Patents by Inventor Stephen Daniel

Stephen Daniel 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: 11968793
    Abstract: An insulating enclosure is disclosed, including: an opening in a side of the insulating enclosure, wherein the opening provides a conductor within a conduit passage into an interior of the insulating enclosure, wherein the conductor is to carry current from the inverter module, wherein a conductive sheath of the conduit is mechanically connected to the insulating enclosure via the opening; and a conductive liner, wherein the conductive liner provides a ground plane for components within the insulating enclosure, wherein the conductive liner covers at least a portion of the side of the insulating enclosure, and wherein the conductive liner is electrically connected to the conductive sheath of the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Lunar Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Robert Bannick, Peter H. J. How, Charles Ingalz, Christopher Breckenridge Todd, Mark Daniel Goldman
  • Publication number: 20240127241
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for electronic resource transfer authentication via a user characteristic data verification engine. The system receives a request to transfer electronic resources from a first endpoint device of a merchant. The system then identifies a resource vehicle owner associated with the electronic resource transfer, identifies at least one second endpoint device, then transmits a request for verification from the entity to the at least one second endpoint device, utilizing an application programming interface. The user characteristic feedback hardware of the at least one second endpoint device collects identifier data from the user of the at least one second endpoint device, and a user characteristic data verification engine is initiated and thereafter determines a binary identification output. An entirety of the electronic resources are distributed to the merchant based on the binary identification output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher Daniel Birch, Sophie Morgan Danielpour, Susan R. Hart, Son Huynh, Tyler Keith Prothro, Shannon Sabina Rolinger, Amado Jose Martinez Suarez, Stephen Jack Williams
  • Patent number: 11961136
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to processing and executing digital asset transfers between two users. An example method includes receiving a data object defining a digital asset transfer, and the data object may be a query from the first user to initiate an outbound transfer to a second user or an approval of a request for digital asset units from the second user. The method further includes retrieving account balance data objects associated with the digital asset accounts for the first and second users. The method further includes, responsive to determining that the digital asset transfer satisfies one or more transfer conditions, executing the digital asset transfer by executing a closed-loop debit from the first user and executing a closed-loop credit to the second user. The method further includes updating the account balance data object to reflect the resulting balances of each digital asset account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BAKKT MARKETPLACE, LLC
    Inventors: Nicolas Frederic Cabrera, Jeffrey Scott Pittelkau, Nikolais Linsteadt, Joseph Arthur Revnes, Brian Daniel Cooper, William Matthau, Christopher Michael Petersen, Yamini Bistesh Sagar, Utkarsh Agarwal, Tim Kuchlein, Bharath Lakshmanan, William Andrew Bryant, Stephen Paul Saucier, Deepak Kumar, Anil Jaiswal, Byungkwon Jeon, Balaji Devarasetty
  • Publication number: 20240120284
    Abstract: A semiconductor substrate is configured for dicing into separate die or individual semiconductor devices. The semiconductor substrate can comprise silicon, silicon carbide, or gallium nitride. A dicing grid bounds each semiconductor device on the semiconductor substrate. A die singulation process is configured to occur in the dicing grid. Material is coupled to the dicing grid. In one embodiment, the material can comprise carbon. A laser is configured to couple energy to the material coupled to the dicing grid. The energy from the laser heats the material. The heat from the material or the temperature differential between the material and the dicing creates a thermal shock that generates a vertical fracture in the semiconductor substrate that separates the semiconductor device from the remaining semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: ThinSiC Inc
    Inventors: Tirunelveli Subramaniam Ravi, Stephen Daniel Miller, Jinho Seo, Ashraf Ahmed El dakrouri
  • Publication number: 20240120694
