Patents by Inventor Stephen Minakian

Stephen Minakian 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).

  • Patent number: 10830469
    Abstract: Humidifiers can include a liquid tank removably attachable to a base portion. The liquid tank can include an upper connector configured to engage a lower connector of the base portion when the liquid tank and the base portion are attached. The liquid tank can include a touch interface configured to receive a touch input from outside of the liquid tank and a liquid level sensor configured to output a signal representative of a level of liquid in the liquid tank. The base portion can include a controller that is in electrical communication with the liquid level sensor and the touch interface when the upper connector engages the lower connector. The controller can be configured to adjust operation of the humidifier based on signals received from the touch interface and can receive signals from the liquid level sensor representative of the amount of liquid in the liquid tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: D-M-S Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Minakian, Oishee Sarkar, Samuel Bradley, Vidya Vasudevan
  • Publication number: 20190041075
    Abstract: Techniques for operating and controlling humidifiers are disclosed. A system may include a cloud-based application, a humidifier including a tank to hold liquid to be atomized by the humidifier, a transducer to atomize liquid, a fan, at least one sensor, a network adapter, and a processor. The processor is operable to receive sensor data from the at least one sensor and transmit, to the cloud-based application via the network adapter, the received data. The system may a computing device that presents, via a display of the computing device, a user interface to interact with the humidifier via the cloud-based application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Oishee Sarkar, Stephen Minakian, Samuel Bradley, Bradley Corbett Mueller, Fernando Sanchez
  • Publication number: 20190041074
    Abstract: Humidifiers can include a liquid tank removably attachable to a base portion. The liquid tank can include an upper connector configured to engage a lower connector of the base portion when the liquid tank and the base portion are attached. The liquid tank can include a touch interface configured to receive a touch input from outside of the liquid tank and a liquid level sensor configured to output a signal representative of a level of liquid in the liquid tank. The base portion can include a controller that is in electrical communication with the liquid level sensor and the touch interface when the upper connector engages the lower connector. The controller can be configured to adjust operation of the humidifier based on signals received from the touch interface and can receive signals from the liquid level sensor representative of the amount of liquid in the liquid tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen Minakian, Oishee Sarkar, Samuel Bradley, Vidya Vasudevan