsolicited e-mails such that the information can be queried, manipulated, or analyzed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Internet Crimes Group Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua I. Halpern, Kevin E. Leininger, Randall Dey Toth, Osbourne A. Shaw
  • Symmetrical input device
    Patent number: D833436
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Christopher Pate, George Barrett, Cormac O'Conaire, Andreas Connellan, Kevin Forde, Davin O'Mahony, Niall White, Noirin Curran, Fancois Morier, Fabrice Sauterel
  • Display screen with graphical user interface for a communication terminal
    Patent number: D833462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: KENALL MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventor: Kevin Dahlen
  • Interbody fusion implant
    Patent number: D833611
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: HD LifeSciences LLC
    Inventors: Christopher L. Jones, Ian Helmar, Lucas Diehl, Jason Tinley, Kevin D. Chappuis, John F. Sullivan
  • Interbody fusion implant
    Patent number: D833612
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: HD LifeSciences LLC
    Inventors: Christopher L. Jones, Ian Helmar, Lucas Diehl, Jason Tinley, Kevin D. Chappuis, John F. Sullivan