Patents by Inventor Robert Stephen

Robert Stephen 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: 10537910
    Abstract: A method of applying a coating to at least a portion of a surface of a structure using reusable master path rules. The surface of the structure is identified to form surface data. A framework for the surface of the structure is generated using the surface data. The framework comprises a plurality of points. Reusable master path rules are created for a master path connecting the plurality of points. The master path is a continuous line representing a universal route for applying coatings to the surface. The coating is applied to the at least a portion of the surface of the structure using the reusable master path rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Fredrick Carl Rudnick, III, Robert Stephen Strong, Dennis R. Mathis, Paul J. Shirron
  • Publication number: 20200013575
    Abstract: Power fuses having filler material including hydrated zeolite material facilitates increasing power density of electrical fuses in reduced package sizes. The hydrated zeolite material releases water to cool and suppress electrical arcing conditions experienced in higher power circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Stephen Douglass, Sidharta Wiryana, Duren Huang, Dacheng Feng, Calvin Yang
  • Patent number: 10530160
    Abstract: A power transmission network, for interconnecting a variable power source and a AC electrical network including: a DC transmission link for power transmission between a network side converter and a source side converter; a AC transmission link for power transmission from the respective variable power source to a source side converter; a source side converter including: a DC connecting point operably connected to the respective transmission link; and an AC connecting point operably connected to the respective transmission link; a network side converter including: an AC connecting point for connection to the respective electrical network; and a DC connecting point operably connected to the respective transmission link; and a control system, where a network side converter is designated as a first converter, and the control system is configured to operate each first converter as a DC slack bus to vary a DC voltage at its DC connecting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Andrzej Grzegorz Adamczyk, Carl David Barker, Robert Stephen Whitehouse
  • Patent number: 10513455
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a fiber feeding system to deposit a fiber on an edge of the glass article and a laser system. The laser system is positioned to project a first and a second laser beam onto a first and a second side of the fiber, respectively. The laser system is positioned to project a third laser beam onto the edge of the glass article. A method includes advancing a glass article relative to a fiber; positioning the fiber in relation to an edge of the glass article, contacting a first side of the fiber with a first laser beam, contacting a second side of the fiber with a second laser beam, depositing the fiber on the edge of the glass article, and contacting the edge of the glass article with a third laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas Roger Cook, Christopher William Drewnowski, Peter Knowles, Geunsik Lim, Moussa N'Gom, Irene Mona Peterson, Robert Stephen Wagner
  • Patent number: 10509682
    Abstract: A deallocation elasticity application system comprising an allocation controller configured to monitor a usage of a resource relative to a capacity of the resource, wherein the controller activates an additional resource when the usage exceeds an activation trigger; the controller configured to record at least one of a time required to add the additional resource and an increased usage during the time required to add the additional resource; and wherein the controller sets a deallocation trigger earlier than the activation trigger by an amount corresponding to at least one of the time required to add the additional resource and the increased usage during the activation period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Robert Stephens
  • Publication number: 20190371560
    Abstract: Systems and methods for estimating a thermal-mechanical fatigue in an electrical conductor in a thermal-mechanical fatigue assessment system include an electrical conductor having a cold resistance and a non-linear resistance when connected to an electrical power system, and a controller receiving temperatures of the conductor as inputs, wherein the controller is operable to estimate a service life of the conductor based on at least the input temperatures of the conductor and the cold resistance of the conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Gopinadh Sirigineedi, Pandarinath R, Ravishankar S, Robert Stephen Douglass, Harold Handcock, Uppu Harish
  • Publication number: 20190369155
    Abstract: Thermal-mechanical fatigue assessment systems and methods include a controller operable to estimate a temperature of the conductor having a non-linear resistance based on an ambient temperature input and a current input for current flow through the conductor when connected to an energized electrical power system. A state of fatigue of the conductor may be assessed in view of an estimated first temperature differential between the conductor and an arc extinguishing medium surrounding the conductor, an estimated temperature differential between the temperature of the arc quenching medium and the ambient temperature, and the estimated temperature of the conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Gopinadh Sirigineedi, Pandarinath R, Ravishankar S, Robert Stephen Douglass, Harold Handcock
