Patents by Inventor Stephen Klein

Stephen Klein 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: 20220104661
    Abstract: One variation of a food production station includes: a manual assembly zone; an autonomous assembly zone; and a controller. The manual assembly zone includes: a prep surface; and a receptacle configured to receive a sequence of food hoppers configured to store ingredients for manual preparation of food products on the prep surface. The autonomous assembly zone includes: a sequence of module housings supporting the prep surface and configured to house a sequence of food dispensing modules configured to dispense ingredients into food containers; and a conveyor located within the sequence of module housings and configured to transfer food containers along the sequence of food dispensing modules for dispensation of ingredients into food containers. The controller is configured to: receive food orders; and coordinate motion of the conveyor and trigger the sequence of food dispensing modules to dispense ingredients into food containers to assemble food products according to food orders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Derek Pietz, Abram Simon, Stephen Klein, Daniel Fukuba
  • Publication number: 20210394931
    Abstract: A track filler may include an elongated body. The body may include a first sidewall having a first top end and a first bottom end, and formed along a first side of the body, a second sidewall having a second top end and a second bottom end, and formed along a second side of the body, opposite the first sidewall, and a topwall joining the first top end and the second top end. The body may form at least a partially hollow interior portion, and may also include a plurality of periodic notches along the first bottom end of the first sidewall and the second bottom end of the second sidewall and extending toward the first top end and the second top end, respectively. The body may also include a plurality of periodic grooves extending partially through the topwall, wherein each of the grooves extend from a notch at the first top end to a corresponding notch at the second top end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Isaac Anthony Chavira, Michael Alexander Szoke, Dana Stephen Klein
  • Publication number: 20210102012
    Abstract: The present invention provides certain polymeric materials, precursors thereof as well as the preparation and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Dong-Chul Pyun, Robert A. Norwood, Roland Himmelhuber, Tristan Stephen Kleine, Liliana Ruiz Diaz, Laura E. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20200246768
    Abstract: One variation of a method for blending food products includes: receiving a cup containing food products; locating a lip of the cup on a lower seat of a cup plate; rotating a blend plate about a pivot axis from a blend position to a closed position to locate an upper seat of the blend plate against the lip of the cup; driving the cup plate, about the pivot axis, toward the blend position; driving the blend plate against the cup plate to seal the upper seat against the lip of the cup; activating a blender blade of the blend plate to blend food products in the cup; driving the cup plate against the blend plate to seal the upper seat against the lip of the cup; driving the blend plate toward the closed position; rotating the blend plate toward the blend position; and delivering the cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen Klein, Daniel Fukuba, Robert Moon
  • Publication number: 20200238806
    Abstract: A disclosed system provides protection to a window or windshield and includes a high-strength, high-toughness, transparent covering material, and attachment members. The covering material may be removably secured over the window or windshield via the attachment members. The covering material includes a handle, attached to covering material, which is configured to transmit an applied force from the handle to the covering material. The covering material is configured to bend or break in response to a force applied to the handle. A barrier material having a raised profile extending from a surface of the covering material is also provided. The barrier material is configured to divert liquid, incident on the covering material, to edges of the covering material. An embodiment covering material includes a polycarbonate material having a thickness of between 1 mm and 6 mm. The covering material includes coating materials that provide scratch resistance and protection from ultra-violet radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventor: Stephen Klein
  • Publication number: 20200154949
    Abstract: A modular system for autonomous food assembly includes: a skid operable in a first configuration configured to transiently install on a vehicle and in a second configuration configured to transiently install in a kiosk; a set of food dispensing modules configured to transiently install on the skid and store and dispense food based on food orders; and a fixed infrastructure configured to distribute power from a first power source in the truck to the set of food dispensing modules in the first configuration, from a second power source in the fixed kiosk to the set of food dispensing modules in the second configuration, and to the set of food dispensing modules; a controller installed on the skid and configured to receive food orders and control the set of food dispensing modules to dispense food orders from the truck in the first configuration and from the kiosk in the second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen Klein, Daniel Fukuba, Eric Vicenti
  • Patent number: 9420682
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus, such as a lighting fixture, includes a substrate, an electronic device such as a chip-on-board light emitting diode and a thermal interface located between the substrate and the electronic device. The thermal interface includes at least two distinct materials, including a dielectric material and a thermally conductive material. The dielectric material includes a cutout into which the thermally conductive material is located. The dielectric material can completely surround the perimeter of the electronic device or can be located proximate portions of the electronic device that are prone to arcing in order to protect the substrate from arcing. The electronic apparatus operates at a reduced temperature as compared to an electronic apparatus that does not include the thermal interface. Methods for making an electronic apparatus having a thermal interface with a discrete dielectric material and thermally conductive material are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventor: Stephen Klein
  • Publication number: 20140240929
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus, such as a lighting fixture, includes a substrate, an electronic device such as a chip-on-board light emitting diode and a thermal interface located between the substrate and the electronic device. The thermal interface includes at least two distinct materials, including a dielectric material and a thermally conductive material. The dielectric material includes a cutout into which the thermally conductive material is located. The dielectric material can completely surround the perimeter of the electronic device or can be located proximate portions of the electronic device that are prone to arcing in order to protect the substrate from arcing. The electronic apparatus operates at a reduced temperature as compared to an electronic apparatus that does not include the thermal interface. Methods for making an electronic apparatus having a thermal interface with a discrete dielectric material and thermally conductive material are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventor: Stephen Klein