    Abstract: 1. An inverter device is disclosed, including; an enclosure comprising a plurality of sides; an antenna port in a first side of the plurality of sides; and an antenna pass through module comprising: an exterior connector assembly comprising a plurality of pins and a base, wherein the plurality of pins are operable to be connected to respective ones of a plurality of antennas, wherein the plurality of pins passes through the antenna port to an exterior of the enclosure, wherein the base of the exterior connector assembly is sealed against the first side on an interior of the enclosure to provide ingress protection; and an interior antenna circuit configured to: terminate connections from a plurality of transceivers within the interior of the enclosure; and select antenna signals from at least the plurality of pins on the exterior connector assembly to route the plurality of transceivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Steven Nicholas Grolle, Peter H.J. How, Charles Ingalz, Stephen Robert Bannick, Andrew Diao, Mark Daniel Goldman
  • Publication number: 20240121908
    Abstract: An insulating enclosure is disclosed, including: an opening in a side of the insulating enclosure, wherein the opening provides a conductor within a conduit passage into an interior of the insulating enclosure, wherein the conductor is to carry current from the inverter module, wherein a conductive sheath of the conduit is mechanically connected to the insulating enclosure via the opening; and a conductive liner, wherein the conductive liner provides a ground plane for components within the insulating enclosure, wherein the conductive liner covers at least a portion of the side of the insulating enclosure, and wherein the conductive liner is electrically connected to the conductive sheath of the conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen Robert Bannick, Peter H.J. How, Charles Ingalz, Christopher Breckenridge Todd, Mark Daniel Goldman
  • Publication number: 20240110613
    Abstract: Drive unit for adjusting an adjustable element between at least a first position and a second position, comprising a drive train having an input shaft and an output shaft, wherein the drive train is split into at least a first drive path and a second drive path, wherein at least one drive element in the drive train comprises an evoloid toothing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Jannick Daniël WIJNTJES, Stefan Fritz BROUWER, Stephen Alexander George Gustavo BOOM
  • Patent number: 11946017
    Abstract: The current invention relates to a method of separating polyunsaturated fatty acids containing lipids from a lipids containing biomass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: Evonik Operations GmbH, DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Manfred Bärz, Marc Beiser, Georg Borchers, Stephen Robert Cherinko, Mathias Dernedde, Michael Diehl, Xiao Daniel Dong, Jürgen Haberland, Michael Benjamin Johnson, Robert Cody Kertis, Jochen Lebert, Neil Francis Leininger, Kirt Lyvell Matthews, Sr., Holger Pfeifer, Christian Rabe, Shannon Elizabeth Ethier Resop, Ginger Marie Shank, Vinod Tarwade, David Allen Tinsley, Daniel Verkoeijen
  • Publication number: 20240102420
    Abstract: An apparatus for an aircraft includes an electric machine and a gas turbine. The gas turbine includes a compressor, a turbine unit having a high-pressure turbine and a low-pressure turbine, and a combustion chamber. The compressor is connected via a high-pressure shaft to the high-pressure turbine, and the low-pressure turbine is connected via a low-pressure shaft directly to an output shaft of the electric machine. The high-pressure shaft and the low-pressure shaft are rotatable in different directions. The electric machine is operable as a generator and may be operated as a motor to start the gas turbine. The output shaft is connected via a gear box unit and a free-wheel to the high-pressure shaft. The free-wheel separates the connection between the output shaft of the electric machine and the high-pressure shaft in the presence of a torque flow from the high-pressure shaft in a direction of the output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen MOUNTAIN, Christian SEYDEL, Gideon Daniel VENTER, Sebastian KOPP
  • Publication number: 20240100284
    Abstract: A respiratory interface system for use in delivering a flow of a positive pressure breathing gas to an airway of a patient that includes a patient interface device with a tubing assembly structured to be disposed on the head of the patient, a mask having a sealing element structured to sealingly engage about the airway of the patient, and an adaptor. The adapter includes a flange portion that extends generally radially outward from a central aperture and a hollow male connector extending from the flange portion and coupled with a correspondingly-shaped female connector of the tubing assembly or the mask. The mask is coupled to the tubing assembly via the adaptor, and the tubing assembly, the mask, and the adapter define a pathway structured to conduct the flow of the positive pressure breathing gas to the airway of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: ADAM LeVERN BELL, KEVIN DANIEL HIMES, DANIEL STEED, JONATHAN SAYER GRASHOW, ELIZABETH EURY, RICHARD THOMAS HAIBACH, STEPHEN GEORGE HLOPICK
