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).

  • Patent number: 11313648
    Abstract: A telescopic sight for a hand-held weapon comprises a housing for an optical system that presents a telescopic image to a user, and a zoom adjustment ring on the housing. The optical system has objective and ocular lens systems and between these an image erector lens system, and a sighting element bearing a graphic image pattern at either a first focal plane between the image erector lens system and the objective lens system or a second focal plane between the image erector lens system and the ocular lens system. An optical zoom system is linked to the zoom adjustment ring for effecting a change in magnification. The zoom adjustment ring is movable over the housing in opposite forward and rearward axial directions between a locked position and an unlocked position to adjust the zoom magnification. In the locked position interengaging formations between the ring and housing slides into engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Hawke Optics Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Andrew Walker, Alexander George Jenkinson
  • Patent number: 11313525
    Abstract: Multi-function lighting fixtures are provided. In one example implementation, a lighting fixture may include an optical housing extending lengthwise between a first end and a second end. The optical housing may include a plurality of light sources disposed within an interior of the optical housing and a plurality of optical elements disposed along an exterior of the optical housing. The optical housing may also a plurality of sections defined within the interior of the optical housing. Each of the optical sections may be associated with a separate light source of the plurality of light sources and a separate optical element of the plurality of optical elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Hubbell Lighting, Inc.
    Inventors: John Hollander, Chris Bailey, Brien Joseph Housand, Eric Miller, David Rector, Ryan Thompson, Michael Tinstman, Nathaniel Stephen Hack DeVol, Stephen Andrew Kiff
  • Publication number: 20220113016
    Abstract: A solid-state lighting fixture assembly having a lighting fixture with a socket configured to receive a plug associated with one or more accessories to allow for easy in-field mounting of accessories, e.g., controls, onto installed lighting fixtures. The socket may be internally electrically connected to an auxiliary power output of a driver and/or to a battery power pack within the lighting fixture assembly, thereby providing direct-current voltage power for the accessory and, also, allowing for signal transmission to and from the accessory. Each accessory includes one or more sensors and communication components to provide the connected lighting fixture assembly with specific capabilities including, but not limited to, motion detection, ambient light level detection, ambient temperature measurement and wireless communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Ramesh Raghavan, Aymen Chami, Eric Clohosey, Stephen Andrew Entrekin, Xiaoming Dai
  • Publication number: 20220110923
    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: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Stephen Andrew Thomson
  • Patent number: 11297984
    Abstract: The present application provides a napkin dispenser for dispensing a number of folded napkins from a sheet material to an end user. The napkin dispenser may include a loading station for loading the sheet material, a folding station for folding a napkin from the sheet material, and a presentation station for presenting one or more of the folded napkins to the end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: GPCP IP HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Abby C. Case, David James Gennrich, Kent J. Kallsen, Stephen Andrew Latham, Christopher Timothy Strahm
  • Publication number: 20220107506
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a button-enabled housing assembly includes pre-forming a composite button component or insert having an elastically flexible button membrane that is mounted on a rigid frame, and thereafter molding a housing over the button insert. The composite button insert is formed in a co-molding operation and can include a rigid island in the flexible button membrane for supporting a cosmetic keycap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Martin Mape, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Stephen Andrew Steger
  • Publication number: 20220109230
    Abstract: An eyewear device has an antenna system having at least one element which contributes to wireless signal transmission, and which is thermally connected to a heat-generating electronic component of the eyewear device to serve as a heat sink for the electronic component. A driven antenna element and/or a plurality of PCB extenders electrically connected to a PCB ground plane can thus be employed for both signal transmission and heat management.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Andrea Ashwood, Patrick Kusbel, Jun Lin, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Ugur Olgun, Russell Douglas Patton, Patrick Timothy McSweeney Simons, Stephen Andrew Steger
  • Publication number: 20220098131
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane (245cb), the process comprising gas phase catalytic dehydrochlorination of a composition comprising 1,1,1-trifluoro-2,3-dichloropropane (243db) to produce an intermediate composition comprising 3,3,3-trifluoro-2-chloro-prop-1-ene (CF3CCI?CH2, 1233xf), hydrogen chloride (HCl) and, optionally, air; and gas phase catalytic fluorination with hydrogen fluoride (HF) of the intermediate composition to produce a reactor product composition comprising 245cb, HF, HCl and air; wherein the process is carried out with a co-feed of air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Mexichem Fluor S.A. de C.V.
