Patents by Inventor Stephen Powell
Stephen Powell 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: 20240141892Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hydraulic power pack arrangement that can be configured in multiple different mounting configurations. The hydraulic power pack arrangement can include a bracket assembly for mounting a hydraulic power pack core assembly and a hydraulic reservoir assembly at a mounting location such as a floor, wall, or ceiling of an aircraft.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Joshua Boone Pepper, David E. Korba, Brady Powell Dearing, Eugene Mikhailovich Grigoriev, Kelly Dale Valtr, Stephen Marshall Devan
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Patent number: 11348232Abstract: A system is disclosed for remotely determining patient compliance with an orthodontic device. This system includes a handheld portable computing device having a camera, and the handheld portable computing device is configured for communication via the Internet. A patient compliance application is executed by the handheld portable computing device, and an image analysis module is associated with the patient compliance application. The image analysis module receives an image from the camera, and the image analysis module analyzes the image to determine a presence status of the removable orthodontic device. The patient compliance application is further configured to communicate the presence status to an orthodontic provider at a remote location relative the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Inventors: Stephen Powell, Joseph T. Acklin
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Publication number: 20220165180Abstract: Methods are disclosed for training an installer to cut a film without damaging an underlying substrate. The methods include the steps of applying a stretchable surface-protection film to an electrically-conductive substrate provided with at least one irregularity; and cutting the surface protection film with an electrically-conductive knife which, when in contact with the electrically- conductive substrate, causes one or more notifications to occur. Also disclosed are devices that may be used in carrying out the methods of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicant: EASTMAN PERFORMANCE FILMS, LLCInventors: JAMES YANCY FARROW, BOBBY HOWARD CARDWELL, AMANDA SMART BROWN, RICHARD ANTHONY DILL, MICHAEL STEPHEN POWELL, JACOB NEAL MOTLEY, NIKOLAIE ARNOLD BROWN, KEISTER LOGAN RICHARDSON, III, IGOR LEONIDOVICH ZHELDAKOV
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Patent number: 10886595Abstract: An outdoor Wi-Fi bollard includes a bollard housing having a vertical tube with a vertical wall and top and bottom openings and a cap disposed over the top opening; a base disposed at the bottom opening; first and second vertical members inside the housing and extending adjacent the wall from the base to the top opening, the first and second vertical members including first and second lower ends, respectively, operably attached to the base; and a first brace attached to the first and second upper ends, the first and second vertical members including first and second upper ends, respectively, operably attached to the first brace.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: TESSCO COMMUNICATIONS INCORPORATEDInventors: Timothy Ortel, Stephen Powell, Mike Parry, Dennis Burrell
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Publication number: 20200367821Abstract: The mouth-guard, includes a body with a formation for extending around a portion of at least one of maxillary and mandibular teeth of a wearer and located against a portion of at least one of maxillary and mandibular teeth and at least at one of: an anterior teeth region of the wearer; a posterior teeth region of the wearer; and a position between the anterior and posterior teeth regions of the wearer. The mouth-guard includes a system for monitoring the mouth-guard's acceleration and communicates acceleration data to a monitoring station, and a power source for monitoring acceleration. The power source is embedded within the body and is located within a region that is at a posterior teeth region of the wearer. The system for monitoring acceleration is embedded within the body and is located within a region that is at a posterior teeth region of the wearer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: SPORTS & WELL BEING ANALYTICS LIMITEDInventors: Nicolas Andrew REDSHAW, William Stephen POWELL, Jonathan Michael William CASSIDY
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Patent number: 10794268Abstract: A vehicle has an internal combustion engine, a motor configured to propel the vehicle, and a supercharger. A mechanical connection is configured to transfer torque from at least one of the engine and machine to the supercharger. The supercharger is a single torque load on the mechanical connection. The vehicle further has a first clutch between the motor and engine and a second clutch between the motor and supercharger.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Courtney L'Arrivée, Stephen Powell, Anthony Boyko
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Patent number: 10774985Abstract: A hanger assembly for clamping onto a T-bar of a suspended ceiling, the T-bar including a flange portion and a web portion, the hanger assembly including a first bracket for attaching to an access point, the first bracket including a first horizontal wall for hanging onto one section of the flange on one side of the web portion; a second bracket slidable with respect to the first bracket, the second bracket including a second horizontal wall for hanging onto another section of the flange portion on another side of the web portion; a first guideway and a second guideway attached to the first bracket; the second bracket is slidable toward or away from the first bracket along the first and second guideways; and a first spring to urge the second bracket toward the first bracket.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: TESSCO COMMUNICATIONS INCORPORATEDInventors: Tim Ortel, Stephen Powell
