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).

  • Adjustable and collapsible desk
    Patent number: 11717077
    Abstract: 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 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: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: LILLIPAD WORK SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Colin Andrew Dowdle, James Charles Dowdle, Curtis Leroy Cruver, IV, Stephen Andrew Derfiny
  • Vessel for the transport of liquefied gas and method of operating the vessel
    Patent number: 11698169
    Abstract: A vessel for the transport of liquefied gas has a hull, a cargo storage tank arranged in the hull for storing liquefied gas and an engine to propel the ship. A compressor has a compressor inlet connected to a vapour space of the at least one cargo storage tank for receiving boil-off gas at a first pressure and a compressor outlet for supplying pressurized boil-off gas to the at least one engine at a second pressure exceeding the first pressure. A boil-off gas recovery system is provided for recovery of boil off gas. The boil-off gas recovery system has a cooling section with a cooling section inlet connected to the compressor outlet to recondense at least part of the pressurized boil-off gas and a boil-off gas storage tank having a boil-off gas storage tank inlet connected to the cooling section outlet for storing the recondensed pressurized boil-off gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SHELL USA, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Andrew Hodgson, Stephen Andrew Brown
  • Heat management in wireless electronic devices
    Patent number: 11699843
    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: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    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
  • Eyewear device hinge assembly
    Patent number: 11698542
    Abstract: A hinge assembly mounted on a housing of form part of an electronic device includes a metal hinge member having a hinge post that extends through a mounting hole in a wall of the housing, the hinge post being connected to a metal anchor plate on an inner side of the housing wall to be rotationally and axially fast with the anchor plate. The anchor plate may has an area multiple times the size of a footprint of the hinge member, with fastening the hinge post and the anchor plate in some embodiments being by a welded connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Emily Lauren Clopp, Jun Lin, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Stephen Andrew Steger, Nicholas Daniel Streets
  • Template-based intent classification for chatbots
    Patent number: 11694032
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to chatbot systems and, more particularly, to techniques for determining that an input utterance is representative of a task that a particular chatbot can perform, based on matching the input utterance to a template. Techniques are also described for generating templates based on example utterances that have been provided for a chatbot. In certain embodiments, an initial set of templates is generated based on example utterances. This initial set of templates is then refined using template generalization techniques, which can be performed at the word or sentence level to generate a final set of templates for use at runtime, when the templates are matched against user utterances. The final set of templates may include one or more generalized templates that were derived from the initial set of templates and may also include the initial set of templates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Andrew McRitchie, Sunghye Jeon
  • AUTONOMOUS WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT IN AN ANALYTIC PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20230205596
    Abstract: A data store system may include at least one storage device to store a plurality of data and at least one processor with access to the storage device. The at least one processor may receive a plurality of features associated with an environment. The at least one processor may further generate a state representation of the environment based on the plurality of features. The at least one processor may further generate a plurality of predicted future states of the environment based on the state representation. The at least one processor may further generate at least one action to be performed by the environment based on the plurality of predicted future states. The at least one processor may provide the at least one action to the environment to be performed. A method and computer-readable medium are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Teradata US, Inc.
    Inventors: Naveen Thaliyl Sankaran, Lovlean Arora, Sourabh Maity, Stephen Andrew Brobst, Bhashyam Ramesh, Douglas P. Brown
  • BUTTON ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230204975
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a button-enabled housing assembly includes preforming 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: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Martin Mape, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Stephen Andrew Steger
  • WEARABLE AIR PURIFIER
    Publication number: 20230191168
    Abstract: A wearable air purifier includes a headgear, an air purifier assembly, and a nozzle assembly. The air purifier assembly includes a filter and an airflow generator for generating an airflow through the filter. The nozzle assembly includes an inlet aperture configured to receive a filtered airflow from the air purifier assembly, and an air outlet for emitting the filtered airflow from the nozzle assembly. The nozzle assembly includes a first end section connected to the headgear, a second end section connected to the headgear, and a midsection connected to the first end section by a first hinge and connected to the second end section by a second hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Duncan Jack PATTULLO, Stephen Andrew BAKER
  • R-PHY map advance time measurement
    Patent number: 11683194
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically adjusting a MAP advance time for a MAP message sent from a CCAP core to an RPD, the MAP message allocating bandwidth for the RPD during an interval beginning at a start time specified in the MAP message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventor: Stephen Andrew Foley