    Inventors: Sheryl Louise Johnson, Stephen Andrew Flaherty, Clive Robert Giddis
  • Publication number: 20220102877
    Abstract: A device assembly capable of selectively bonding one or more tracer wires to ground and isolating the one or more tracer wires from ground is provided. The device assembly includes a housing, an electrical switch within the housing and one or more contact assemblies. The one or more tracer wires and ground wire are connected to the one or more contact assemblies. The electrical switch can connect the tracer wires to the ground wire and can isolate the tracer wires from the ground wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen Andrew Skolozdra, John Kenneth Carrozzo, JR.
  • Publication number: 20220090879
    Abstract: A zero-stop mechanism comprises first and second stop members and a movement limit member. The second stop member is releasably secured to an adjustment mechanism. The movement limit member extends around a turret assembly and has a substantially annular main body from which a lug extends. In a first rotational direction of the adjustment mechanism, the second stop member comes into contact with a first side of the lug whereby the main body is rotated in the first rotational direction until a second side of the lug comes into contact with the first stop member. In a second rotational direction of the adjustment mechanism, the second stop member comes into contact with the lug second side whereby the main body is rotated in the second rotational direction until the lug first side contacts the first stop member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Deben Group Industries Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Andrew WALKER, Alexander George JENKINSON
  • Patent number: 11264739
    Abstract: Trace wire connectors that include a cover that can be attached to a base and used to electrically interconnect two or more tracer wires without having to remove insulation from the tracer wires. The cover has multiple portals that permit one or more tracer wires to pass into an inner cavity of the cover. The base has multiple cradles on which tracer wires passing into the cavity can rest. The cover can be oriented relative to the base for use with a through tracer wire and a dead-end tracer wire, or for use with multiple dead-end tracer wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: John Kenneth Carrozzo, Jr., Michael Constatin von Kannewurff, Stephen Andrew Skolozdra
  • Publication number: 20220042458
    Abstract: An example system comprises an electric machine including a stator and a rotor, a cooling system configured to supply a cooling fluid to cool the electric machine, and a stator tube configured to contain the cooling fluid within a stator portion of the electric machine and prevent the cooling fluid from contacting the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen Andrew Long, David Russell Trawick, Sean Morgan, Kolbeinn Kristjansson
  • Patent number: 11233411
    Abstract: A carry case for an electronics-enabled eyewear device has incorporated therein electronic components for connection to the eyewear device while storing the eyewear device. The case comprises a rigid frame structure defining an openable holding space for the pair of smart glasses, and a compressible shock-resistant protective cover on the frame structure. The exterior of the case may be predominantly defined by the shock resistant protective cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Andrew Steger, Tiffany Ming Tsao, Qiaokun Huang
  • Patent number: 11225881
    Abstract: An example hybrid aircraft propulsion system includes one or more parallel propulsion units, each of the parallel propulsion units comprising: a first propulsor; a gas turbine engine configured to drive the first propulsor; and an electrical machine selectively configurable to: generate, for output via one or more electrical busses, electrical energy using mechanical energy derived from the first propulsor or the gas turbine engine; and drive the first propulsor using electrical energy received via the one or more electrical busses; and one or more series propulsion units, each of the series propulsion units comprising: a second propulsor; and an electrical machine selectively configurable to: generate, for output via the one or more electrical busses, electrical energy using mechanical energy derived from the second propulsor or the gas turbine engine; and drive the second propulsor using electrical energy received from one or more electrical busses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Andrew Long
  • Patent number: 11227439
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide remote training in a virtual reality (VR) environment. Multiple users may engage in the session. For example, a trainee may practice or be evaluated in performing a virtual version of a training task. A trainer may join the trainee's session. Embodiments enable the trainer to switch from a third-person perspective viewing the environment to the trainee's first-person perspective to see what the trainee is seeing. Virtual objects may be highlighted to guide the trainee's steps. Some embodiments may configure the training module to be engaged at various points out of order. For example, a user may select a specific point in a training sequence and work from there, replay or forward the environment in time to other points so that the trainee can skip or practice parts of the procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: EON REALITY, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Bridgeman, Malcolm Collett, Stephen Andrew Bowden, Davey O'Brien, Yazhou Huang
