Patents by Inventor Stephen Lester
Stephen Lester 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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Publication number: 20230350773Abstract: A system including: a container that is arranged to enclose, at least in part, an object; a monitoring device that is disposed inside or on an exterior surface of the container and configured to monitor the object; a notification device that is coupled to the container, the notification device including: (1) an output unit that is arranged to provide a first indicator and a second indicator, (2) a memory that is configured to store a first threshold, and (3) a processing circuitry that is configured to: establish a connection with the monitoring device; receive a first parameter value from the monitoring device, the first parameter value corresponding to a parameter of the object that is monitored by the monitoring device; detect, based on the first parameter value, whether the parameter has crossed the first threshold; and turn on the first indicator when the first threshold is crossed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: Raytheon CompanyInventors: John A. Cogliandro, Jennifer L. Pueschner, Darcie R. Volk, Brian Gin, Emile Mark Szlemko, Oran Dale May, Stephen Lester Fecteau
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Patent number: 11669361Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for optimizing computer processing power in cloud computing systems. The method may include obtaining, by an interactive dynamic resizer application stored on non-volatile computer readable memory operatively connected to an administrator device, status information of a first server instance; accessing policy rule information for a first set of server instances associated with a first server; identifying a second server instance based on the status information and the policy rules information; automatically selecting the second server instance; generating resizing instructions based on the selected second server instance; and sending the resizing instructions to a cloud network.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Ai-Blockchain, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Lester Reed, Sanjiv Chandroo Hingorani
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Publication number: 20220370108Abstract: Systems, methods, and program products for providing and administering a digital asset network of cooperative nodes with rapid transaction settlements are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventor: Stephen Lester Reed
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Patent number: 11403605Abstract: Systems, methods, and program products for providing and administering a digital asset network of cooperative nodes with rapid transaction settlements are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: AI COIN INC.Inventor: Stephen Lester Reed
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Patent number: 11199494Abstract: An inspection system includes one or more processors and an infrared (IR) camera operably coupled to the one or more processors. The one or more processors control a microwave transmitter to sequentially emit microwaves having different frequencies within a designated frequency range into an object during a first sweep. The IR camera generates thermal image data of the object after the object is heated by each of the different frequencies of microwaves. The one or more processors analyze the thermal image data and determine a selected frequency within the designated frequency range that provides greater heating of the object than one or more other frequencies in the designated frequency range. The one or more processors also analyze select thermal image data of the object, responsive to heating of the object by the selected frequency of microwaves, to detect an element in the object.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Venkata Vijayaraghava Nalladega, Carl Stephen Lester, Michael Mahony
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Publication number: 20210249705Abstract: Described herein is a system for thermal management of a component, such as a battery for an electric vehicle. The system comprises an electrical component and one or more panels thermally coupled to the electrical component. Each panel comprises a plurality of passages for conveying a working fluid around the panel. The one or more panels are arranged to form a hermetically sealed system such that the working fluid is configured to communicate heat energy around the sealed system. The system further comprises a heat exchanger mechanism in thermal communication with at least one of the plurality of panels so as to communicate heat energy to and/or from the electrical component via the plurality of panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Stephen Lester, Hussam Jouhara
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Publication number: 20210096065Abstract: An inspection system includes one or more processors and an infrared (IR) camera operably coupled to the one or more processors. The one or more processors control a microwave transmitter to sequentially emit microwaves having different frequencies within a designated frequency range into an object during a first sweep. The IR camera generates thermal image data of the object after the object is heated by each of the different frequencies of microwaves. The one or more processors analyze the thermal image data and determine a selected frequency within the designated frequency range that provides greater heating of the object than one or more other frequencies in the designated frequency range. The one or more processors also analyze select thermal image data of the object, responsive to heating of the object by the selected frequency of microwaves, to detect an element in the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2019Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Venkata Vijayaraghava Nalladega, Carl Stephen Lester, Michael Mahony
