Patents by Inventor Stephen A. Thomas

Stephen A. Thomas 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: 10996607
    Abstract: According to an example, printed media stack alignment may include actuating a belt and a paddle to shift first and second sheets to a stopper position represented by register of the first and second sheets against a stopper. The stopper may be actuated to shift the first and second sheets to an eject position, where the eject position is intermediate to a sheet deposit position and the stopper position. The belt and the paddle may be actuated to shift the first sheet, the second sheet, and a third sheet received at the sheet deposit position to the stopper position. The stopper may be actuated to shift the first, second, and third sheets to the eject position. Further, an ejector may be actuated to eject a stack including the first, second, and third sheets from the eject position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Stephen Thomas Rohman
  • Publication number: 20210122601
    Abstract: An paddle apparatus for a finisher includes a rotatable shaft and a paddle coupled to the rotatable shaft. The paddle is rotatable in a forward direction to compile a recording medium toward an end of a register tray of the finisher, and is rotatable in a reverse direction to apply a downward force to the compiled recording medium. An amount that the paddle is rotated in the reverse direction can be varied based on a height of the compiled recording medium in the register tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas ROHMAN, Matthew RAISANEN, Sundae KIM
  • Publication number: 20210121733
    Abstract: Examples of an exercise mat having a three-dimensional surface texture and methods for making same are disclosed. The exercise mat may have a first malleable layer formed from a polyurethane material with an elastic fabric material attached to a lower surface thereof. A second layer may be attached to the elastic fabric material of the first layer. The second layer may be formed from a thermoplastic elastomer material and may have the three-dimensional surface texture formed on an upper surface thereof to which the first layer conforms. The exercise mat may also include a third rubber layer attached to the second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Caulton MORRIS, Colton Kai YU, Warren Christopher Howren CHENG, Glenn Malcolm BOGHOSIAN, Chen I. KAO
  • Publication number: 20210117815
    Abstract: Method(s), apparatus, and system(s) are provided for filtering a set of data, the set of data comprising multiple data instances by: receiving a set of scores for the set of data; determining attention filtering information based on prior knowledge of one or more relationships between the data instances in said set of data and calculating attention relevancy weights corresponding to the data instances and the set of scores; and providing the attention filtering information to a machine learning, ML, technique or ML model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: BENEVOLENTAI TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Paidi CREED, Aaron Jefferson Khey Jin SIM, Stephen Thomas SPENCER, Mikko Juhani VILENIUS
  • Patent number: 10947570
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for regulating biosynthesis of at least one of pimelic acid, 7-aminoheptanoic acid, 7-hydroxyheptanoic acid, heptamethylenediamine, 7-aminoheptanoland 1,7-heptanediol (C7 building blocks) using a pathway having a pimeloyl-ACP intermediate, the method including the step of downregulating the activity of BioF. Also disclosed are recombinant hosts by fermentation in which the above methods are performed. Further disclosed are recombinant hosts for producing pimeloyl-ACP, the recombinant host including a deletion of a bioF gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: INV Nylon Chemicals Americas, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Brett Foster, Stephen Thomas Cartman, Jonathan Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20210070079
    Abstract: A knockdown apparatus for a finisher includes a register tray, a paddle coupled to a rotatable shaft to compile a recording medium toward an end of the register tray, and a knockdown device, provided above the register tray, to rotate to apply a downward force to the recording medium while the recording medium is in the register tray to decrease a curl in the recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Taehong KIM, Kevin LO, Matthew RAISANEN, Stephen Thomas ROHMAN
  • Publication number: 20210075679
    Abstract: In an approach for extracting natural language text from a native device configuration of a network device, a processor converts a native device configuration of a network device to a standard element document. A processor extracts natural language text from the standard element document based on a set of predefined expressions. A processor extracts named entities from the extracted natural language text, according to given categories, via named-entity recognition. A processor maps each of the extracted and categorized named entities to a respective network device, based on respective extraction origin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan Goldblatt, Michael Maclynn, Keith Quinn, Stephen Thomas Kelly, Andrew T. Penrose
  • Patent number: 10932099