  • Publication number: 20240095723
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are generally directed to processing conversions of digital assets to fiat currency. An example method includes obtaining a conversion rate for a digital asset via an API, providing the conversion rate via a client device, receiving a digital asset conversion request and executing a digital asset conversion within a configurable time period. Executing the digital asset conversion includes causing digital asset units to be debited from the digital asset user account and causing fiat currency units to be credited to a fiat currency user account. The method further includes dynamically providing a notification of execution of the digital asset conversion via the client device, updating account balance data objects associated with the digital asset user account and the fiat currency user account, and subsequent to executing the digital asset conversion, executing a fiat currency transaction (e.g., a settlement) with a digital asset exchange system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Petersen, Jeffrey Scott Pittelkau, Nikolais Linsteadt, Joseph Arthur Revnes, Brian Daniel Cooper, William Matthau, Yamini Bistesh Sagar, Nicolas Frederic Cabrera, Utkarsh Agarwal, Tim Kuchlein, Bharath Lakshmanan, William Andrew Bryant, Stephen Paul Saucier, Deepak Kumar, Anil Jaiswal, Byungkwon Jeon, Balaji Devarasetty
  • Publication number: 20240086433
    Abstract: Embodiments support systems and methods for classifying and ranking headnote reports based on a query, and for outputting a highest ranked headnote in response to the query. In an aspect, headnote scores may be calculated for each headnote of a plurality of headnotes to determine a measure of correspondence between a given headnote and the query. In an aspect, a dataset including at least the query, the headnotes, and the headnote scores may be provided to and analyzed by a classifier to produce a set of classifications. In an aspect, the headnote scores and the set of classifications may be determined by at least one machine learning model. In an aspect, the classifications enable the ranking of the headnotes relative to one another, such that the highest ranked headnote may be the headnote most responsive to the query. In an aspect, a method may include outputting the highest ranked headnote.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Jesse McCrillis Carlson, Benjamin Petersburg, Mark Daniel Baker, Stephen McNamara, Sharon Ruth Stanley
  • Publication number: 20240087583
    Abstract: An encoder operable to filter audio signals into a plurality of frequency band components, generate quantized digital components for each band, identify a potential for pre-echo events within the generated quantized digital components, generate an approximate signal by decoding the quantized digital components using inverse pulse code modulation, generate an error signal by comparing the approximate signal with the sampled audio signal, and process the error signal and quantized digital components. The encoder operable to process the error signal by processing delayed audio signals and Q band values, determining the potential for pre-echo events from the Q band values, and determining scale factors and MDCT block sizes for the potential for pre-echo events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: IMMERSION NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: James David Johnston, Stephen Daniel White, King Wei Hor, Barry M. Genova
  • Patent number: 11927364
    Abstract: An air handling unit (AHU) for a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) system includes a housing and a combustion heater disposed within the housing. The housing includes a combustion section with a first channel and a second channel. The combustion heater includes heat exchanger tubes and a tube support that supports heat exchanger tubes within the combustion section. The tube support slidably disposed in the first channel and the second channel. The combustion heater configured to be slidably removable from the AHU. An AHU for an HVACR system includes a housing with a fan section and a fan assembly disposed within the housing. The fan assembly including a pair of grooves slidably disposed on a pair of rails of the housing. The fan assembly configured to be both slidably removable from the AHU and liftably removable from the AHU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Daniel, Jason William Parks, Gregory L. Meeuwsen, Nathan Wagers, Chasity Webb, Anthony Chiles, Gregory Edmund Beltran, Aaron Allison Stevens, Stephen Kowalski, Jason Harpst
  • Publication number: 20240077032