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Patent number: 10579974Abstract: Systems, methods, and program products for providing and administering a digital asset network of cooperative nodes with rapid transaction settlements are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: AI Coin Inc.Inventor: Stephen Lester Reed
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Patent number: 10253990Abstract: A system comprises: at least one heat exchange panel (700) comprising: a main body (100) comprising a sealed cavity in which is provided a fluid in both liquid and gas phases and being configured to communicate heat energy by allowing evaporation of the liquid at one location and condensation of the liquid at a different location in the cavity; and at least a first heat exchanger part (130, 210a, 211a) including an inlet and an outlet for allowing the passing of fluid through the heat exchanger, the first heat exchanger part being thermally coupled to the heat spreading part so as to communicate heat energy between fluid flowing through the first heat exchanger part and the heat spreading part and thus the environment in which the heat spreading part is present.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2015Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Flint Engineering LTD.Inventor: Stephen Lester
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Patent number: 10222132Abstract: Apparatus comprises: a panel (100) having first and second main faces (101, 102); and a sealed system internal within the panel and comprising plural passages (103) each extending from a first manifold cavity (107) at a first end of the panel to a second manifold cavity (107) at a second end of the panel and containing a fluid in both gas and liquid states, wherein each of the passages includes one or more protruding features (122, 123, 124) on a side of the passages that is closer to the first main face.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2015Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Flint Engineering Ltd.Inventors: Stephen Lester, Hussam Jouhara
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Publication number: 20170146300Abstract: Apparatus comprises: a panel (100) having first and second main faces (101, 102); and a sealed system internal within the panel and comprising plural passages (103) each extending from a first manifold cavity (107) at a first end of the panel to a second manifold cavity (107) at a second end of the panel and containing a fluid in both gas and liquid states, wherein each of the passages includes one or more protruding features (122, 123, 124) on a side of the passages that is closer to the first main face.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Stephen LESTER, Hussam JOUHARA
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Publication number: 20170130969Abstract: A system comprises: at least one heat exchange panel (700) comprising: a main body (100) comprising a sealed cavity in which is provided a fluid in both liquid and gas phases and being configured to communicate heat energy by allowing evaporation of the liquid at one location and condensation of the liquid at a different location in the cavity; and at least a first heat exchanger part (130, 210a, 211a) including an inlet and an outlet for allowing the passing of fluid through the heat exchanger, the first heat exchanger part being thermally coupled to the heat spreading part so as to communicate heat energy between fluid flowing through the first heat exchanger part and the heat spreading part and thus the environment in which the heat spreading part is present.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventor: Stephen Lester
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Publication number: 20080238338Abstract: A modular, scalable and configurable incoherent light source is provided. The light source includes an array of lighting modules supported on a frame that focuses emitted radiation from the modules at a region of interest. The geometry and physical configuration of the support structures, including the frame, may accommodate various energy intensities at various distances. The modules may be made up of multiple LEDs or other individual light sources, may be of different or the same wavelength, and may be individually controllable for the ultimate lighting application. The light source may be used in medical imaging applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2007Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Stephen Andrew Latham, Robert William Tait, Stephen Johnson Lomnes, Duncan Spalding Pratt, Carl Stephen Lester
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Patent number: 7039362Abstract: A wireless transceiver for performing ultrasonic measurements includes an uplink transmitter configured to transmit at least one modulated timing pulse signal. Each modulated timing pulse signal is transmitted over a respective uplink wireless channel. The transceiver further includes at least one uplink receiver, which is adapted to receive a respective one of the modulated timing pulse signals from the uplink transmitter and configured to supply an unmodulated timing pulse signal to a respective transducer. The transceiver further includes at least one downlink transmitter, which is adapted to receive an echo signal from the respective transducer, and is configured to extract envelope information from the echo signal and to transmit a modulated echo signal over a respective downlink wireless channel. The transceiver also includes a downlink receiver adapted to receive the modulated echo signals from the respective downlink transmitters.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2001Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Robert John Filkins, Carl Stephen Lester