  • Publication number: 20190362924
    Abstract: A circuit protection system including at least one fuse including a fuse element, at least one inductive heating element operable to heat the fuse element, at least one control module in communication with the inductive heating element, and at least one current detection device coupled to said control module. The control module is configured to operate the inductive heating element and cause the fuse element to open in response to a predetermined current condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Xin Zhou, Robert Stephen Douglass
  • Publication number: 20190345422
    Abstract: A detergent or cleaning agent, in particular a cleaning agent for hard surfaces, especially an automatic dishwasher detergent, having a water-soluble envelope with a continuously encircling sealing seam and two phases which are different from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Matthias Sunder, Oliver Kurth, Luca Bellomi, Inga Kerstin Vockenroth, Klaus Dorra, Michael Kreis, Thomas Weber, Robert Stephen Cappleman
  • Publication number: 20190340524
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes providing, to a client system of a user, a user interface for display. The user interface may include a first set of options for selecting an artificial intelligence (AI) task for integrating into a user application, a second set of options for selecting one or more devices on which the user wants to deploy the selected AI task, and a third set of options for selecting one or more performance constraints specific to the selected devices. User specifications may be received based on user selections in the first, second, and third sets of options. A custom AI model may be generated based on the user specifications and sent to the client system of the user for integrating into the user application. The custom AI model once integrated may enable the user application to perform the selected AI task on the selected devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander James Oscar Craver Kirchhoff, Ali Farhadi, Anish Jnyaneshwar Prabhu, Carlo Eduardo Cabanero del Mundo, Daniel Carl Tormoen, Hessam Bagherinezhad, Matthew S. Weaver, Maxwell Christian Horton, Mohammad Rastegari, Robert Stephen Karl, JR., Sophie Lebrecht
  • Publication number: 20190339440
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are light guide plates (100, 100?, 100?) comprising a transparent substrate (110) having an edge surface in (150), a light emitting first major surface (160), and an opposing second major surface (170); and a polymeric film (120) disposed on at least one of the first (160) and second (170) major surfaces of the transparent substrate, wherein the polymeric film (120) comprises a plurality of microstructures (130) and/or a plurality of light extraction features. At least one light source (140) may be coupled to the edge surface (150) of the transparent substrate (110). Display and lighting devices comprising such light guide plates are further disclosed, as well as methods for manufacturing such light guide plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Steven S Rosenblum, Natesan Venkataraman, Robert Stephen Wagner, James Andrew West, Nathaniel David Wetmore
  • Patent number: 10442719
    Abstract: Processes of chamfering and/or beveling an edge of a glass or other substrate of arbitrary shape using lasers are described herein. Three general methods to produce chamfers on glass substrates are disclosed. The first method involves cutting the edge with the desired chamfer shape utilizing an ultra-short pulse laser. Treatment with the ultra-short laser may be optionally followed by a CO2 laser for fully automated separation. The second method is based on thermal stress peeling of a sharp edge corner, and it has been demonstrated to work with different combination of an ultrashort pulse and/or CO2 lasers. A third method relies on stresses induced by ion exchange to effect separation of material along a fault line produced by an ultra-short laser to form a chamfered edge of desired shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Sasha Marjanovic, Albert Roth Nieber, Garrett Andrew Piech, Helmut Schillinger, Sergio Tsuda, Robert Stephen Wagner
  • Patent number: 10446357
    Abstract: Power fuses having filler material including hydrated zeolite material facilitates increasing power density of electrical fuses in reduced package sizes. The hydrated zeolite material releases water to cool and suppress electrical arcing conditions experienced in higher power circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Stephen Douglass, Sidharta Wiryana, Duren Huang, Dacheng Feng, Calvin Yang
  • Publication number: 20190305669
    Abstract: A voltage source converter (VSC) includes AC terminal(s) connected to an AC network, DC terminal(s) connected to a DC network, energy storage device(s) to selectively store and release energy, and switching element(s) connected between the AC and DC terminals. Each switching element and each energy storage device arranged so that each switching element is switchable to selectively switch each energy storage device into circuit with each DC terminal. The VSC further includes a controller to switch each switching element to switch each energy storage device into circuit to use the energy stored to inject test electrical signal(s) into the DC network in response to a fault in the DC network and when the VSC is disconnected from the AC network. The controller also monitors the test electrical response of the DC network to the injection of each test electrical signal to determine characteristic(s) and/or location of the fault.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Robin GUPTA, Rosemary Louise KING, Robert Stephen WHITEHOUSE, Carl David BARKER
