Patents by Inventor Paul Stevens

Paul 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).

  • Electrical machine and controller and methods of assembling the same
    Patent number: 9819246
    Abstract: An electrical machine includes a fan guard having a first air flow channel. A stator assembly is coupled to the fan guard and includes a stator yoke having a cylindrical outer surface and a stator pole shoe. The stator pole shoe includes a plurality of stator poles coupled to the stator yoke. The stator assembly includes a second air flow channel defined between the stator yoke and an adjacent pair of the stator poles. A rotor assembly is positioned inside the stator assembly. The rotor assembly includes a rotatable shaft and a rotor. The rotatable shaft defines a rotation axis. A control electronics board includes a plurality of heat making components and is enclosed in a housing having a vented base and a closure. The housing is coupled to the stator assembly opposite the fan guard. The vented base includes a plurality of vent openings opened toward the fan guard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: William Arthur Ziegler, Katie D. Hamilton, Paul Steven Mullin, Jeffrey Jay Long, Michael David Smith
  • Secure voice and text communication
    Patent number: 9819651
    Abstract: A computerized security peripheral device has a central processing unit (CPU), a power supply, a digital memory; a microphone; a speaker apparatus; first circuitry enabling wireless data transfer to and from a communication device having compatible wireless communication capability; and second circuitry executing coded instructions enabling encryption of audio input at the microphone and decryption of incoming encrypted voice data using one or more keys stored in the digital memory. The audio input at the microphone is converted to an audio data stream that is encrypted using the one or more keys, and then is provided as an encrypted stream through the first circuitry to the network-connected communication device, and wherein encrypted voice data received at the first circuitry is decrypted using the one or more keys, and the decrypted data is provided as voice date to the speaker apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Voice Carrier
    Inventor: Paul Steven Mahler
  • Composite interference screws and drivers
    Patent number: 9808337
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a delivery device and screw combination. The combination includes a delivery device comprising a handle and a shall coupled to the handle, the shaft including a proximal end, a distal end, a non-circular cannulation, and markings along a length of the shaft; an interference screw coupled to the delivery device comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the screw including threads extending in an open helical form from the proximal end to the distal end, a suture bridge located at a distal end of the screw and housed within a slot of the delivery device shaft, and a plurality of runners extending longitudinally along an interior of the screw, the runners housed within grooves of the delivery device shaft; and a suture disposed around the suture bridge, ends of the suture extending through the cannulation of the delivery device shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Edwin Housman, Paul Steven Vincuilla, Peter James Cashmore, Rebecca Ann Blough, Wei Li Fan
  • SYSTEM, MOTOR CONTROLLER AND ASSOCIATED METHOD
    Publication number: 20170317624
    Abstract: An electronic control module is provided. The electronic control module is operably connected to a power supply for providing power to a motor. The electronic control module includes an input device, a processor coupled to the input device, and first and second current supply lines. The processor is configured to generate a command signal in response to an input supplied by the input device and transmit the command signal to the motor. The command signal controls an operating point of the motor. The first and second current supply lines are operably connectable to the motor and the processor. At least one of the current supply lines, the input device and the processor are adapted to utilize the current supply lines both to transmit power to the motor and to transmit the command signal to the motor over the current supply lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Paul Steven Mullin, Michael David Smith, Katie Da-Nelle Hamilton, Srinivas Chandu Kutcherlapati
  • High Contrast Inverse Polarizer
    Publication number: 20170285237
    Abstract: An embedded, inverse wire-grid polarizer (WGP) includes ribs 13 located over a surface of a transparent substrate 11, gaps 16 between the ribs 13, and a fill-layer 15 substantially filling the gaps 16. The fill-layer has a relatively high index of refraction, such as greater than 1.4. At a wavelength of light incident upon the WGP, E? transmission can be greater than E? transmission. E? is a polarization of light with an electric field oscillation parallel to a length L of the ribs, and E? is a polarization of light with an electric field oscillation perpendicular to a length L of the ribs. This embedded, inverse WGP is especially useful for polarizing, with high WGP performance, small wavelength (high-energy) regions of the electromagnetic spectrum (e.g. UV) which are difficult to polarize with conventional WGPs (E? transmission>E? transmission).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Ted Wangensteen, Bin Wang, Matt George, Paul Steven Mills, Arash Farhang
  • Optical connector and circuit board assemblies
    Patent number: 9759881
    Abstract: An exemplary optical connector assembly may include a substrate of an optical printed circuit board (OPCB) with at least one optical device thereon, the substrate including one or more recesses, an optical connector with one or more alignment members for coupling an end of an optical waveguide to the optical device, and one or more inserts, each having an orifice for receiving one of the one or more alignment members and each arranged to be received in one of the one or more recesses. When assembled, the one or more inserts may be received in the one or more recesses and the one or more alignment members may be received in the orifices of the one or more inserts thereby coupling the optical waveguide to the substrate to form the exemplary optical connector assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: XYRATEX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Paul Stevens