    Abstract: Centralized management of the Internet of Things resolves user difficulties. Connected devices may be associated with an owner's or user's electronic profile. The electronic profile may be represented as a graphical user interface (such as a webpage), thus allowing remote management of the connected devices. The owner or user may thus configure the electronic profile to define what electronic data is shared and with whom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Brian Greaves, Stephen Thomas Hardin, Erie Lai Har Lau, Robert Osterwise
  • Patent number: 10916976
    Abstract: A stator assembly for use in an axial flux electric motor includes a plurality of tooth assemblies and a plurality of circumferentially-spaced stator bases that are each coupled to at least one tooth assembly. The stator assembly also includes a plurality of circumferentially-spaced bridge members. Each bridge member is configured to engage a pair of circumferentially adjacent stator bases to apply an axial pre-load force to the pair of stator bases and to create a flux path between the adjacent stator bases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Steven W. Post, Jay Matthew Cupps, Stephen Thomas English
  • Publication number: 20210027592
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to utilizing a high generation cellular network for identifying devices associated with unauthorized activities and notifying enterprise facilities. A computing platform may collect device information for a plurality of user devices at a first location. Then, the computing platform may receive, from a first device at the first location, a message related to a first activity in a vicinity of the first location. Then, the computing platform may identify a sub-plurality of the plurality of user devices, wherein the sub-plurality of user devices are located at the first location at a time of occurrence of the first activity. Then, the computing platform may generate an alert notification comprising information related to the first activity and device information for the sub-plurality of user devices. Subsequently, the computing platform may send the alert notification to a collection of devices at a plurality of locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Shannon, Brian Joseph Smith, James Alexander
  • Publication number: 20210018976
    Abstract: Power conservation for devices is facilitated based on likelihood of power usage level. An example method can comprise determining, by a first device comprising a processor, that a second device is within a defined proximity of a third device, wherein the third device is determined to be operating in a mode according to a first power consumption operation that satisfies a defined condition, and wherein the operating in the mode according to the first power consumption operation is based on the third device being located at a defined location. The method can also comprise facilitating, by the first device, modification of the mode of the third device based on a determination of a likelihood of usage of a second power consumption operation by the third device. In various embodiments, the third device is configured to operate according to the power save mode or the extended discontinuous reception mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Hardin, Erie Lai Har Lau, Brian Greaves, Robert Osterwise
  • Patent number: 10883729
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a burner configured to burn a combustible gas to produce heat, a heat exchanger configured to receive the heat from the burner, a flow sensor configured to measure a flow rate of a coolant passing through the heat exchanger; and a controller comprising processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives flow data from the flow sensor and controls a firing rate of the burner based on a predetermined relationship between a differential temperature of coolant flowing through the heat exchanger and the coolant's flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Raymond Ibrahim Hallit, Jorge Gamboa, Stephen Thomas Thurlkill
  • Patent number: 10871702
    Abstract: Described are systems and methods for surveying a destination as an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) descends toward the destination. To confirm that the destination is clear of objects and includes a safe landing or delivery location, such as a substantially planar surface, the UAV may capture and process images at different altitudes during the descent. Feature points of a first image captured at a first altitude may be paired with feature points of a second image captured at a second, different altitude. A homography may be computed to confirm that the paired feature points lie in the same plane and then the two images may be registered based on the paired feature points. The registered images may then be processed to determine depth information and determine if descent of the UAV is to continue or be aborted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Raymond Harris, Stephen Thomas Safarik, Paul Viola
  • Publication number: 20200380082
