Patents by Inventor Stephen Edwards

Stephen Edwards 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: 20250145821
    Abstract: An oxygen scavenging composition that includes a polyester-poly(alkylene oxide) glycol copolymer, preferably containing 55 wt. % to about 58 wt. % polytetramethylene ether glycol (PTMEG) with an optional number average molecular weight of between about 1,000 g/mol to about 650 g/mol and blended with a polyethylene terephthalate copolymer, comprising polyethylene terephthalate and a transition metal oxidation catalyst, including methods for manufacturing the oxygen scavenging composition and articles made therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventor: Stephen Edward Lehman, JR.
  • Publication number: 20250130032
    Abstract: A scanning probe for a coordinate positioning apparatus, such as a machine tool, is described that includes a probe body connected to a stylus holder by a strain-sensing structure. The strain-sensing structure has an inner portion connected to an outer portion by a plurality of bendable members. A proximal end of each bendable member is attached to the inner portion and a distal end of each bendable member being attached to the outer portion. The inner and outer portions are centred on a central axis and the plurality of bendable members include at least one strain-sensing element. The proximal and distal ends of each bendable member are located at different angles about the central axis. Such an arrangement enables both scanning and touch trigger measurements to be acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: RENISHAW PLC
    Inventors: Jamie John BUCKINGHAM, Mark James Andrew HOLMES, Stephen Edward LUMMES
  • Publication number: 20250109539
    Abstract: A method for a dry cycle calibration in a washing machine appliance. The method includes receiving an activation signal of a calibration cycle, performing, the calibration cycle in response to the activation signal. The calibration cycle including analyzing a cycle history of the washing machine appliance, measuring a first line voltage of an electrical supply line, monitoring a temperature via a temperature sensor of the washing machine appliance, measuring a load inertia and a second line voltage of the electrical supply line, and updating operational parameters in response to one or more of a line stiffness between the first line voltage and the second line voltage, the load inertia, and the temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Stannard Nathan Phelps, Stephen Edward Hettinger, Nicholas Dillon
  • Publication number: 20250109540
    Abstract: A method is for a fill cycle calibration in a washing machine appliance. The method includes receiving an activation signal of a calibration cycle, and performing the calibration cycle. The calibration cycle includes initializing a fill sequence of the washing machine appliance, determining a supply connection orientation of a hot water supply hose and a cold water supply hose, measuring a volume of water from a hot water supply valve before reaching a predetermined temperature threshold, measuring flow rates of water from the hot water supply valve and a cold water supply valve, and updating operational parameters of the washing machine appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Stannard Nathan Phelps, Stephen Edward Hettinger, Nicholas Dillon, Jeffrey Kellow, Rachel Jones
  • Publication number: 20250109541
    Abstract: A method is for a drain cycle calibration in a washing machine appliance. The method includes receiving an activation signal of a calibration cycle, and performing the calibration cycle in response to the activation signal. The calibration cycle includes initializing a drain sequence of the washing machine appliance, measuring a flow rate of water through a drain hose during the drain sequence, identifying siphoning pull through the drain hose, measuring a volume of water backflowing from the drain hose, and updating operational parameters of the washing machine appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Stannard Nathan Phelps, Stephen Edward Hettinger, Nicholas Dillon
  • Patent number: 12258435
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a soft, water blown, polyurethane foam product, or microcellular elastomer using a stable, liquid, tertiary amine and tin-free polyurethane catalyst. The catalyst contains a combination of bismuth and sodium carboxylates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: PATCHAM USA LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Edward Cavender, Rajeshkumar K. Patel, Nishith K. Patel
  • Publication number: 20250095477
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for a security and automation system are described. A security and automation device, for example, such as a control panel may be configured to support a continuous active mode for the security and automation system. The continuous active mode may be a mode in which the security and automation system is continuously providing various types of security and automation features, such as monitoring, sensing, communication, notification, among other examples. The continuous active mode may also support active switching between multiple states (e.g., an ‘armed away’ state, an ‘armed stay’ state, and a ‘standby’ state) of the security and automation systems. Thus, irrespective of the different states the security and automation system may be continuously active (e.g., always ON).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Vivint, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Scott Farnsworth, Stephen Edward Boynton, Julie Manzi
