Patents by Inventor Kevin W. Ross

Kevin W. Ross 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: 20240108334
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for controlling a tissue-treatment motion by a surgical instrument are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Michael J. Vendely, Shane R. Adams, Nicholas J. Ross, Matthew D. Cowperthwait, Jason L. Harris, Kevin M. Fiebig, Eric B. LaFay, Jose Luis De Cordoba Matilla, Raymond E. Parfett, Curtis A. Maples, Sarah A. Worthington, Jacqueline C. Aronhalt
  • Publication number: 20240108339
    Abstract: A surgical stapling system includes an anvil, a blade, a motor and gear assembly, a motor power supply, and a motor controller. A method of controlling the motor includes receiving first and second data indicative of operations of the motor under first and second conditions, respectively, and adjusting a motor control signal based on a difference between the first and second data. Another method includes receiving initial manufacture motor and gear assembly data from a manufacture and operational data during an initial use of the system, and adjusting parameters of the control signal based on a difference between the manufacture data and the operational data. Another method includes controlling a pulse-width modulated (PWM) motor control signal, receiving data regarding an interaction between the blade and a tissue clamped by the anvil, and adjusting a frequency of the PWM signal based on the data related to the interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Shane R. Adams, Kevin M. Fiebig, Raymond E. Parfett, Curtis A. Maples, Nicholas J. Ross, Taylor W. Aronhalt
  • Publication number: 20240084708
    Abstract: A rotor of a gas turbine having two adjacent rotor discs, on each of which moving blades are fastened, an annular rotor component being arranged between the rotor discs and having at its opposite ends circumferential annular grooves, in each of which a circumferential fastening projection on the respective rotor disc engages. When the rotor is stationary a first outer flank of the first annular groove rests under pressure against a first outer flank of the first fastening projection and there is play between a first inner flank of the first annular groove and a first inner flank of the first fastening projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Kury, Mirko Milazar, Christopher W Ross, Yulia Bagaeva, Karsten Kolk, Ivan Lbov, Alexander Romanov, Harald Hoell, Kevin Kampka, Rene Mahnke, Andreas Andreas, Daniel Hofsommer, Ekkehard Maldfeld, Jörg Richter
  • Patent number: 6212676
    Abstract: An event system is provided within an object-oriented environment. The event system informs users and system functions of events within the system. Events may be modeled as objects that are visible within the global namespace. These objects include event source objects and event sink objects. Event source objects generate event reports and event sink objects are the objects that receive reports. Special objects may be incorporated in the system to direct event reports from an event source object to an event sink object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael R. C. Seaman, Kevin W. Ross, Mark S. Blanford, Isaac J. Heizer, Daniel E. F. Plastina
  • Patent number: 5905890
    Abstract: An event system is provided within an object-oriented environment. The event system informs users and system functions of events within the system. Events may be modeled as objects that are visible within the global namespace. These objects include event source objects and event sink objects. Event source objects generate event reports and event sink objects are the objects that receive reports. Special objects may be incorporated in the system to direct event reports from an event source object to an event sink object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael R. C. Seaman, Kevin W. Ross, Mark S. Blanford, Isaac J. Heizer, Daniel E. F. Plastina