  • System for removing high purity salt from a brine
    Patent number: 9737827
    Abstract: A system for removing high purity salt from a brine. One system includes a first evaporator configured to receive a brine stream, to produce a first output comprising a sodium chloride slurry, and to produce a first intermediate output. The system also includes a second evaporator fluidly coupled to the first evaporator and configured to receive the first intermediate output, to produce a first recovery output, and to produce a second intermediate output. The system includes a third evaporator fluidly coupled to the second evaporator and configured to receive the second intermediate output and to produce a second recovery output. The first recovery output and the second recovery output are used to produce the brine stream received by the first evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Enviro Water Minerals Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Steven Wallace
  • COMPOSITE INTERFERENCE SCREWS AND DRIVERS
    Publication number: 20170216017
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a delivery device and screw combination. The combination includes a delivery device comprising a handle and a shaft coupled to the handle, the shaft including a proximal end, a distal end, a non-circular cannulation, and markings along a length of the shaft; an interference screw coupled to the delivery device comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the screw including threads extending in an open helical form from the proximal end to the distal end, a suture bridge located at a distal end of the screw and housed within a slot of the delivery device shaft, and a plurality of runners extending longitudinally along an interior of the screw, the runners housed within grooves of the delivery device shaft; and a suture disposed around the suture bridge, ends of the suture extending through the cannulation of the delivery device shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Edwin Housman, Paul Steven Vincuilla, Peter James Cashmore, Rebecca Ann Blough, Wei Li Fan
  • Electric machine with magnetic sensor
    Patent number: 9698647
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, an electric machine is provided. The machine includes a support structure and a stator secured to the support structure. The machine also includes a rotor rotatably scoured to the support structure. The rotor defines a wall of the rotor. The machine also includes a sensor secured to the support structure and adapted to cooperate with the wall of the rotor to sense the position of the rotor relative to that of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Lewis Drye, Harold Dean Willis, Stephen Thomas English, Justin Michael Magyar, Christopher Joseph Roth, Alan Michael Smith, Paul Steven Mullin
  • STABILIZED RAILWAY FREIGHT CAR TRUCK
    Publication number: 20170158209
    Abstract: A stabilized railway car truck consists of two side frames and a bolster. The bolster has laterally opposite ends, each end extending into and supported within a side frame opening on a spring group. The stabilized railway car truck also includes a transom extending into supporting contact with each sideframe by a hinge assembly. The spring group is supported at each transom end. The hinge assembly includes a pin arrangement that allows one sideframe to move vertically with respect to the other sideframe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventor: Paul Steven Wike
  • System and method for producing a gypsum slurry for irrigation
    Patent number: 9662613
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes providing agricultural grade gypsum to a mixing device using a conveyor, providing a fluid to the mixing device using a pump, mixing the agricultural grade gypsum with the fluid to produce a gypsum slurry using the mixing device, and pumping the gypsum slurry to a storage tank. In another embodiment a system includes a conveyor providing an agricultural grade gypsum, a pump providing a fluid, a mixing device configured to mix the agricultural grade gypsum provided by the conveyor with the fluid provided by the pump to produce a gypsum slurry, and a slurry pump configured to pump the gypsum slurry from the mixing device to a storage tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Enviro Water Minerals Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Steven Wallace
  • ANTI-THEFT INSERT FOR UNDERGROUND ENCLOSURE
    Publication number: 20170135232
    Abstract: A utility housing includes an enclosure having a plurality of walls and a central opening for receiving a utility component. An insert is configured to be positioned in the central opening and has a plurality of insert side walls comprising a first insert side wall and a second insert side wall at least partially defining a central region. A first flange extends from the first insert side wall into the central region and a second flange extends from the second insert side wall into the central region. A removable cover is configured to be placed over the insert. A removable lid is configured to connect to the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: PAUL STEVEN TRAMM, JOHN THOMAS POLK, CHARLES CRAMER
  • Threaded suture anchor
    Patent number: 9642611
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a suture anchor. The suture anchor includes a body having a proximal end and a distal end, the body including threads along at least a partial length of the body and at least one through hole, the threads including a profile such that the threads located near the distal end of the body include a first shape and the threads located near the proximal end of the body include a second shape different from the first shape. Delivery devices and anchor dilators are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Edwin Housman, Paul Steven Vincuilla, Richard M. Lunn, Julie Kennelly Tripodi, Paul Leo Salvas, Roland Francis Gatturna
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING CUSTOMER INTERACTION DURING PICK-UP OF RETAIL ORDERS
    Publication number: 20170024805
