Patents by Inventor Stephen Andrews

Stephen Andrews 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: 20250147339
    Abstract: Eyewear hinge assemblies for eyewear that connect temples to a frame. The hinge assemblies include hinge elements that are attached to the temples in an extended state, which stores an initial amount of energy or pre-load. The pre-load biases the temples inwardly and toward one another. After the temples are placed on the user's head, stored energy in the hinge elements can be released as the hinge elements exhibit elastic recoil. This causes the temples to grip the sides of the user's head in a snug and comfortable fit. The hinge assemblies have compact designs with material properties that provide comfortable closing forces while aiding in the reduction of electromagnetic noise from electrical subsystems in the eyewear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli, Benamanahalli K. Nagaraj, Nicholas Streets, Stephen Andrew Steger, Jordan Wakser, Choonshin You, Ugur Olgun
  • Patent number: 12293978
    Abstract: Various circuit board systems and methods of use and manufacture thereof are disclosed. A circuit board system can have a first circuit board including a substrate and a first component susceptible to electromagnetic interference carried by the substrate. The system can also include a second circuit board including a second substrate, and a shield engaged to the substrate of the first component, the shield at least partially covering the first component and being configured to protect the first component from electromagnetic interference, wherein the shield couples the substrate of the first circuit board to the substrate of the second circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Andrew Steger, Emily Lauren Clopp
  • Patent number: 12291996
    Abstract: Methods of controlling an in-line heater for an energy storage device are provided. A determination is made that a pump is running. When running, the pump circulates a thermal management fluid through a thermal management conditioning loop, which includes the in-line heater and a heat transfer hardware configured to transfer heat between the thermal management fluid and the energy storage device, wherein the in-line heater is in thermal communication with the thermal management fluid. The in-line heater is turned on in response to the determination that the pump is running and a temperature of the thermal management fluid is below a lower control limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Andrew Long, Michael Dougherty, Tomasz Marek Lubecki, Firman Sasongko, Chandana Jayampathi Gajanayake, Michael Adam Zagrodnik
  • Patent number: 12291859
    Abstract: A modular shelter, is provided having an assembly of at least one each of a modular wall panel, modular floor portion, and modular roof panel. The modular wall panel having a sill plate, top plate, plurality of vertical studs extending therebetween, and a skin with a first edge having a waveform profile for connecting to an adjacent modular panel; and one of the vertical studs being an end stud and having a first connector element configured to be secured to a first complementing connector element of an adjacent second modular panel; and further each modular roof panel has a peak crosspiece, bottom crosspiece, and plurality of rafters, with the first rafter having an engagement member to be engaged with a complementary engagement member of another modular roof panel, and further a second connector element configured to be secured to a second complementing connector element of a second modular roof panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Atomic Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Andrew Keller, Stephen Andrew Kaelin, Adam John Curry, Conway S. Allison
  • Publication number: 20250136256
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for vessel maintenance optimization, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining operational data of the vessel; calculating a Torque Index; calculating a Slip Index; indicating that propeller cleaning is required if the Torque Index exceeds a Torque Index threshold, and indicating that hull cleaning is required if the Slip Index exceeds a Slip Index threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Stephen Andrew BROWN, Mark Robert FRISWELL
  • Publication number: 20250141096
    Abstract: An antenna system comprises a driven antenna element connected to a printed circuit board (PCB), and a plurality of PCB extenders provided by electrical conductors connected to a PCB ground plane for cooperation with the driven antenna element in signal communication. In an eyewear device that incorporates the antenna system, the plurality of PCB extenders are provided by conductive structural elements incorporated in an eyewear frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Andrea Ashwood, Patrick Kusbel, Jun Lin, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Ugur Olgun, Russell Douglas Patton, Patrick Timothy McSweeney Simons, Stephen Andrew Steger
  • Publication number: 20250133275
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for identifying key moments of a media asset are described herein. Key moments may be identified, for example, based on analyzing data associated with the media asset and user engagement data associated with the media asset. The data associated with the media asset may be provided to a machine learning model configured to determine one or more first segments of the media asset that satisfy a first threshold. The user engagement data may be analyzed to determine one or more second segments of the media asset that satisfy a second threshold. A compilation of segments of the media asset, representing the key moments thereof, may be generated based on the one or more first segments and the one or more second segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Jayesh Sahasi, Stephen Andrew Sims, Jaimini Labhashankar Joshi, Joshua Mark Hornik, Brian Quantz Streit, Jairo Andres Diaz Rodriguez, Mario Andres Martinez Botero
  • Patent number: 12281057