  • Publication number: 20220003398
    Abstract: A solid-state lighting fixture assembly having a lighting fixture with a socket configured to receive a plug associated with one or more accessories to allow for easy in-field mounting of accessories, e.g., controls, onto installed lighting fixtures. The socket may be internally electrically connected to an auxiliary power output of a driver and/or to a battery power pack within the lighting fixture assembly, thereby providing direct-current voltage power for the accessory and, also, allowing for signal transmission to and from the accessory. Each accessory includes one or more sensors and communication components to provide the connected lighting fixture assembly with specific capabilities including, but not limited to, motion detection, ambient light level detection, ambient temperature measurement and wireless communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Ramesh Raghavan, Aymen Chami, Eric Clohosey, Stephen Andrew Entrekin, Xiaoming Dai
  • Patent number: 11215350
    Abstract: A solid-state lighting fixture assembly having a lighting fixture with a socket configured to receive a plug associated with one or more accessories to allow for easy in-field mounting of accessories, e.g., controls, onto installed lighting fixtures. The socket may be internally electrically connected to an auxiliary power output of a driver and/or to a battery power pack within the lighting fixture assembly, thereby providing direct-current voltage power for the accessory and, also, allowing for signal transmission to and from the accessory. Each accessory includes one or more sensors and communication components to provide the connected lighting fixture assembly with specific capabilities including, but not limited to, motion detection, ambient light level detection, ambient temperature measurement and wireless communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: MAXLITE, INC.
    Inventors: Ramesh Raghavan, Aymen Chami, Eric Clohosey, Stephen Andrew Entrekin, Xiaoming Dai
  • Publication number: 20210381527
    Abstract: There is provided a fan assembly comprising a fan body, a motor-driven impeller contained within the fan body and arranged to generate an air flow, a nozzle comprising a nozzle body having an air inlet arranged to receive the air flow from the fan body and one or more air outlets arranged to emit the airflow from the fan assembly. The fan assembly further comprises a nozzle retaining mechanism for releasably retaining the nozzle on the fan body, and a rotation mechanism for rotating the nozzle body relative to the fan body. The nozzle rotation mechanism comprises a rotation motor arranged to drive a drive member and a driven member that is arranged to be driven by the drive member to rotate around a rotation axis, wherein the nozzle body comprises the driven member and the fan body comprises the rotation motor and the drive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Steven Eduard PEET, Neil Andrew STEWART, Robert James FRYER, Adam Daniel JOUQUES, Victoria Anne Dorothy GIBSON-ROBINSON, Harriet Rebecca WHITE, Stephen Andrew BAKER, Thomas Greer DUVALL, Jack David COLLINS
  • Patent number: 11181757
    Abstract: An eyewear device has an antenna system having at least one element which contributes to wireless signal transmission, and which is thermally connected to a heat-generating electronic component of the eyewear device to serve as a heat sink for the electronic component. A driven antenna element and/or a plurality of PCB extenders electrically connected to a PCB ground plane can thus be employed for both signal transmission and heat management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Ashwood, Patrick Kusbel, Jun Lin, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Ugur Olgun, Russell Douglas Patton, Patrick Timothy McSweeney Simons, Stephen Andrew Steger
  • Publication number: 20210345768
    Abstract: The present invention relates to height-adjustable standing/sitting desks, capable of being easily collapsed, via pivotable legs, to be easily stored away in common and unique spaces throughout a home. These desks may include a desktop, a support frame disposed underneath the desktop, a plurality of legs, and an actuator. The plurality of legs is coupled to the support frame. Each of the plurality of legs includes a plurality of integrated wheels. The actuator is disposed within the support frame and coupled to one or more of the plurality of legs. The actuator is configured to raise and lower the desktop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Colin Andrew Dowdle, James Charles Dowdle, Curtis Leroy Cruver, IV, Stephen Andrew Derfiny