  • Publication number: 20190296541
    Abstract: A mobile application includes a motive power circuit having a power storage device and an electrical load, where the power storage device and the electrical load are selectively electrically coupled through a power bus. The application includes a power distribution unit (PDU) electrically interposed between the power storage device and the electrical load, where the PDU includes a breaker/relay positioned on one of a high side and a low side of the power storage device. The breaker/relay includes a fixed contact and a moveable contact selectively electrically coupled to the fixed contact, where the moveable contact allows power flow through the power bus when electrically coupled to the fixed contact, and prevents power flow through the power bus when not electrically coupled to the fixed contact. The breaker/relay includes an armature coupled to the moveable contact, and capable to open or close the motive power circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Martin Wayne Mensch, Brandon William Fisher, Robert Stephen Douglass, Austin Robert Zurface, Jeff Howard Urian, James David, Bharath Suda, Asheesh Soni, Karsten Gerving, Guido Völlmar, Gerd Schmitz, Christoph Bausch, Ute Molitor, Lutz Friedrichsen, Kai Schroeder, Julia Otte, Madeline Philipsohn, Norbert Roesner, Volker Lang, Johannes Meissner, Paolo D'amico, Jalpa Shah, Meng Wang, Damrongrit Piyabongkarn, Niles Stephen Ramseyer, Dennis Dukaric, Matt Haylock
  • Publication number: 20190284604
    Abstract: The disclosure provides dried compositions providing reagents for nucleic acid amplification, which are essentially free of inorganic salts. Lack of inorganic salts increases stability of such compositions and decreases formation of byproducts. Salts required for use of enzymes in the composition are supplied on reconstitution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Steven MAUCH, Robert Stephen DICKSON, Matthias JOST, Mark FILIPOWSKY, Donald MARTIN, Vladislav NODELMAN, Cheryl Lynn CROWELL
  • Patent number: 10411616
    Abstract: A power transmission network includes an AC electrical system, an AC transmission link from the AC electrical system to AC-DC converter(s), and a control system. AC-DC converter(s) include an AC connecting point connected to the AC transmission link and a DC connecting point for connection to a DC transmission link. The control system operates each AC-DC converter in an AC voltage control mode as an AC slack bus to control a magnitude and/or a frequency of an AC voltage of the AC transmission link at a steady-state value and facilitating a power transfer between its connecting points to accommodate power generated or supplied to the AC electrical system. The control system further operates each AC-DC converter in a protection mode to protect each AC-DC converter from an overvoltage and/or an overcurrent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Andrzej Adamczyk, Carl David Barker, Robert Stephen Whitehouse
  • Patent number: 10392290
    Abstract: Methods are provided for laser processing arbitrary shapes of molded 3D thin transparent brittle parts from substrates with particular interest in substrates formed from strengthened or non-strengthened Corning Gorilla® glass (all codes). The developed laser methods can be tailored for manual separation of the parts from the panel or full laser separation by thermal stressing the desired profile. Methods can be used to form 3D surfaces with small radii of curvature. The method involves the utilization of an ultra-short pulse laser that may be optionally followed by a CO2 laser for fully automated separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Sasha Marjanovic, Albert Roth Nieber, Garrett Andrew Piech, Sergio Tsuda, Robert Stephen Wagner
  • Patent number: 10381186
    Abstract: A compact fusible disconnect switch device includes a magnetic arc deflection assembly including pairs of magnets disposed about a mechanical switch contact assembly. The magnetic arc deflection assembly facilitates reliable connection and disconnection of DC circuitry operating at a voltage well above 125 VDC with reduced arcing intensity and duration. The pairs of magnets may apply magnetic fields in directions opposing one another to deflect electrical arcs in different directions at different locations in the mechanical switch contact assembly to facilitate high voltage DC switching operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventor: Robert Stephen Douglass
  • Patent number: 10366904
    Abstract: Articles including a glass-based substrate with holes, semiconductor packages including an article with holes, and methods of fabricating holes in a substrate are disclosed. In one embodiment, an article includes a glass-based substrate having a first surface, a second surface, and at least one hole extending from the first surface. The at least one hole has an interior wall having a surface roughness Ra that is less than or equal to 1 ?m. The at least one hole has a first opening having a first diameter that is present the first surface. A first plane is defined by the first surface of the glass-based substrate based on an average thickness of the glass-based substrate. A ratio of a depression depth to the first diameter of the at least one hole is less than or equal to 0.007.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Andres Covarrubias Jaramillo, Yuhui Jin, Frank Andrew Kramer, IV, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Kuksenkova, Daniel Wayne Levesque, Jr., Garrett Andrew Piech, Aric Bruce Shorey, Robert Stephen Wagner