Patents by Inventor Michael Stevens

Michael Stevens 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: 20220199198
    Abstract: Methods for preparing a personalized cancer vaccine and a method to train a machine-learning HLA-peptide presentation prediction model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Steven Rooney, Jennifer Grace Abelin, Dominik Barthelme, Robert Kamen
  • Patent number: 11357995
    Abstract: A system is provided for driving an implantable neurostimulator lead, the lead having an associated plurality of electrodes disposed in at least one array on the lead. The system comprises an implantable pulse generator (IPG), the IPG including an electrode driver, a load system for determining load requirements, an IPG power coupler, and an IPG communication system. The system also includes an external unit, which includes an external variable power generator, an external power coupler, an external communication system, and a controller for varying the power level of the variable power generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Shiratronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry Dellamano, Kenneth Lyle Reed, Robert Raymond Bulger, Claire Denault, Michael Steven Colvin, Paul Griffith, Francis Menezes
  • Publication number: 20220176782
    Abstract: A temperature regulating system for interior surfaces of a vehicle includes a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system. An air register assembly is operably coupled to the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system to direct air to an interior compartment. The air register assembly includes an actuation assembly for adjusting a position of the air register assembly. A target feature having a contact surface is disposed within the interior compartment. A temperature sensor is coupled to the target feature and senses a surface temperature of the contact surface. A controller communicates a notification with temperature information. A remote start device is communicatively coupled with the controller. The controller adjusts the position of the air register assembly to direct air across the contact surface of the target feature in response to a remote start signal from the remote start device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Bayle West, Benjamin Yilma, Steven Nicholas Fidh, Dylan Mandelbaum, Andres Almeida Senatore, Otis Allen, Siddharthan Selvasekar, Sydney Puckett, Michael Steven Medoro
  • Publication number: 20220169157
    Abstract: A vehicle ventilation system includes a seating assembly including a seat blower. The seat blower pulls air away from a seating surface. A cabin blower is configured to circulate air in a cabin. A controller is configured to monitor a flow rate of the cabin blower. The controller is also configured to control a seat blower flow rate as a function of a cabin blower flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gabriella Almasi, William J. Wamsley, Michael Steven Medoro, Lawrence C. Karas
  • Publication number: 20220169183
    Abstract: A storage compartment includes, front and rear panels with first and second side panels operably coupled between the front and rear panels. Each side panel includes first and second portions interconnected along an articulating joint for movement between folded and extended positions. A bottom panel includes first and second portions interconnected along an articulating joint, for movement between folded and extended positions. The front, rear and bottom panels, and the first and second side panels are made using an additive manufacturing process to create a storage compartment that is fully integrated. The panels further cooperate to define an interior vessel that is operable between deployed and retracted conditions. In the retracted condition, the interior vessel provides for a storage compartment with a minimized profile, such that multiple storage compartments can be additively manufactured in a single build box if an additive manufacturing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dylan Mandelbaum, Siddharthan Selvasekar, Sydney Puckett, Andres Almeida Senatore, Michael Steven Medoro
  • Publication number: 20220154928
    Abstract: A tip valve and a cook system incorporating same that automatically stops the flow of gas to a burner when tipped over and that automatically resets when disconnected from the fuel canister to allow the flow of gas to resume when righted and reconnected are provided. The tip valve includes a ball bearing freely moveable between a fuel canister actuator pin and a tip seal within a bore having two different diameters at each end thereof. The transition between the two diameters forms a taper that may be continuous forming a smooth tapered bore, or discontinuous formed by at least one counter bore. The automatic resetting is provided without the use of a mechanical pin or member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Johnson Outdoors Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Paul Chartier, Michael Edward Hebert, JR., Adam Emery Wilcox, Michael Steven Siopis
  • Patent number: 11328302
    Abstract: A system and method includes an authorization request message configured with information about transaction amounts of items aggregated according to item categories and applicable rates for the items in the respective categories. Based on the information provided in the authorization request, a transaction handler is configured to compute a modified transaction amount for the transaction by reducing the transaction amount of items in one or more of the categories, without reducing the transaction amount(s) of items in one or more other categories, and computing a total transaction amount based on the reduction and the applicable rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Ilker Celikyilmaz, Sivakumar Seshappan, Kalpana Jogi, Tirtha Mauli Sarkar, Darpan Dewan, Thoithoi Chingakham, Michael Steven Bankston, Raman Chinnappan
