Patents by Inventor Stephen Jones

Stephen Jones 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).

  • Copolyesterimides derived from N,N?-bis-(hydroxyalkyl)-benzophenone-3,3?,4,4?-tetracarboxylic diimide and films made therefrom
    Patent number: 9840590
    Abstract: A semi-crystalline biaxially oriented film comprising a copolyester which comprises repeating units derived from an aliphatic glycol, an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, and the monomer of formula (I): (I) wherein n=2, 3 or 4, Z is C?O, and wherein comonomer (I) constitutes a proportion of the glycol fraction of the copolyester and is present in an amount of at least about 4 mol % of the glycol fraction of the copolyester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: DUPONT TEIJIN FILMS U.S. LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Stephen William Sankey, David Turner, Howard Colquhoun, Stephen Jones
  • INDUCTIVE COUPLING
    Publication number: 20170350197
    Abstract: An inductive coupler includes a first transceiver electrically coupled to a first coil through a first tuning circuit. The inductive coupler may also include a second transceiver electrically coupled to a second coil through a second tuning circuit, where the second coil is positioned substantially concentric with the first coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Junichi SUGIURA, Stephen JONES
  • Stroller and accessory device for same having integrated mounts for an infant car seat
    Patent number: 9821831
    Abstract: An accessory device (20) for a stroller has a body (42) with a central portion (44) between opposed free ends (46) of the body and has an infant car seat mount (120) carried on the body (42) near at least one of the free ends of the body (42). The accessory device (20) is configured to at least partially widthwise traverse a frame assembly of a stroller (10) when installed on the frame assembly. The accessory device (20) is selectively removable from and attachable to the frame assembly, whereby the infant car seat mount (120) is also removable from and attachable relative to the frame assembly in concert with the accessory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Nick Reaves, Jessica Tebbe, Stephen Jones, Craig Cochran, Jeff Juskowich, Maureen Carroll, Ellen Brown
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCREW ON TAMPER EVIDENT CLOSURES
    Publication number: 20170320637
    Abstract: A method for securing a tamper evident closure to a container includes providing a prethreaded closure that is defined by a top portion and a skirt portion that extends from the top portion. The skirt portion defines an inner closure thread surface and an opposed outer closure thread surface of at least one closure thread. The skirt portion also includes a tamper evident band. The prethreaded closure is rotated to engage the at least one closure thread with at least one container thread of a container. The inner closure thread surface contacts a surface of the at least one container thread. The tamper evident band of the prethreaded closure is rolled to secure the tamper evident band to the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen Jones, Brian Pincus
  • Systems and methods for tracking and providing workflow information
    Patent number: 9767425
    Abstract: A tangible computer-readable storage device storing computer-executable program instructions that generate a user interface for displaying workflow information associated with a tissue specimen in a pathology laboratory. The program instructions may be configured to perform a method including displaying a virtual laboratory component representing a physical pathology laboratory having one or more laboratory stations for processing the tissue specimen, wherein the tissue specimen is processed by the one or more laboratory stations according to a workflow, and displaying a specimen indicator that indicates a current specimen state based on a current relationship of the tissue specimen to the workflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Dako Denmark A/S
    Inventors: Laura Chirica, Mats Grahn, Stephen Jones
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOWNLINK COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20170254190
    Abstract: A method may include communicating a command into a wellbore from the surface. The method may include determining a command to be sent to a downhole tool, and translating the command into a message, the message including a sequence of codes. The method may include rotating the drill string substantially at the set point RPM for a predetermined duration and measuring the rotation rate of the drill string. The method may include identifying the received set point RPM and rotating the drill string consistent with a first code value of a first code of the message as encoded. The method may also include decoding the first code and rotating the drill string consistent with a second code value of a second code of the message as encoded. The method may also include decoding the second code, identifying the command from at least one of the decoded first and second code and executing the command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen JONES, Junichi SUGIURA
  • DRILLING ASSEMBLY HAVING A TILTED OR OFFSET DRIVESHAFT
    Publication number: 20170247947
    Abstract: A drilling assembly includes a straight housing in which a mud motor assembly is mounted. The mud motor includes a rotor that rotates within a stator. The rotor has an axial centerline substantially parallel with the housing. A drivetrain is coupled between the rotor and a driveshaft. The driveshaft is coupled to a drill head. The driveshaft has a centerline that is non-coincident with (i.e., offset or angled) the axial centerline. The angle between the driveshaft centerline and the axial centerline may be fixed or variable. The angle may be variable in response to an axial force, imparted to the rotor, that is transferred to the driveshaft through the drivetrain. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: John Keith Savage, Stephen Jones