    Abstract: Methods and systems of operating a gas turbine engine in a low-power condition are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes supplying fuel to the combustor by supplying fuel to the first fuel manifold via a first flow divider valve and supplying fuel to the second fuel manifold via a second flow divider valve. While supplying fuel to the combustor by supplying fuel to the first fuel manifold, the method includes stopping supplying fuel to the second fuel manifold and supplying pressurized gas to the second fuel manifold via the second flow divider valve to flush fuel in the second fuel manifold into the combustor and hinder coking in the second fuel manifold and associated nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Cédric SAINTIGNAN, Joseph Daniel Maxim CIRTWILL, Kian MCCALDON, David WADDLETON, Marc-André TREMBLAY, Ignazio BROCCOLINI, Stephen TARLING
  • Patent number: 11920538
    Abstract: An anti-polish ring for an internal combustion engine is provided. The anti-polish ring includes an axially extending ring portion that is configured to scrape a top portion of a piston in a cylinder liner. The anti-polish ring is configured to accommodate passage of an intake or exhaust valve thereby. The anti-polish ring may include an alignment feature so that the anti-polish ring is inserted in a predetermined orientation in the cylinder. The anti-polish ring may include a heat shield and/or a seating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Owen Summerfield, Craig Daniel Fox, Robert Harries, Jamie Kehoe, Kent H. Clark, John M Antonevich, Reid M. Irish, Scott A. Ragon, Stephen G. Townsend, Peter Thomas Quanz
  • Publication number: 20240054206
    Abstract: In Example implementations provide a computer program product to authenticate a set of components associated with a device; the components having associated respective shares (s1..sn) of a private key of a private-key/public key pair (sk,pk); the computer program product comprising: instructions to create a signature from the shares (s1..sn) and a message, m, associated with the components; and instructions to generate authentication data comprising at least the signature for transmitting to an authentication server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Pierre Louis Robert Belgarric, Thalia May Laing, Christopher Ian Dalton, Joshua Serratelli Schiffman, Jefferson Patrick Ward, Stephen Daniel Panshin
  • Patent number: 11873710
    Abstract: The accuracy of directional surveys may be improved using accelerometers, magnetometers, or both. A control system containing accelerometers is configured specifically to correct errors in bias and gain of each accelerometer by requiring the measured field strengths to be as constant as possible over several tool face angles over multiple points in a wellbore, even when all measurements are within a tangent or lateral section of a wellbore. Corrections for the bias and gain errors determined based on one or more measurements from the accelerometers are applied to measurements at other survey points to improve the accuracy of surveys and the efficiency of drilling operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Daniel Lloyd
  • Publication number: 20240006243
    Abstract: A semiconductor substrate comprising a first epitaxial silicon carbide layer and a second silicon carbide epitaxial layer. At least one semiconductor device is formed in or on the second silicon carbide epitaxial layer. The semiconductor substrate is formed overlying a silicon carbide substrate having a surface comprising silicon carbide and carbon. An exfoliation process is used to remove the semiconductor substrate from the silicon carbide substrate. The carbon on the surface of the silicon carbide substrate supports separation. A portion of the silicon carbide substrate on the semiconductor substrate is removed after the exfoliation process. The surface of the silicon carbide substrate is prepared for reuse in subsequent formation of semiconductor substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: ThinSiC Inc.
    Inventors: Tirunelveli Subramaniam Ravi, Stephen Daniel Miller, Jeffrey Scott Pietkiewicz, Kelly Marie Moyers
  • Patent number: 11823691
    Abstract: An encoder operable to filter audio signals into a plurality of frequency band components, generate quantized digital components for each band, identify a potential for pre-echo events within the generated quantized digital components, generate an approximate signal by decoding the quantized digital components using inverse pulse code modulation, generate an error signal by comparing the approximate signal with the sampled audio signal, and process the error signal and quantized digital components. The encoder operable to process the error signal by processing delayed audio signals and Q band values, determining the potential for pre-echo events from the Q band values, and determining scale factors and MDCT block sizes for the potential for pre-echo events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: IMMERSION NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: James David Johnston, Stephen Daniel White, King Wei Hor, Barry M. Genova