  • Publication number: 20220136952
    Abstract: A system for analyzing fluid flow in unconventional, hydraulically-fractured porous media. In one embodiment, the system comprises a reservoir test sample, wherein the reservoir test sample comprises a core barrel, annular fluid, a synthetic tubing, supporting layers, and a core sample stack, wherein the core sample stack comprises one or more core slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Stratum Reservoir Intermediate, LLC
    Inventors: Forast Brent Thomas, William Mackinnon Gibb, Michael Steven Piwowar
  • Patent number: 11323420
    Abstract: Methods and systems disclosed herein relate to providing a receiving entity with a package of assertions. A package of assertions may include a group of yes or no statements (e.g., as an answer to a question). Alternatively, or additionally, a package of assertions may comprise a clustered assertion, which is a singular yes or no statement, that is itself based on a set of underlying assertions made using information from one or more sources. A particular type of package of assertions may be selected based on the relying entity requesting the assertions, based on an assertions model. The package of assertions may be cryptographically secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Michael Steven Bankston, Erik Christopher Friend, Jerry Wald, Victor Zhiltsov
  • Patent number: 11320301
    Abstract: A system for detecting sound comprising a laser beam transmitter transmitting at least two parallel modulated laser beams through a medium having a measurable index of refraction, a beam termination mechanism configured to terminate the laser beams' transmission through the medium, a guide mechanism used to guide the terminated laser beam to at least one beam combiner, an envelope detector optically coupled to the beam combiner, wherein the envelope detector is configured to receive the terminated laser beam from the beam combiner, creating an angle modulated signal; a processor used to process the angle modulated signal to recover the sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Michael Steven McBeth, Robert Alexander Younts
  • Publication number: 20220127536
    Abstract: A system that includes a feedstock of a non-petroleum or renewable feedstock containing oxygen and contaminants of one or more of metals, gums, and resins that is introduced into the reactor at a flow velocity of from 20 ft/sec to 100 ft/sec. The feedstock is heated within the reactor to a temperature of from 700° F. to 1100° F. to remove and/or reduce the content of one or more of gums and resins in the fats and/or oils of the feedstock. The system further includes a reactor product that is formed in the reactor from the feedstock that has the one or more of gums and resins in the fats and/or oils of the feedstock removed and/or reduced and a heat exchanger to cool the reactor product. A separator unit separates and removes non-condensable gases, metals and water from the cooled reactor product. A final product of the system is separated from the non-condensable gases, metals and water from the cooled reactor product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Michael D. Ackerson, Michael Steven Byars, Kyle Ackerson, John Coleman
  • Publication number: 20220104653
    Abstract: A packable cooking system is provided. To pack the system, the fuel canister is connected to the lid. The legs of the fuel stabilizer are folded and it is placed in the bottom of the pot. The pot support legs of the burner are rotated to their storage position forming an L-shape with the burner mixer tube and the folded burner assembly is placed in the bottom of the pot with the pot support legs along the bottom and side walls of the pot and the burner mix tube extending upward from the bottom of the pot along the side wall. This orientation, when the connection is off-center, allows the fuel canister that has been secured to the lid to fit within the pot in its offset position beside the upward extending burner mix tube with the folded fuel stabilizer below the fuel canister.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Johnson Outdoors Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Emery Wilcox, Michael Edward Hebert, JR., Michael Steven Siopis, Ryan Paul Chartier
  • Patent number: 11285847
    Abstract: A vehicle ventilation system includes a seating assembly including a seat blower. The seat blower pulls air away from a seating surface. A cabin blower is configured to circulate air in a cabin. A controller is configured to monitor a flow rate of the cabin blower. The controller is also configured to control a seat blower flow rate as a function of a cabin blower flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gabriella Almasi, William J. Wamsley, Michael Steven Medoro, Lawrence C. Karas
  • Patent number: 11287361
    Abstract: A system for analyzing fluid flow in unconventional, hydraulically-fractured porous media. In one embodiment, the system comprises a reservoir test sample, wherein the reservoir test sample comprises a core barrel, annular fluid, a synthetic tubing, supporting layers, and a core sample stack, wherein the core sample stack comprises one or more core slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Stratum Reservoir Intermediate, LLC