    Abstract: Compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful as inhibitors of sodium channels are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and methods of using the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Nadia M. Ahmad, Corey Anderson, Vijayalaksmi Arumugam, Iuliana Luci Asgian, Joanne Louise Camp, Lev Tyler Dewey Fanning, Sara Sabina Hadida Ruah, Dennis Hurley, Yvonne Schmidt, David Shaw, Urvi Patel, Stephen Andrew Thomson, Lidio Marx Carvalho Meireles
  • Publication number: 20250123502
    Abstract: A housing assembly for an electronics-enabled device includes a housing wall having parallel inner and outer faces, with a hinge base affixed through the wall. The hinge base has a shank extending through the wall and a joint mount exterior to the housing for hingedly mounting an external component. An anchor plate inside the housing is welded to the shank, preventing axial withdrawal of the hinge base by obstruction against the inner face. The welded connection rotationally keys the anchor plate to the hinge base. The assembly enables integration of electronics components mounted on the anchor plate, which can serve as a thermal conductor between heat-generating components and an external heatsink via the hinge base. In electronics-enabled eyewear, the hinge base provides hinged connection of a temple to an eyewear frame. Manufacturing involves locating the hinge base and anchor plate, translationally fastening them together threadedly, and spot-welding for rotational keying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Emily Lauren Clopp, Jun Lin, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Stephen Andrew Steger, Nicholas Daniel Streets
  • Publication number: 20250119012
    Abstract: A molded internal permanent magnet rotor having a plurality of laminate sections disposed circumferentially around the rotor and a permanent magnetic plastic material injection molded between the laminate sections. The permanent magnetic plastic material forms radially extending portions disposed between the laminate sections and an internal ring portion located radially inward from the laminate sections. The permanent magnetic plastic material, once cured, engages retaining features in the laminate sections to restrict radial displacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventor: Stephen Andrew Semidey
  • Publication number: 20250098895
    Abstract: An artificial gravity heating system includes a cylindrical compartment formed of a hollow cylinder having a bottom base and an open top end. An electric motor rotates the cylindrical compartment to provide centripetal motion of materials inside the cylindrical compartment. While rotating, the materials move towards an inner wall of the cylindrical compartment. A heating element is conductively coupled along an outer wall of the cylindrical compartment for heating the materials against the inner wall via conduction. A temperature sensor is operatively coupled to the cylindrical compartment for monitoring a temperature of the cylindrical compartment. A controller is configured to control operation of the heating element based on the temperature monitored via the temperature sensor. An artificial gravity heating method is used to process materials including heating ingredients to cook food. The artificial gravity heating system may also be configured as a vapor generator, dehydrator or a gasification generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: James T. Sears, Stephen Andrew Hibbs
  • Patent number: 12258333
    Abstract: Compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful as inhibitors of sodium channels are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and methods of using the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Elizabeth Mary Beck, Steven John Durrant, Sarah Skerratt, Robert Pullin, Gorka Etxebarria Jardi, David Matthew Shaw, Nadia M. Ahmad, Christopher Wray, Anisa Nizarali Virani, Kiri North, James Dodd, Michael Edward O'Donnell, Bhairavi Galan, Ronald Marcellus Knegtel, Ewa Iwona Chudyk, Joanne Louise Pinder, Stephen Andrew Thomson, Lidio Marx Carvalho Meireles, Dean Stamos, Yvonne Schmidt, Joseph Pontillo, Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Timothy Donald Neubert, Dennis James Hurley, Jinglan Zhou
  • Publication number: 20250095635
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed herein for managing ambiguous date mentions in natural language utterances in transforming natural language utterances to logical forms by encoding the uncertainties of the ambiguous date mentions and including the encoded uncertainties in the logical forms. In a training phase, training examples including natural language utterances, logical forms, and database schema information are automatically augmented and used to train a machine learning model to convert natural language utterances to logical form. In an inference phase, input database schema information is augmented and used by the trained machine learning model to convert an input natural language utterance to logical form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Gioacchino Tangari, Cong Duy Vu Hoang, Stephen Andrew McRitchie, Steve Wai-Chun Siu, Dalu Guo, Christopher Mark Broadbent, Thanh Long Duong, Srinivasa Phani Kumar Gadde, Vishal Vishnoi, Kenneth Khiaw Hong Eng, Chandan Basavaraju
  • Publication number: 20250094733
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed herein for configuring agents for use by digital assistants that use generative artificial intelligence. An agent may be in the form of a container that is configured to have one or more actions that can be executed by a digital assistant. The agent may be configured by initially defining specification parameters for the agent based on natural language input from a user. Configuration information for the one or more assets can be imported into the agent. One or more actions may then be defined for the agent based on importing of the configuration information, the natural language input from the user, or both. A specification document can be generated for the agent and can comprise various description metadata, such as agent, asset, or action metadata, or combinations thereof. The specification document may be stored in a data store that is communicatively coupled to the digital assistant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Xin Xu, Vishal Vishnoi, Srinivasa Phani Kumar Gadde, Ying Xu, Diego Andres Cornejo Barra, Raman Grover, Stephen Andrew McRitchie