  • DOWNHOLE TOOL FOR VERTICAL AND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
    Publication number: 20170198525
    Abstract: A downhole steering tool includes one or more steering blades selectively extendable from a housing. Each steering blade may be extended by fluid pressure within a steering cylinder. Each steering cylinder may be coupled to the interior of a mandrel positioned within the housing through an adjustable orifice. The adjustable orifice may be moved between an open and a partially open position. The adjustable orifice may be solenoid controlled or controlled by a ring valve. The adjustable orifice may generate one or more pressure pulses to transmit data to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Chad FEDDEMA, Stephen JONES, Junichi SUGIURA
  • COPOLYESTERIMIDES COMPRISING BIS(2-HYDROXYALKYL)-2,2'-(1,4-PHENYLENE)BIS(1,3-DIOXOISOINDOLINE-5-CARBOXYLATE) AND ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20170174831
    Abstract: A copolyester comprising repeating units derived from an aliphatic glycol, an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, and the monomer of formula (I): (Formula (I)) wherein n=2, 3 or 4, and wherein comonomer (I) constitutes a proportion of the glycol fraction of the copolyester; and a film, fibre or moulding composition or moulded article comprising said copolyester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: DUPONT TEIJIN FILMS U.S. LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: STEPHEN WILLIAM SANKEY, DAVID TURNER, HOWARD COLQUHOUN, STEPHEN JONES
  • Copolyesterimides derived from aromatic dicarboxylic acids and aliphatic glycols and films made therefrom
    Patent number: 9637588
    Abstract: A film comprising a copolyester wherein said copolyester comprises repeating units derived from an aliphatic glycol, an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, and a comonomer (M) selected from the group consisting of N,N?-bis-(2-hydroxyalkyl)-bicyclo-[2,2,2]-oct-7-ene-2,3,5,6-tetracarboxylic diimide (BODI) and 2-hydroxyalkyl-2-[p-(2-hydroxyethoxycarbonyl)phenyl]-1,3-dioxo-2H-isoindole-5-carboxylate (DOIC), wherein the number of carbon atoms is the 2-hydroxyalkyl group is 2, 3 or 4, and wherein comonomer (M) constitutes a proportion of the glycol fraction of the copolyester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Stephen William Sankey, David Turner, Howard Colquhoun, Stephen Jones
  • Technique for Computational Nested Parallelism
    Publication number: 20170083373
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for performing nested kernel execution within a parallel processing subsystem. The technique involves enabling a parent thread to launch a nested child grid on the parallel processing subsystem, and enabling the parent thread to perform a thread synchronization barrier on the child grid for proper execution semantics between the parent thread and the child grid. This technique advantageously enables the parallel processing subsystem to perform a richer set of programming constructs, such as conditionally executed and nested operations and externally defined library functions without the additional complexity of CPU involvement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen Jones, Philip Alexander Cuadra, Daniel Elliot Wexler, Ignacio Llamas, Lacky V. Shah, Jerome F. Duluk, Christopher Lamb
  • LUBRICANT COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING EPOXIDE COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20170029737
    Abstract: A lubricant composition including an epoxide compound is disclosed. An additive package including the epoxide compound is also disclosed. The epoxide compound of the lubricant composition acts to improve compatibility of the lubricant composition with a fluoropolymer seal and improve the total base number of the lubricant composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Kevin J. DeSantis, Michael D. Hoey, Alfred Karl Jung, Phil Rabbat, Stephen Jones
  • Parallel dynamic memory allocation using a lock-free FIFO
    Patent number: 9542227
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for dynamically allocating memory using one or more lock-free FIFOs. One or more lock-free FIFOs are populated with FIFO nodes, where each FIFO node represents a memory allocation of a predetermined size. Each particular lock-free FIFO includes memory allocations of a single size. Different lock-free FIFOs may include memory allocations for different sizes to service allocation requests for different size memory allocations. A lock-free mechanism is used to pop FIFO nodes from the FIFO. The use of the lock-free FIFO allows multiple consumers to simultaneously attempt to pop the head FIFO node without first obtaining a lock to ensure exclusive access of the FIFO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Jones, Xiaohuang Huang
  • Pneumatic pavement joint cleaning system
    Publication number: 20160356008
    Abstract: A pneumatic cleaning system for pavement joints controlled and driven by a motor. A wheeled housing carries a nozzle system where a stream of pressurized or forced air is directed through rotating nozzles to clean the joint surfaces. The RPM of the motor are selectively controlled by actuation of a throttle by the operator, and allows the operator to selectively control the rate of rotation of the nozzles are required by the state of the surface to be cleaned. A vacuum is further positioned to remove the debris dislodged by the pneumatic system. A brush or skirt component further loosens debris for removal and contains the debris within the cleaning area for controlled removal by vacuum suction. A frame may be operably connected to the cleaning base allowing the operator to stand/walk within the frame when moving the cleaning base and where the frame is a support for at least a vacuum hose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventor: Stephen Jones
