Patents by Inventor Stephen Cochran

Stephen Cochran 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: 20230349158
    Abstract: A downspout end cover protects and closes a lower end of a cylindrical rain gutter downspout assembly. The cover includes a body that forms a continuous hollow channel for passage of collected rainwater. An aperture at the back of the body is sized to attach to the downspout, and a front cylindrical or oval aperture emits collected rainwater. A door is rotatably attached to the front of the body at a top of the front of the body by a hinge and when closed, prevents entry of animals, insects or blown debris. The front of the body may be sloped and the door may rest against an inset ledge that protects the door and seals the downspout end cover against entry of insects and preventing detachment of the door from the body. The hinge may be offset from the back surface of the door by an arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventor: Stephen Cochran
  • Patent number: 11746529
    Abstract: A downspout end cover protects and closes a lower end of a rain gutter downspout assembly. The cover includes a body that forms a continuous hollow channel with the top and the bottom for passage of collected rainwater. The back of the body forms a first aperture sized to attach to an end of the downspout and the front forms a second aperture that emits collected rainwater. A door is rotatably attached to the front of the body at a top of the front of the body by a hinge and when closed, prevents entry of animals, insects or blown debris. A ledge provided behind the door, so that the door, when closed, rests against the ledge and does not protrude from the body, protecting the door and sealing the downspout end cover against entry of insects and preventing detachment of the door from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventor: Stephen Cochran
  • Publication number: 20220412095
    Abstract: A downspout end cover protects and closes a lower end of a rain gutter downspout assembly. The cover includes a body that forms a continuous hollow channel with the top and the bottom for passage of collected rainwater. The back of the body forms a first aperture sized to attach to an end of the downspout and the front forms a second aperture that emits collected rainwater. A door is rotatably attached to the front of the body at a top of the front of the body by a hinge and when closed, prevents entry of animals, insects or blown debris. A ledge provided behind the door, so that the door, when closed, rests against the ledge and does not protrude from the body, protecting the door and sealing the downspout end cover against entry of insects and preventing detachment of the door from the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: Stephen Cochran
  • Publication number: 20220341179
    Abstract: A downspout end cover protects and closes a lower end of a rain gutter downspout assembly. The cover includes a body that forms a continuous hollow channel with the top and the bottom for passage of collected rainwater. The back of the body forms a first aperture sized to attach to an end of the downspout and the front forms a second aperture that emits collected rainwater. A door is rotatably attached to the front of the body at a top of the front of the body by a hinge and when closed, prevents entry of animals, insects or blown debris. A ledge provided behind the door, so that the door, when closed, rests against the ledge and does not protrude from the body, protecting the door and sealing the downspout end cover against entry of insects and preventing detachment of the door from the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventor: Stephen Cochran
  • Patent number: 11473309
    Abstract: A downspout end cover protects and closes a lower end of a rain gutter downspout assembly. The cover includes a body that forms a continuous hollow channel with the top and the bottom for passage of collected rainwater. The back of the body forms a first aperture sized to attach to an end of the downspout and the front forms a second aperture that emits collected rainwater. A door is rotatably attached to the front of the body at a top of the front of the body by a hinge and when closed, prevents entry of animals, insects or blown debris. A ledge provided behind the door, so that the door, when closed, rests against the ledge and does not protrude from the body, protecting the door and sealing the downspout end cover against entry of insects and preventing detachment of the door from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Stephen Cochran
  • Patent number: 9178835
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a host including a central processing unit, a first management controller (MC) enabled to communicate with the host, and a network interface resource (NIR) in communication with the host and operable to enable the information handling system to communicate via an external network. The NIR includes a unified management module (UMM) operable to receive and route a local management packet, sent from the host, to the first management controller via a first unified management bus (UMB) and further operable to receive and route a remote management packet, sent from a remote resource via the external network, to the first management controller via the first UMB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Balaji Mittapalli, Stephen Cochran
  • Publication number: 20150163169