    Inventors: Forast Brent Thomas, William Mackinnon Gibb, Michael Steven Piwowar
  • Publication number: 20220065007
    Abstract: A latch feature for a door is disclosed herein. The latch feature includes an input body that is operable to move linearly between first and second positions relative to the door. The latch feature also includes an output body. The output body is coupled to the input body by a pivot member that is configured to pivot relative to the output body and the input body to allow the output body to move linearly toward the input body from an outboard position to an inboard position as the input body moves from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dylan Mandelbaum, Siddharthan Selvasekar, Sydney Puckett, Andres Almeida Senatore, Michael Steven Medoro
  • Publication number: 20220054329
    Abstract: A mobile physical therapy apparatus to be transported by a mobile physical therapy vehicle. The mobile physical therapy apparatus includes a housing detachably connected to an interior of the mobile physical therapy vehicle; a treadmill positioned within and detachably connected to the housing of the mobile physical therapy vehicle; a recumbent bicycle positioned within and detachably connected to the housing of the mobile physical therapy vehicle; a pulley tower weight training system positioned within and detachably connected to the housing of the mobile physical therapy vehicle; an electrical stimulation and ultrasound apparatus positioned within and detachably connected to the housing of the mobile physical therapy vehicle; and a movable patient support table positioned within and detachably connected to the housing of the mobile physical therapy vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ryan Edward Elassal, Michael Steven Hayes
  • Publication number: 20220055131
    Abstract: This invention, a thread chase with a lead that acts as a smooth bore guide into a threaded hole is suitable where space is confined, and the male thread chase must be exactly aligned with the female threads, “sight unseen”, or damage to female threads may result by applying force to a misaligned thread chase, particularly where the female threads are of softer metals. The lead smooth bore also prevents shavings and other debris resulting from the cleaning from the chase, from falling into the hole that is being cleaned. A recessed tapered area between the threaded portion of this case and the lead smooth bore guide collects the shavings or cleaning residue so that when the tool is withdrawn from the hole, the shavings and cleaning residual will collect in that area and not fall into the threaded hole being cleaned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventor: Michael Steven Barth
  • Patent number: 11254883
    Abstract: A non-petroleum or renewable feedstock containing oxygen and contaminants of metals, gums, and resins is treated by introducing the feedstock into a reactor at a flow velocity of from 20 ft/sec to 100 ft/sec. The feedstock is heated within the reactor to a temperature of from 700° F. to 1100° F. to remove and/or reduce the content of the contaminants to form a reactor product. The reactor product is cooled to form a cooled reactor product. Non-condensable gases, metals and water are separated and removed from the cooled reactor product to form a final product. The final product has an oxygen content that is 60% or less of that of the feedstock, and wherein the final product comprises 25 wt % or less any triglycerides, monoglycerides, diglycerides, free fatty acids, phosphatides, sterols, tocopherols, tocotrienols, or fatty alcohols, from 5 wt % to 30 wt % naphtha, and 50 wt % or more diesel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Duke Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael D. Ackerson, Michael Steven Byars, Kyle Ackerson, John Coleman
  • Publication number: 20220040690
    Abstract: The assembly includes a docking console and a manifold. The docking console includes a cartridge support surface having a first end and a second end. The manifold has one or more wells defined therein. The docking console further includes a manifold retention bracket to releasably hold the manifold against a fluid cartridge supported on the cartridge support surface at an interface position such that the one or more wells are in fluid communication with the fluid cartridge and a biased seal bar to press the fluid cartridge against the manifold held by the manifold retention bracket. A hydrophilic porous frit disposed within at least one of the wells and is to permit liquid to flow through the outlet aperture but prevent gas from passing through the outlet aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicants: Illumina, Inc., Illumina Cambridge Limited
    Inventors: Bradley Kent DREWS, Gudrun STENGEL, James Christopher BLAKE, Mohammed Kafeel AHAMED, Michael Steven BECKER, Michael Dangelo, Mark J. NIBBE, Daniel L. FULLER, Oliver Jon MILLER
  • Publication number: 20220046023
    Abstract: A system and method are provided which include receiving, from a first application on a user device, an indication that a user has been authenticated and receiving, from a second application on the user device, an indication that the user is detected. The user device receives the indication that the user is detected from a wearable device on the user. Based on receiving the two indications within a time period, a trust token is generated or maintained for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Erik Christopher Friend, Michael Steven Bankston