Patents by Inventor Mark C. STEPHENS

Mark C. STEPHENS 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: 11207963
    Abstract: A crossmember for a vehicle battery tray provides a beam that has a closed cross-sectional shape with a top wall coupled with parallel side walls along a length of the beam. A reinforcing top cap is disposed along the beam, where a C-shaped transverse cross-sectional shape of the top cap has a central section that disposed along the top wall and legs of the top cap welded to the side walls. The legs include inward angled tabs that are biased against the beam and welded thereto. The top wall of the beam and the central section of the top cap have aligned fastener openings disposed at spaced intervals along the length of the beam and configured to receive fasteners that secure at least one of a battery module or tray cover to the crossmember.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Shape Corp.
    Inventors: Zehua Qin, Matthew Kuipers, Mark C. Stephens
  • Publication number: 20210362007
    Abstract: Eye wear of the present invention include a multi-layered lens that include layers formed form different materials or outer layers separated by an inner layer formed from a different material. The multi-layered lens has insulating properties that reduce fogging when used in swimming goggles and face masks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: FLIPTURN DESIGN
    Inventors: Mark C. Stephens, Matthew Buckby
  • Publication number: 20200384842
    Abstract: A crossmember for a vehicle battery tray provides a beam that has a closed cross-sectional shape with a top wall coupled with parallel side walls along a length of the beam. A reinforcing top cap is disposed along the beam, where a C-shaped transverse cross-sectional shape of the top cap has a central section that disposed along the top wall and legs of the top cap welded to the side walls. The legs include inward angled tabs that are biased against the beam and welded thereto. The top wall of the beam and the central section of the top cap have aligned fastener openings disposed at spaced intervals along the length of the beam and configured to receive fasteners that secure at least one of a battery module or tray cover to the crossmember.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Zehua Qin, Matthew Kuipers, Mark C. Stephens
  • Patent number: 10123576
    Abstract: A wetsuit configured to improve a user's performance, enhance a user's speed and ease with which the user moves through water, provide better control of body temperature in diverse environments and reduce overall fatigue while wearing the garment. A wetsuit having an upper-torso portion, a free-floating flexible collar, sleeves biased in an arms-up configuration and configurable with a lower torso portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: ROKA SPORTS, INC.
    Inventors: Kurt R. Spenser, Robert A. Canales, Mark C. Stephens, Nathan Tracy
  • Publication number: 20180242659
    Abstract: A wetsuit configured to improve a user's performance, enhance a user's speed and ease with which the user moves through water, provide better control of body temperature in diverse environments and reduce overall fatigue while wearing the garment. A wetsuit having an upper-torso portion, a free-floating flexible collar, sleeves biased in an arms-up configuration and configurable with a lower torso portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Kurt R. SPENSER, Robert A. CANALES, Mark C. STEPHENS, Nathan TRACY
  • Patent number: 10004284
    Abstract: An aquatic sport performance garment configured to improve a user's performance, enhance a user's speed and ease with which the wearer moves through water, provide better control of body temperature in diverse environments and reduce overall fatigue while wearing the garment. A garment having an upper-torso portion, a free-floating, sealing collar and sleeves biased in an arms-up configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: ROKA SPORTS, INC.
    Inventors: Kurt R. Spenser, Robert A. Canales, Mark C. Stephens, Nathan Tracy
  • Publication number: 20180064183
    Abstract: An aquatic sport performance garment configured to improve a user's performance, enhance a user's speed and ease with which the wearer moves through water, provide better control of body temperature in diverse environments and reduce overall fatigue while wearing the garment. A garment having an upper-torso portion, a free-floating, sealing collar and sleeves biased in an arms-up configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Kurt R. SPENSER, Robert A. CANALES, Mark C. STEPHENS, Nathan TRACY
  • Patent number: 9888730
    Abstract: An aquatic sport performance garment comprising restraints affixed to a lateral material surface of the aquatic sport performance garment approximately parallel to a sagittal plane along each side of the garment and further comprising restraints affixed to a material surface across the back of the aquatic sport performance garment, posteriorly offset from the coronal plane of the garment in a criss-cross fashion, intersecting the longitudinal axis with the ends of the criss-cross restraints located in proximity to the ends of the longitudinally placed lateral restraints on each side of the garment; said restraints configured to inhibit side-to-side bending of the body of a user, reduce longitudinal drag, improve stroke mechanics, encourage proper torso rotation and muscle coordination about the midsection of the body of the user during movement and improve endurance when the garment is worn by the user when swimming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: ROKA SPORTS, INC.
    Inventors: Kurt R. Spenser, Robert A. Canales, Mark C. Stephens, Nathan Tracy
  • Patent number: 9888731
    Abstract: An aquatic sport performance garment configured to improve a user's performance, enhance a user's speed and ease with which the wearer moves through water, provide better control of body temperature in diverse environments and reduce overall fatigue while wearing the garment. A garment having an upper-torso portion, a free-floating, sealing collar and sleeves biased in an arms-up configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: ROKA SPORTS, INC.
    Inventors: Kurt R. Spenser, Robert A. Canales, Mark C. Stephens, Nathan Tracy
  • Publication number: 20170280792
    Abstract: An aquatic sport performance garment configured to improve a user's performance, enhance a user's speed and ease with which the wearer moves through water, provide better control of body temperature in diverse environments and reduce overall fatigue while wearing the garment. A garment having an upper-torso portion, a free-floating, sealing collar and sleeves biased in an arms-up configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Kurt R. SPENSER, Robert A. CANALES, Mark C. STEPHENS, Nathan TRACY
  • Publication number: 20170280791
    Abstract: An aquatic sport performance garment comprising restraints affixed to a lateral material surface of the aquatic sport performance garment approximately parallel to a sagittal plane along each side of the garment and further comprising restraints affixed to a material surface across the back of the aquatic sport performance garment, posteriorly offset from the coronal plane of the garment in a criss-cross fashion, intersecting the longitudinal axis with the ends of the criss-cross restraints located in proximity to the ends of the longitudinally placed lateral restraints on each side of the garment; said restraints configured to inhibit side-to-side bending of the body of a user, reduce longitudinal drag, improve stroke mechanics, encourage proper torso rotation and muscle coordination about the midsection of the body of the user during movement and improve endurance when the garment is worn by the user when swimming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Kurt R. SPENSER, Robert A. CANALES, Mark C. STEPHENS, Nathan TRACY
  • Patent number: D837327
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: ROKA SPORTS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark C. Stephens, Robert A. Canales, Jonathan McCann