  • Publication number: 20250094737
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed herein for managing date-time intervals in transforming natural language utterances to logical forms by providing an enhanced grammar, a natural language utterance comprising a date-time interval, and database schema information to a machine learning model that has been trained to convert natural language utterances to logical forms; and using the machine learning model to convert the natural language utterance to an output logical form, wherein the output logical form comprises at least one of the date-time interval and an extraction function for extracting date-time information corresponding to the date-time interval from at least one date-time attribute of the database schema information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Gioacchino Tangari, Cong Duy Vu Hoang, Dalu Guo, Steve Wai-Chun Siu, Stephen Andrew McRitchie, Christopher Mark Broadbent, Thanh Long Duong, Srinivasa Phani Kumar Gadde, Vishal Vishnoi, Chandan Basavaraju, Kenneth Khiaw Hong Eng
  • Patent number: 12247021
    Abstract: Compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful as inhibitors of sodium channels are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and methods of using the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Steven John Durrant, Nadia M. Ahmad, Elizabeth Mary Beck, Lidio Marx Carvalho Meireles, Ewa Iwona Chudyk, Gorka Etxebarria Jardi, Bhairavi Galan, Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Dennis James Hurley, Ronald Marcellus Knegtel, Timothy Donald Neubert, Joanne Louise Pinder, Joseph Pontillo, Robert Pullin, Yvonne Schmidt, David Matthew Shaw, Sarah Skerratt, Dean Stamos, Stephen Andrew Thomson, Anisa Nizarali Virani, Christopher Wray
  • Patent number: 12249314
    Abstract: Techniques are described for invoking and switching between chatbots of a chatbot system. In some embodiments, the chatbot system is capable of routing an utterance received while a user is already interacting with a first chatbot in the chatbot system. For instance, the chatbot system may identify a second chatbot based on determining that (i) such an utterance is an invalid input to the first chatbot or (ii) that the first chatbot is attempting to route the utterance to a destination associated with the first chatbot. Identifying the second chatbot can involve computing, using a predictive model, separate confidence scores for the first chatbot and the second chatbot, and then determining that a confidence score for the second chatbot satisfies one or more confidence score thresholds. The utterance is then routed to the second chatbot based on the identifying of the second chatbot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Vishal Vishnoi, Xin Xu, Srinivasa Phani Kumar Gadde, Fen Wang, Muruganantham Chinnananchi, Manish Parekh, Stephen Andrew McRitchie, Jae Min John, Crystal C. Pan, Gautam Singaraju, Saba Amsalu Teserra
  • Publication number: 20250078956
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to computer-based methods and systems for identifying non-embedded genes associated with biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs), including non-embedded target genes (nETaGs) that are homologs of potential therapeutic targets, using comparative genomics techniques. Methods for identifying genes associated with (but not embedded within) biosynthetic gene clusters and applications thereof are described, including predicting the function of secondary metabolites based on the co-occurrence and/or co-evolution of genes encoding for secondary metabolites with biosynthetic gene clusters or their core enzymes, and prediction of biosynthetic gene clusters that produce secondary metabolites having an activity of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Michalis HADJITHOMAS, Jinwoo KIM, Sebastian THEOBALD, Stephen Andrew WYKA, Iain James MCFADYEN, Gregory L. VERDINE
  • Publication number: 20250074613
    Abstract: A power reduction system for an energy storage system of an aircraft includes a controller configured to control power reduction of power supplied from the energy storage system to an aircraft engine supply bus; and an override switch configurable in an override state and a non-override state. The override switch is configured to: in the non-override state, permit the controller to control the power reduction according to a default configuration comprising one or more parameters that trigger the power reduction; and in the override state, control the power reduction to be performed according to a relaxed configuration that at least one of relaxes and omits the one or more parameters in the default configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Andrew Long, Michael Dougherty, Tomasz Marek Lubecki, Firman Sasongko, Chandana Gajanayake, Michael Adam Zagrodnik
  • Publication number: 20250068627
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed herein for transforming natural language conversations into a visual output. In one aspect, a computer-implement method includes generating an input string by concatenating a natural language utterance with a schema representation comprising a set of entities for visualization actions, generating, by a first encoder of a machine learning model, one or more embeddings of the input string, encoding, by a second encoder of the machine learning model, relations between elements in the schema representation and words in the natural language utterance based on the one or more embeddings, generating, by a grammar-based decoder of the machine learning model and based on the encoded relations and the one or more embeddings, an intermediate logical form that represents at least the query, the one or more visualization actions, or the combination thereof, and generating, based on the intermediate logical form, a command for a computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Cong Duy Vu Hoang, Gioacchino Tangari, Stephen Andrew McRitchie, Nitika Mathur, Aashna Devang Kanuga, Steve Wai-Chun Siu, Dalu Guo, Chang Xu, Mark Edward Johnson, Christopher Mark Broadbent, Thanh Long Duong, Srinivasa Phani Kumar Gadde, Vishal Vishnoi, Chandan Basavaraju, Kenneth Khiaw Hong Eng