Patents by Inventor Stephen O'Brien

Stephen O'Brien 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: 12215956
    Abstract: An accessory mount for coupling an accessory to a mounting interface on a firearm includes a body with a lower engagement surface configured to engage a top surface of the mounting interface, a fixed clamp member extending from the body, and a movable clamp member configured to move along an axis relative to the fixed clamp member to clamp the mounting interface between the movable clamp member and the fixed clamp member. The axis and the lower engagement surface define an included angle greater than 0 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: BRAVO COMPANY MFG, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Stephen Kincel, Jeffrey James O'Brien
  • Patent number: 12203727
    Abstract: A method for coupling an accessory mount to a firearm includes inserting a deflectable portion of the accessory mount and a fastener through a slot of the firearm, the fastener having a head and a rotational axis and extending through the accessory mount; tightening the fastener to deflect the deflectable portion with the head of the fastener transverse to the rotational axis; and after tightening the fastener, clamping with the head of the fastener the accessory mount against the firearm with a longitudinally-directed clamping force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: BRAVO COMPANY MFG, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Stephen Kincel, Jeffrey James O'Brien
  • Patent number: 12206679
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing data and source validation for equipment output data and/or for equipment failure predict. In various embodiments, in response to receiving a first request for first data that is output by first equipment, a computing system might retrieve and analyze the first data to determine whether the first data can be trusted. If so, the computing system might send the first data to the requesting device. If not, the computing system might send a second request for identifying a blockchain containing a block containing a copy of the first data. In response to the blockchain system identifying such a blockchain, the computing system might receive the identified blockchain; might abstract the block containing the copy of the first data from the identified blockchain; might abstract the first data from the block; and might send the first data to the requesting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Steven M. Casey, Kevin M. McBride, William O'Brien, Jr., Stephen Opferman
  • Publication number: 20250017250
    Abstract: This application relates generally to aerial mycelium and methods of making aerial mycelium suitable for use as a food or textile product or ingredient. The aerial mycelium can be grown using a growth matrix provided into a growth environment and introducing aqueous mist into the growth environment. The aqueous mist has a mean mist deposition rate to allow for aerial mycelial growth from the growth matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Jacob Michael Winiski, Alex James Carlton, Gavin Reim McIntyre, Peter James Mueller, Eben D. Bayer, Asa Trench Snyder, Meghan Anne O'Brien, Jessica Hannah Kaplan-Bie, Alex Stephen Friedman, Russell Allan Hazen, Stephen Lomnes
  • Patent number: 12165862
    Abstract: An aperture plate assembly for an analytical instrument comprises a first sub-assembly comprising an aperture plate and a second sub-assembly comprising a guide. The first sub-assembly is configured to be attached to the second sub-assembly such that the aperture plate is positioned in a first position relative to the second sub-assembly. The first sub-assembly and the second sub-assembly are configured such that when the first sub-assembly is engaged by the guide, the aperture plate can be moved into the first position and the first sub-assembly can be attached to the second sub-assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Micromass UK Limited
    Inventors: Edward Scott, Peter Kerr, Stephen O'Brien
  • Patent number: 12080460
    Abstract: A micro-isolator is described. The micro-isolator may include a first isolator element, a second isolator element, and a first dielectric material separating the first isolator element from the second isolator element. A second dielectric material may completely or partly encapsulate the second isolator element, or may be present at outer corners of the second isolator element. The second dielectric material may have a larger bandgap than the first dielectric material, and its configuration may reduce electrostatic charge injection into the first dielectric material. The micro-isolator may be formed using microfabrication techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Analog Devices Global Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Paul Lambkin, Patrick J. Murphy, Bernard Patrick Stenson, Laurence B. O'Sullivan, Stephen O'Brien, Shane Geary, Baoxing Chen, Sombel Diaham
  • Publication number: 20240125872
