Patents by Inventor Stephen GREENWOOD
Stephen GREENWOOD 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).
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Patent number: 11966370Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for implementing a multi-service file system for a hosted computing instance via a locally-addressable secure compute layer. Software within the instance can submit file operations to the secure compute layer, which the secure compute layer can translate into calls to one or more network-accessible storage services. To provide a multi-service file system, the secure compute layer can obtain mapping data mapping file system objects within the virtualized file system to different network-accessible storage services. On receiving a file operation, the secure compute layer can determine one or more network-accessible storage services corresponding to the file operation, and submit appropriate calls to the one or more network-accessible storage services.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Magee Greenwood, Marc Stephen Olson, Jacob Wires, Andrew Kent Warfield
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Patent number: 11714483Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing VR/MR experiences to users in water through a headset and at least one special-effects device. During a VR/MR experience, a controller may send commands to a special-effects device at particular times to cause the special-effects device to create effects in synchronism with the visual portion of the VR/MR experience. A headset application that provides the visual portion of the VR/MR experience may communicate with the controller before the experience begins to establish the identity of the experience and the start time. The VR/MR experience may be selected by reading a storage medium (e.g., a near-field communication (NFC) card) that identifies the experience and/or the controller. Some information on the storage medium may be included in a metadata file transferred to the application. The application may send information read from the storage medium to the controller via an over-the-air network.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Ballast Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ananda Shah, Alkis Roufas, Stephen Greenwood, Jim Mayfield, Kyle Mayfield, Hannah De Bie, Keenan Mayfield
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Publication number: 20220409967Abstract: Various embodiments of a two-piece golf shaft are provided, which include a hollow upper section, a hollow or solid lower section formed from an injection-molded chopped carbon fiber/thermoplastic material, and a coupling insert configured to join the lower section to the upper section (and, optionally, to the golf club head as well).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Tod Boretto, Stephen Greenwood, Zane Nuttall, Alex Wojtysiak
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Publication number: 20220143476Abstract: Disclosed herein are internally fluted shafts for sporting goods such as archery arrows, crossbow bolts, and golf clubs, as well as methods of manufacturing shafts with fluted internal diameters or bracing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Stephen Greenwood, Tod Boretto
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Publication number: 20220083128Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing VR/MR experiences to users in water through a headset and at least one special-effects device. During a VR/MR experience, a controller may send commands to a special-effects device at particular times to cause the special-effects device to create effects in synchronism with the visual portion of the VR/MR experience. A headset application that provides the visual portion of the VR/MR experience may communicate with the controller before the experience begins to establish the identity of the experience and the start time. The VR/MR experience may be selected by reading a storage medium (e.g., a near-field communication (NFC) card) that identifies the experience and/or the controller. Some information on the storage medium may be included in a metadata file transferred to the application. The application may send information read from the storage medium to the controller via an over-the-air network.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Ballast Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ananda SHAH, Alkis ROUFAS, Stephen GREENWOOD, Jim MAYFIELD, Kyle MAYFIELD, Hannah DE BIE, Keenan MAYFIELD
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Patent number: 11262583Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems for providing virtual reality or mixed reality experiences to riders of a waterslide. In some embodiments, the system comprises a plurality of beacons or markers disposed along the waterslide, and a waterproof virtual reality (VR) headset for presenting virtual reality or mixed reality content to a person wearing the waterproof VR headset and riding the waterslide, wherein each of the plurality of beacons or markers is configured to be detectable to facilitate coordinated presentation of the virtual reality or mixed reality content to the person wearing the waterproof VR headset and riding the waterslide based at least in part on a location of the person along the waterslide.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Ballast Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Greenwood, Ananda Shah, Alkis Roufas, Allan Evans