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Patent number: 6971254Abstract: A security device secures an apparatus having a wall (1110) with a slot (1120). The security device includes first and second shafts. The shafts have arms (10) rotatable about their respective axis into and out of their respective unlocked positions. Each of the axes of the arms are different from each other. The shafts also have tangs (12) extending from the arms.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2004Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Assignee: Belkin ComponentsInventors: Stephen Lester Bellow, Jr., Rodger D. Thomason, William Patrick Conley, Lawrence G. Kurland, George C. Chen
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Publication number: 20050245775Abstract: Describes a method for recovering trans-1,2-dichloroethene from a liquid feed composition comprising both the cis- and trans-isomers of 1,2-dichloroethene and contaminating amounts of other chlorinated hydrocarbons, e.g., lower alkyl chlorinated hydrocarbons, such as C1-C2 chlorinated hydrocarbons. In one of the described methods, the liquid feed composition is introduced into a first distillation column 10 wherein the stereoisomers and chlorinated hydrocarbons more volatile than the stereoisomers are removed as overhead 12 and charged to a second distillation column 20. In column 20, the stereoisomers are separated from the more volatile chlorinated hydrocarbons, and a bottoms fraction 24 comprising the stereoisomers are charged to a reaction distillation column 30 wherein the cis-isomer, is isomerized to the trans-isomer in the liquid phase and in the presence of an organic free-radical initiator, e.g., an azonitrile initiator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2004Publication date: November 3, 2005Inventors: Clark Graybill, Stephen Lester
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Patent number: 6927686Abstract: A method for remotely monitoring at least one sensor and a measurement system. The method includes making a first measurement using a first sensor of the at least one sensor. The method also includes converting the first measurement into a first data signal; and transmitting the first data signal via a wireless connection to a first processor. The measurement system includes at least one sensor unit having at least one sensor for making a first measurement; and a first wireless transceiver coupled to the at least one sensor for transmitting a data signal based on the first measurement. The measurement system includes a second wireless transceiver arranged for receiving the data signal from the first wireless transceiver, and a first processor coupled to the second wireless transceiver arranged for receiving the data signal from the second wireless transceiver.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2002Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Edward James Nieters, Robert John Filkins, Carl Stephen Lester
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Patent number: 6911826Abstract: A pulsed eddy current sensor probe includes a sensor array board. A number of sensors are arranged on the sensor array board and are operable to sense and generate output signals from the transient electromagnetic flux in a part being inspected. Each of the sensors has a differential output with a positive and a negative output. At least one drive coil is disposed adjacent to the sensors and is operable to transmit transient electromagnetic flux into the part. A first and a second multiplexer are arranged on the sensor array board and are operable to switch between the sensors. The first and second multiplexers are connected to the positive and negative outputs of the sensors, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2003Date of Patent: June 28, 2005Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Yuri Alexeyevich Plotnikov, Thomas James Batzinger, Shridhar Champaknath Nath, Sandeep Kumar Dewangan, Carl Stephen Lester, Kenneth Gordon Herd, Curtis Wayne Rose
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Publication number: 20040245997Abstract: A pulsed eddy current sensor probe includes a sensor array board. A number of sensors are arranged on the sensor array board and are operable to sense and generate output signals from the transient electromagnetic flux in a part being inspected. Each of the sensors has a differential output with a positive and a negative output. At least one drive coil is disposed adjacent to the sensors and is operable to transmit transient electromagnetic flux into the part. A first and a second multiplexer are arranged on the sensor array board and are operable to switch between the sensors. The first and second multiplexers are connected to the positive and negative outputs of the sensors, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2003Publication date: December 9, 2004Inventors: Yuri Alexeyevich Plotnikov, Thomas James Batzinger, Shridhar Champaknath Nath, Sandeep Kumar Dewangan, Carl Stephen Lester, Kenneth Gordon Herd, Curtis Wayne Rose
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Patent number: 6779370Abstract: A security device secures an apparatus having a wall (1110) with a slot (1120). The security device includes first and second shafts. The shafts have arms (10) rotatable about their respective axis into and out of their respective unlocked positions. Each of the axes of the arms are different from each other. The shafts also have tangs (12) extending from the arms.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2002Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Belkin ComponentsInventors: Stephen Lester Bellow, Jr., Rodger D. Thomason, William Patrick Conley, Lawrence G. Kurland, George C. Chen