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a magnetoresistive (xMR) sensor that has enhanced immunity to the presence of a magnetic cross field by using a combination of differential biasing on the sensing layers of the sensing elements, sensing elements having different sensitivities, and different reference magnetization directions. The xMR sensor comprises two or more arrays of sensing elements, wherein each array comprises a plurality of sensing elements. The sensing elements within each array may be arranged in pairs, wherein the sensor elements within each pair have sensing layers that are magnetically biased in antiparallel directions. The sensing elements within each array are also provided with different respective sensitivities. The sensing elements having the lowest sensitivity are provided with a reference layer magnetised in a first direction, and the sensing elements in the remaining arrays are provided with a reference layer magnetised in a direction that is antiparallel to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Fernando Franco, Jan Kubik, Jochen Schmitt, Stephen O'Brien
  • Patent number: 11953567
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a magnetic multi-turn sensor comprising a continuous coil of magnetoresistive elements and a method of manufacturing said sensor. The continuous coil is formed on a substrate such as a silicon wafer that has been fabricated so as to form a trench and bridge arrangement that enables the inner and outer spiral to be connected without interfering with the magnetoresistive elements of the spiral winding in between. Once the substrate has been fabricated with the trench and bridge arrangement, a film of the magnetoresistive material can be deposited to form a continuous coil on the surface of the substrate, wherein a portion of the coil is formed in the trench and a portion of the coil is formed on the bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Peter Meehan, Stephen O'Brien, Jochen Schmitt, Michael W. Judy, Enno Lage
  • Publication number: 20240060796
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor package comprising a magnetic multi-turn sensor die and a magnetic single turn sensor die, in which both sensor dies are packaged on the same lead frame. A method of manufacturing the magnetic sensor package is also provided. A magnetic sensor system comprising a rotating magnet and the magnetic sensor package, where the sensor package is arranged so that both sensor dies sit within a homogenous magnetic field, thereby ensuring that the output signal of each sensor is not corrupted by any stray fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Aude Richard, Michael Mueller-Aulmann, Peter James Tonge, Monsoon Dutt, Jan Kubik, John O'Dowd, Enda Joseph Nicholl, Stephen O'Brien, Jochen Schmitt, Robert Guyol, Christian Nau, Colin P. Giles, Brian O'Mara, Wenmei Wang
  • Patent number: 11798741
    Abstract: Micro-isolators exhibiting enhanced isolation breakdown voltage are described. The micro-isolators may include an electrically floating ring surrounding one of the isolator elements of the micro-isolator. The isolator elements may be capacitor plates or coils. The electrically floating ring surrounding one of the isolator elements may reduce the electric field at the outer edge of the isolator element, thereby enhancing the isolation breakdown voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Sombel Diaham, Paul Lambkin, Bernard Patrick Stenson, Patrick M. McGuinness, Laurence B. O'Sullivan, Stephen O'Brien
  • Patent number: 11761793
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor package comprising a magnetic multi-turn sensor die and a magnetic single turn sensor die, in which both sensor dies are packaged on the same lead frame. A method of manufacturing the magnetic sensor package is also provided. A magnetic sensor system comprising a rotating magnet and the magnetic sensor package, where the sensor package is arranged so that both sensor dies sit within a homogenous magnetic field, thereby ensuring that the output signal of each sensor is not corrupted by any stray fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Aude Richard, Michael Mueller-Aulmann, Peter James Tonge, Monsoon Dutt, Jan Kubik, John O'Dowd, Enda Joseph Nicholl, Stephen O'Brien, Jochen Schmitt, Robert Guyol, Christian Nau, Colin P. Giles, Brian O'Mara, Wenmei Wang
  • Publication number: 20230280330
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide various nanogap sensor designs (e.g., horizontal nanogap sensors, vertical nanogap sensors, arrays of multiple nanogap sensors, various arrangements for making electrical connections to the electrodes of nanogap sensors, etc.), as well as various methods which may be used to fabricate at least some of the proposed sensors. The nanogap sensors proposed herein may operate as molecular sensors to help identify chemical species through electrical measurements using at least a pair of electrodes separated by a nanogap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Christophe ANTOINE, Himanshu JAIN, Matthew Thomas CANTY, Christina B. MCLOUGHLIN, Daniel Joseph LUCEY, Sinead Maire MCDERMOTT, Stephen O'BRIEN, Bernard STENSON, Shane GEARY, William Allan LANE, Michael COLN, Mark Daniel de Leon ALEA
  • Patent number: 11740226
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide various nanogap sensor designs (e.g., horizontal nanogap sensors, vertical nanogap sensors, arrays of multiple nanogap sensors, various arrangements for making electrical connections to the electrodes of nanogap sensors, etc.), as well as various methods which may be used to fabricate at least some of the proposed sensors. The nanogap sensors proposed herein may operate as molecular sensors to help identify chemical species through electrical measurements using at least a pair of electrodes separated by a nanogap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: ANALOG DEVICES INTERNATIONAL UNLIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Christophe Antoine, Himanshu Jain, Matthew Thomas Canty, Christina B. McLoughlin, Daniel Joseph Lucey, Sinead Maire McDermott, Stephen O'Brien, Bernard Stenson, Shane Geary, William Allan Lane, Michael Coln, Mark De Leon Alea