  • Patent number: 7163908
    Abstract: The present invention relates to supported catalysts based on Re2O7/(—Al2O3 for use in the preparation of cycloalkadienes in a metathesis reaction, a process for preparing cycloalkadienes in the presence of these supported catalysts and also the use of the resulting cycloalkadienes for preparing fragrances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Symrise GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ingo Wöhrle, Peter Esser, Aurélia Reckziegel, Matthias Brandt, Stephen Klein, Thomas Turek
  • Publication number: 20070011270
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for an automated agent to initiate a conversation with a user and alter the conversation based upon various parameters and/or user information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Stephen Klein, Gray Norton, James Pawlika, Jennifer Villany, Adam Erlebacher
  • Publication number: 20060282530
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to receive requests for support from an automated support system for a plurality of topics for at least one service, track the support requests for at least two of the plurality of topics, and determine trends in the tracked support requests to generate alarms. In one embodiment, the automated support system includes an automated agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Stephen Klein, Adam Erlebacher
  • Publication number: 20060191957
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for enabling power-efficient and safe use of a portable electronic apparatus such as a glue gun. The tool is designed so as to allow for cordless operation, and the sizing, shape and composition of the heater and the motion sensing, temperature sensing and timing circuitry that are incorporated into the device maximize the amount of heat output to thereby minimize the energy required for powering the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Applicant: Hyperion Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Grigore Axinte, Russell Borgmann, John Lu, Stephen Klein, Amanda Wu
  • Publication number: 20060136298
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to a method of providing at least one of an advertisement and a link to an advertisement to a user logged in to an instant messaging network. The method includes the steps of logging a message processor into the instant messaging network under a first screen-name by providing a message processor name and a message processor authentication, the user having the first screen-name as an authorized partner and being advised by the instant messaging network of the presence of the message processor. The method also includes the steps of receiving a communication addressed to the first screen-name from the user via the instant messaging network in an instant messaging protocol, and sending at least one of an advertisement and a link to an advertisement received from the advertisement server to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Stephen Klein, Patrick Guiney, Timothy Kay
  • Publication number: 20050213743
    Abstract: A conversational agent receives a textual user message and escalates the user to a live agent if predetermined criteria are met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Francois Huet, Damien Macary, Gray Norton, Stephen Klein, Timothy Kay
  • Publication number: 20030088455
    Abstract: A web-based, interactive method and system for simultaneously: (a) advertising and increasing awareness of charitable, nonprofit, philanthropic, political or other fundraising organizations (ORG), (b) advertising corporate or other sponsors (Sponsors), and (c) raising donations for the ORGs is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises providing the participant an opportunity to take a quiz on a website in exchange for a Sponsor making a donation to an ORG, the quiz having one or more questions, taking the quiz by answering the questions, the participant selecting an answer from two or more provided answers, if the selected answer is correct, then awarding one or more points. The method further comprises asking questions about the ORG's mission and activity. The method further comprises asking questions about the Sponsor's business or activities. The method further comprises receiving the contact information of the participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Harry E. Gruber, Stephen Klein, Ephraim Feig
  • Patent number: 6021470
    Abstract: A method for selectively caching data in a computer network. Initially, data objects which are anticipated as being accessed only once or seldomly accessed are designated as being exempt from being cached. When a read request is generated, the cache controller reads the requested data object from the cache memory if it currently resides in the cache memory. However, if the requested data object cannot be found in the cache memory, it is read from a mass storage device. Thereupon, the cache controller determines whether the requested data object is to be cached or is exempt from being cached. If the data object is exempt from being cached, it is loaded directly into a local memory and is not stored in the cache. This provides improved cache utilization because only objects that are used multiple times are entered in the cache. Furthermore, processing overhead is minimized by reducing unnecessary cache insertion and purging operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Oracle Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Frank, Gopalan Arun, Richard Anderson, Rabah Mediouni, Stephen Klein
  • Patent number: 5996088
    Abstract: A method for performing a checkpointing operation in a client/server computer system for safeguarding data in case of a failure. The records of a database are stored in a mass storage device, such as a hard disk drive array. A separate disk drive is dedicated for use only in conjunction with checkpointing. Periodically, when a checkpoint process is initiated, the server writes a number of its modified records to checkpoint files which are stored by the dedicated checkpoint disk drive. The write operation is performed through one or more sequential I/O operations. Thus, the modified records are stored in consecutive sectors of the hard disk drive. If the server becomes disabled, the data can be recovered by reading the contents of the most recent checkpoint files and loading the contents sequentially back to the server's main memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Oracle Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Frank, Gopalan Arun, Richard Anderson, Stephen Klein
  • Patent number: 5924625
    Abstract: A box for packaging products configured to enable the contents of the box to be removed and inspected by a customer without excessive wear and tear on the box and also to enable the display of the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: J. D'Addario & Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Klein, James D'Addario
  • Patent number: D583639
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Hyperion Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Grigore Axinte, Russell Borgmann, Stephen Klein, Billy Liu, Amanda Wu
  • Patent number: D411061
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: BSFF Acquisition, LLC
    Inventor: Richard Stephen Klein