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Patent number: 11179899Abstract: The present invention is a lightweight archery arrow having an arrow shaft with internal bracing, an arrow tip, and a nock. The arrow shaft with internal bracing is a cylindrical tube having a plurality of ribs formed along the length of the cylindrical tube. The ribs increase the bending stiffness of the cylindrical tube without adding additional thickness and weight. Due to the increased bending stiffness of the cylindrical tube provided by the ribs the wall thickness of the cylindrical tube may be reduced while still maintaining the bending stiffness comparable to that of an arrow shaft having a thicker wall. The decrease in wall thickness and the reduction of material reduces the weight of the arrow shaft providing an arrow shaft with an exterior diameter and bending stiffness comparable to that of a standard arrow shaft, but being lighter in weight.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: MCA GOLF, INC.Inventor: Stephen Greenwood
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Publication number: 20210252352Abstract: Disclosed herein are composite shafts for sporting goods, such as archery arrows, golf clubs, and rifles, which include a reinforcing layer to improve the performance of the sporting goods.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Stephen Greenwood, Tod Boretto
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Patent number: 10907942Abstract: Reinforcement is used in the manufacture of shafts having multiple layers with multiple types of material in various combinations for the arrows, crossbow bolts, and sporting goods of the present invention. The reinforced shaft is a cylindrical tube made of a base material with a reinforcing layer applied to the cylindrical tube. In one embodiment, the reinforced shaft is a carbon fiber blank with a steel mesh used as the reinforcing layer. The reinforcing layer applied over the carbon fiber blank increases the overall strength of the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Aldila Golf CorporationInventor: Stephen Greenwood
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Publication number: 20210003844Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems for providing virtual reality or mixed reality experiences to riders of a waterslide. In some embodiments, the system comprises a plurality of beacons or markers disposed along the waterslide, and a waterproof virtual reality (VR) headset for presenting virtual reality or mixed reality content to a person wearing the waterproof VR headset and riding the waterslide, wherein each of the plurality of beacons or markers is configured to be detectable to facilitate coordinated presentation of the virtual reality or mixed reality content to the person wearing the waterproof VR headset and riding the waterslide based at least in part on a location of the person along the waterslide.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: Ballast Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Stephen GREENWOOD, Ananda SHAH, Alkis ROUFAS, Allan EVANS
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Patent number: 10782525Abstract: The present invention is directed to devices, systems and methods for coordinating water-related experiences with virtual reality content. In one aspect of the present invention, a method of providing a virtual reality experience to a rider moving along the surface of water is provided. The method includes the following steps: providing a headset to the rider, wherein the headset is placed over the rider's eyes; providing a surface of water along which the rider can travel; collecting data on the rider's acceleration, velocity or orientation through interaction of the headset with signals generated next to the surface of the water along which the rider travels; using the data to calculate one or more values that are used to coordinate virtual reality content with the rider's position along the water surface; presenting the virtual reality content to the rider through the headset, thereby providing a virtual reality experience to the rider.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Ballast Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Greenwood, Ananda Shah, Alkis Roufas, Allan Evans
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Publication number: 20200223159Abstract: The present invention is a lightweight archery arrow having an arrow shaft with internal bracing, an arrow tip, and a nock. The arrow shaft with internal bracing is a cylindrical tube having a plurality of ribs formed along the length of the cylindrical tube. The ribs increase the bending stiffness of the cylindrical tube without adding additional thickness and weight. Due to the increased bending stiffness of the cylindrical tube provided by the ribs the wall thickness of the cylindrical tube may be reduced while still maintaining the bending stiffness comparable to that of an arrow shaft having a thicker wall. The decrease in wall thickness and the reduction of material reduces the weight of the arrow shaft providing an arrow shaft with an exterior diameter and bending stiffness comparable to that of a standard arrow shaft, but being lighter in weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventor: Stephen Greenwood
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Patent number: 10596770Abstract: The present invention is a lightweight archery arrow having an arrow shaft with internal bracing, an arrow tip, and a nock. The arrow shaft with internal bracing is a cylindrical tube having a plurality of ribs formed along the length of the cylindrical tube. The ribs increase the bending stiffness of the cylindrical tube without adding additional thickness and weight. Due to the increased bending stiffness of the cylindrical tube provided by the ribs the wall thickness of the cylindrical tube may be reduced while still maintaining the bending stiffness comparable to that of an arrow shaft having a thicker wall. The decrease in wall thickness and the reduction of material reduces the weight of the arrow shaft providing an arrow shaft with an exterior diameter and bending stiffness comparable to that of a standard arrow shaft, but being lighter in weight.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Aldila Golf CorporationInventor: Stephen Greenwood