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Publication number: 20200193593Abstract: A system is disclosed for remotely determining patient compliance with an orthodontic device. This system includes a handheld portable computing device having a camera, and the handheld portable computing device is configured for communication via the Internet. A patient compliance application is executed by the handheld portable computing device, and an image analysis module is associated with the patient compliance application. The image analysis module receives an image from the camera, and the image analysis module analyzes the image to determine a presence status of the removable orthodontic device. The patient compliance application is further configured to communicate the presence status to an orthodontic provider at a remote location relative the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Stephen Powell, Joseph T. Acklin
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Patent number: 10612509Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine, an electric machine, and a controller. The electric machine is configured to start the engine. The controller is programmed to pre-flux the electric machine with current that has a magnitude that changes as temperature of the engine changes within a predefined range.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Anthony Boyko, Stephen Powell, Patrick Gordon Collins
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Patent number: 10605221Abstract: Systems and methods for operating an engine that may be frequently stopped and restarted are described. In one example, an engine is rotated in small crankshaft angle increments and stopped after the engine is rotated through a predetermined actual total number of crankshaft degrees so that the engine position does not change when the engine reaches a desired position.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Seth Loveall, Stephen Powell, Patrick Collins, Anthony Boyko
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Publication number: 20200072176Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine, an electric machine, and a controller. The electric machine is configured to start the engine. The controller is programmed to pre-flux the electric machine with current that has a magnitude that changes as temperature of the engine changes within a predefined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2018Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Anthony BOYKO, Stephen POWELL, Patrick Gordon COLLINS
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Publication number: 20200056534Abstract: A vehicle has an internal combustion engine, a motor configured to propel the vehicle, and a supercharger. A mechanical connection is configured to transfer torque from at least one of the engine and machine to the supercharger. The supercharger is a single torque load on the mechanical connection. The vehicle further has a first clutch between the motor and engine and a second clutch between the motor and supercharger.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2018Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: Courtney L'Arrivée, Stephen Powell, Anthony Boyko
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Publication number: 20200040861Abstract: Systems and methods for operating an engine that may be frequently stopped and restarted are described. In one example, an engine is rotated in small crankshaft angle increments and stopped after the engine is rotated through a predetermined actual total number of crankshaft degrees so that the engine position does not change when the engine reaches a desired position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2018Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Seth Loveall, Stephen Powell, Patrick Collins, Anthony Boyko
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Patent number: 10489293Abstract: An information handling system (IHS) includes a processor with a cache memory system. The processor includes a processor core with an L1 cache memory that couples to an L2 cache memory. The processor includes an arbitration mechanism that controls load and store requests to the L2 cache memory. The arbitration mechanism includes control logic that enables a load request to interrupt a store request that the L2 cache memory is currently servicing. When the L2 cache memory finishes servicing the interrupting load request, the L2 cache memory may return to servicing the interrupted store request at the point of interruption.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2009Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sanjeev Ghai, Guy Lynn Guthrie, Stephen Powell, William John Starke
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Patent number: 10384665Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a hybrid powertrain or driveline that includes an engine and an integrated starter/generator are described. In one example, a clutch is positioned between the engine and the integrated starter/generator to reduce the possibility of the integrated starter/generator exceeding a rated speed of the integrated starter/generator.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Anthony Boyko, Stephen Powell, Seth Loveall