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a host including a central processing unit, a first management controller (MC) enabled to communicate with the host, and a network interface resource (NIR) in communication with the host and operable to enable the information handling system to communicate via an external network. The NIR includes a unified management module (UMM) operable to receive and route a local management packet, sent from the host, to the first management controller via a first unified management bus (UMB) and further operable to receive and route a remote management packet, sent from a remote resource via the external network, to the first management controller via the first UMB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Balaji Mittapalli, Stephen Cochran
  • Publication number: 20120283656
    Abstract: The present invention provides fluid and material delivery methods and devices for practicing the methods. In one embodiment the device is a micrometer assisted fluid delivery device comprising a micrometer, a holder portion, and a syringe. The micrometer assisted delivery device is designed to control the amount of the solution that can be aspirated and delivered and the rate at which material is aspirated and dispensed from a syringe into tissue. The invention also provides a method of delivering cellular material comprising injecting the cellular material into a subject such that the injected cells retain their inherent morphologic characteristics upon injection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Terrell Pruitt, Stephen A. Cochran, Bryan Marshall, Yandong Su
  • Publication number: 20120166614
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a host including a central processing unit, a first management controller (MC) enabled to communicate with the host, and a network interface resource (NIR) in communication with the host and operable to enable the information handling system to communicate via an external network. The NIR includes a unified management module (UMM) operable to receive and route a local management packet, sent from the host, to the first management controller via a first unified management bus (UMB) and further operable to receive and route a remote management packet, sent from a remote resource via the external network, to the first management controller via the first UMB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Balaji Mittapalli, Stephen Cochran
  • Patent number: 8206335
    Abstract: The present invention provides fluid and material delivery methods and devices for practicing the methods. The invention provides a method of delivering cellular material comprising injecting the cellular material into a subject such that the injected cells retain their inherent morphologic characteristics upon injection. The method comprises the steps of aspirating the cellular material into a fluid delivery device which incorporates a syringe arrangement. The cellular material is aspirated into the main body of the syringe until the desired amount of a material has filled the syringe body. The needle of the fluid delivery device is then inserted into the skin of a subject at an angle about parallel to the skin until a desired depth has been reached. The cellular material is then injected in the subject until the desired volume of material has been injected. The needle of the device is then rotated approximately 45 to 90 degrees and the needle is removed from the injection site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Aderans Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Terrell Pruitt, Stephen A. Cochran, Bryan Marshall, Yandong Su
  • Patent number: 8150953
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a host including a central processing unit, a first management controller (MC) enabled to communicate with the host, and a network interface resource (NIR) in communication with the host and operable to enable the information handling system to communicate via an external network. The NIR includes a unified management module (UMM) operable to receive and route a local management packet, sent from the host, to the first management controller via a first unified management bus (UMB) and further operable to receive and route a remote management packet, sent from a remote resource via the external network, to the first management controller via the first UMB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Balaji Mittapalli, Stephen Cochran
  • Patent number: 7849454
    Abstract: Firmware for a baseboard management controller (BMC) of a blade server module in an information handling system may have automatic firmware corruption recovery and updating through a TFTP transfer from a central storage location having the most recent BMC firmware image. Upon blade power-on or reset the BMC firmware image is checked for corruption and if corrupted a new BMC firmware image is loaded into the BMC memory. If the BMC firmware image is not corrupted then it is checked to determine if it is the latest version. If it is the latest version the BMC starts normal program execution. If not the latest version then the BMC firmware is updated through the TFTP transfer from the central storage location having the most recent BMC firmware image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Timothy Lambert, Stephen Cochran, Pedro Lopez
  • Publication number: 20100280488