  • Publication number: 20230083839
    Abstract: Micro-isolators exhibiting enhanced isolation breakdown voltage are described. The micro-isolators may include an electrically floating ring surrounding one of the isolator elements of the micro-isolator. The isolator elements may be capacitor plates or coils. The electrically floating ring surrounding one of the isolator elements may reduce the electric field at the outer edge of the isolator element, thereby enhancing the isolation breakdown voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Sombel Diaham, Paul Lambkin, Bernard Patrick Stenson, Patrick M. McGuinness, Laurence B. O'Sullivan, Stephen O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20220392684
    Abstract: A micro-isolator is described. The micro-isolator may include a first isolator element, a second isolator element, and a first dielectric material separating the first isolator element from the second isolator element. A second dielectric material may completely or partly encapsulate the second isolator element, or may be present at outer corners of the second isolator element. The second dielectric material may have a larger bandgap than the first dielectric material, and its configuration may reduce electrostatic charge injection into the first dielectric material. The micro-isolator may be formed using microfabrication techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Paul Lambkin, Patrick J. Murphy, Bernard Patrick Stenson, Laurence B. O'Sullivan, Stephen O'Brien, Shane Geary, Baoxing Chen, Sombel Diaham
  • Patent number: 11476045
    Abstract: Micro-isolators exhibiting enhanced isolation breakdown voltage are described. The micro-isolators may include an electrically floating ring surrounding one of the isolator elements of the micro-isolator. The isolator elements may be capacitor plates or coils. The electrically floating ring surrounding one of the isolator elements may reduce the electric field at the outer edge of the isolator element, thereby enhancing the isolation breakdown voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Sombel Diaham, Paul Lambkin, Bernard Patrick Stenson, Patrick M. McGuinness, Laurence B. O'Sullivan, Stephen O'Brien
  • Patent number: 11450469
    Abstract: A micro-isolator is described. The micro-isolator may include a first isolator element, a second isolator element, and a first dielectric material separating the first isolator element from the second isolator element. A second dielectric material may completely or partly encapsulate the second isolator element, or may be present at outer corners of the second isolator element. The second dielectric material may have a larger bandgap than the first dielectric material, and its configuration may reduce electrostatic charge injection into the first dielectric material. The micro-isolator may be formed using microfabrication techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventors: Paul Lambkin, Patrick J. Murphy, Bernard Patrick Stenson, Laurence B. O'Sullivan, Stephen O'Brien, Shane Geary, Baoxing Chen, Sombel Diaham
  • Publication number: 20220208537
    Abstract: An aperture plate assembly for an analytical instrument comprises a first sub-assembly comprising an aperture plate and a second sub-assembly comprising a guide. The first sub-assembly is configured to be attached to the second sub-assembly such that the aperture plate is positioned in a first position relative to the second sub-assembly. The first sub-assembly and the second sub-assembly are configured such that when the first sub-assembly is engaged by the guide, the aperture plate can be moved into the first position and the first sub-assembly can be attached to the second sub-assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Micromass UK Limited
    Inventors: Edward Scott, Peter Kerr, Stephen O 'Brien
  • Patent number: 11349714
    Abstract: Automatically providing CLI commands for configuring devices is provided. A set of CLI commands for configuring a device on a network is retrieved from a database using an artificial intelligence component based on model and operating system version of the device. The set of CLI commands for configuring the device is displayed within a summary window of a cognitive CLI. The set of CLI commands entered by a user while configuring the device is verified in real time on a CLI of the cognitive CLI using the artificial intelligence component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Kyndryl, Inc.
    Inventors: Pravin Bernard Phadte, Nedin Ametovski, Stephen O'Brien, Saritha Route, Francesco Perillo
  • Patent number: 11342170
    Abstract: An apparatus for performing ambient ionization mass and/or ion mobility spectrometry is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a substantially cylindrical, tubular, rod-shaped, coil-shaped, helical or spiral-shaped collision assembly; and a first device arranged and adapted to direct analyte, smoke, fumes, liquid, gas, surgical smoke, aerosol or vapor onto said collision assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Micromass UK Limited
    Inventors: Tamas Karancsi, Daniel Simon, Lajos Godorhazy, Daniel Szalay, Steven Derek Pringle, Emrys Jones, Ian Trivett, Stephen O'Brien, Anthony Hesse, Matt Henderson, Alvin Chua, Zoltan Takats