  • WEARABLE AIR PURIFIER
    Publication number: 20230181938
    Abstract: A wearable air purifier including a headgear; an air purifier assembly, the air purifier assembly configured to generate a filtered airflow from an outlet aperture thereof; and a nozzle assembly connected to the headgear by a hinge assembly. The nozzle assembly includes an inlet aperture for receiving the filtered airflow from the outlet aperture of the air purifier assembly and an air outlet for emitting the filtered airflow from the nozzle assembly. The hinge assembly is configured such that the nozzle assembly is movable relative to the headgear between first and second configurations, filtered airflow is emitted from the air outlet in the first configuration and filtered airflow is not emitted from the air outlet in the second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Duncan Jack PATTULLO, Stephen Andrew BAKER, Simon Brian MCNAMEE, Luke Peter Edward PALMER, Christopher James HOLLOWAY
  • Methods, Systems, And Apparatuses For Content Recommendations Based On User Activity
    Publication number: 20230188792
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for content recommendations based on user activity data are described herein. An analytics subsystem may receive first activity data. The first activity may be indicative of a plurality of first engagements with a first plurality of media assets. At least one machine learning model may be configured to receive an input of activity data, such as the first activity data, and to determine at least one content recommendation on that basis. The at least one content recommendation may comprise a recommendation for at least one media asset. The at least one media asset may be associated with at least one media asset classification. The analytics subsystem may send the at least one content recommendation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Jayesh Sahasi, Jairo Diaz, Brian Streit, Stephen Andrew Sims
  • Modular Panel System
    Publication number: 20230167636
    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: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Atomic Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Andrew Keller, Stephen Andrew Kaelin, Adam John Curry, Conway S. Allison
  • Routing for chatbots
    Patent number: 11657797
    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 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    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
  • Rotor for Electronically Commutated DC Motor
    Publication number: 20230155435
    Abstract: An EC motor with a rotor. The rotor has a hub with outwardly extending silicon steel laminates with gaps between. Rectangular neodymium permanent magnets are positioned in the gaps. Wedge-shaped ferrite permanent magnets are positioned radially between the silicon steel laminates and the hub of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventor: Stephen Andrew Semidey
  • TRITERPENOID ANTIFUNGALS FOR THE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF PNEUMOCYSTIS SPP. PNEUMONIA
    Publication number: 20230149376
    Abstract: Enfumafungin derivative triterpenoid antifungal compounds are used to treat and/or prevent Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) due to their unexpected efficacy against Pneumocystis spp. including their ability to reduce the lung burden of cyst and trophic forms of this fungi. The enfumafungin derivative triterpenoids (or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or hydrates thereof) are inhibitors of (1,3)-?-D-glucan synthesis and are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of PCP since they demonstrate potent activity against Pneumocystis spp. in in vivo models, exhibit adequate tissue penetration into lungs, and are well tolerated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: David A. Angulo Gonzalez, Stephen Andrew Barat
  • Placement of logic based on relative activation rates
    Patent number: 11651127
    Abstract: Approaches for placing logic of a circuit design include determining respective relative activation rates of control paths in a high-level language (HLL) program by a design tool. The HLL program specifies a circuit design. The design tool compiles the HLL program into logic functions and determines respective relative activation rates of signal connections between the logic functions based on the relative activation rates of the control paths in the HLL program. The design tool selects placement locations on an integrated circuit device for the logic functions using a placement cost minimization function that factors the relative activation rates of the signal connections into placement costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: XILINX, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Andrew Neuendorffer, Jianyi Cheng
  • AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20230145112
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aircraft comprising: a fuselage; and a payload module coupled to the fuselage, the payload module comprising one or more data storage devices. The payload module is configured to be decoupled from the fuselage during flight upon receipt of a de-coupling input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventors: Simon BISHOP, James Martin MILLER, Martin Jon CURWEN, Benjamin Stephen ANDREWS, Christopher PRENTICE
  • Electronically Commutated DC Motor with Encapsulating Controller
    Publication number: 20230133125
    Abstract: An EC motor with an encapsulated electronic controller. The electronic controller is encapsulated by creating a silicone mold to include sufficiently detailed voids so that certain parts of the electronic controller adjacent the voids are encapsulated and other parts adjacent where the mold has no voids are left unencapsulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventor: Stephen Andrew Semidey
  • Button assembly and method of manufacturing thereof
    Patent number: 11635634
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Mape, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Stephen Andrew Steger
  • Ice maker assembly
    Patent number: D985629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Sub-Zero Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Brant David Springer, Chad Alan Wohlrab, Curtis Leroy Cruver, IV, Stephen Andrew Derfiny