  • Patent number: 12221735
    Abstract: A method for operating a laundry apparatus, the laundry apparatus including a tub and a detergent dispenser, the method including initiating a washing cycle of a washing load; supplying a first fill of heated water and a dose of detergent to the tub via the detergent dispenser; performing a first agitation phase of the washing cycle; determining that a two-phase heated water fill condition exists; supplying a second fill of heated water to the tub; and performing a second agitation phase of the washing cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Edward Hettinger, Ryan Ellis Leonard
  • Publication number: 20250037146
    Abstract: A method and a system for identifying authenticity of an electronic component is disclosed. The method may include obtaining chip data of an electronic component; extracting feature information of the chip data for reducing noise of the chip data; providing the feature information of the chip data to a trained deep learning model; and providing a user with an authenticity indication for the electronic component based on an output of the deep learning model. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Yunghsiao CHUNG, Feng YU, Stephen Edward SADDOW, Junjie XIONG
  • Publication number: 20250037944
    Abstract: An energy storage system and energy storage module for providing electrical energy to a generator start energy system or other electrically driven system. One or more ultracapacitors are included within the energy storage module for storing and providing electrical charge via a two-post electrical connection of the energy storage module. A mountable housing of the energy storage module provides a variety of mounting orientations within a compartment of the generator start energy system or other electrically driven system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Jeremy Winston Wilks, John Raymond Curran, Brian Christopher Gumino, Stephen Edward Fischer, Mason Patrick Kelley, Peter Mark Bocek, Justin Marshall Block
  • Publication number: 20250028812
    Abstract: A method and a system for identifying authenticity of an electronic component is disclosed. The method may include obtaining chip data of an electronic component: extracting feature information of the chip data for reducing noise of the chip data: providing the feature information of the chip data to a trained deep learning model; and providing a user with an authenticity indication for the electronic component based on an output of the deep learning model. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Yunghsiao CHUNG, Feng YU, Stephen Edward SADDOW, Junjie XIONG
  • Publication number: 20250022398
    Abstract: There is provided a display screen configurable via optical signals to display an image. The display screen is formed of an optical waveguide having a display surface and supporting a plurality of pixels for displaying the image on the display surface of the optical waveguide. The optical waveguide is arranged to guide a multiplexed signal in optical form to a plurality of pixel controllers, each coupled to at least one of the pixels and configured to demultiplex the multiplexed signal and thereby extract a component signal associated with the at least one pixel for controlling it to render an element of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: David Anthony SWEENEY, Stephen Edward HODGES, Nicholas Yen-Cherng CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250012807
    Abstract: The invention is in the field of TNF signalling. Compounds have been identified which are capable of modulating signalling of TNF trimers through receptors. Methods of identifying such compounds are therefore provided. The compounds themselves have utility in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: James Philip O'CONNELL, John Robert PORTER, Alastair LAWSON, Boris KROEPLIEN, Stephen Edward RAPECKI, Timothy John NORMAN, David James MCMILLAN, Graham John WARRELLOW, Daniel Christopher BROOKINGS, Rikki Peter ALEXANDER
  • Patent number: 12190708
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for a security and automation system are described. A security and automation device, for example, such as a control panel may be configured to support a continuous active mode for the security and automation system. The continuous active mode may be a mode in which the security and automation system is continuously providing various types of security and automation features, such as monitoring, sensing, communication, notification, among other examples. The continuous active mode may also support active switching between multiple states (e.g., an ‘armed away’ state, an ‘armed stay’ state, and a ‘standby’ state) of the security and automation systems. Thus, irrespective of the different states the security and automation system may be continuously active (e.g., always ON).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Inventors: Anthony Scott Farnsworth, Stephen Edward Boynton, Julie Manzi
  • Patent number: 12178760