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Publication number: 20190094540Abstract: The present invention is directed to devices, systems and methods for coordinating water-related experiences with virtual reality content. In one aspect of the present invention, a method of providing a virtual reality experience to a rider moving along the surface of water is provided. The method includes the following steps: providing a headset to the rider, wherein the headset is placed over the rider's eyes; providing a surface of water along which the rider can travel; collecting data on the rider's acceleration, velocity or orientation through interaction of the headset with signals generated next to the surface of the water along which the rider travels; using the data to calculate one or more values that are used to coordinate virtual reality content with the rider's position along the water surface; presenting the virtual reality content to the rider through the headset, thereby providing a virtual reality experience to the rider.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Stephen Greenwood, Ananda Shah, Alkis Roufas
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Publication number: 20180003471Abstract: The present invention is a lightweight archery arrow having an arrow shaft with internal bracing, an arrow tip, and a nock. The arrow shaft with internal bracing is a cylindrical tube having a plurality of ribs formed along the length of the cylindrical tube. The ribs increase the bending stiffness of the cylindrical tube without adding additional thickness and weight. Due to the increased bending stiffness of the cylindrical tube provided by the ribs the wall thickness of the cylindrical tube may be reduced while still maintaining the bending stiffness comparable to that of an arrow shaft having a thicker wall. The decrease in wall thickness and the reduction of material reduces the weight of the arrow shaft providing an arrow shaft with an exterior diameter and bending stiffness comparable to that of a standard arrow shaft, but being lighter in weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventor: Stephen Greenwood
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Publication number: 20180003470Abstract: Reinforcement is used in the manufacture of shafts having multiple layers with multiple types of material in various combinations for the arrows, crossbow bolts, and sporting goods of the present invention. The reinforced shaft is a cylindrical tube made of a base material with a reinforcing layer applied to the cylindrical tube. In one embodiment, the reinforced shaft is a carbon fiber blank with a steel mesh used as the reinforcing layer. The reinforcing layer applied over the carbon fiber blank increases the overall strength of the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventor: Stephen Greenwood
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Publication number: 20170299353Abstract: The Adjustable Archery Arrow Insert is a three-piece arrow tip attached to an arrow shaft and includes an arrow tip insert, an arrow tip collar, and an arrow tip. The arrow tip insert is threadably received by the arrow tip collar and is attached to the arrow shaft, where the arrow tip is inserted within, and the arrow tip collar overlaps, the arrow shaft. The arrow by is inserted through the arrow tip collar and attached directly to the arrow tip insert without protruding into the arrow shaft. Sections of the arrow tip insert may be removed to adjust the overall weight of the arrow. The Adjustable Archery Arrow Insert transfers the impact forces of the arrow tip to the arrow tip insert and arrow tip collar, where the forces are transferred over a larger area thereby minimizing the forces on front edge of the arrow shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventor: Stephen Greenwood
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Patent number: 9772169Abstract: The Adjustable Archery Arrow Insert is a three-piece arrow tip attached to an arrow shaft and includes an arrow tip insert, an arrow tip collar, and an arrow tip. The arrow tip insert is threadably received by the arrow tip collar and is attached to the arrow shaft, where the arrow tip is inserted within, and the arrow tip collar overlaps, the arrow shaft. The arrow tip is inserted through the arrow tip collar and attached directly to the arrow tip insert without protruding into the arrow shaft. Sections of the arrow tip insert may be removed to adjust the overall weight of the arrow. The Adjustable Archery Arrow Insert transfers the impact forces of the arrow tip to the arrow tip insert and arrow tip collar, where the forces are transferred over a larger area thereby minimizing the forces on front edge of the arrow shaft.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2016Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Aldila Golf CorporationInventor: Stephen Greenwood
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Patent number: D840489Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Aldila Golf CorporationInventor: Stephen Greenwood
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Patent number: D841108Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Aldila Golf CorporationInventor: Stephen Greenwood