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer programs for facilitating customer interaction and fulfillment relating to orders for items and/or services sold by retailers and provided to customers for pick-up are provided. In certain embodiments, the methods comprise: receiving a customer arrival notification for a customer to pick up at a pick-up facility one or more items purchased from a retailer in an order previously placed by the customer; determining an estimated order pick-up time for the order; and providing an electronic pick-up notification to the customer that includes the estimated order pick-up time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Paul Steven Tepfenhart, JR., Kedar Dilip Patel, Gabe William Roach, John Matthew Steele, Christopher Alan Bigley
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-CHANNEL FULFILLMENT OF ONLINE RETAIL ORDERS
    Publication number: 20170024804
    Abstract: Systems and methods for receiving and processing online orders for items and/or services to be fulfilled by the retailer using multiple different fulfillment channels or methods for multiple items in a single order are provided. In certain embodiments, the methods comprise: receiving data regarding a plurality of items selected for purchase from a retailer by a customer in an order, wherein one or more possible fulfillment channels are associated with each of the items; assigning a fulfillment channel for each of the items in the order, wherein at least two different fulfillment channels are assigned within the order; receiving payment information from the customer for the order; and retrieving and/or preparing the items in the order for fulfillment to the customer via at least two different fulfillment channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Paul Steven Tepfenhart, JR., Kedar Dilip Patel, Joshua Frank Morales, William Andrew Chancellor, JR., Tiffany Brooke Doege, Melissa Mary Ryan, Elizabeth Ann Bonilla
  • Secure Voice and Text Communication
    Publication number: 20170026344
    Abstract: A computerized security peripheral device has a central processing unit (CPU), a power supply, a digital memory; a microphone; a speaker apparatus; first circuitry enabling wireless data transfer to and from a communication device having compatible wireless communication capability; and second circuitry executing coded instructions enabling encryption of audio input at the microphone and decryption of incoming encrypted voice data using one or more keys stored in the digital memory. The audio input at the microphone is converted to an audio data stream that is encrypted using the one or more keys, and then is provided as an encrypted stream through the first circuitry to the network-connected communication device, and wherein encrypted voice data received at the first circuitry is decrypted using the one or more keys, and the decrypted data is provided as voice date to the speaker apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventor: Paul Steven Mahler
  • Preparing a Polygon Mesh for Printing
    Publication number: 20170015057
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of preparing a polygon mesh for printing by a process of additive manufacturing includes the steps of receiving a model of an object to be printed in the form of a polygon mesh, converting the polygon mesh into a signed distance field which comprises voxels identified as interior or exterior to the object, the conversion including a process for resolving degeneracies in the model so that the signed distance field defines an outer surface that is an orientable manifold, and thus may exist in reality and an output step which converts the signed distance field to a format that facilitates additive manufacturing of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Joseph Paul Stevens, David John McKenna
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING PHYSICAL LOCATIONS OF MOTORS IN A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20170012938
    Abstract: A motor network mapping device is provided. The motor network mapping device includes a processor coupled to a memory device. The motor network mapping device is configured to determine physical distances between a plurality of motors in a network using properties of electronic test signals transmitted through a power line coupled to the plurality of motors. The motor network mapping device is additionally configured to generate a map of physical locations of the motors using the determined physical distances between the plurality of motors and store the map in the memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: PAUL STEVEN MULLIN
  • MANAGING MEDIA CONTENT UPLOAD GROUPS
    Publication number: 20170006314
    Abstract: A cloud-based media content management system for managing access to media content items is disclosed. Managing access to media content items by a cloud-based media content management system may include, for example, managing uploads of media content items from a population of media devices, reducing duplication of media content data stored in cloud-based storage, and providing user-controlled access to media content items stored in cloud-based storage across any number of user devices. In this context, a cloud-based media content management system and cloud-based storage system generally refer to hosted computing and data storage services that may be accessed by media devices and other devices over a digital network such as the Internet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Joshua Danovitz, Todd Kulick, Paul Stevens, Joe Sinnott, Scott Redman, Roland Besserer, Matthew Paik
  • THREADED SUTURE ANCHOR
    Publication number: 20160374661
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a suture anchor. The suture anchor includes a body having a proximal end and a distal end, the body including threads along at least a partial length of the body and at least one through hole, the threads including a profile such that the threads located near the distal end of the body include a first shape and the threads located near the proximal end of the body include a second shape different from the first shape. Delivery devices and anchor dilators are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Edwin Housman, Paul Steven Vincuilla, Richard M. Lunn, Julie Kennelly Tripodi, Paul Leo Salvas, Roland Francis Gatturna