    Abstract: A method a system include obtaining a master list of layer traits including wire codes, each of the wire codes indicating a width of a corresponding wire, and including a maximum reach length of the corresponding wire and a time of flight (TOF) through the corresponding wire. The method also includes processing the master list of the layer traits to obtain a final list of the layer traits, the final list of the layer traits having fewer entries than the master list of the layer traits and being in a ranked order. A metric is calculated for each adjacent pair of the layer traits in the final list of layer traits. The final list of the layer traits and the corresponding metric is used to assign the corresponding wires to different interconnects among components of an integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Quay, Yaoguang Wei, Bijian Chen, Ying Zhou
  • Patent number: 10839122
    Abstract: A method a system include obtaining a master list of layer traits including wire codes, each of the wire codes indicating a width of a corresponding wire, and including a maximum reach length of the corresponding wire and a time of flight (TOF) through the corresponding wire. The method also includes processing the master list of the layer traits to obtain a final list of the layer traits, the final list of the layer traits having fewer entries than the master list of the layer traits and being in a ranked order. A metric is calculated for each adjacent pair of the layer traits in the final list of layer traits. The final list of the layer traits and the corresponding metric is used to assign the corresponding wires to different interconnects among components of an integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Quay, Yaoguang Wei, Bijian Chen, Ying Zhou
  • Patent number: 10838972
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are described herein to support view-based storage. A service application that provides a user interface to a service receives data communicated by the service and identifies at least a service item to present in at least one of various views rendered in the user interface. The service application then identifies with which of the views to associate the service item and stores the service item in association with an identified view or views.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Amit K. Sinha, Kavitha Balasubramanian, Dawid Kozlowski, Michael I. Borysenko, Stephen Thomas Wells
  • Patent number: 10831971
    Abstract: Methods and systems for improving the performance of a computer performing an electronic design. One or more nets of a netlist are sorted based on an amount of slack and a net of the one or more nets that is unprocessed and that has a least amount of slack is selected as a current target net. A layer of a higher bucket that is unprocessed for the currently selected target net is selected, the higher bucket being higher than a bucket of the current target net. A determination of whether capacity is available to route the current target net on the selected layer of the higher bucket is made and the current target net is routed on the selected layer of the higher bucket in response to capacity being available. One or more nets that are competing for resources with the current target net on the selected layer of the higher bucket are identified as candidate nets in response to capacity not being available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Quay, Yaoguang Wei, Bijian Chen, Ying Zhou
  • Patent number: 10831256
    Abstract: Power conservation for devices is facilitated based on likelihood of power usage level. An example method can comprise determining, by a first device comprising a processor, that a second device is within a defined proximity of a third device, wherein the third device is determined to be operating in a mode according to a first power consumption operation that satisfies a defined condition, and wherein the operating in the mode according to the first power consumption operation is based on the third device being located at a defined location. The method can also comprise facilitating, by the first device, modification of the mode of the third device based on a determination of a likelihood of usage of a second power consumption operation by the third device. In various embodiments, the third device is configured to operate according to the power save mode or the extended discontinuous reception mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Hardin, Erie Lai Har Lau, Brian Greaves, Robert Osterwise
  • Patent number: 10821813
    Abstract: A vehicle door assembly includes a door housing configured for covering a vehicle access opening. An intrusion beam is within the door housing. A module is received on the intrusion beam and removable from the door housing. A module hinge assembly is attachable to the module. A module latch assembly is attachable to the module for securing the module to extend across the vehicle access opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Colleen Hoffman, Ranil Patel, Timothy Bearup, Stephen Thomas Kozak
  • Patent number: 10807291
    Abstract: An extruder (1) comprising a feed port (10), the feed port is configured to direct material towards a barrel region of an extruder, the feed port comprising a passageway, the passageway arranged to be in communication with the barrel region (11) of the extruder, and the passageway comprises a transverse cross-sectional shape which comprises three substantially rectilinear side surfaces (4a, 4b, 4c) which are arranged substantially orthogonally, and a fourth side (4d) which is non-orthogonally angled relative to two of the side surfaces which are adjacent to the fourth side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Baker Perkins Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Iley, Paul Young