    Abstract: A modular patient positioning system includes: a first pegboard having a first pegboard hole; a second pegboard rotatably coupled to the first pegboard and having a second pegboard hole, the first pegboard and second pegboard lying along a common plane in a first configuration and the first pegboard and second pegboard lying along different planes in a second configuration. A first body portion and a second body portion of a patient's body may be positioned and supported in different planes by having the first pegboard support the first body portion and the second pegboard support the second body portion; and a leg positioner including a mounting structure for mounting the leg positioner on the second pegboard and positioning a leg in a predetermined position relative to the second pegboard. The mounting structure of the leg positioner allows for adjusting axial rotation, abduction/adduction, elevation/depression, and/or flexion/extension of the leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: White Surgical Incorporated
    Inventor: Stephen Edward White
  • Patent number: 12177969
    Abstract: The description relates to electronic prototyping platforms. One example can include an electrically insulative substrate having generally opposing first and second major surfaces and that includes an orientation feature that is visible on both of the first and second major surfaces. The example can include a first mounting hole through the substrate that is bordered by a first electrical conductor associated with data transmission. The example can also include a second mounting hole through the substrate that is bordered by a second electrical conductor associated with electrical ground, and a third mounting hole through the substrate that is bordered by a third electrical conductor associated with electrical power. The example can also include an edge connector tab defined by the substrate and having three exposed electrically conductive contacts that are coupled to the data electrical conductor, the ground electrical conductor, and the power electrical conductor and insulated from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Edward Hodges, Michal J. Moskal, Gabriele D'Amone, James Alexander Devine, Thomas Jaudon Ball, Jonathan Paul De Halleux
  • Publication number: 20240408141
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and compositions for treating a coagulopathy in a subject. Such methods can include administering to the subject in need thereof, for example because they have been administered an anticoagulant agent, an effective amount of a composition including platelets, or in illustrative embodiments platelet derivatives, and in further illustrative embodiments freeze-dried platelet derivatives (FDPDs). Various properties of exemplary embodiments of such methods and platelet derivatives used therein, as well as numerous additional aspects and embodiments are provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Cellphire, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Andrew MOSKOWITZ, Braden Carl ISHLER, William Matthew DICKERSON, Narendra Nath TANDON, Amber Nicole LEE, Stephen Edward AMOS, Rafael JORDA, Michael Alexander MATHEWS
  • Patent number: 12162840
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of herbicidal substituted phenyl-pyridazinediones and substituted phenyl-pyridazinone derivatives of formula (I), in combination with herbicidal pyrrolidinone derivatives of the formula (II) to control undesirable plant growth, in controlling weeds, including broad-leaved and/or narrow-leaved, monocotyledonous and/or dicotyledonous weeds, in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Kenneth Bruce Ling, Christopher John Mathews, Stephen Edward Shanahan
  • Publication number: 20240388021
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems may comprise a system for leveraging a strain relief connector in a board connector or providing electrical power to a printed circuit board (PCB) retained in the board connector. A surface of the PCB is formed with a contact pad and a via is connected to the contact pad. The PCB is positioned in a first slot in the board connector and an electrically conductive bracket is positioned in a second slot in a strain relief connector. A bolt is advanced in a threaded passage to secure the PCB and the electrically conductive bracket in the board connector, wherein the electrically conductive bracket, the bolt and the contact pad form an electrical path from the electrical connector to the via in the PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: JASON PRITCHARD, STEPHEN EDWARD STRICKLAND, DANIEL ALVARADO
  • Publication number: 20240377868
    Abstract: A power delivery system, including: a computing module having: a top surface including a first contact pad; a rail system including a first rail, wherein the first rail includes: a first end opposite to a second end; a first slot extending between the first end and the second end of the first rail, the first slot including a first surface positioned opposite to a second surface, the first surface of the first rail including a first contact finger; wherein, when the computing module is coupled to the rail system: the top surface of the computing module contacts the first surface of the first slot such that the first contact pad of the computing module contacts the first contact finger of the first rail to transfer power from a first power cable through the first contact finger to the first contact pad of the computing module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: JASON CHARLES PRITCHARD, STEPHEN EDWARD STRICKLAND, DANIEL ALVARADO