Patents by Inventor Kim A. Brown

Kim A. Brown 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: 10859218
    Abstract: A recessed lighting fixture assembly includes a mounting pan having a mounting structure that is configured to be coupled to a ceiling and a pan base coupled with the mounting structure. The pan base defines a pan opening and includes a first quick-connect mounting feature. The light fixture assembly includes a light fixture configured to be secured to the mounting pan such that a portion of the light fixture extends through the pan opening. The light fixture assembly includes an electrical junction box that is configured to supply power to the light fixture. The electrical junction box includes a second quick-connect mounting feature that is configured to engage with the first quick-connect mounting feature to secure the electrical junction box to the mounting pan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Mohamed Momin, Mark Charles Major, Kim Brown Smith
  • Publication number: 20200300428
    Abstract: A recessed lighting fixture assembly includes a mounting pan having a mounting structure that is configured to be coupled to a ceiling and a pan base coupled with the mounting structure. The pan base defines a pan opening and includes a first quick-connect mounting feature. The light fixture assembly includes a light fixture configured to be secured to the mounting pan such that a portion of the light fixture extends through the pan opening. The light fixture assembly includes an electrical junction box that is configured to supply power to the light fixture. The electrical junction box includes a second quick-connect mounting feature that is configured to engage with the first quick-connect mounting feature to secure the electrical junction box to the mounting pan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Mohamed Momin, Mark Charles Major, Kim Brown Smith
  • Patent number: 9340382
    Abstract: A method and article determine a greatest distance between adjacent sensors along the media path and command a flushing to advance media the determined greatest distance in the print engine and the peripheral device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Newell, Jr., Kim Brown, Robert J. Lavey
  • Patent number: 8379233
    Abstract: A printing device for use with a peripheral media-handling device defining a peripheral media path with a first sensor therealong including a print engine coupled with the peripheral media-handling device to accommodate conveyance of media therebetween, the print engine defining an engine media path between an inlet and an outlet thereof, and including a second sensor therealong, and a processor configured to calculate a greatest distance collectively along the media paths that media can travel without reaching one of the sensors, the processor being further configured to command substantially simultaneous flushing of the peripheral media-handling device and the print engine to advance media the calculated greatest distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Newell, Jr., Kim Brown, Robert J. Lavey
  • Patent number: 7991661
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and computer system for providing market analysis for a wireless voice market. Embodiments provide convenient and effective mechanisms for obtaining wireless voice information from online bills of a panel of wireless subscribers, thereby reducing subscriber interaction and enabling more complete and frequent access to the wireless voice information used to provide market analysis. The wireless voice information is scraped from the online bill (e.g., after obtaining permission from a wireless subscriber) and stored in a database for subsequent access, processing and output (e.g., in the form of a presentation, datafeed, as part of an online tool used by a client to access the information, etc.). The processing may include standardizing, cleaning, classifying and applying additional information (e.g., census data comprising demographic information, user-supplied information, etc.) to the voice information to provide further and/or more relevant market analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Tamara Gaffney, Stuart Kim-Brown
  • Patent number: 7987123
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and computer system for analyzing a wireless data market. Embodiments provide convenient and effective mechanisms for collecting, processing and classifying wireless data information, which may then be output to provide market analysis for wireless data markets. The wireless data information may be obtained from online bills of a panel of wireless subscribers, thereby reducing subscriber interaction and enabling more complete and frequent access to the wireless data information. Once the wireless data information is obtained, it may be standardized, cleaned and/or appended with additional information to provide further and/or more relevant market analysis. The data may be classified in one or more passes to further refine the market analysis, where classification may be by a data type, by another characteristic of the data, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Tamara Gaffney, Stuart Kim-Brown
  • Publication number: 20100204879
    Abstract: An exemplary transmission system includes a plurality of sensors each configured to output a signal at least partially representative of a speed of at least one of a first transmission input shaft, a second transmission input shaft, a transmission output shaft, and an engine. A transmission control module is in communication with the plurality of sensors and is configured to identify at least one of the plurality of sensors as a failed sensor and another of the plurality of sensors as a working sensor. The transmission control module is further configured to estimate the signal of the failed sensor based on a predetermined relationship between an expected signal from the failed sensor and the signal received from the working sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Kerfegar K. Katrak, Ian D. McKenzie, Anthony Stasik, Jeffrey P. Hawarden, Todd W. Fritz, Thomas R. Connolly, Kim A. Brown
  • Publication number: 20090272502
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new design for a shower curtain which is easy to hang by the user. The shower curtain of the present invention comprises an elongated flap panel which runs the length of the top of the unit and folds over the shower curtain rod and fastens to itself. Notably, appropriately positioned along the top and bottom of this panel extension is a series of corresponding snap fasteners. Although the fastening means illustrates the use of snaps, other fastening means are also useful for this invention. Other fastening means include, but are not limited to: plastic snaps, hook and loop fasteners, and a plastic “Zip-Lock™” type fastener, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventor: Kim Brown
  • Patent number: 7421215
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods for determining if a media jam has been detected by a print engine, an input device, or an output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kim Brown, Brian L. Watts, Carlos F. Becerra
  • Publication number: 20070201885
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods for determining if a media jam has been detected by a print engine, an input device, or an output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Kim Brown, Brian Watts, Carlos Becerra
  • Patent number: 7228079
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods for determining if a media jam has been detected by a print engine, an input device, or an output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kim Brown, Brian L. Watts, Carlos F. Becerra
  • Publication number: 20060029401
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods for determining if a media jam has been detected by a print engine, an input device, or an output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Kim Brown, Brian Watts, Carlos Becerra
  • Publication number: 20040247354
    Abstract: A printing device for use with a peripheral media-handling device defining a peripheral media path with a first sensor therealong including a print engine coupled with the peripheral media-handling device to accommodate conveyance of media therebetween, the print engine defining an engine media path between an inlet and an outlet thereof, and including a second sensor therealong, and a processor configured to calculate a greatest distance collectively along the media paths that media can travel without reaching one of the sensors, the processor being further configured to command substantially simultaneous flushing of the peripheral media-handling device and the print engine to advance media the calculated greatest distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Newell, Kim Brown, Robert J. Lavey