  • Technique for computational nested parallelism
    Patent number: 9513975
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for performing nested kernel execution within a parallel processing subsystem. The technique involves enabling a parent thread to launch a nested child grid on the parallel processing subsystem, and enabling the parent thread to perform a thread synchronization barrier on the child grid for proper execution semantics between the parent thread and the child grid. This technique advantageously enables the parallel processing subsystem to perform a richer set of programming constructs, such as conditionally executed and nested operations and externally defined library functions without the additional complexity of CPU involvement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Jones, Philip Alexander Cuadra, Daniel Elliot Wexler, Ignacio Llamas, Lacky V. Shah, Jerome F. Duluk, Jr., Christopher Lamb
  • Method and system for separate compilation of device code embedded in host code
    Patent number: 9483235
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a novel solution that supports the separate compilation of host code and device code used within a heterogeneous programming environment. Embodiments of the present invention are operable to link device code embedded within multiple host object files using a separate device linking operation. Embodiments of the present invention may extract device code from their respective host object files and then linked them together to form linked device code. This linked device code may then be embedded back into a host object generated by embodiments of the present invention which may then be passed to a host linker to form a host executable file. As such, device code may be split into multiple files and then linked together to form a final executable file by embodiments of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Murphy, Sean Y. Lee, Stephen Jones, Girish Bharambe, Jaydeep Marathe
  • COPOLYESTERIMIDES DERIVED FROM AROMATIC DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND ALIPHATIC GLYCOLS AND FILMS MADE THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20160251476
    Abstract: A film comprising a copolyester wherein said copolyester comprises repeating units derived from an aliphatic glycol, an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, and a comonomer (M) selected from the group consisting of N,N?-bis-(2-hydroxyalkyl)-bicyclo-[2,2,2]-oct-7-ene-2,3,5,6-tetracarboxylic diimide (BODI) and 2-hydroxyalkyl-2-[p-(2-hydroxyethoxycarbonyl)phenyl]-1,3-dioxo-2H-isoindole-5-carboxylate (DOIC), wherein the number of carbon atoms is the 2-hydroxyalkyl group is 2, 3 or 4, and wherein comonomer (M) constitutes a proportion of the glycol fraction of the copolyester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: Dupont Teijin Films U.S. Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Stephen William SANKEY, David TURNER, Howard COLQUHOUN, Stephen JONES
  • VEHICLE INTERIOR PANEL WITH ADJUSTABLE LOCATOR
    Publication number: 20160244000
    Abstract: A vehicle interior panel includes an adjustable locator. The adjustable locator is operable to move a panel body after the panel body is mounted to a vehicle body and enables alignment of an aesthetic feature line with a complimentary feature line of an adjacent vehicle interior panel. A post of the adjustable locator can engage a receiver of the vehicle body at a fixed location while a working surface of the adjustable locator exerts a force on a reaction surface of the panel body to move the panel body. The adjustable locator can include gear teeth, a cam surface, ratcheting features, an adjustment rotor, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Brenton Bailo, Michael Twork, Stephen Jones
  • Copolyesterimides derived from -bis-(hydroxyalkyl)-3,3?,4,4?-diphenylsulfonetetracarboxylic diimide and films made therefrom
    Patent number: 9422399
    Abstract: A copolyester comprising repeating units derived from an aliphatic glycol, an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, and the monomer of formula (I): (Formula (I)) wherein n=2, 3 or 4, Z is S(?O)2, and wherein comonomer (I) constitutes a proportion of the glycol fraction of the copolyester; and films, fibers, molding compositions or molded articles comprising said copolyester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: DUPONT TEIJIN FILMS U.S. LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Stephen William Sankey, David Turner, Howard Colquhoun, Stephen Jones
  • Parallel dynamic memory allocation using a lock-free pop-only FIFO
    Patent number: 9417881
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for dynamically allocating memory using one or more lock-free pop-only FIFOs. One or more lock-free FIFOs are populated with FIFO nodes, where each FIFO node represents a memory allocation of a predetermined size. Each particular lock-free FIFO includes memory allocations of a single size. Different lock-free FIFOs may include memory allocations for different sizes to service allocation requests for different size memory allocations. A lock-free mechanism is used to pop FIFO nodes from the FIFO. The use of the lock-free FIFO allows multiple consumers to simultaneously attempt to pop the head FIFO node without first obtaining a lock to ensure exclusive access of the FIFO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen Jones, Xiaohuang Huang