Patents by Inventor Stephen Neave

Stephen Neave 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: 20260255507
    Abstract: A method and system of detecting unauthorized access to a circuit board is provided. The method includes causing unbiasing of a biasing component in response to a position of the circuit board being changed relative to a housing within which the circuit board is disposed. A burst of kinetic energy that was included in mechanical energy stored by the biasing component is released in response to the unbiasing of the biasing component. A spike of electrical charge is released in response to the burst of kinetic energy. Performance of a protective action to a protected element is caused in response to the spike of electrical charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2025
    Publication date: August 27, 2026
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Systems, USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuanbing Li, James Pagella, Stephen Neave
  • Patent number: 12481728
    Abstract: Method and system for provisioning industrial assets. A provisioning server processes location data and an identifier associated with a selected industrial asset for verifying a presence of the asset within a predefined area and for determining a feature set for the asset. The location data is indicative of a location of the asset and the identifier identifies the asset and has the feature set associated therewith. The provisioning server then retrieves a license and/or configuration corresponding to the feature set for the asset from the repository in response to the asset being located within the predefined area. The provisioning server provisions the asset with the retrieved license and/or configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SYSTEMS USA, INC.
    Inventors: James Redmond, Stephen Neave
  • Patent number: 11881902
    Abstract: Remote configuration of an industrial or remote telemetry device using sound. Acoustic energy directed from a remote programming device to a remote industrial or telemetry device has tones indicating a request to establish communication. By directing further acoustic energy from the remote programming device to the remote industrial or telemetry device, the remote programming device requests information relating to a current configuration of the remote industrial or telemetry device. The remote industrial or telemetry device processes the tones to identify the request and replies with acoustic energy that has associated tones indicating the information relating to the current configuration of the remote industrial or telemetry device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SYSTEMS USA, INC.
    Inventors: James Redmond, Stephen Neave, Scott Guimond, Zackery Sobin
  • Publication number: 20230393562
    Abstract: Method and system for provisioning industrial assets. A provisioning server processes location data and an identifier associated with a selected industrial asset for verifying a presence of the asset within a predefined area and for determining a feature set for the asset. The location data is indicative of a location of the asset and the identifier identifies the asset and has the feature set associated therewith. The provisioning server then retrieves a license and/or configuration corresponding to the feature set for the asset from the repository in response to the asset being located within the predefined area. The provisioning server provisions the asset with the retrieved license and/or configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: James Redmond, Stephen Neave
  • Publication number: 20220224422
    Abstract: Remote configuration of an industrial or remote telemetry device using sound. Acoustic energy directed from a remote programming device to a remote industrial or telemetry device has tones indicating a request to establish communication. By directing further acoustic energy from the remote programming device to the remote industrial or telemetry device, the remote programming device requests information relating to a current configuration of the remote industrial or telemetry device. The remote industrial or telemetry device processes the tones to identify the request and replies with acoustic energy that has associated tones indicating the information relating to the current configuration of the remote industrial or telemetry device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: James Redmond, Stephen Neave, Scott Guimond, Zackery Sobin