    Abstract: The present invention provides fluid and material delivery methods and devices for practicing the methods. The invention provides a method of delivering cellular material comprising injecting the cellular material into a subject such that the injected cells retain their inherent morphologic characteristics upon injection. The method comprises the steps of aspirating the cellular material into a fluid delivery device which incorporates a syringe arrangement. The cellular material is aspirated into the main body of the syringe until the desired amount of a material has filled the syringe body. The needle of the fluid delivery device is then inserted into the skin of a subject at an angle about parallel to the skin until a desired depth has been reached. The cellular material is then injected in the subject until the desired volume of material has been injected. The needle of the device is then rotated approximately 45 to 90 degrees and the needle is removed from the injection site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Terrell Pruitt, Stephen A. Cochran, Bryan Marshall, Yandong Su, Kurt Stricker Stenn, Kenneth Justin Washenik, John Depiano, Gary F. Prokop, Martin Rathgeber
  • Patent number: 7780635
    Abstract: The present invention provides fluid and material delivery methods and devices for practicing the methods. The invention provides a method of delivering cellular material comprising injecting the cellular material into a subject such that the injected cells retain their inherent morphologic characteristics upon injection. The method comprises the steps of aspirating the cellular material into a fluid delivery device which incorporates a syringe arrangement. The cellular material is aspirated into the main body of the syringe until the desired amount of a material has filled the syringe body. The needle of the fluid delivery device is then inserted into the skin of a subject at an angle about parallel to the skin until a desired depth has been reached. The cellular material is then injected in the subject until the desired volume of material has been injected. The needle of the device is then rotated approximately 45 to 90 degrees and the needle is removed from the injection site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Aderans Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Terrell Pruitt, Stephen A. Cochran, Bryan Marshall, Yandong Su, Kurt Stricker Stenn, Kenneth Justin Washenik, John DePiano, Gary F. Prokop, Martin Rathgeber
  • Patent number: 7676666
    Abstract: A baseboard management controller (BMC) of a blade server module in an information handling system may operate as a virtual system BIOS firmware hub that may have automatic firmware updating through a TFTP transfer from a chassis management controller (CMC) or for rack/tower servers from a remote assistant card (RMC). The system BIOS may be stored in a RAM drive or a ROM of the BMC. Valuable printed circuit board real estate and hardware for a firmware hub is no longer necessary since the BMC may have the capacity to act as a virtual system BIOS firmware hub in addition to its other functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Timothy Lambert, Stephen Cochran, Mukund P. Khatri, Pedro Lopez
  • Patent number: 7597885
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved scaffold which is constructed to mimic the architecture of the native hair follicle. The present invention also relates to the use of specific compositions and methods of manufacture to produce scaffolds that combine biocompatibility with the desired rates of bioabsorption. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a biomimetic hair follicle graft and a method for seeding the graft with cells and implanting the graft into the skin where the growth of a new hair shaft is desired. A further embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for hair multiplication in which cells are multiplied in culture and aliquoted into a multitude of bioabsorbable scaffolds in combination with cultured keratinocytes or other allogenic cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Aderans Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Barrows, Stephen A. Cochran, Bryan Marshall
  • Patent number: 7519167
    Abstract: An information handling system receives management information from a network, such as IPMI information, with plural network interface cards of the information handling system in a teaming configuration. Upon detecting management information, a network interface card issues an SMBus alert to a management processor of the information handling system. A team module running on the management processor reads the status of the network interfaces to identify the network interface associated with the alert and reads the management information from the network interface. Management information sent to the network is sent through a predetermined one of the network interfaces to ensure that, if teaming gets deactivated at the switch, there will not be multiple NICs with the same BMC MAC address transmitting to the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Elie Jreij, Stephen Cochran, Ramkrishna Prakash, Paul W. Vancil
  • Patent number: D606190
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Aderans Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Terrell Pruitt, Stephen A. Cochran, Bryan Marshall, Yandong Su, John DePiano, Gary F. Prokop, Martin Rathgeber, Kenneth Justin Washenik
  • Patent number: D690004
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Aderans Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Terrell Pruitt, Yandong Su, Bryan Marshall, Stephen Cochran, Joseph Suarez
  • Patent number: D882045
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventor: Stephen Cochran