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Patent number: 9555874Abstract: A fixed wing of an aircraft, having a main wing extending over a half-span with a wing box including spars extending along the spanwise direction of the main wing, ribs arranged one in back of the other viewed in the spanwise direction, and an outer skin. The wing box includes a wing box base section (K10) and a wing box adapter section, that forms the outer end area of the wing box, as viewed from the wing root, and is designed to secure a wing tip device. In its nominal state of construction, the dihedral angle of the wing box adapter section referring to the respective local spanwise direction continuously increases by at most 60 degrees from the outer rib of the wing box base section (K10) up to the outermost rib of the wing box adapter section.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2015Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignees: Airbus Operations GmbH, Airbus Operations Ltd.Inventors: Gerd Heller, Alexander Buescher, Frank Theurich, Tom Gibson, Michael Karwin, Stephen Powell
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Publication number: 20150321746Abstract: A fixed wing of an aircraft, having a main wing extending over a half-span with a wing box including spars extending along the spanwise direction of the main wing, ribs arranged one in back of the other viewed in the spanwise direction, and an outer skin. The wing box includes a wing box base section (K10) and a wing box adapter section, that forms the outer end area of the wing box, as viewed from the wing root, and is designed to secure a wing tip device. In its nominal state of construction, the dihedral angle of the wing box adapter section referring to the respective local spanwise direction continuously increases by at most 60 degrees from the outer rib of the wing box base section (K10) up to the outermost rib of the wing box adapter section.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Gerd Heller, Alexander Buescher, Frank Theurich, Tom Gibson, Michael Karwin, Stephen Powell
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Patent number: 9056671Abstract: A fixed wing of an aircraft, having a main wing extending over a half-span with a wing box including spars extending along the spanwise direction of the main wing, ribs arranged one in back of the other viewed in the spanwise direction, and an outer skin. The wing box includes a wing box base section (K10) and a wing box adapter section, that forms the outer end area of the wing box, as viewed from the wing root, and is designed to secure a wing tip device. In its nominal state of construction, the dihedral angle of the wing box adapter section referring to the respective local spanwise direction continuously increases by at most 60 degrees from the outer rib of the wing box base section (K10) up to the outermost rib of the wing box adapter section.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2012Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignees: Airbus Operations GmbH, Airbus Operations Ltd.Inventors: Gerd Heller, Alexander Buescher, Frank Theurich, Tom Gibson, Michael Karwin, Stephen Powell
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Patent number: 8996824Abstract: A method for controlling memory refresh operations in dynamic random access memories. The method includes determining a count of deferred memory refresh operations for a first memory rank. Responsive to the count approaching a high priority threshold, issuing an early high priority refresh notification for the first memory rank, which indicates the pre-determined time for performing a high priority memory refresh operation at the first memory rank. Responsive to the early high priority refresh notification, the behavior of a read reorder queue is dynamically modified to give priority scheduling to at least one read command targeting the first memory rank, and one or more of the at least one read command is executed on the first memory rank according to the priority scheduling. Priority scheduling removes these commands from the re-order queue before the refresh operation is initiated at the first memory rank.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mark A. Brittain, John S. Dodson, Stephen Powell, Eric E. Retter, Jeffrey A. Stuecheli
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Publication number: 20140082272Abstract: A method for controlling memory refresh operations in dynamic random access memories. The method includes determining a count of deferred memory refresh operations for a first memory rank. Responsive to the count approaching a high priority threshold, issuing an early high priority refresh notification for the first memory rank, which indicates the pre-determined time for performing a high priority memory refresh operation at the first memory rank. Responsive to the early high priority refresh notification, the behavior of a read reorder queue is dynamically modified to give priority scheduling to at least one read command targeting the first memory rank, and one or more of the at least one read command is executed on the first memory rank according to the priority scheduling. Priority scheduling removes these commands from the re-order queue before the refresh operation is initiated at the first memory rank.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: IBM CorporationInventors: Mark A. Brittain, John S. Dodson, Stephen Powell, Eric E. Retter, Jeffrey A. Stuecheli